Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in San Francisco-Bay Area, CA

...school and needed help in time management, math, Spanish, History, and Biology. My favorite subjects to tutor are History (because I love it and I am a History major), Language Arts, and Math, but I am willing to help each student with whatever they need. Two of the students I tutored were able to get their D and F averages up to C's and B's in just a few months with my help. My tutoring...

...courses like Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, as well as lower division Physics. I am passionate about math and physics and enjoy sharing my excitement about these subjects with my students. I find that many students shy away from the core concepts in physics and, preferring instead to learn only the specific problems assigned. This can result in the confusion when the student is confronted with a new problem. For this reason,...

...explaining these subjects to my students. Learning math and science is like learning to speak a new language; it's a fact that Biology students learn as many new words as language students! I had been tutoring SAT/ACT prep when I decided I wanted to teach more subjects. I also tutor Spanish; I've been learning Spanish since I was four years old and have been to Mexico and Spain. I love speaking Spanish and cooking Mexican...

...In the mean time, I have been tutoring extensively. Most of my tutoring experience is with Math and SAT preparation. I particularly enjoy working with students on standardized tests as they provide the most common avenue for me to work on reading and writing with students. Additionally, I tutor Economics when I can. I think my tutoring style can best be described as Socratic; my main mission when I work with students is to help...

...assisting a group of Aim High 8th graders with their independent high school application essays. I am especially passionate about preparing students for standardized tests and editing personal statement essays. Many students experience test anxiety and are unsure of how to present themselves in personal statements, making the application process stressful. For this reason, I enjoy helping students put their best foot forward in their personal statements and learn test-taking strategies so they may feel...

...to school groups in the classroom and outside. Becoming a Varsity Tutor will allow me the opportunity to once again work with students. My best experience thus far in teaching was seeing my students really own what they had learned in the classroom and really tackle a group service project head on. I am a fun, enthusiastic, energetic, and gregarious individual and strive to make learning fun and relevant to the student so they truly...

...have always loved getting to know all of my students. Every single one has taught me so many things about learning and teaching, and I believe in return many have grown from working with me. For me, learning to work with a student is like solving a puzzle. Each student has her or his own unique set of strengths. I believe that figuring out what these are and molding the content around them is the...

...research assistant for a biotechnology company. I am currently doing cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco in a melanoma lab while I apply to medical schools. In high school and college I tutored students in English and Math, two of my favorite subjects to teach. As the daughter of a third grade teacher, I place great importance on education. I have witnessed the positive impact that increased one-on-one attention can provide for...

...world increasingly influenced by technology, I think it's important for people to understand them. I am a graduate of The University of California, Berkeley. During my time there I received bachelor's degrees in Physics and Astrophysics, and did research on the formation and evolution of massive galaxies. In my spare time I do a fair amount of math and physics, but also love to read, write, play video games, watch movies, skateboard, play the piano...

...kids or Competition Math. I think the value in me as a tutor is teaching students how to solve problems on their own, instead of just relying on me to give them the answers. I can teach students the importance of not giving up, ease the pressure they get from academics, and help them to comprehend the learning material more easily. I am able to put myself in their shoes and help them guide through...