...The best asset a new STEM student can have is a strong academic support network, and in my tutoring I aim to give students as much support as possible by identifying their specific academic needs and meeting them, whether that means providing homework assistance, detailed overviews of specific co... (read more)
My name is Shafiq, and I graduated with a Master's Degree in Biological Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis with a GPA of 3.9. I was named to the Dean's List multiple semesters both in undergraduate and graduate school and received multiple merit based scholarships. (read more)
...Often, the typical classroom setting is not adequate to express the joy, fun (and yes, coolness!) of math. Let me fill you in on why math looks and functions the way it does, and your math chapter's concepts will soon click into place. I have taught hundreds of students in public and private schools and I have identified many pitfalls that keep students from attaining their full potential. (read more)
...In 1998 I took a job with an academic research software group that required me to spend regular time each day studying Greek and Hebrew (this "requirement" was one of the main reasons I took the job). I spent 9 years with that organization. I have since taken over 40 graduate level credits of c... (read more)
...I mostly write grants and science papers for my current field, but I also have written high scoring essays for philosophy, art history during college. One of the hardest parts of writing is getting started! I can teach skills on pre-planning, showing students how to put their ideas into a strong outline, and how to support their ideas with evidence from their reading. (read more)