Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors serving Portland, OR

My inspiration comes from that moment when you look at a students face and know that they have just understood a concept. It is invigorating to know that you have helped empower a student with knowledge that no one can ever take away.

My passion for literature and the humanities infects my teaching style. My strong performance at Colgate University studying Philosophy, Religion, Theater and Film allows me to bring a broad knowledge base to a diverse array of topics. I believe that each student has a unique combination of interests and strengths that should be honored and channeled for his or her own personal growth.... I believe each student has his or her own strengths and interests that...

...is how stressful and daunting the college admissions process can be. I am most passionate about helping you succeed in your school and test prep endeavors and to do that, I will teach you the test taking methods, study habits and study tricks that work best for you individually. No cookie-cutters tactics, no frustration. I am here to instruct, support, build confidence, encourage, and most of all, to be a patient guide in getting you...

My name is Allison, and I graduated from Yale University. I majored in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and am hoping to attend medical school next fall. I am currently working as a postgraduate researcher at Yale School of Medicine and am looking forward to working with students through Varsity Tutors!

...and Latin and STEM fields (chemistry, biology, physics). I can also help with college test prep and essay writing, as well as general college advising. As a Classics major, I'm big into the Socratic method: leading students to the answer of a problem by asking questions at each step. More often than not, they knew the answer all along! When I'm not tutoring, I'm conducting research on bacteria in my lab, playing clarinet and writing...

...much that I moved there after college to get my master's degree from the Sorbonne in early modern French history. While I was there, I tutored students of all ages in English and I taught English conversation to French high school students. Then I joined Teach for America and moved back to the states, where I've taught ancient history to 5th graders for the last two years. I'm fluent in French and scored a C2...

...while in Princeton. I tutor a variety of subjects, including Math (ranging from Pre-Algebra to AP Calculus BC), Psychology, Neuroscience, R and Python Programming, and test prep, including the SAT, ACT, and GRE. I am the most passionate about tutoring Math subjects as it forms the foundations for understanding the sciences. I firmly believe in education being accessible to all and I want to instill critical thinking and learning for the sake of learning in...

...with their work daily after class. By high school, I was working with ADHD and dyslexic middle schoolers with their coursework to help them overcome the hurdles that come with their disabilities. In college, I worked as a private tutor in history and political science, as well as helping local high school students with their SAT, SAT II, AP test prep. I received 5's on my AP tests myself and truly understand how taxing preparing...

...and 34 on my ACTs) though I also tutored Physics, Economics, Algebra II, Calculus, Precalc and many others. Through Josh's advice and my relationships with hundreds of students, I came to see that tutoring is about creating a unique learning style to help each student best make sense of the material. Before long, more and more parents began to ask for me by name. Their kids were hardworking and bright but still struggling with large...

...the past three months at a Community College, working in the Center for Academic Progress, teaching remedial English and preparing tutoring materials. I am a sensitive, patient, and enthusiastic teacher. I love teaching, but I prefer one-on-one interactions, they are the best for learning and teaching. I am respectful of all people, and happy to work with all ages. I genuinely care whether someone understands material, I believe in a student-centered approach, and I prefer...

...with a mix of writing, humanities, and natural science that's given me a wide breadth of skills to share with students. I've also been accepted to the law schools at NYU, Columbia, and the University of Michigan, among others. I am very, very familiar with the process (and pain) of school applications, and always happy to advise on essays and application approaches. I'm trained in both SAT and LSAT prep, with three years' experience working...

...after school programs. In each of these settings, I made sure to get to know my students really well so that I could find ways to make our sessions fun and engaging. Building that relationships with my students is important because it allows students to feel more comfortable about communicating what they are struggling with or any concerns about our session. Among the things that my students and their parents enjoy about working with me...

...College in New York City in 2007. A few years later, I attended LaGuardia Community College and became a licensed veterinary technician, which means I am an animal nurse! My academic interests mostly relate to animals: zoology, evolutionary ecology, paleozoology, social evolution, and phylogenetics. I also love studying history, and will always assert that nothing happens in a historical vacuum. In my free time I do a lot of reading and a lot of writing,...

I am a junior English major studying at Vassar College. I am committed to helping students develop advanced reading skills, teaching them analytical tools to improve their writing, and tailoring my lessons to their individual strengths and learning approaches.

...Mozambique for eight years. During these wonderful years, my classroom consisted of dusty floors, a roof of acacia leaves, and the permeable walls of community centers. My fellow peers in learning have consisted of children, chiefs, literate and illiterate. After moving back to the States with my family in 2012, I taught in institutional schools for five years. I have been a high school English teacher for the past five years. From urban environments to...

...of Arts in European Studies, with a focus on history, literature and philosophy, specifically 20th century history and colonial studies. I also spent a semester abroad in France and went on to work there for several months. Since graduation, I have traveled extensively throughout Europe and am currently working several part-time jobs in New Haven with hopes of pursuing a career in urban development. I am passionate about learning and helping others realize their full...

I am a college student majoring in Biomedical Engineering and German. My goal is to help students improve and achieve academically. I also enjoying playing sports like Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer. Additionally, I enjoy playing the piano in my free time.

...might ask; ' What does a degree in Fabric Science have to do with Reading Comprehension, or Business in general? That is a fair question and it deserves an answer. The degree in Fabric Science required participation in English Literature. Art History, Physics, Chemistry and Calculus. I found that I absolutely loved and excelled in both reading and analyzing English Literature. My grades were such that I qualified to serve as an English and Physics...

...an intensive year and a summer at a private school, catching up to my peers. The hardest task was learning to study. After a couple of years as an English major, I changed to my true love, Engineering. That's when I discovered that my photographic memory sometimes played tricks on me, which made it hard to get the right answers. I want to save my students from the agony of unnecessary failure. While employed as...

...Being a tutor is important to me because I am helping students to achieve their learning goals, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to be a teacher in the first place. I have always enjoyed proofreading my friends' papers, and giving them tips on how to become a better reader, or a better writer. Watching them improve inspired me to improve myself, and it showed me that I can use the skills...