Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors in Walnut Creek, CA

...to the full range of culture, from Technology to Philosophy. Nothing human is foreign to me and it shouldn't be for you either. I got my math degree from UC Santa Cruz and studied the great books curriculum at St. John's College in Santa Fe. I bring over seven years of experience tutoring a variety...

...I also grew up with two younger twin brothers who I've been tutoring and helping with homework for most of my life. In tutoring, my strategy is to determine the learning style of the student and to reinforce knowledge and understanding in a way that best compliments the learning style. People learn things differently and...

...and delving into a subject with them. I have taught chemistry, programming, writing, SAT, and GRE, but my specialties are physics and math. I find these subjects particularly exciting, and in a world increasingly influenced by technology, I think it's important for people to understand them. I am a graduate of The University of California,...

...variety of subjects, including test prep, math (through advanced algebra), writing, reading, phonics, and study skills. I continued tutoring while getting my Masters, working with undergraduate and graduate students on writing, reading, and study skills. While I've tutored most subjects, I especially enjoy tutoring History, as that is my true passion, and writing. I am...

...is to help students develop confidence in their "expertise" as language users, no matter what their previous experience has been with reading and writing tasks in English classes. Building on those strengths is key to learning how writing differs from speaking and why (and when) the conventions of grammar, usage, and spelling matter.

...applying for dental school with a DAT score in the 98th percentile. For more than eight years, I have taught students in many different subjects such as DAT, SAT, Chemistry (General and Organic), Biology, and Physics in both classroom and tutoring environments. Besides academics, I have even taught swimming and dance. My tutoring style focuses...

...me to open my mind to different ways of looking at things, and it is this that I most love sharing with my students. My first tutoring work was teaching math, and I enjoy breaking down seemingly difficult math problems into solvable pieces with my students. I also tutor essay writing and English, Economics, History,...

...tutoring high school Mathematics, such as Geometry, Algebra, Pre-calculus, Statistics and Calculus, as well as Advanced Placement Physics. In addition, I have significant experience tutoring students in lower division college mathematics courses like Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, as well as lower division Physics. I am passionate about math and physics and...

...teaching experience at private tutoring companies, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley's Summer Bridge Program, and as a freelance political science/calculus tutor (there's more overlap than you think). In 2014, my paper "Set Theory and Fuzzy Sets: Their Relationship to Natural Language" was published in the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative...

...While I tutor many different subjects, my favorite subjects are SAT preparation, English (especially writing and editing skills), Math, and Biology. Effective tutoring is very personal and requires work by both the tutor and student. I always try to work with my students on set common goals, and to identify clear strategies to meet those...