...My focus and satisfaction lie in facilitating students' understanding and mastery of their subjects. The proof is in the numbers: my students consistently achieve 300+ point increases on the SAT, 5+ point improvements on the ACT, 20+ on the GRE, and 100+ on the GMAT. These results come from teaching the actual content of the tests, not just "tricks". (read more)
...Precalculus is a key link between Algebra, which one must master for many later applications, and Calculus, which is a challenge for most people and cannot really be understood properly without the foundation of Precalculus. Whether you go on to study Calculus is up to you; but I can fairly stat... (read more)
...I like to first establish the knowledge base of my student. We then work together to build on it to expand knowledge and gain mastery and confidence through supervised practice. The end goal is for students to show an ability to handle problems independently and with confidence, and to gain a sense that they can handle new challenges and situations that expand their comfort zone. (read more)
...My tutoring style revolves around solving problems with the student, making sure that they are following every step along the way. Actively engaging with students as a problem is being solved ensures good communication and is an easy way of answering questions as they come up. It also surprises... (read more)
...My B.S is in Chemical Engineering from Yale, and I am now an engineering PhD student at Stanford. Two years of experience as a college applications consultant with CollegeVine, Inc I have over six years of experience as an essay specialist and education consultant in college admissions at two di... (read more)