...I believe it is crucial for the teacher to believe in the student's ability and to encourage them in their studies. I strongly believe that repetition is key to learning a new language and try impress this fact on students while retaining a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. I also encourage my students to travel to Japan to experience immersion in the language and culture. (read more)
...Currently I have a novel in the works. It's a pleasure to give my students the benefit of this rich background, and especially to see their delight as they develop writing and language skills they didn't know they had. Often they also find an improvement in their grades. (read more)
...By teaching students to recognize key words and verbal cues in word problems, I students to "translate" the problems into equations with relative ease and solve the problem! From the weakest math students to the most advanced, the results of my method are always apparent from the very first les... (read more)
...I have spent 6 years counseling applicants, with extensive time revising personal statements, building school lists, editing school specific essays, preparing students for interviews, and tailoring applications to fit a schools’ missions. Whether it is ensuring eloquent sentence structure or lea... (read more)
11 Subjects: includingWriting,MCAT,SAT Math,ACT Math
I'm Olena, and I'm passionate about teaching math! I have rare qualifications: not only do I have a math PhD from Stanford, but I am also one of the small number of women with an IMO (International Math Olympiad) gold medal. I have a record of exceptional achievement on math competitions: I did extremely well on the AMC contests, qualifying for the AIME and then the USAMO multiple times. (read more)