Award-Winning Tutors serving Columbia, MD

...teacher for her whole career. I feel I have learned from her great ways to teach complex subjects. I also earned perfect writing scores on my SAT and GRE. I would love to tutor in writing and reading, hopefully helping students achieve their own personal scores. I have experience working with children, ranging from first grade to rising college freshman. I want to see whomever I am helping succeed and feel that with my education...

...also a Cross Country coach and summer school instructor with the Center for Talented Youth. Aside from having strong content knowledge in various subject areas, I believe I am motivating, encouraging, and supportive of my students. Whether you hope to raise your grade in class, pass a test, or learn a better way to take notes, my approach to tutoring is based on your unique learning style. I look forward to helping you achieve your...

...to help them achieve their goals. I am working as a tutor part-time while I prepare to enter a masters degree program in Urban Planning at UCLA in the fall of 2016. I will be in the Baltimore area until early August, at which point I will move to Los Angeles. Tutoring struck me as an exciting and enriching way to support myself while getting to meet and work with some great people.... I never want...

...tutor. My students have included elementary school students just barely gaining an appreciation for reading, first year college students seeking assistance in essay writing, and adult learners wishing to advance their reading skills after years of struggling. I understand that everyone learns and builds confidence differently and, therefore, I tailor my lessons to suit individual needs. I have gained my students' trust through patience, steady guidance, and successful results that we get to celebrate together.

...programming to hundreds of students. We have held a combination of virtual and in-person lessons, resulting in semester long workshops at local middle schools. I am also the President of our school's National Math Honor Society, an organization dedicated to promoting the education and enjoyment of math to younger students. Every time I tutor students privately or through these organizations, I find it extremely rewarding when a student finally understands a new concept, or applies...

...program for chemistry, where I taught undergraduate courses for over ten semesters. I am experienced in working both in large lecture-style environments and reviews, as well as one-on-one problem solving with students. My background is in chemistry, but I can also tutor subjects up to first and second year college math and physical sciences. I try to incorporate strategies that would use the existing strengths and skills of the student when dealing with difficult problems,...

...in Mathematics. In 2011, I moved to Washington D.C. to get my MA in European History at American University. Throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies, I have tutored German and Mathematics, and I am eager to continue my work at Varsity Tutors. My goal is to become a teacher, either at the High School or College level. I believe that education and the process of educating are two-way streets, during which both parties learn and...

...make sure I am available to students outside of class via e-mail in case they have any questions. I graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in History and English, then attended GWU to obtain my MA in U.S. History. My hobbies include cooking foods from different cultures, and, like many people in DC, traveling internationally. I also enjoy visiting friends and family, and I try to make it to Minneapolis to visit my parents,...

...funded by Wegmans when teaching for the Syracuse City School District. I have tutored in Maryland after school hours for all grade levels in High School and now Middle School. Being a certified Secondary Social Studies educator, I can tutor anything related to that content from grades 7-12, from Geography, Government, Economics, World History among other content related areas. I think that it is necessary to show students/people that they can excel in something other...

...school, I tutored and taught both younger students and peers. I also have experience with curriculum development at the high school and graduate school levels, including a published, peer-reviewed medical school curriculum. While I tutor a broad range of subjects in the mathematics and sciences, I am most passionate about Calculus and Chemistry. I especially enjoy working with students on ACT and SAT science and math. I value education highly, and I view myself as...

...have over five years of experience teaching dance, martial arts, and working as a tutor to children and adults of all ages. While I tutor several subjects, my personal favorites are mathematics and Spanish due to my love for numbers and languages. I believe that learning never stops. As a fellow student, I understand the frustration that comes along with a rigorous course load. I aim to alleviate that frustration and help students develop a...

...final papers, essays, theses and dissertations. I tailor in-person or online tutoring sessions to each student, and work through problems of forming an argument, creating outlines, structuring work and finishing with a great conclusion. While grammar and sentence structure are key to presenting work in an optimal manner, the development of ideas and critical thinking are at the core of a good paper. Outside of academic work of reading, researching and writing, I love to...

...of drumming. I have since pursued education in international affairs and the social sciences. I completed my undergraduate degree in social science at Sciences Po Paris, France's premier institute for politics and international relations. My studies in France focused on presentation skills, effective writing, and gaining knowledge in a variety of disciplines including math, history, law, and politics. I concentrated on economics and sociology, focusing my studies further on Europe and the transatlantic partnership. I...

I am a recent graduate of American University in Washington, DC, where I took many courses in English Language Teaching. Most of my tutoring experience is in ESL and Algebra, both of which fascinate me, but I am also very passionate about SAT tutoring. I love seeing students improve their understanding of the material and come to enjoy studying and learning, especially when the subject initially felt daunting.

...I am able to bring to the student valuable life experiences along within an academic setting. My professional career has taught me the value of active listening and working with those from a wide variety of personal backgrounds and experience. Everybody learns differently, and my job is to communicate information and concepts to students in ways that are most effective for them. History, politics, business management, and marketing are all areas of study most enjoyable...

...years, following them up through the 6th grade. During college I also began working for the Duke Peer Tutoring program to tutor fellow students. I was a biology major and taking premed classes, so I tutored subjects such as organic chemistry, physics, general chemistry, and Spanish. I also volunteered with a student group that tutored adults in the Durham community that were learning English as a second language. Each of these tutoring experiences had unique...

...high school, I restored a 1966 Morris Minor which is the British car that preceded the Mini Cooper. Over the summers I would tutor kids in my neighborhood in math and work on my car. In college my favorite classes were my mechanical labs, robotics, and environmental sciences. After graduation, I moved back to the DC Area and began working at a large construction company, which I love. I spend my time at work analyzing...

...and Pre-Calculus. I have a broad range of subjects that I can tutor, as I have earned A's in many different subjects while in high school and throughout my college career. Mathematics, however, is the subject that I am most effective at tutoring, as I have prior tutoring experience in mathematics and my college major relying heavily on mathematics. I believe that every student learns differently and that as a tutor part of my job...

I have spent a lot of time tutoring people of all ages -- I have worked with preschoolers, kids in elementary school, and adults. I really like to learn and experience as much as I can: I spent a year teaching in Korea and another four months traveling the globe. I hope that my enthusiasm is infectious!

I am a graduate of Florida State University and received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. During my time at Florida State I also took a number of classes relating to Biology and Graphic Design. I have a professional educator's certificate issued by the State of Florida Department of Education. I am endorsed in reading...