...When I applied to graduate school, I earned a perfect score on the verbal section of the GRE. That score helped me get acceptance letters to several highly competitive PhD programs, and it was one of the reasons that I was awarded two years of fellowship funding from the graduate school I ultima... (read more)
...I lived in Paris for six years, and studied abroad there for 6 months last year. I have completed a French and Francophone Studies minor at Macalester College. I am an expert in oral, conversational french, and equally trained in writing, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, history, and culture. (read more)
...Before returning to the USA, I taught 4th grade for St. John’s International School in Waterloo, BE. Since then, I have taught reading intervention for students at risk of falling behind their peers in terms of academic success. (read more)
This will be my first tutoring job. I have worked as a newspaper editor, though, which involves helping reporters with their writing skills. Editors not only proofread for spelling and grammar, but help structure writing so that it is clear, concise and--when appropriate--entertaining. (read more)