Award-Winning Test Prep Tutors serving Somerville, MA

...to understand my students strengths and find methods of problem solving that cater to those strengths so that they can use those skills on their own. I believe it is extremely important to be engaging, understanding, and creative when it comes to teaching concepts. I have 3 years of tutoring experience at the Russian School of Math. I was both a private and group tutor for K-12 students in subjects ranging from basic arithmetic, Algebra,...

...name is Samantha, and I am a graduate of Kenyon College with a BA in English Literature and Psychology. I have experience tutoring across grade levels and academic disciplines. In college, I worked as a tutor in my college's Writing Center where I provided academic support on written assignments in a variety of subjects. Additionally, I have taught English at the elementary school and high school level. As a tutor, I work with students to...

Undergraduate pre-med biochemistry student at UMass Amherst with tons of tutoring experience and a passion for helping students understand material :)

...attended Simmons College, where I earned a Master's degree in Education. Upon receiving my teaching certification, I worked as an English teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in Cambridge, MA. Most of my classroom experience focused on under-performing students, and my greatest joy as a teacher was in finding ways for reading and writing to feel relevant to students who had previously written off literacy as a non-essential. Along with my work in...

...am a passionate and effective teacher who believes that students learn best by doing. I have a love of language and particularly enjoy teaching English. I have taught adults and children in the United States, in Peru (where I was born and spent part of my childhood), and most recently in Kenya. In 2016 I received my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) from the Boston Language Institute. After teaching for a few years...

...originally from Montclair, New Jersey and I went to high school in England, but I have really taken to Georgia since my dad moved down here 3 years ago. I love sports in general, but my favorites are football, soccer, baseball, and basketball. I also have a love of video games and video game design, which partially lead to my introduction into computer science. I'm passionate about all of my hobbies and interests and, having...

...tutees I have worked to not only enhance their understanding of the curriculum, but also to help them find the motivation, study skills, discipline and joy that are necessary to truly excel in the classroom. I would be thrilled to bring that attitude to work with your student; I believe that good teaching means "working with" rather than "talking at," and that students thrive when they get a personal touch from a devoted tutee who...

Dedicated and enthusiastic tutor looking to help students with test prep especially PTCE.I also have interest in Math and Sciences and I have a Doctorate in Pharmacy.I believe learning should be fun, engaging and individualised based on student-specific needs

...have been teaching high school math and SAT test prep since 2002 and GRE prep since 2008. When I am working with a student, I find it is best to first determine what areas they struggle with. Do they need help with basic concepts? Do they need help, in general, with test-taking? Once I am clear on what areas we need to focus on, we can really start to make progress. I feel that different...

I am a current medical student (MD/PhD) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. I graduated in 2020 from UC San Diego with a degree in bioengineering: biotechnology. I have been a tutor for the past 5 years and my motto that I try to impart on students is to learn by doing. ... That learning should be fun and interesting, not something to be dreaded.... Assess their current skill level in the subject. Then have...

...name is Ahmed and throughout my 9 year tutoring career, I taught across a variety of platforms and methods. For example, I worked as a teaching assistant and tutor for undergraduate chemistry courses while obtaining a degree in electrical engineering. I worked as a private tutor for high school mathematics, history, and English to help students in both individual or group settings. Finally, I co-founded a Mathematics enrichment program "MathMatters!", where I developed and taught...

...science courses. Outside of this, I volunteered my time to help students who were struggling in the upper level courses I was taking. I love science and medicine and I love teaching students to understand and appreciate how cool science can be. I believe that once you understand the concepts and how they fit into the larger framework, it makes memorizing a lot easier and it gives you the command of the material that enables...

...an elementary school teacher at a classical school outside of Boston. I graduated from Yale last year with a B.S. in psychology. As a student I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in a cognitive neuroscience lab, studied in Paris, debated with the Yale Political Union, and took part in numerous off-campus mentoring and counseling activities. In many ways I am still a student, always trying to grow as a person and in my profession....

At the core, I love learning and find it fun. In teaching, I try to convey that sense of fun to my students. I use a variety of techniques depending on my student's learning style, but I always focus on the fun of learning new things.... In a first session with a student, I would introduce the basic concepts and core questions of the subject, and determine my student's learning style in order to plan future...

...Spanish and have studied the language for more than ten years. While at Columbia, I also studied social movements, political theory, history, literature and globalization. In addition to my studies, I have seven years of tutoring experience as well as one year of teaching experience. In high school, I volunteered as an ESL tutor. In college, I volunteered as a homework tutor (geometry, English literature, grammar, biology and persuasive essay writing) as well as a...

...was a small group tutor for biochemistry at TUSM during my master's program. I continued on to University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School where I am currently a fourth year student. I will be doing my residency in Family Medicine starting July 2024. I scored in the 99th percentile on the MCAT including a perfect score in the biology section and was certified to tutor MCAT Biology by a well-known private MCAT tutoring company (stopped...

...need the knowledge for. Over the course of high school and my freshman year at college, I had the privilege to be able to tutor students and friends in subjects mainly including, but not limited to, Chemistry, Biology, Calculus, and Physics (Calculus-based and Algebra based). Being able to help a student toward their goal by aiding in their understanding of how to integrate basic polynomials, or balance a chemical equation, understand Newtonian mechanics, etc. is...

...am a MIT undergrad studying Materials Science and Engineering with minors in Economics and Japanese. I was a TA for Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism at MIT, and I tutored in math and science in high school. I scored a perfect score on the SAT Math section twice, and have taken 11 AP tests with an average score of 4.7. I believe the best way to learn math is through challenging problems, and gaining confidence...

I have been a teacher for ten years. I have taught at eight different schools and thrive in mostly the Humanities. While a high school teacher at heart and by profession, I have also worked with elementary age children with learning differences.... I believe that all students can succeed, and a good teacher's job is to find what makes students want to learn and ignite a love of learning in them.... Introduce myself and ask them...