Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors serving Gurnee, IL

...UIC's English Program. I have been tutoring for 8 years and ran an in-home tutoring business when I was in High school. I'm quite experienced in helping students reach their academic goals and look forward to helping you! In my spare time I love to paint, exercise and of course, read and write!

I love math and want to develop an ever-growing passion and constant curiosity for math in my students.

...of Illinois at Chicago. Since receiving my BA, I've also worked in a variety of marketing roles, along with helping educate middle and high school students in reading comprehension, economics, and career skills through Junior Achievement and AT&T Aspire. I'm excited to tutor a variety of subjects, but I'm most passionate about helping students improve...

...Wisconsin-Madison (Go Badgers!). In college, I worked as a peer writing tutor for both undergraduate and graduate students, helping them plan and edit papers in every subject. After graduation, I worked as an AmeriCorps service member in an after-school academic and enrichment program for elementary school students, and eventually rose to manage the program. Although...

...nearly a decade. After graduating from Stanford University, I worked with students ranging in age from Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade, from basic reading to Calculus BC. Irrespective of age, the focus remains the same: to help students enjoy the work so much, the barely know they're working! I love seeing students find excitement and understanding...

...Northwestern and with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies designed to eliminate homelessness in Illinois. I have tutoring experience dating back to high school and am particularly interested in helping students with writing and SAT prep. However, I am comfortable tutoring multiple other subjects, especially economics and certain...

Having been a tutor and teacher for almost 20 years, I enjoy working with all age groups and backgrounds. I focus on sciences and arts subjects as well as test prep. I am a medical doctor with MBA and MPH and enjoy tutoring as a second career.

...a lot in that capacity. Practicing law was OK, but I yearned to get into teaching, so I entered a Geochemistry PhD program at The University of Chicago. I passed my oral and written exams, and selected a thesis project of measuring oxygen isotope ratios in organic compounds in meteorites (to determine if these compounds...

...fiction and liminal identities. Since graduation, I have worked exclusively in education. I have worked as a freshman English co-teacher in Chicago Public Schools, and I have taught English as a foreign language overseas for several years, as well and am TEFL certified. I taught English in Spain for two years, and, most recently, was...

a dedicated, distinguished, determined educator who is committed to excel as a caring creator and guider of meaningful learning experiences for students with individualized educational needs.

...graduated from Lake Forest College with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, with minors in Art History and Legal Studies. I graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Although I eventually plan on obtaining my PhD in Anthropology/Archaeology, I am having a great time tutoring students and helping them reach their full potential in...

...make sure the student UNDERSTANDS the topic rather than simply learning to memorize the facts. I find that they are always able to retain the knowledge more that way. I especially focus on teaching students to focus on reaching their long term goals in addition to just learning the material needed at the moment. I graduated...

...in a variety of subjects, I am most passionate about math and chemistry. I tutor because I find seeing people achieve all that they can a rewarding experience, which is also a reason why I am a pre-medical student. In my spare time, I enjoy reading a large spectrum of different materials and running, among...

...five teen children as they pursue their academic ambitions and head off to university. I have a diverse background of expertise in all varieties of history, literature, creative writing, and the English language, as well as a sincere, caring teaching style that encourages students to confidently tackle problematic subjects. I encourage broad scope understanding by...

...favorite parts of classroom teaching: work one-on-one with a child. It is in the one-on one situation I am able to assess, individualize lessons and adapt as the need arises while teaching. My favorite areas are reading and writing as well as test preparation. I also enjoy meeting the student where he or she is...

...graduating from high school, I have tutored multiple students coming from different backgrounds. I have experience tutoring students in elementary school, middle school, and high school. Despite the fact that I tutor a variety of subjects, I am most passionate about Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics. From my experience, I enjoy tutoring these subjects because they...

...learning math, and often helped my peers during group assignments. While I specialized in teaching mathematics, I can tutor most high school level subjects, especially those related to the SAT or ACT. My teaching style will be adapted to an individual student's needs. For example, with a kinesthetic learner, I would have have them do...

...it isn't. There are different factors -- motivation, organization, empathy, discipline -- which are much more important. And, crucially, these are all qualities that people can change and control. That's where curiosity comes in. Ask yourself this: what do you care the most about? What can't you stop doing, reading about, striving to improve? It...

...dreams by conquering barriers like testing that stand in their way. I believe that the process of learning precedes the end goals-- that means that I focus on teaching students how to learn and to autonomize problem solving skills and processes they can apply to all problems rather than just helping them get the answer...