...Whether it is adding up the change in your pocket, calculating how to launch a rocket to mars, or figuring out how to build a dam, math is literally the foundation on which everything else is built. My background in math comes from taking advanced high school math, two years of college calculus,... (read more)
...Having received a 780 on my SATs and having recently engaged in test preparation as part of the high school college prep summer program, I am experienced in tutoring SAT mathematics as well. Furthermore, I am fluent in Spanish and am both capable of and willing to tutor math in Spanish. I have now been tutoring intermittently for 9 years. (read more)
...During 2004--2012, I earned an M.S. and Ph.D and was a Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where I also was a teaching assistant for seven courses. My teaching was recognized with the Wunsch Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award in 2009. Prior to graduate school, I completed a 2190-mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. (read more)
I'm Stephen and I graduated with a degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science with a minor in Mathematics from a top liberal arts college, and I am pursuing an MD at an Ivy League medical school. I enjoy sharing the wonders of science and math reasoning with young people and helping them improve t... (read more)
...If at any time a student feels overwhelmed we will discuss modifications to ease any perceived excess burden. To do my best at helping a student I encourage input from them, parents and classroom teachers. As a full time educator and a father of a high school student, I have some limitations on my time. (read more)