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Kerr
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Kerr
BA Vanderbilt University
8+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a perfect 36 ACT composite means Kerr didn't just survive the English section — he mastered the specific rhythm of its 75 questions in 45 minutes, where hesitating on even a few rhetorical strategy questions can tank your pacing. As a CS student at Vanderbilt, he treats grammar conventions like syntax rules in a programming language: each one has a defined logic, and once you learn the rule, you stop guessing by ear and start recognizing patterns instantly. Rated 4.9 by students.

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Eileen
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Eileen
BA Vanderbilt University
5+ Years Tutoring

Punctuation and rhetorical strategy questions on ACT English trip students up for different reasons — one is about rules, the other is about intent. Eileen breaks each passage into those two modes, teaching comma and semicolon conventions alongside paragraph-level decisions like whether a sentence belongs or should be deleted. Her 36 ACT composite came partly from mastering exactly this kind of quick categorization.

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Charles
BA Yale University
1+ Years Tutoring

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!

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Daniel
BA Vanderbilt University
9+ Years Tutoring

I am an Undergraduate Student at Vanderbilt University. With years of tutoring experience and a solid academic foundation, I am fully equipped to teach in various subjects at many different levels.

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Michelle
BA Duke University
4+ Years Tutoring

I am an incoming CSE PhD student at the University of Michigan. I graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Computer Science and Sociology in May 2025. I am passionate about making meaningful connections with students and helping others understand high-level concepts!

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Amelia
BA Vanderbilt University
8+ Years Tutoring

I am a freshman at Vanderbilt University studying biochemistry and involved in analytical chemistry research. Despite my studies being very science oriented, I also enjoy studying English and the humanities. I'd be happy to tutor you in any of these areas!

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Nat
BA Vanderbilt University
9+ Years Tutoring

Most ACT English questions test the same handful of grammar and rhetoric rules — comma splices, subject-verb agreement, transition logic, redundancy. Nat scored a 35 composite on the ACT and unpacks each rule with enough real examples that students start spotting errors by instinct during timed passages. That pattern-recognition approach turns a 75-question sprint into something manageable.

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Dennis
MS Vanderbilt University • BA Grinnell College
1+ Years Tutoring

Graduate school in Chemical and Physical Biology at Vanderbilt meant Dennis spent years writing and revising dense scientific prose — trimming redundancy, fixing parallel structure, and tightening transitions, which is essentially the ACT English section in miniature. His 34 ACT composite and interests in literature and philosophy give him a dual fluency in both rule-based grammar corrections and the rhetorical strategy questions about tone, purpose, and passage organization that pure science students often struggle with. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Isaac
BA University of Denver
5+ Years Tutoring

I am a student at the University of Denver! I've tutored people informally for a few years now, and I'm excited to work with Varsity. I can help with math up to pre-calculus, grammar, and especially biology. Science was my favorite subject in school!

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Teo
BA Vanderbilt University
8+ Years Tutoring

I am today, and is something I love to share with the students I teach.

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Alexander
BA Vanderbilt University
8+ Years Tutoring

Studying European history at Vanderbilt means Alexander reads and writes analytical prose constantly — building the same editorial reflexes the ACT English section tests when it asks about paragraph organization, transition choices, and trimming redundant phrasing. His 32 ACT composite backs up a teaching style that zeroes in on the rhetorical strategy questions most history-minded students already have an intuition for, then layers in the specific punctuation and grammar rules needed to lock down the rest.

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Rachel
BA University of Michigan
1+ Years Tutoring

I'm not striving towards that lofty goal, I'm trying to relax by doing yoga, reading novels, and eating lots of cupcakes.

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