I have been tutoring consistently for over 15 years, which is half of my life. I started tutoring incoming high school freshman and sophomores when I was a sophomore myself in high school. I took the old and new SAT, 11 AP's, and 8 SAT subject tests so I was in a unique position to help out fellow students, many even older than myself, from a young age. In fact, this even enabled me to tutor college courses as a freshman at NYU, where I double-majored in Physics and Biochemistry. I continued to tutor throughout college and after. I even started tutoring graduate-level exams for careers I did not intend to pursue. This includes the MCAT (old and new), LSAT, GRE, you name it. Frankly, I just love teaching. I find that it is the best way to learn. WHY CHOOSE ME? My gift is being able to connect with my student and explaining the lesson in a way that fits into his or her reality. Students tend to be averse to things that are not fun. I make learning fun. For my students I custom-tailor a curriculum based on my own scientific research into the nature of learning. I use a combination of excel including Gantt charts, spaced-repetition, critical thinking, and Socratic questioning. The two most lessons that I teach to my students: 1. tolerance of uncertainty; and 2. confidence in your own self-efficacy. Everyone can attain mastery. I never doubt. Anything can be learned, if you breathe, accept that you are a beginner, and give into the process. To learn how to learn, that is my secret and that is my ethos.