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Dylan
BA Northwestern University
1+ Years Tutoring

Dylan has taken both college mechanics and electricity/magnetism at Northwestern's engineering school, so he's worked through the exact problem sets — free-body diagrams, circuit analysis, wave optics — that trip up most college physics students. His computer science background also means he's comfortable walking through the math-heavy derivations that make physics click rather than feel like guesswork. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Shawn
MS University of California Los Angeles
1+ Years Tutoring

Shawn's master's in chemistry means he's already internalized the physics that chemistry leans on — thermodynamics, kinetics, electrostatics, and wave behavior — so he explains these topics with the fluency of someone who uses them daily rather than someone reciting definitions. He's particularly sharp at teaching students to set up problems from scratch, identifying which physical principles apply before plugging anything into an equation. Rated 4.9 by students.

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Michael
BA UNLV
1+ Years Tutoring

College physics ramps up the mathematical demands significantly, especially once integration enters the picture for topics like work-energy problems or electric flux calculations. Michael's coursework through multivariable calculus and differential equations means he can bridge the gap between the physics concepts and the calculus tools students need to solve them. He's particularly effective at teaching students to translate a physical scenario into a mathematical setup — the skill that separates students who understand from those who just memorize.

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Kyle
Current Undergrad Student, Forensic Science University of New Haven
9+ Years Tutoring

Forensic science coursework is surprisingly physics-heavy — ballistics relies on projectile motion and energy transfer, blood spatter analysis is fluid dynamics in action, and accident reconstruction demands a working command of kinematics and Newton's laws. Kyle brings that applied context into college physics tutoring, connecting textbook problems to scenarios where the physics actually determines real outcomes. Rated 4.6 by students.

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Aaron
BA The Ohio State University
1+ Years Tutoring

Engineering coursework put Aaron through the full sequence of calculus-based physics — mechanics, E&M, waves, thermodynamics — and he still remembers which concepts made him struggle before they clicked. He breaks down problem-solving into concrete steps: sketch the system, identify the governing principle, then translate to math, so students stop guessing which equation to use. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Kathleen
BA Washington University in St. Louis
1+ Years Tutoring

College-level physics demands comfort with calculus-based reasoning — deriving equations of motion, integrating force over a path for work, or applying differential equations to oscillations. Kathleen's math degree from Washington University and her experience teaching through multivariable calculus mean she can unpack both the physics intuition and the mathematical machinery simultaneously.

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Vania
BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1+ Years Tutoring

Building things that actually work — which is what mechanical engineering is — means Vania spent her degree applying Newton's laws to real structures, calculating heat transfer through materials, and analyzing fluid flow, not as textbook exercises but as design requirements. That hands-on engineering intuition shows up when she breaks down free-body diagrams or walks through energy conservation problems, because she's solved versions of them that had to hold up in the physical world. Her 1590 SAT underscores the quantitative precision she brings to calculus-based problem solving.

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Justin
BA Washington University in St. Louis • Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Mathematics University of Chicago
9+ Years Tutoring

Three years of tutoring introductory physics while completing dual bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics gave Justin a detailed map of exactly where students lose the thread — the jump from one-dimensional kinematics to rotational analogs, the shift from intuitive force reasoning to formal energy methods. His PhD in Computational Mathematics at the University of Chicago deepened that foundation, adding fluency with the differential equations and vector calculus that make the leap from algebra-based to calculus-based physics so steep. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Charles
BA Yale University
1+ Years Tutoring

College-level physics ramps up fast, especially when courses introduce calculus-based mechanics or electromagnetism for the first time. Charles works through these topics as part of his mechanical engineering curriculum at Yale, so he can walk through derivations of torque, moment of inertia, or Gauss's law with the fluency of someone who applies them in lab and design projects regularly.

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Samuel
BA California Institute of Technology
6+ Years Tutoring

Studying applied mathematics at Caltech means Samuel encounters physics constantly — from classical mechanics and energy conservation to electromagnetism and wave behavior. He breaks down the math behind physical systems so that equations like Maxwell's or Newton's second law feel like tools rather than obstacles.

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Florence
BA Duke University
5+ Years Tutoring

Serving as a TA for Duke's Electricity and Magnetism course means Florence has graded the exact types of problems — Gauss's law applications, RC circuits, Faraday's law scenarios — that make college physics students sweat, and she knows precisely where the reasoning breaks down. Her computer science background also gives her a knack for teaching the systematic, step-by-step problem decomposition that turns a wall of physics into something solvable. Holds a 5.0 rating.

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Steve
MS Washington University in St. Louis • BA Saint Louis University-Main Campus
1+ Years Tutoring

Statics, dynamics, circuits, electromagnetics — Steve didn't just take these courses, he took them twice over, earning degrees in both mechanical and electrical engineering before working as a practicing engineer. That dual perspective is especially useful in college physics, where a problem about induced EMF or stress in a beam benefits from someone who's designed real systems around those principles. Rated 4.9 by students.

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Daniel
Current Undergrad Student, Engineering Physics Cornell University
1+ Years Tutoring

Engineering physics at Cornell means Daniel is taking the most mathematically demanding version of every physics course — mechanics, E&M, waves, thermo — and building the intuition to move fluidly between physical reasoning and formal derivation. He's particularly strong at teaching students how to set up problems from scratch, translating a word problem into a free-body diagram or energy equation before any numbers appear. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Andrew
PhD Boston University • BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1+ Years Tutoring

A molecular biology background means Andrew regularly encountered physics in disguise — diffusion rates, membrane potentials, fluid dynamics in biological systems — before his doctoral work added another layer of analytical rigor. He breaks down mechanics and thermodynamics problems by connecting them to tangible phenomena, which makes the abstract math feel less like symbol-pushing. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Cori
BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9+ Years Tutoring

TA-ing MIT's Physics II course gave Cori front-row experience with the stumbling blocks college students face — from applying Maxwell's equations to navigating multi-step problems in mechanics and thermodynamics. She approaches each topic by building physical intuition first, then layering on the math. Her engineering background means she can also show how these principles appear in real material systems and design problems.

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Pranav
BA Johns Hopkins University
8+ Years Tutoring

College-level physics demands more than plug-and-chug — problems in electrodynamics, rotational mechanics, or thermodynamics often require combining multiple principles in a single solution. Pranav digs into these multi-step problems as a Biomedical Engineering student at Johns Hopkins, where physics underpins much of his coursework. He walks through derivations and problem-solving strategies that build real fluency with the material rather than surface-level familiarity.

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Richard
BA Harvard University
1+ Years Tutoring

College-level physics ramps up quickly, especially once calculus-based mechanics and electromagnetism enter the picture. Richard's time as a course assistant in Harvard's math department gave him deep comfort with the calculus underpinning topics like electric flux integrals and differential equations of motion. He teaches the physics and the math simultaneously, so students aren't left wondering where a derivation came from.

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