Award-Winning SHSAT Tutors serving Essex County, NJ

...finding those connections that will make the learning stick. I am a Columbia University graduate with a degree in Neuroscience and behavior. I also have received my Masters in Education. I have taught middle school and high school science and for the past 9 years. I am passionate about supporting students in math and science to help them see how skills in the classroom are used In the real world. I have experience teaching math...

...in the verbal and writing sections. It was an incredible feeling to coach students through this test and watch their scores climb. I later had that same satisfaction on a personal level when I tutored my younger brother throughout his SAT preparation. He is now finishing his freshman year at his top choice university and he could not be happier. In addition to private SAT instruction, I tutored English and History throughout middle school and...

...of Science, I received my Bachelor of Arts from Yale College, where I double-majored in Philosophy and Art. I was also a Yale Journalism Scholar. While at Yale, I coached speech and debate, and I often tutored students in politics, public speaking, and history. I also teach art classes around the city. I love to teach, and I love to help to tutor students in multiple subjects including college essay writing, english, history, and SHSAT...

Upbeat, professional teaching artist with demonstrated success in the primary and secondary education sectors. Skilled in academic intervention and enrichment, motivational interviewing and coaching, standardized exam preparation. Graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from California College of the Arts (2017) and a Bachelor of Arts in English from CUNY Baccalaureate at Hunter College (2013, Cum Laude). Currently a National Teaching Fellow with Citizen Schools in Brooklyn, NY.

I am a recent graduate from at Dartmouth College and I am starting medical school at Weill Cornell Medical School in the Fall. I am an experienced tutor in high school and college English, Psychology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. Additionally, I tutor for the SHSAT and SAT. I believe that all students are unique individuals, and so I tutor them as such. I cater to each students' learning style.

I am an aspiring physician attending the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education/ CUNY School of Medicine who wants to help others achieve the goals they strive for academically because I know how important education is.

...am an undergraduate student attending Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. I will be earning a Bachelors of Science in Business and Technology Management while minoring in Mechanical Engineering. Before attending college, I w as a teacher and office assistant who taught students elementary, middle school, SHSAT and SAT level math, while performing clerical tasks under a tutoring center. Additionally, as a member of the National Honor Society I tutored underclassmen STEM related...

...both my BA and MA Ed. I loved the opportunities Hunter gave me to pursue my love of Literature, Psychology and Teaching. I have traveled extensively in Europe over the years, and I am always on the lookout for new learning experiences that I can share with my students. I do not hesitate to share with them pictures and stories of the places I have visited which connect to literature because they can see that...

To help students gain a proper understanding of the subject material and gain confidence in their abilities.

...have tutored high school students in algebra and trigonometry and helped prepare students for the SAT. I am also a Jumpstart Corps Member and spend a few days a week providing preschool children in low income communities support in language, literacy skills, and social-emotional competencies. While I have experience in a broad range of subjects, my favorite subject to tutor is math because of the systematic methods involved. My job as a tutor is to...

...for both SAT prep and Spanish. I graduated from Middlebury College (where I majored in English, with a minor in Spanish) and prior to that, Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Upon graduating, I worked for Middlebury College followed by a decade-long stint in the tech industry here in New York. My interests include film, photography, travel and baseball. I've traveled extensively and owe my Spanish skills primarily to significant time spent in Spain...

I'm a Mechanical engineering student from Binghamton University. I'm currently on route to graduate in the upcoming year and have a passion for higher mathematics and engineering. I do have past experience tutoring and feel the best way to helps students is by connecting materials to one's personal interests, and to maximize one's strengths within a subject.

...in Baruch. When I immigrated to the US, I became interested in Japanese culture where there was Japanese television on Fridays. When those programming licensing ended, I turned to the internet. In the second semester in college, I took the opportunity to enroll in the first Elementary Japanese class. I was able to get an A in the class. I have taken all the required classes and have become proficient in Japanese. In addition to...

...fictional masters of education like her favorite teachers: Mr. Always Question Why, Mrs. Don't Ever Give Up, Miss. The Only Foolish Question Is One Not Asked, Bill Nye, Ms. Frizzle, and LeVar Burton (The Reading Rainbow). In her free time, she enjoys experiencing the eats, sights, and sounds of her hometown. (When no one is looking, she talks to her neighbor's cat, Tiger. Shaniquoa thinks it's about time he learns to speak human.)

Medical student with experience tutoring numerous subjects and applications to Universities and medical school. Subjects Range from Algebra to Psychology

...involves Socratic Questioning and is highly interdisciplinary. It is never a one-way stream of information. I will be asking you a lot of questions along the way. The two most lessons that I teach to my students: 1. tolerance of uncertainty; and 2. confidence in your own self-efficacy. Everyone can attain mastery. I never doubt. Anything can be learned, if you breathe, accept that you are a beginner, and give into the process. To learn...

...collections of plays, essays, translations, and short stories. My most recent collaborative project was nominated for a literary award for outstanding translation of contemporary Russian fiction. I received a BA in French and English from Indiana University in 2007, and graduated on the Dean's list with honors, and won the prestigious Quinten B. Hope award for excellence in French Language Studies. I studied one year at the University of Provence, in Aix-en-Provence, France. I am...

...a knack for standardized tests. Friends and family would come to me for tips, and soon I had regular students. I also worked for a tutoring agency, where I taught classes and individual students prep for the SHSAT, SAT, and the HCHS entrance exam. I first like to pinpoint my student's weaknesses. From there, I spend extra time in each session explaining those concepts and assigning specialized practice problems to them. This strategy, along with...

I am a tutor for most Math subject areas, including Algebra 1/2, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, SAT Math, and AB Calculus. I am a graduate of Columbia University. I strive to make sure my clients reach their potential and achieve their highest grade possible.

...Outreach Tutoring (LOT), a program dedicated to tutoring Bronx middle school students for the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). I continued in the program and became the head math teacher, responsible for leading a class of over 25 students. I believe standardized testing unjustly favors those with the resources for extensive test prep. Thus, it was all the more rewarding to work with students who, otherwise, would not have had as...