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Donya

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Donya

Bachelor's
Donya's other Tutor Subjects
10th Grade Science
11th Grade AP English Language
12th Grade AP English Literature
AP Biology

As a recent graduate with a Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park, I am passionate about fostering a supportive and engaging learning environment for my students. Although I have experience in tutoring, I strive to connect with students through personalized teaching ...

Education

University

Bachelor's

Jessica

Certified Tutor

Jessica

PHD, Medicine
Jessica's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Calculus
Algebra
Honors Chemistry

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...

Education

Nova Southeastern University

PHD, Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelors, History

University of Pennsylvania

undergraduate

Test Scores
SAT
1540
Jai

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Jai

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jai's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Electrical Engineering
ACT Writing

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'...

Education

Stanford University

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Test Scores
SAT
1590
ACT
35
Kate

Certified Tutor

Kate

Masters, Environmental Engineering
Kate's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

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 ...

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Masters, Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors

Test Scores
SAT
1580
Rhea

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Rhea

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Rhea's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra

I am a current student at the University of Chicago. I am working towards a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, and I am on the pre-medical track. I am extremely passionate about tutoring, and I have several years of experience tutoring students in my high school's learning center in various...

Education

University of Chicago

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General

Test Scores
Perfect Score
SAT
1550
ACT
36
Erika

Certified Tutor

Erika

Master of Public Policy, Public Policy
Erika's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

I am available to tutor middle and high school math, history and test prep. I have tutored math and history in the past and I previously taught a test prep course at a school in Hanoi, Vietnam. I have a lot of experience teaching all the need-to-know tricks to doing great on the SATS/ACTS! When I am...

Education

Harvard University

Master of Public Policy, Public Policy

Test Scores
ACT
32
Jeffrey

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Jeffrey

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
Jeffrey's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Calculus
Geometry
Calculus
Algebra

I am enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering PhD program at Rice University which will begin Fall 2020, and I am hoping to return to academia as a professor after earning my PhD. In the meantime, I am looking to share my passion for gaining knowledge, specifically in STEM, by educating the up and com...

Education

University of Notre Dame

Bachelor of Science

Rice University

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Test Scores
ACT
34
Earnest

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Earnest

Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Earnest's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Calculus

I am comfortable with either setting. I'm confident that I can help you (or your student) achieve to the best of their ability, so please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelors, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1530
Tiffany

Certified Tutor

5+ years

Tiffany

Juris Doctor, Legal Studies
Tiffany's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Calculus
Algebra
Elementary School Math

I am available to tutor a broad range of subjects, I am passionate about test preparation, Accountancy, and Algebra.

Education

University of Notre Dame

Bachelor in Business Administration, Accounting

University of Chicago

Juris Doctor, Legal Studies

Test Scores
SAT
1440
ACT
31
Matthew

Certified Tutor

Matthew

Bachelors in Human Biology (concentration in Bioinformatics and Stem Cell Science)
Matthew's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra 3/4
Arithmetic

I'm a highly creative person who works best with visual thinkers. Very recently graduated from Stanford University, I majored in Human Biology with a concentration in Bioinformatics and Stem Cell Science. Technical though my background may be, I am currently gigging as a singer/songwriter/composer i...

Education

Stanford University

Bachelors in Human Biology (concentration in Bioinformatics and Stem Cell Science)

Test Scores
SAT
1510

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Sharon

Pre-Algebra Tutor • +29 Subjects

I am a graduate of the University of Chicago, and I will be starting a graduate program at Columbia in August. I am about to complete a year of service with City Year, an education non-profit that places young adults into under-served schools. As a City Year member, I worked full-time in the classroom with middle-school students who were in approximately the 10th percentile for math (meaning they score lower than 90% of students). One-fourth of those students were able to grow around 15 percentile points by the end of the year! Hobbies: reading, cooking, gardening, music, art, nature, books, writing

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AP Calculus AB Tutor • +29 Subjects

I am a freshman at Caltech majoring in Applied and Computational Mathematics. My favorite subject to tutor is math because I find it very rewarding to simplify complex topics to aid in understanding. I have lots of tutoring experience. In high school, I ran and taught an SAT prep class and was vice president of my school's NHS chapter where I ran our tutoring program, and I, myself, tutored. I also was a teaching assistant in the summer of 2020 for a class in discrete mathematics through a program called PACT (Program in Algorithmic and Combinatorial Thinking). I love learning and hope to make the process enjoyable for you!

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Calculus Tutor • +17 Subjects

I am willing to address any issue with an open mind and I try to develop strategies that play to a student's strengths. I would like to think I am very approachable and personable, and I have had very positive experiences with many students in the past using this philosophy. Outside of academics, I love playing basketball and watching sports, as well as chilling with friends, listening to music, and keeping up with politics and current affairs.

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MaryAnn

Calculus Tutor • +21 Subjects

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Charles

AP Calculus AB Tutor • +25 Subjects

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 describe my tutoring style as one that adapts to each students' needs. For example, I have always tried to frame questions in a different way so that the student can better understand the question. Some students need visual representations of numbers and systems to understand them, and others benefit more by understanding the concepts behind each formula. I prefer to tutor in math and physics, and especially with real world application problems. I hope to help students improve their standardized test scores and their understanding of the math and sciences so that they can achieve their academic goals! Hobbies: art, books, running, reading, music, writing

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Annie

Pre-Algebra Tutor • +28 Subjects

I am currently a second year medical student. I was a Physiological Sciences major at UCLA (class of 2015), and pursued research during my gap year between undergrad and medical school.

