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Sven

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Sven

BS
Sven's other Tutor Subjects
SAT Reading
Python
Computational Problem Solving
Computer Programming

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the poorly executed lessons of those who have taught me." -Isaac Newton and Myself. I was inspired to become a tutor because I believe there is an easy way to explain anything, it's just that, unfortunately, most don't take the time to try. I am a former...

Education

Rider University

BS

Musab Ahamed

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Musab Ahamed

MBA
Musab's other Tutor Subjects
Statistics
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math
Geometry

Hey!! I am a current graduate student at University and I possess over 5 years of teaching students of a varied age group. I am currently pursuing a masters degree in data analytics and management engineering. I specialize in mathematics, physics, programming languages (R, Python), statistics, econ...

Education

University of Waterloo

MBA

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Adam

AB
Adam's other Tutor Subjects
ESL/ELL
High School English
World Religions
Religion

From building web applications in PHP and Python to designing databases that power those projects, Adam has written SQL as part of the full development cycle — not just in isolated exercises. That means he teaches queries, table relationships, and schema design in the context of how data actually fl...

Education

University of Waterloo

AB

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Travers

Undergraduate Degree
Travers's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Calculus
Calculus 2
Probability
Calculus 1

Building data pipelines professionally for six years means Travers writes SQL daily — not textbook exercises, but production queries that pull, transform, and aggregate real business data alongside Python, R, and Tableau. He teaches query construction the way he actually uses it at work: start with ...

Education

Vassar College

Undergraduate Degree

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Aamani

Master's/Graduate
Aamani's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math
Geometry

Three years as a Salesforce developer means Aamani has written SOQL and SQL queries in production environments — building reports, pulling relational data, and debugging query logic under real business constraints. Her Applied Computing master's and relational databases coursework add the theoretica...

Education

University of Windsor

Master's/Graduate

Certified Tutor

3+ years

Patrick

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (minor in Mathematics)
Patrick's other Tutor Subjects
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra
Elementary School Math

Knowing SQL syntax is easy; knowing how to think in sets and design efficient queries is the hard part. Patrick teaches students to reason through JOINs, subqueries, and aggregation by building real queries against actual datasets — a skill he sharpened through data-heavy coursework and projects in ...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (minor in Mathematics)

Test Scores
ACT
33

Certified Tutor

7+ years

Joshua

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Joshua's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
College Essays
Literature

Between building projects in Java, Python, and JavaScript, Joshua picked up SQL as the connective tissue — the language that actually gets data in and out of the applications he writes. His CS coursework at Penn State covered relational database fundamentals like normalization and schema design, so ...

Education

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Test Scores
SAT
1560

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Tolu

Bachelor's in Economics
Tolu's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Calculus
Calculus
Algebra

Tolu's path from an economics degree at Stanford to a full stack web development certificate means he's written SQL on both sides — pulling data for analysis and building the database layer that serves it. He uses the Socratic method to teach query construction, asking students to reason through why...

Education

Stanford University

Bachelor's in Economics

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Daniel

Master of Science, Computer Science
Daniel's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra
Trigonometry

Learning SQL is less about memorizing SELECT statements and more about understanding how relational databases actually organize and retrieve data. Daniel approaches queries from a computer science foundation — explaining joins, subqueries, and indexing in terms of the set theory and logic that make ...

Education

Cornell University

Master of Science, Computer Science

DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management-Florida

Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Anders

Master of Science, Computer Engineering, General
Anders's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Robotics
College Essays

Most SQL tutorials stop at SELECT and JOIN, but real-world queries demand comfort with subqueries, window functions, indexing strategies, and understanding how a relational database engine executes a query plan. Anders has built and maintained production databases as a senior software engineer, so h...

Education

University of Southern Denmark

Master of Science, Computer Engineering, General

University of Southern Denmark

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

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AP Statistics Tutor • +115 Subjects

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Calculus Tutor • +56 Subjects

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Pre-Algebra Tutor • +55 Subjects

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AP Statistics Tutor • +62 Subjects

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