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Award-Winning Microsoft Excel Tutors serving San Francisco, CA

Gabriel

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Gabriel

Bachelor of Science, Economics
Gabriel's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math

Most people use about 10% of what Excel can do. Gabriel digs into the functions that actually save time — VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, conditional formatting — and shows students how to structure spreadsheets so the data answers questions instead of just sitting in rows.

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science, Economics

Test Scores
ACT
35
Florence

Certified Tutor

5+ years

Florence

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Florence's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Trigonometry
Statistics
Pre-Calculus

Spreadsheets become genuinely powerful once you move past basic formulas into VLOOKUP, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and data visualization. Florence's computer science background at Duke means she thinks algorithmically about data problems, which translates directly into teaching students h...

Education

Duke University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Test Scores
Perfect Score
ACT
36
Tim

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Tim

Bachelor of Science, Computational Science
Tim's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus

Computational science at MIT requires wrangling large datasets, and Excel is often the first tool Tim reaches for when cleaning, sorting, and visualizing data before moving to heavier platforms. He covers formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting with an emphasis on building spread...

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computational Science

Test Scores
SAT
1560
ACT
34
Pratik

Certified Tutor

8+ years

Pratik

Bachelor in Arts, Biology, General
Pratik's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
Calculus

Spreadsheets power everything from lab data analysis to personal budgeting, and Pratik uses Excel regularly for coursework at Cornell — building formulas, pivot tables, and conditional formatting into real workflows. He walks through functions like VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, and array formulas with concr...

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor in Arts, Biology, General

Test Scores
SAT
1550
ACT
35
Mica

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Mica

B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society
Mica's other Tutor Subjects
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra
Elementary School Math

Mica's Science, Technology, and Society degree at Stanford meant constant data wrangling — organizing research datasets, running analyses, and presenting findings in structured formats. She brings that academic rigor to Excel sessions, tackling everything from formula logic and data cleanup to build...

Education

Stanford University

B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society

Test Scores
ACT
32
Martha

Certified Tutor

Martha

Current Grad Student, Global Health
Martha's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
Statistics
Calculus
Algebra

Research in psychology and global health generates massive datasets, and Martha uses Excel daily to clean, organize, and analyze them — pivot tables, VLOOKUP, conditional formatting, and basic macros are all part of her workflow. She teaches students to think about what they need from their data fir...

Education

Duke University

Bachelors, Psychology

Duke University

Current Grad Student, Global Health

Duke University

BS in psychology

Test Scores
SAT
1580
Tolu

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Tolu

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

Most people use about 10% of what Excel can do, but the real power kicks in with VLOOKUP, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and array formulas. Tolu's economics degree from Stanford meant living in spreadsheets for data analysis, and he connects Excel skills to practical scenarios — budgeting mo...

Education

Stanford University

Bachelor's in Economics

Adaliss

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Adaliss

Master of Arts, Applied and Professional Ethics
Adaliss's other Tutor Subjects
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra
Elementary School Math

Spreadsheets make more sense when they're tied to something real — tracking a budget, organizing survey data, or building a grade tracker. Adaliss teaches Excel fundamentals like VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and conditional formatting by walking through practical projects rather than abstract exercises, s...

Education

Harvard University

Master of Arts, Applied and Professional Ethics

Andrew

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Andrew

Bachelor of Science, Labor and Industrial Relations
Andrew's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Calculus
Algebra
PSAT Writing Skills

Spreadsheet fluency is a core requirement in Andrew's Labor and Industrial Relations program at Cornell, where he regularly builds models using formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization tools. He teaches Excel by starting with the task a student actually needs to accomplish — whether that's org...

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science, Labor and Industrial Relations

Test Scores
ACT
34
Adam

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Adam

Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Sciences (minor in Spanish)
Adam's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra
Statistics

Adam's statistics and data analysis coursework in cognitive science meant living inside spreadsheets — building formulas, cleaning datasets, and using pivot tables to make sense of experimental results. He teaches Excel as a practical tool rather than an abstract skill set, covering everything from ...

Education

Rice University

Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Sciences (minor in Spanish)

Test Scores
ACT
34

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