...Because of my experience with upper-level sciences I can also help you improve your study skills and prepare for more advanced classes in high school. While teaching high school science, I sponsored the College Readiness Club and helped my students prepare for both the ACT and SAT on a weekly basis. Since then, I have continued to tutor individual students with great success. (read more)
...My work with students has yielded an average composite ACT increase of 3-4 points. The English section of the ACT can be challenging due to its focus on nitty-gritty grammar rules and rhetoric. Through my extensive work on this section, I'm familiar with the way the section asks certain questions and hope to pass that knowledge on to you! (read more)
...Having taught English as a second language to elementary and middle school students in Japan, so I am familiar with starting from the ground up. I have helped students with phonics, alphabet recognition, and word memorization. I have drilled and practiced skim reading, scan reading, and reading for comprehension exercises with students, all of which are very important in daily life. (read more)
...Educational background:
RHAM High School, Hebron, CT - college prep curriculum including AP Chemistry and Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - B.S. Chemical Engineering, minor in Economics, GPA: 3.57/4.0
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, m... (read more)