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Zachary

Trigonometry Tutor • +35 Subjects

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Samantha

Pre-Algebra Tutor • +38 Subjects

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Pinelopi

Pre-Algebra Tutor • +25 Subjects

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Tony

Calculus Tutor • +28 Subjects

I am a recent graduate of Yale University and incoming first year medical student at Columbia University. Originally from the DC area, I have always had a passion for science and medicine and pursued a degree in Biology while at Yale. During the 2008-2009 academic year, I tutored science, math, English, history, and Mandarin Chinese part-time with a DC-based tutoring company. At Yale, I worked as a freshman counselor to provide academic and career advice to incoming freshmen. I have taken both SAT and MCAT test prep classes and am familiar with both tests as well as the preparation necessary to score well. My personal career goals include attending medical school to pursue either immunology/infectious diseases or psych/neurology, teaching biology at the university level, and working in public/global health with either the CDC or the WHO.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Students often find the intersection of neurobiology and psychology challenging—understanding how neural mechanisms produce behavior, perception, and cognition requires comfort with both biological systems and psychological theory. Other common pain points include experimental design and statistics (interpreting fMRI data, understanding p-values and effect sizes), distinguishing between correlation and causation in brain-behavior research, and grasping abstract concepts like working memory capacity, attention networks, and cognitive load. Many students also struggle with the philosophical foundations—questions about consciousness, the mind-body problem, and reductionism—because these require integrating multiple perspectives rather than memorizing facts.

A tutor can help you build mental models that bridge these domains by using concrete examples—for instance, explaining how dopamine's role in reward circuits connects to learning theory, or how prefrontal cortex development explains adolescent decision-making. Rather than treating neurobiology and psychology as separate subjects, an effective tutor breaks down the causal chain: neural structure → neurotransmitter function → brain systems → behavioral outcome. This approach helps you see why a particular brain region matters psychologically and prevents the common mistake of memorizing brain anatomy without understanding its functional significance.

Cognitive Science experiments require you to operationalize abstract constructs (like attention or memory) into measurable variables, control for confounds that interact with cognition in complex ways, and interpret data while considering alternative explanations—all simultaneously. A tutor can help you practice designing studies by working through real examples (like change blindness experiments or priming studies), teaching you to identify hidden variables, and walking you through the logic of why certain controls matter. They can also help you read and critique published studies, which builds your ability to spot methodological strengths and weaknesses rather than just accepting results at face value.

A tutor can use multiple strategies to make these concepts concrete: drawing attention networks and information flow diagrams, using real-world analogies (working memory as a mental workspace with limited desk space), and having you apply concepts to your own cognition through introspection and simple experiments. For example, testing your own working memory span with digit sequences, or noticing how your attention shifts when you try to focus on a conversation while reading—these lived experiences make the theory stick. Tutors can also connect abstract models (like Baddeley's working memory model) to the neurobiology you're learning, showing how theoretical boxes map onto actual brain regions.

Rather than teaching statistics in isolation, a tutor connects statistical concepts directly to real Cognitive Science questions: what does a significant fMRI activation actually tell us about cognition? Why does effect size matter more than p-values when evaluating replication? A tutor can walk you through interpreting actual research papers, explaining what confidence intervals mean, how to spot p-hacking, and why null results are informative. They help you move beyond plugging numbers into formulas to understanding the logic behind hypothesis testing, which is essential for both reading literature critically and designing your own studies.

Cognitive Science is inherently interdisciplinary, which means you'll encounter competing explanations for the same phenomenon—embodied cognition vs. symbolic computation, connectionist vs. classical models, or evolutionary vs. developmental accounts. A tutor can help you build frameworks for comparing theories by asking: What does each theory predict? What evidence supports or challenges it? Where do they overlap or conflict? This comparative approach prevents you from just memorizing theories and instead teaches you to think like a cognitive scientist. Tutors can also help you identify which theoretical lens is most useful for different questions, rather than treating one theory as universally correct.

Strong Cognitive Science students learn to read papers strategically: identifying the research question and hypothesis, understanding the experimental design and why it tests that hypothesis, interpreting results in context of limitations, and recognizing how findings fit into broader theory. A tutor can teach you to actively annotate papers, ask critical questions (Could this result be explained differently? What's the effect size?), and build your vocabulary for neuroscientific and statistical terminology. They can also help you move beyond surface-level comprehension to deeper analysis—understanding not just what the authors found, but whether their claims are justified and what the findings actually tell us about cognition.

Lab courses require you to translate theory into practice: designing experiments that actually test cognitive mechanisms, collecting data carefully to avoid confounds, and analyzing results thoughtfully. A tutor can help you think through experimental logic before you start (Why this task? Why these controls?), troubleshoot data collection issues, and interpret unexpected results rather than dismissing them. If you're working on a research project, a tutor can help you develop your research question, review your methodology, and practice explaining your findings—skills that prepare you for both lab reports and eventual presentations or publications in the field.

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