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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 subjects, I take a creative, inquiry-based and learner-centered approach, designing opportunities for each unique individual to meet their learning goals.

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 electronics, playing Pokemon, or picking at my guitar.
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 at Columbia University in my department and also have tutored graduate students and undergraduates privately as well. My primary areas of tutoring are math and statistics coursework in addition to math sections on standardized tests such as the GRE and GMAT. I am very passionate about helping students feel more confident and excited about math. In my spare time, I enjoy running, playing piano, and spending time with friends and family.
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 towards passing the US Citizenship Exam and taught English in India, where I lived for six months. Whenever I work with a student I personalize the lessons to fit their particular learning style, since I know every student is unique and having the right fit can make all the difference in making learning fun and effective. My strengths are tutoring the social sciences and humanities, as well as making math and standardized tests approachable to students that normally don't like those subjects. In my spare time I like traveling, spending time in the outdoors (climbing & backpacking), meditation, and playing soccer. Next fall I will be beginning my PhD in Education at Harvard University.
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 campus); social sciences; and literature/writing.
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 Medicine.
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 my Masters in Mild to Moderate Disabilities from Simmons College. I have worked extensively with students with a range of abilities, including students with specific learning disabilities, emotional impairments, dyslexia, and ADHD. My teaching experience has given me a deep understanding of the knowledge and habits essential to academic success and has given me the opportunity to hone a variety of strategies that ensure students at each level can achieve their academic goals. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, my favorite ones are Reading, Elementary/Middle School Math, History, and Test Prep. In my experience, tutoring is the most rewarding when a student has that "aha!" moment and achieves a new level of understanding and confidence in his/her abilities. I am a firm believer in the transformative power of education, and I see my role to be that of a facilitator and coach who is there to help the student reach his/her goals through individualized support and rigorous practice. In my free time, I enjoy reading, running, practicing my Spanish, and discovering new music. I am also an avid traveler and just got back from a 3 month trip to South America. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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 tutor for both Math and Spanish programs in high school and enjoyed the strides I made with students. I am willing to tutor any subject I have a background in, but am strong in mathematics, the sciences, Spanish, history, writing, and ACT prep. I enjoy teaching mathematics most due to the joy I can see in children once they master a topic and can answer even pointed questions meant to stump them, and maybe even put their knowledge to real world use. As a tutor, I like to give a strong foundation to orient my student, and then gradually grant them more freedom and independence until they can feel themselves grasp the concept, pointing out pitfalls or common errors along the way; teachers who used these methods on me always left the most lasting impressions. Outside of my studies, I really enjoy listening to music, both old favorites and new interests, reading classics, and gaming/playing basketball with my friends.
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!
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 Computational and Applied Mathematics. I've tutored introductory physics students for three years and enjoyed it thoroughly, as a chance to help other students while revisiting fundamental concepts to enhance my own knowledge. I'm eager to continue reaching out and helping students of math and physics to succeed and, furthermore, to appreciate the beauty and power of these subjects.
I am a graduate of McGill University (BA First Class Honors) and the University of Edinburgh (MSc First Class Honors with Distinction) with over eight years of tutoring experience. I am currently a curriculum developer for a company which creates relatable and culturally-literate courses for middle and high-schools, and am particularly adept at communicating and explaining concepts in a quirky, engaging, and intelligent manner. I was named Scotland International Young Thinker of the Year 2014 for exactly that sort of work. Much of my tutoring background is in test-prep and essay coaching, which I enjoy because it allows the tutor and student to think strategically together, and work as a team to achieve concrete results. I have worked with students ranging in age from 6-32, and believe that, in an educational context, a few jokes never hurt anybody. I love reading and learning, and my educational approach is centered around making the material just as engaging to students as it is to me. I think J.K. Rowlings, the writer of Harry Potter, is just as brilliant as Stephen Hawking, and in my free time, I manage my (terrible) fantasy baseball team, write songs for my comedy band, and crack jokes about terrible science-fiction movies with my friends.
I am exploring my creativity by pursuing a double major in Asian Languages and Cultures with a focus in Korean, studying abroad in South Korea as a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholar, leading workshops that teach 3D printing and CAD for undergraduate students as the president of 3D4E, advocating for the first-generation and low-income student community as the Outreach Chair of the Quest+ Scholars Network, and getting involved with the Society of Women Engineers' outreach committee. I currently hold a work-study position as an administrative clerical aide in the Institute of Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern and was an undergraduate researcher in the John Rogers Lab. As I look forward with aspirations of applying to graduate school, areas of research in biomedical engineering and biotechnology that I am particularly interested in include biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and drug delivery systems. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy learning on my own and sharing my experience and knowledge with my peers and other students. I hope to make use of my experiences with academics and learning in high school and so far in my undergraduate career in order to effectively tutor students who may be experiencing the same struggles in learning that I also experienced.
