...My name is Carol, and I am currently a third-year medical student with a strong passion for teaching. Over the past four years, I have gained valuable experience tutoring math and science subjects at both the high school and college levels. My expertise spans a range of subjects, including Alge... (read more)
...Throughout high school, I came to understand that I appreciated the most were not the ones I necessarily was the most interested in. Instead, the teachers made the difference between an enjoyable class and an unengaging class. I sometimes found the textbook definitions and explanations unsatisfactory so those instructors that were patient and fully explained concepts were my favorite ones. (read more)
...I did pretty well in my undergraduate courses, and spent my last few years in school being a teacher's assistant for an undergraduate electromagnetism course. After graduating, I applied to a PhD program in Physics at UMass, and switched gears to soft matter physics. This gave me more expertise... (read more)
...I prefer to tutor online and one-on-one but am happy to meet in person if that is preferred. I like to work through the content with my student and determine where the student is confused. Then, we may move on to practice problems focused on the difficult areas for the student. (read more)
...In one of my most recent courses, student evaluations included these comments about me as a teacher: "“an amazing instructor,” “a super amazing professor,” “excellent teacher,” “feedback was great,” “very good at explaining content,” “extremely patient and kind,” “made me feel that no matter what... (read more)