...While I adapt my teaching style to the needs of each student, my general philosophy is that math is a skill as much as riding a bicycle. It is best learned through experience and practice. I function much like training wheels, providing a bit of extra support wherever you may wobble, with the hope of being able to pull away the support and have you function independently. (read more)
...Experience: AP Biology (score of 5), university biology courses (top 4% of class at top-20 public US university), MCAT (99th percentile Biology/Biochem section), physiology tutor and instructor. Graduate student in public health with applied biostatistics focus (including data cleaning, analysis... (read more)
...The beginning student learns the famous basic applications such as finding the shortest distance between two points or the angles between two directions (or sides of a triangle), and needs to become familiar enough with the ratios of some of the most famous right-angled triangles to be able to so... (read more)
...This degree program allows students to select a science-based subject of emphasis along with supplemental courses. My emphasis was on statistics, which I developed a passion for at Pitt. I ultimately turned that passion into a podcast, NBA Retrospective, where I chronicle past NBA seasons from a statistical standpoint. (read more)
...It is also probably my favorite math to work with. While most of my tutoring in college was involved with lower level maths, even entry level college algebra runs into high school level Algebra 2 topics later in the semester, which is actually when I had the most pupils to tutor. In High School, I struggled with Geometry. (read more)