Certified Tutors From Washington University in St Louis

...a research trip in Mexico and while I volunteered with the YMCA as a elementary school teacher. During both experiences, I connected with my students and was able to engage them in the subject material. I am also highly personable, a clear thinker, and I can explain concepts well. Lastly, I love both teaching and...

...pursuing my major in history and minors in political science and psychology. I plan on attending law school after I graduate. I have had extensive experience tutoring students throughout my high school and college careers in subjects ranging from English, History, Hebrew, college essay editing, and Standardized Test Preparation. Helping students is one of the...

I have a passion for Math and Statistics. I have many years of experience with teaching college level classes as well as standardized test prep. My passion is making complicated problems easy, and then watching someone who didn't like Math suddenly turn around and teach others the same thing!

...for the past 4 years and coming from Boston, I wanted to continue the work I was doing. I love teaching students of all levels, and I am excited to work with a broad range of students through 大象传媒. I want to become a high school teacher, but tutoring is something that is so...

...moving back to St. Louis, I have coached students in SAT test prep, study skills, writing, reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and basic academic subjects. Most recently, I have worked as grants manager at the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, where I advised applicants on how to best write their applications for funding. Today, I...

...happy to tutor most subjects, my strongest suit is writing. I read my friends' papers all the time - and really enjoy doing it! I can read anything from college essays, creative writing, or help you with the SAT writing/reading sections. I am also happy to help you brainstorm and talk through ideas on papers...

...humor in my tutoring sessions. I use it as an ice-breaker to build rapport with my students. I pride myself on being able to determine where problems lie and how best to tackle them. I rarely give students answers - I think it's my job to help them figure it out for themselves so they...

...love finding an explanation or analogy to help someone else really grasp a concept! I'm applying to grad school now, and in my spare time I love cooking and baking (it's vaguely scientific, right?). I rowed in high school and college, so I know all about the difficulties of balancing school and extracurriculars. Now I...

...proven techniques to increase their scores. Specifically, I can help students more easily break down the types of logic games and to distinguish between right and wrong answers in the Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension sections. I enjoy helping others obtain their educational goals, and would love to help increase your test scores, grades or...

...A formula or algorithm may be forgotten in a matter of weeks if not used, but mathematical thinking stays with you for a lifetime. Those formulas can be re-derived and new topics approached with confidence. Many students come to me frustrated with Math and stressed about upcoming assignments but leave excited and confident!

...in Mathematics and Political Science. I am an avid reader and writer. I have been tutoring since I was in high school, and I find it very rewarding to watch my students improve through our work. As a tutor, I make sure my students understand the fundamentals of the topic we are reviewing. I then...

...into their day to day life and their relevance concretely demonstrated. I delight in finding and applying these connections, and I look forward to teaching others to find them as well. In my free time I enjoy playing badminton and bicycling. I also enjoy cooking and exploring local restaurants around town with my friends.... Get to know my student and his/her learning preferences, and establish a rapport.

...way, and I love figuring out the best way to teach something to people individually and dig down to what questions they really need to have answered to understand the material. In my spare time, I like to go on long bike rides and explore St. Louis's restaurants. I also love baking, playing with dogs...

...understand the difficult concepts and methods that students of these subjects sometimes struggle with. I understand that Math can be frustrating and difficult to understand, and I try to make learning and understanding it as fun and simple as possible. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music, drawing and playing basketball.

...college. For the past four years, I have worked full time as a Director of Operations with the National Student Leadership Conference. At the NSLC, I worked closely with the Engineering and Medicine and Health Care conferences where some of responsibilities included writing lesson plans, revising the curricula, and lecturing to students. Math and science...

...test preparation because I find it rewarding to see someone's score improve. I prefer an interactive teaching style because I want the student to have input on their learning style and preferences. My hobbies include yoga, reading, going to the movies, spending time with family and friends and playing with my dog.

...feel that a successful teacher must develop an understanding of where the student is at and, instead of simply lecturing, be able to guide him or her to the realization of the concept being taught. In this way, the student does not just memorize facts and formulas, but learns how to navigate a topic confidently...

...I have had great success aiding students in writing their personal statements for both undergraduate and graduate admissions. Across the board, my teaching philosophy has been to prompt my students through discussion, using questions as much as concrete examples to promote understanding. Currently I work as the managing editor for the internationally acclaimed literary magazine...

...a senior at Washington University in St Louis majoring in Economics and Biology. My long term goals are to attend medical school. I believe that my Science and Math background will make me an excellent tutor for those struggling in these courses. Furthermore I have taught and tutored students for the MCAT, making me an...

...present our ideas to the world. I am also a proponent of teaching Classical languages such as Latin and Ancient Greek to students in high school because these languages require the development of analytic capabilities which are sometimes lacking in other more memory-oriented subjects. Furthermore, my education in the Classics does not only focus on...