I am a firm believer that all students learn differently and identifying how each student best learns is essential to his/her academic success. Therefore, as a tutor, I aim to specifically tailor my teaching style to each student in order to help them maximize their potential. Outside of academics, I enjoy exercising, playing basketball, cooking, and attending concerts and other live performances in the Philadelphia area.

I'm a fourth year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania who is applying to pediatrics residency programs. I graduated in 2006 from Yale University with a bachelors degree in History. I subsequently completed a post-baccalaureate program at Bryn Mawr College to complete the premedical course work and matriculated into Penn's medical school. I took a year off from medical school between my third and fourth year to get a masters degree in education focusing on medical education but also...More

I am a PhD candidate at Thomas Jefferson University studying prostate cancer cell and molecular biology. I have always been fascinated by the way our world works. During my undergraduate career I experienced the joy of passing that knowledge to others through teaching assistantships in functional anatomy and leading workshops in general chemistry. I have privately tutored in both subjects and I also have experience working with middle school students and teaching basic science and experimental m...More

I am a graduate of Hood College, with a double major in Economics and Law & Society. I attended The American University Ph.D. Economics program. I completed all the Ph.D coursework and comprehensive exams, but not the dissertation. I have taught economics at the college level for over 15 years. I enjoy seeing students make connections between economics and other fields of study or their own personal interests. It is heartening to watch students utilize economic concepts to understand the world a...More

I am a senior accounting student at The University of Pittsburgh and will be graduating in April. I have most of my tutoring experience in Accounting and Mathematics. My favorite subject to tutor is Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, ACT math and Calculus. I have a very personable tutoring style as I believe that is most effective in learning. I enjoy listening to music, playing video games, fishing and hiking.

I am finishing my M.A. in Chinese Linguistics at the University of Arizona's Department of East Asian Studies (I currently live in Pittsburgh). I tutor all levels of Chinese, which I've studied for over seven years. I participated in Chinese learning programs at Middlebury College and study abroad programs at Nanjing University and Sichuan University. I've also worked as a Chinese tutor at IUP and a teaching assistant for Chinese and East Asian linguistics courses at the University of Arizona. I...More

I am deeply committed to the education and well-being of students, and bring a high level of patience and acknowledgment of the intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of all students. As a mental health therapist I have a unique perspective to offer learners in the field of psychology and counseling, one which both informs and brings to life the concepts of the discipline. The clinical experience I have gained contributes to my work as an educator with a pointed focus on incorporat...More

I am a graduate of the University of Connecticut. I received a Bachelor's of Science in Secondary Education-Spanish, a Bachelor's of Arts in Spanish Language and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. After graduating, I taught K-5 Spanish at an elementary school and Spanish 1, 2, and 3 at a high school. I then spent six years teaching 5th-, 6th-, and 7th-grade Spanish at a middle school. I am passionate about helping students discover and learn the Spanish language. I believe proficie...More

I am very familiar with several other mathematics subjects and I am more than willing to expand my teaching experience by working with students in subjects that I have not yet had the opportunity to tutor.

I am blessed to have done three semesters abroad, the last at the Jagiellonian Universitys School for Polish Language and Culture in Krakow, Poland where the high quality of teaching has been a great example for me in my own teaching. I volunteered for two years as a teachers assistant in an ESL class for adult immigrants. I love languages, especially our own rich English language. Shakespeare has a huge fan in me! As does Vergil; in college, I carried extra credits and after college had private...More