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Sami

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Sami

Bachelor of Science (Economics and Computer Science)
Sami's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Statistics
Geometry
Calculus

Sami earned his economics and computer science degrees at Duke, then moved into management consulting and corporate finance before starting his MBA at Yale — so when he teaches concepts like profit maximization under different market structures or strategic pricing in oligopolies, he's drawing on de...

Education

Duke University

Bachelor of Science (Economics and Computer Science)

Yale School of Management

Current Undergrad Student, Business Administration and Management

Test Scores
ACT
35
Laura

Certified Tutor

Laura

Bachelors, Economics
Laura's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Statistics
Middle School Math

Supply and demand curves are simple enough on the surface, but microeconomics gets tricky fast once students hit elasticity calculations, game theory matrices, and market failure models. Laura studied economics at the undergraduate level and brings real fluency to topics like consumer surplus, price...

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors, Economics

Test Scores
SAT
1510
Jack

Certified Tutor

Jack

B.A. in Theatre and Economics
Jack's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra 3/4

Elasticity, market structures, consumer surplus — microeconomics is full of concepts that seem straightforward on the surface but get tricky the moment you apply them to problem sets. Jack's Northwestern economics training means he can walk through the math behind each model while keeping the bigger...

Education

Northwestern University

B.A. in Theatre and Economics

Test Scores
ACT
35
Mary

Certified Tutor

Mary

PhD in Chemistry
Mary's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Calculus
Algebra

Mary's PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago means she spent years doing the kind of constrained optimization and quantitative modeling that microeconomics relies on — minimizing costs, maximizing outputs, interpreting how variables shift on a graph. She pairs that analytical rigor with MB...

Education

University of Chicago

PhD in Chemistry

Lafayette College

Bachelors, Chemistry/Phyics

Shoaib

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Shoaib

Masters, Economics
Shoaib's other Tutor Subjects
Statistics Graduate Level
Pre-Algebra
Statistics
Calculus

The jump from understanding a basic supply curve to working through consumer optimization with indifference curves and budget constraints trips up a lot of students. Shoaib tackles microeconomics by connecting the math — marginal utility, cost functions, Nash equilibria — to the intuitive reasoning ...

Education

Rutgers University-Newark

Masters, Economics

Universiti Malaya

Bachelors, Economics

Mark

Certified Tutor

Mark

Current Grad Student, Bioengineering
Mark's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus

Reading The Economist for fun is one thing — Mark actually digs into the microeconomic logic underneath the headlines, connecting how firms price goods or respond to regulation back to the models students see in class. His bioengineering grad work is heavily quantitative, so he's comfortable walking...

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

Current Grad Student, Bioengineering

University of Illinois at Chicago

Current Undergrad, Bioengineering

Test Scores
ACT
34
Mosab

Certified Tutor

Mosab

Current Grad Student, Health Sciences
Mosab's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Algebra 3/4
Trigonometry
Calculus

Supply and demand curves are intuitive until you hit market failures, game theory, and the math behind consumer optimization — that's where microeconomics gets interesting and where most students need a push. Mosab teaches AP Microeconomics with an emphasis on connecting graphical analysis to the un...

Education

Tufts University

Bachelors, International Relations and Arabic

Harvard University

Current Grad Student, Health Sciences

Test Scores
SAT
1540
Albert

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Albert

Masters in Business Administration
Albert's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
SAT Subject Test in Chinese with Listening
SAT Reading

Consumer choice theory, production functions, and game theory matrices each demand a slightly different way of thinking — and that's where most micro students get stuck. Albert tackles each framework on its own terms, drawing on his MBA economics training to show why firms price-discriminate, how ex...

Education

University of California Los Angeles

Masters in Business Administration

Wuhan University

Bachelor in Arts, Broadcast Journalism

Adi

Certified Tutor

17+ years

Adi

Bachelor in Arts
Adi's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
SAT Mathematics
SAT Reading

Supply and demand curves are just the entry point — the real challenge in microeconomics is applying them to problems involving market structures, consumer choice, and externalities. Adi's economics training means he can walk through the intuition behind utility maximization or Nash equilibrium with...

Education

Rice University

Bachelor in Arts

Test Scores
SAT
1510
Hari

Certified Tutor

Hari

Masters, MBA (Finance and Management)
Hari's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Statistics
Calculus

Supply and demand curves are just the starting point — Hari digs into elasticity, marginal utility, and market structures like oligopoly and monopolistic competition to show how firms actually make pricing decisions. His MBA in Finance gives him real-world context for concepts like cost curves and p...

Education

University of South Florida-Main Campus

Masters, MBA (Finance and Management)

Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelors

Test Scores
SAT
1410

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