Award-Winning SHSAT Tutors serving White Plains, NY

...I have worked with students between the ages of 7 and 50 and have developed a flexible teaching style to fit my students' needs. I believe in helping students develop the skills they need to solve problems and master the material they are learning. Before attending Cornell, I was a student at Brooklyn Technical High School. As a result, I have a lot of experience with standardized tests such as the SHSAT, SAT, and AP...

...and ACT, which has seen success among students who came in with doubts and anxieties and left with widened horizons and earned confidence. My specialty and passion has remained with writing. Writing carries an important weight in our lives, whether in an essay for AP English, a lab report for biology, a personal statement for a college application, a story or script for a portfolio, or a resume and cover letter for a job application.

...the student engaged and learning ranter than forcing them to recite a bunch of uninteresting facts over and over. I tutor a wide variety of subjects that I'm personally and professional passionate about. I was a comparative literature/religious studies dual major in college so I'm very familiar with history, writing, and literature analysis. In high school I took 8 AP classes and I'm familar with the rigors and stresses of these classes. I work hard...

...share my unique approach to this notorious section! On the September 2015 ACT exam, I scored a 34 on the ACT Science portion. We will utilize the best test-taking strategies to tackle this difficult section of the ACT exam. If you have questions, or would like to set up an appointment, feel free to contact me. I'm currently taking a year off from school, so I am available almost every day! I'm looking forward to hearing...

...school. I graduated from Mercy College in 2006 with a degree in Psychology, and am currently in graduate school pursuing a masters in Early Childhood Education. I have been teaching for over five years. I have a passion for teaching. I love to see students accomplish their academic goals to become successful in life. I'm also bilingual speaking Spanish/English. My teaching philosophy is every child has a strengths, every child can reach their potential and...

Hi! My name is Albina Islam. I am a recent Health Sciences graduate applying to medical school. I love the "Ooh" moment when something just clicks for a person and I strive to figure out the different routes it takes to get my students to that point. I have experience tutoring high school and college level students in Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Math (Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I).

...with special needs, and headed classrooms of up to 20 students covering a variety of subjects. My favorite subjects to teach are English and Standardized Test Prep, although I am qualified to teach an array of topics. I try to tailor my lesson plans to my students and to incorporate their interests whenever possible. I have a passion for knowledge, color coding, and museums. Outside of academia, my interests include traveling, cooking/baking, poetry of all...

...time, I volunteer for MiNDS (Mentoring in Neuroscience Discovery at Sinai). MiNDS is an outreach group of Mount Sinai scientists with an initiative that aims to ignite and nurture a passion for the brain throughout the Harlem community. Our program strives to make neuroscience education more engaging and accessible, to empower and inspire young students by extending mentoring resources to local East Harlem public schools. During my tenure with MiNDS, I've served as a volunteer...

...continue to pursue my hopes of becoming an author. For the past seven years, I have tutored students for the ELA Regents Exam, PSAT, SAT, ACT, SHSAT, 7th NYS ELA Exam and the Mark Twain Entrance Exam. I specialize in critical reading, vocabulary, grammar, and writing, and believe that my approach to content is what shines. Learning has to be an interactive experience. You have to be engaged, you have to see the purpose, and...

...this kind of personal power! I have an general passion for learning new things that inspires my love of teaching. Also, I have taught in 8th grade, 9th grade, and 2nd grade classrooms, as well as provided support to students of varying ages and grade levels in other educational programs. Learning should be student-centered, meaning that everything that happens in a tutoring session should be tailored to the needs of the student.I have the experience,...

...My didactic background, coupled with my experiential background, enables me to teach and differentiate instruction for students with a wide spectrum of abilities. My experiences have allowed me to work with multiple groups of students with diverse learning styles across several grade levels. As a result, I have experience with a wide range of curricula. It is both my honor and my duty to make education accessible and enjoyable for all students. I am a...

...school student in Florida, I volunteered at my Math Club's "Math Lab", an academic peer-tutoring session held every Monday for four years; as a college freshmen I was a tutor for Champion Learning, a company funded by No-Child-Left-Behind in order to aid struggling middle school students with the Common Core; as a full-time instructor, I managed classes for SHSAT and SAT and produced my own content while coordinating with parents and students on progress; during...

...models. With over 8 years of experience teaching elementary, high school, undergraduate and graduate students, I specialize in tutoring many subjects, mostly in the humanities and social sciences. I also tutor in Mandarin Chinese. As a native speaker in Chinese, I love to teach Chinese because the language relates to my background and specialty. I can also tutor areas in social sciences, including statistics, biostatistics, psychology, etc. I am looking forward to meeting new students....

I'm a current junior at Hunter College studying English Literature, Human Rights, and Public Policy with the goal of ultimately attending law school. I once volunteered as a tutor for Let's Get Ready, where I taught high school students the math section of the SAT and college application writing. I hope to apply my tutoring experience to teaching individual students, as I am excited about the learning process and aiding students in their long-term intellectual...

...of just being a high school student! I have a Masters in Chemistry and much experience tutoring chemistry and math at both middle and high school levels. During my undergrad, I worked at a high school with many disadvantaged students coming from a wide range of backgrounds. I have had experience working with some of the brightest students who are looking to excel and improve as well as experience with students who wish to never...

I have over a decade of experience as an educator and I've worked with students of all ages. I am certified as both English Language Arts for grades 7-12 and ESL for grades K-12. I earned my graduate degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from New York University. I am passionate about teaching and believe in challenging my students while giving them the support they need to grow.

...at Stony Brook University, although I was an architecture major at Carnegie Mellon University for a brief time. I have experience tutoring K-8th Grade Common Core, high school math (Algebra, Algebra 2/Trigonometry) and chemistry. I am passionate about learning new languages in my spare time, and I have tutored students in French as I am fluent in the language. Be it learning how to tie your shoelaces, or finding the derivative of a function, I...

...is a fundamentally understandable test with a limited number of patterns and question types that can be mastered with practice. The formulaic nature of the test gives me the privilege and joy of being able to reveal a manageable and orderly structure to students who had previously seen only a confusing mess of problems. Similarly, I take great joy in walking students through the mental process of clarifying their ideas and assumptions that is necessary...

...moved the way they did and physics gave me those answers. I enjoy traveling and have been to several US states, Egypt several times, Australia, Italy, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Some of my most memorable experiences include scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef and sky diving. I speak Arabic semi-fluently and I enjoy reading and training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing. Overall, I am very approachable and patient and will do my best...

...problem as that is what math involves; this in fact makes the learning experience a lot fun for me as a teacher and them as students that I wouldn't want to really give up on. I consider myself to be a strong advocator of education for every child as Malala Yousafzai once said "one child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world." During my free time, I enjoy reading the news...