Reading a novel closely means noticing what an author does with structure, imagery, and point of view — not just summarizing plot. Noah's Penn liberal arts background trained him to dig into texts ranging from Victorian novels to contemporary poetry, and he brings that same close-reading rigor to ev...

Literary analysis comes down to reading with purpose — identifying how an author's choices in structure, imagery, and voice shape meaning. Sandy teaches students to build arguments about texts by grounding every claim in specific passages, turning vague impressions into precise, defensible interpret...

Studying East Asian Studies at Columbia means Philipp spends his semesters reading literature across cultures and time periods, then arguing about what it means in seminar. He brings that same close-reading discipline to tutoring — unpacking imagery, unreliable narrators, or structural choices in wh...

Reading literature at Columbia means Theo spends his weeks dissecting everything from Victorian novels to postcolonial poetry — and he brings that same close-reading rigor to tutoring. He teaches students how to trace a motif through a text, build a thesis around literary devices, and write analyses...

Reading a novel closely means asking better questions — about unreliable narrators, recurring symbols, or why an author chose one point of view over another. Emily teaches students to build interpretive arguments from textual evidence, turning vague reactions into the kind of precise literary analys...

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old e...

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults...

I am a junior Mechanical Engineering major at Yale, and I hope to become a Naval Aviator after college. I am also a varsity sailor, and enjoy playing music with friends when I can get some free time. I have been tutoring my fellow students throughout my entire academic career, and I would best descr...

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tut...

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...

I am proud to be a part of Varsity Tutors! I am originally from San Antonio, TX; I completed my undergraduate education at Rice University in Houston where I received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Currently, I am in my second year of medical school at Baylor College of Medici...

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received ...

I am an aspiring applied mathematician, with particular interest in image processing and climate science. I graduated in May 2017 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in physics and mathematics, and am beginning a PhD program in September 2017 at the University of Chicago in Com...