Award-Winning Accounting Tutors
serving Chattanooga, TN

I'm currently a student at Northeastern University. Originally from Tennessee, I attended an all-male boarding and day school for high school, and was given a lot of opportunities to pursue advanced coursework and opportunities that weren't available to 99% of students in the area. As a result, I've joined Varsity Tutors as an effort to give back and try to help students get excited about learning various subjects, employing many of the methods that allowed me to succeed. While I tutor a wide range of subjects, I am most passionate about standardized test prep, math (all levels), writing, and economics.

Matthew's MBA and JD training both required reading and interpreting financial statements — revenue recognition, expense classification, balance sheet structure — which means he learned accounting as a tool for making business and legal arguments, not just as an academic exercise. He teaches the accounting cycle by connecting each entry to the decision it ultimately informs, whether that's a manager evaluating profitability or an attorney reviewing a company's financials.

I am a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University where I received a BS in Human and Organizational Development. I also minored in Quantitative Methods and have a passion for statistics. I have spent time living in France and England and love to travel. My time abroad has cultivated a love of language and writing and how to use academic tools in order to create opportunities in life beyond the classroom. I am excited about helping students achieve their academic and personal goals.

I am a senior at Vanderbilt University, studying Cognitive Studies and Business. I am working towards becoming a therapist and I love working with students especially through academic struggles. I used Varsity Tutors throughout high school myself and it made a significant difference to my SAT score. From that experience, I am inspired to help other students reach their academic goals, just like I reached mine! I specialize in SAT prep, AP Literature and AP Language, elementary to college level Mandarin.

I am currently doing a PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, and have a lot of experience teaching economics and math. I also have a master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland. I live in Nashville with my family. When I'm not studying, I enjoy swimming, reading, chess, skating and chilling.

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I am a graduate of Arizona State University where I earned my Masters in Emergency Management/Homeland Security and my Bachelors in Psychology. I love working with students and watching their passion grow for learning as they start to understand new concepts. I have experience in building individual lesson plans, as well as experience teaching in a classroom. I am excited to get to know you and help you on the road to academic success!

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I am a motivated and enthusiastic tutor with over 20 years of experience in tutoring students of all different ages. I have served as everything from a full-time classroom teacher, to a small group mentor, to a one-on-one tutor. I have mentored virtually every age learner, from Pre-K to adult, and have experience with everything from home-education to private and parochial schools to public school education.

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Balance sheets and income statements are really just structured storytelling about where money went — but the debits-and-credits logic trips up most beginners. Idara's finance industry background means she's worked with these statements professionally, and she walks students through journal entries, T-accounts, and the accounting equation with concrete business scenarios rather than abstract rules.

Logan's physics degree required rigorous quantitative problem-solving — tracking units, balancing equations, and maintaining systematic precision — skills that transfer directly to working through the accounting cycle. He approaches journal entries and financial statement preparation as logical puzzles, breaking each transaction into its component parts so the mechanics of double-entry bookkeeping feel structured rather than arbitrary.

Debits, credits, and the accounting equation can feel like arbitrary rules until someone explains the logic underneath the ledger. Jared, currently studying information systems at BYU with a business focus, walks through journal entries, T-accounts, and financial statement preparation by tying each step back to what the numbers actually represent. He's rated 4.9 across his subjects.

Debits, credits, and journal entries click faster when you understand the logic behind double-entry bookkeeping instead of treating it as rote procedure. Benjamin earned his Finance and Economics degree from Notre Dame, where accounting coursework was central to his business training. He breaks down the balance sheet equation and walks through adjusting entries in a way that makes the full accounting cycle feel intuitive.

I am qualified to tutor many subjects, my favorite subject by far is math, specifically calculus. Math is a subject almost universally hated, and I believe that is mainly due to the narrow way in which it is taught. I have ADHD, and I often don't understand things the first time they are explained to me, meaning over the years I have had to figure out different ways of looking at information. Oftentimes, all a student needs is for something to be explained in a different way, and I love watching people finally understand a concept. Everyone learns differently, but everyone can learn.

Two master's degrees in accountancy — one with a taxation concentration from Notre Dame — give Steven a depth in this subject that few tutors can match. He digs into journal entries, financial statement preparation, and the logic behind GAAP principles so that students understand the "why" driving each debit and credit. Rated 4.8 by students.

Debits, credits, and journal entries click faster when the underlying logic is clear — Professor Florence teaches accounting by connecting each transaction to the financial statements it ultimately affects. Her MBA from USC and years teaching at multiple universities mean she can bridge the gap between textbook exercises and how real businesses track their money.

Irene treats accounting as applied math — because that's exactly what it is. Her PhD in mathematics gives her a precise way of explaining debits and credits, journal entries, and the logic behind the accounting equation that clicks for students who need more than "just follow the rules."

Debits, credits, and journal entries follow strict logical rules, but most introductory courses move too fast for students to internalize the why behind each entry. Rahi approaches accounting the way an engineer approaches a system — tracing how every transaction flows through the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement so the structure clicks.

Kyle's statistics degree at Penn State's Schreyer Honors College means he thinks in structured datasets and systematic logic — exactly the mindset that makes the accounting cycle click. He approaches debits, credits, and financial statements as a coherent numerical system rather than a set of rules to memorize, connecting each ledger entry back to the quantitative story it tells. Rated 4.9 by students.

Debits and credits follow a logic that, once internalized, makes the rest of accounting fall into place — journal entries, T-accounts, adjusting entries, even full financial statement preparation. Erik's business training at BYU included accounting coursework, and he approaches the subject by anchoring every transaction to the accounting equation so students always know why the numbers balance.

Debits, credits, and T-accounts click faster when a student understands the logic behind double-entry bookkeeping instead of just memorizing rules. Rae's economics degree gave her a strong quantitative foundation, and she applies that analytical approach to topics like adjusting entries, financial statement preparation, and the accounting cycle.