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Students often find the sheer scope of Chinese history overwhelming—spanning thousands of years with multiple dynasties, each with distinct political systems, cultural achievements, and philosophical movements. Common stumbling blocks include understanding the differences between imperial examination systems across dynasties, grasping the causes and consequences of major transitions (like the fall of the Qing Dynasty), and connecting philosophical schools like Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism to actual historical events. Additionally, many students struggle to contextualize China's relationship with Western powers during the 19th and 20th centuries without oversimplifying complex geopolitical dynamics.
A tutor can help you build mental frameworks that connect dynasties to their defining characteristics—for example, linking the Tang Dynasty to cultural flourishing and the Silk Road, or the Song Dynasty to technological innovation and Neo-Confucianism. Rather than memorizing isolated dates, personalized instruction focuses on understanding cause-and-effect relationships: why certain dynasties rose, what internal or external pressures led to their decline, and how each period built on or rejected the previous one. This narrative approach makes chronology stick far better than rote memorization, and tutors can tailor explanations to match your learning style.
Chinese philosophical schools weren't abstract ideas—they directly shaped governance, social structure, and policy decisions across dynasties. A tutor can help you trace how Confucian ideals influenced the civil service system, how Legalist thought justified centralized control, or how Buddhism's arrival transformed Chinese intellectual life. By examining primary sources and specific historical moments where philosophy drove action, you'll see these connections clearly rather than treating philosophy and history as separate subjects. This integrated approach is especially valuable for AP exams or college-level coursework where understanding ideology's real-world impact is critical.
Strong source analysis requires understanding context (who wrote it, when, for what audience), recognizing bias and perspective, and extracting both explicit claims and implicit assumptions. Chinese historical sources present unique challenges: classical Chinese language structures differ significantly from modern Chinese, some texts were written centuries after events they describe, and cultural context matters enormously for interpretation. A tutor can guide you through close reading of primary sources—whether imperial edicts, poetry, historical chronicles, or personal accounts—teaching you to ask critical questions about reliability, purpose, and what the source reveals about its era's values and concerns.
China's history isn't monolithic—the north, south, east, and west developed differently due to geography, climate, trade routes, and ethnic composition. Students often oversimplify by treating "China" as a unified entity, missing how regional powers competed, how southern dynasties developed distinct cultures, or how frontier regions shaped imperial policy. A tutor can help you map these regional dynamics: how the Yangtze River valley's agricultural wealth differed from northern plains, why maritime trade affected coastal regions differently, and how ethnic minorities and migrations influenced Chinese civilization. Understanding these variations deepens your grasp of why certain policies succeeded or failed and how China's identity evolved.
This period (roughly 1800s-1950s) is dense with competing ideologies, foreign intervention, civil conflict, and rapid modernization—and students often struggle to see how it connects to earlier dynasties or understand why different groups (warlords, Nationalists, Communists) pursued different visions for China's future. A tutor can help you trace the intellectual and political currents: how Western imperialism challenged traditional systems, why the Qing Dynasty's reforms failed, how Sun Yat-sen and later Mao Zedong offered competing modernization paths, and what continuities existed despite revolutionary change. Breaking this complex era into thematic threads—political fragmentation, ideological competition, social upheaval—makes it far more manageable and meaningful.
Effective exam preparation goes beyond memorizing facts—you need to practice synthesizing information across time periods, analyzing sources under time pressure, and constructing arguments that show causal reasoning. A tutor can help you develop a study strategy tailored to your exam format: for AP Chinese History, this means practicing DBQ essays and free-response questions that require you to make connections between documents and historical themes. Tutors can also identify your specific weak spots (perhaps you struggle with the Republican era, or connecting philosophy to policy) and target those areas with focused practice, feedback, and refinement of your analytical approach.
An excellent Chinese history tutor should have deep subject knowledge—ideally a background in Chinese history, East Asian studies, or related fields—combined with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly. Beyond expertise, look for tutors who understand how to scaffold learning: breaking overwhelming topics into digestible pieces, using visual timelines and maps effectively, and connecting abstract concepts to concrete examples. Experience with your specific exam or course level (high school AP, college survey, graduate seminars) matters too, as does familiarity with primary sources and historiographical debates. Varsity Tutors connects you with tutors who bring both scholarly depth and pedagogical skill to help you truly understand Chinese history rather than just memorize it.
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