Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors serving Washington Park, IL

...approaching both tests. I know both the ACT and the SAT inside and out. I can both help students quickly improve their test scores through simple test-taking tricks, but I can also help them develop their abilities and strengthen their conceptual grasp of a more difficult field. I find I get the strongest improvement in...

...that was perfect for my interests and learning style. This education, combined with my experience as a teacher in Creighton's "Philosophy for Children" program, has helped me to understand that teaching, one-on-one or in a classroom setting, is something that I'm passionate about. I believe that dialogue between mentor and pupil, much in the style...

...which forces of the past continue to influence the events of the present. In my learning, and now in my teaching, I promote a view of the humanities not as a collection of discrete events or facts to be memorized, but as a process in which we all take part. I find that it's much...

I am a current Junior studying at Emory University. I am currently pursuing a BS in Biology with the hopes of entering physical therapy school in the future. I received National Merit for my performance on the PSAT and SAT tests (scores of 213 and 2130 respectively).

...the ACT, so those looking for a tutor in that area, I would love to assist in creating/coaching a study program so when test time comes, you are confident and prepared! Most importantly, I want students to know that with me, don't be afraid to make mistakes! Getting the answer wrong or even a bad...

...and comprehension skills. In addition to teaching the material for examinations, I devote a small fraction of our time to developing these abilities that will foster learning in many areas. During my free time, I enjoy traveling with my family to experience other cultures. My other hobbies include reading, playing chess, and building computers.

...the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA. I love to travel, and have lived and worked in three countries outside the U.S. In Costa Rica, I worked with study abroad students in an Intensive Spanish Language program. In El Salvador, I taught in a K-9 school as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Most recently,...

...is most effective when I am focused on my client's individual needs and adapting my techniques (or even creating new ones) so that you get the most out of our one-on-one sessions! I specialize in ACT prep, but I enjoy working with students in other subjects as well, especially the sciences and language arts. I...

...a volunteer at the Refugee Empowerment Program in Memphis, TN, where I helped refugee and immigrant children (K-12) with homework and English literacy for nearly two years. During quarantine, I temporarily moved to California to help tutor my younger cousins (8 and13) who were struggling academically due to the new COVID-19 online schooling restrictions. My...

...special needs from the local community. This year I enjoyed volunteering with Americorps VISTA and teaching art and creative writing classes at Busch Middle School. Additionally, I'm a part-time nanny, and on weekends I enjoy playing and teaching the flute (which I also studied in college). I hope to become an English professor someday, and...

...studying psychotic illnesses, anxiety, and personality. While my speciality subject is Psychology, I tutor a wide variety of subjects, including Spanish (all levels), ACT, SAT, and GRE. My favorite part of the tutoring experience is developing a long-term study plan whilst ensuring that my clients are strategic in their studying ("study smart, not hard").

...a competitive club volleyball team for high schoolers in the St. Louis area, and volunteering at a nursing home. As a writer, I have a great deal of experience composing scientific reports, analytical literary analysis, philosophical and political arguments, and creative pieces. Fiction writing is one of my personal passions, and my creative work has...

...teacher at a school for children with learning disabilities in Chennai for two weeks. I created fun activities focused on improving basic math and reading skills, collaborated with other instructors, motivated students, and led one on one classes during the afterschool program. Also, in high school, I was briefly a tutor for geometry, chemistry, and...

...over 4 years, teaching students of all ages and watching them grow and succeed. My college peers often sought my help to parse difficult concepts into understandable pieces and to offer intuitive approaches to problems. I treat teaching and learning as an exercise of clear, open communication; the better the communication, the more appropriate the...

My goal is to provide the best possible instruction to students in need of extra assistance through a variety of teaching methods that are appropriate to the student's learning style.... Usually, it is a lot of translating from one language to the other and systematically going through each sentence so that the student understands the relationship between all the words within the sentence. This is usually done with written sentences I come up with using the...

I am a recent MA graduate from Washington University in St. Louis. I'm an effective communicator who thrives in both one-on-one and group settings, and as a teaching assistant, I have consistently been rated above both departmental and college-wide averages in every evaluation metric.

...- Adaptive and efficient tutor who uses examples and repetition to promote progress and learning - Past experience working with students diagnosed with ADHD and other disabilities that affect learning - Lived in Connecticut (13 years) and Shanghai (5 years) - Enthusiastic about sports/fitness - Swimming (12 years), Tennis (8 years), Badminton (5 years)

...BA in history and a minor in German. I'm strongly interested in most kinds of history and language, and am always ready to help students in subjects from European history to German to going over essays. I believe that language and history are topics that anyone can understand if they are just taught in the...

...and serve as an engineering school tutor at my university. While I tutor a variety of subjects, my favorites to work with are math and computer science. I enjoy watching my students gain confidence in a subject they may have struggled with in the past and love the way tutoring forces me to examine a...

...believe that it is important to show the students that what they learn in the classroom transfers into the real world. Students are encouraged to express their knowledge in a variety of ways, which encompass all learning styles. I will use many different techniques to bring instruction to an individualized level. In order for student...