...My philosophy for math is simple: make the abstract concrete, translate the numbers into words, and practice. At my high school, I was the top science student in my class. At Columbia, I've excelled in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. (read more)
...The main issues to overcome with a student is locating their pre-existing gaps in knowledge, which their school teachers never identified. Locating any gaps in knowledge from previous courses and taking the time to thoughtfully fill in these gaps for the student often causes immediate success. I have taken and excelled in several physics courses in college. (read more)
...I can help with any area of physics, including classical mechanics, classical electrodynamics (E&M), optics, quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, "modern physics" (usually just means QM and SR), thermodynamics, and more. The key to getting good at physics is to not memorize equatio... (read more)
...Prealgebra is an interesting class. It is the gateway to the broad world of Algebra upon which much of the modern economy is based. I am old enough to know how calculations were done before the advent of hand held calculators, so I like to show students some short-cuts that are no longer taught in school. (read more)
Hi I am Sam! I am a graduated engineering student from the University of Pennsylvania. I tutor physics and math (calculus, algebra, statistics) and have 5 years of tutoring experience. (read more)