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Michael

Certified Tutor

Michael

Current Grad Student, Medical Doctor
Michael's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
AP Biology
Chemistry

A fourth-year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Michael tackles science the way it actually works — connecting concepts across biology, chemistry, and physiology instead of treating them as separate silos. His biology degree and MCAT teaching experience at Kaplan mean he can br...

Education

Yeshiva University

Bachelors, Biology, General

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Current Grad Student, Medical Doctor

Test Scores
ACT
34
Abigail

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Abigail

Masters in International Affairs
Abigail's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
College Essays
Literature

Abigail's Columbia master's program in International Affairs required heavy engagement with research methodology — analyzing datasets on global health, evaluating environmental policy studies, and interpreting statistical evidence across disciplines. That training translates well when she walks stud...

Education

Columbia University

Masters in International Affairs

CUNY City College

Bachelor in Arts, Political Science and Government

Victoria

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Victoria

Master in Public Health, Public Health
Victoria's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Nutrition
SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening

Biology is where Victoria lives academically — her Cornell degree in Biology and Society plus her current MPH work mean she can unpack everything from cell biology and genetics to human physiology and ecology with real depth. She connects scientific concepts to health and nutrition examples that mak...

Education

Cornell University

Master in Public Health, Public Health

Cornell University

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Biology and Society (concentration in Health and Humanities; minor in Nutritional Sciences)

Ivan

Certified Tutor

Ivan

Masters, General and Special Ed, Grades 5 through 9
Ivan's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
College Essays
English Grammar and Syntax

Ten years of teaching in NYC classrooms — including self-contained and Collaborative Team Teaching settings — means Ivan has seen firsthand how students with different learning profiles struggle to process science material, from decoding diagrams to organizing lab observations into coherent explanat...

Education

Touro College

Masters, General and Special Ed, Grades 5 through 9

Siena College

Bachelor in Arts, English

Dan

Certified Tutor

Dan

Masters
Dan's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Geometry
Calculus 2

Dan's math background — through discrete math, calculus, and quantitative reasoning — means he can handle the computational side of science that often trips students up: dimensional analysis, interpreting rate graphs, and working through stoichiometry or physics equations without losing track of uni...

Education

University of Chicago

Masters

University of Bucharest

Bachelors, Comparative Literature

Chimdi

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Chimdi

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Chimdi's other Tutor Subjects
Trigonometry
Geometry
Calculus
Algebra

Electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon means Chimdi lives in the overlap of physics, math, and applied problem-solving — building circuits, analyzing waveforms, and testing real systems against theoretical predictions every week. That hands-on lab experience makes him especially effective at teac...

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1580
Nicholas

Certified Tutor

5+ years

Nicholas

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Nicholas's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
AP Physics 1
Physics

Having debugged enough physics simulations and coded enough data-analysis scripts during his Penn State CS program, Nicholas picked up a working fluency in scientific reasoning that most computer science majors don't bother developing — understanding how variables interact, why controlled experiment...

Education

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Test Scores
SAT
1420
Laura

Certified Tutor

Laura

Bachelor in Arts, Biology and Anthropology
Laura's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Competition Math
Trigonometry
Statistics

Biology, chemistry, and physics all sit in Laura's wheelhouse — her dual biology and anthropology degree from Fordham means she studied living systems from the molecular level up through human populations. Now pursuing a Master's in Public Health at Columbia with a focus on environmental health scie...

Education

Fordham University

Bachelor in Arts, Biology and Anthropology

Test Scores
SAT
1530
Gabriela

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Gabriela

Current Undergrad, African American Studies
Gabriela's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Geometry
Calculus

For younger students, science should feel like discovery — asking why leaves change color or how magnets pull from a distance. Gabriela connects these everyday curiosities to the actual concepts behind them, whether that's life cycles, states of matter, or basic earth science. She makes observation ...

Education

Harvard University

Current Undergrad, African American Studies

Test Scores
SAT
1450
ACT
33
Devon

Certified Tutor

4+ years

Devon

Master of Science, African Studies
Devon's other Tutor Subjects
Middle School Math
Geometry
Calculus
Algebra

Growing up steeped in math and ELA before pursuing graduate work in Africana Studies, Devon brings an interdisciplinary lens to science — particularly when it comes to reading dense informational texts, pulling key details from charts, and organizing written explanations of how things work. That cro...

Education

University of Ghana

Master of Science, African Studies

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