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8+ years
Eric
As an economics major at Duke, Eric tackles everything from supply-and-demand fundamentals to more advanced topics like game theory, market structures, and macroeconomic policy. He connects abstract models to real-world examples that make concepts like elasticity or comparative advantage intuitive r...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Natalie
Studying both engineering and economics at Duke gave Natalie a quantitative lens on economic reasoning — she's comfortable moving between supply-and-demand intuition and the math behind elasticity, optimization, and equilibrium. She digs into the "why" behind each model so students can apply concept...
Duke University
Current Undergrad Student, Civil Engineering

Certified Tutor
5+ years
Timothy
Supply and demand curves are simple enough on the surface, but economics gets genuinely tricky when you're modeling externalities, calculating elasticity, or working through game theory payoff matrices. Timothy majored in Economics at Emory and is completing his MBA at Duke on academic scholarship, ...
Duke University
Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration and Management
Emory University
Bachelor in Arts, Economics

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Bailey
Studying economics at Duke while earning a 3.94 GPA means Bailey has recently worked through the exact problem sets and curve-shifting logic that trip up most econ students — elasticity calculations, equilibrium analysis, the jump from micro consumer theory to macro aggregate models. She also brings...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science, Economics

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Matt
Matt's background sits at the intersection of mathematics and policy, which means he can explain economics from both the quantitative side — supply-demand models, elasticity calculations, game theory — and the real-world side of why these frameworks matter. He digs into the intuition behind each mod...
Duke University
Master of Public Policy, Public Policy
Stetson University
Bachelors, Mathematics; Nonprofit Administration

Certified Tutor
5+ years
Rayhan
Rayhan's Duke history degree taught him to trace cause and effect through complex systems — a skill that transfers directly to economics, where understanding why a tariff reshapes domestic markets or how inflation erodes purchasing power depends on the same kind of causal reasoning. His biology and ...
Duke University
Bachelor in Arts, major in History; minors in Biology and Chemistry

Certified Tutor
2+ years
I have enjoyed teaching all my life. I have taught and coached swimming, Boy Scout skills, classes and small groups in church, college classes, and enrichment classes for home schoolers. I like tutoring one to one because of the flexibility it allows me to have in tailoring the tutoring to the indiv...
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
MEC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MEC

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Jai
I'm a recent Stanford graduate (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), and have been working at a major Management Consulting firm for a few years now. I personally scored a 2360 (out of 2400) on the SAT and 35 on the ACT and was successful in gaining admission to several top universities. I'...
Stanford University
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Certified Tutor
I am a licensed physician from Florida who is currently changing careers. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and have extensive tutoring and editing experience. While a student, I became a certified writing tutor through the Critical Writing Department. Since I completed my writ...
Nova Southeastern University
PHD, Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors, History
University of Pennsylvania
undergraduate

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Kate
I'm available to tutor biology, chemistry, physics, math from Algebra up through AP Calculus, SAT test prep, and French. I've been tutoring students in science and math for 7 years. I also spent 8 months working and studying in France, and have tutored high school and adult students in French. When ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters, Environmental Engineering
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