...I was also an active participant in math competitions, competing annually in the AMC and AIME and qualifying for the USAJMO in 10th grade. During college, I continued my interest in competition math by taking the Putnam exam and contributing to CMU’s very own CMIMC, a math competition for high schoolers. As a tutor my primary goal is to teach you how to learn math. (read more)
...I begin by assessing the student's areas of strength and weakness by using previous Regents' exams. I then focus on helping them strengthen their weak areas by bringing practice work for them to do. Just before they take or retake the exam, we go over and review a previous exam to give them a bit more practice. (read more)
...Students that have been prepping with me for at least 2 months saw a 50+ increase from their initial practice test score. Since my personal experience with test prep has been fairly recent, I am confident that I can help high school students reach their dream scores. I know the content of the test extremely well, and I remember all of the techniques that I used to ace my exams. (read more)
...I love helping people to succeed academically, and seeing a student shift from anxious to hopeful to confident in a difficult subject is a joy and satisfaction that drives me. My experience has always been that study skills as taught in schools are useless, because they work for students whose b... (read more)
...For math and science in general, I can draw from nearly two decades of work experience in various settings (office, lab, field, production, retail, distribution) and two years working directly as a certified math teacher (7-12). I've helped prepare students for high-stakes testing, like NYS high... (read more)