Award-Winning SHSAT Tutors serving New Jersey

...the university. So far I love my teaching position as it not only brings me happiness in helping others succeed, but it helps me build a stronger understanding on how to be a better instructor. When I teach, I try not to lecture the student, but engage them by connecting what I teach with real-life scenarios. Especially in hard sciences like biology, this makes it much easier for students to understand the topic. Outside of...

What makes me a great tutor is patience. If someone if coming to me to learn, I can explain the concepts to them as long as needed without getting frustrated. I want my students to learn! I teach virtually all high school subjects and below and am even open to teaching college curriculum courses if they fit my expertise.... My teaching philosophy is that the teacher and the student need patience for one another. Some topics...

I am a patient, energetic, knowledgeable college graduate in my gap year between completing my undergraduate Biology BS degree in 2 years and attending medical school. I am passionate about learning and teaching STEM topics and getting students to reach their goals. I have extensive experience about the application process into medical programs and colleges and would love to help students with their dream schools!

I am an admitted attorney practicing law in New York and New Jersey. I attended a top 30 law school on a full scholarship due to my high LSAT and GPA. I am proficient in tutoring in the LSAT, logical reasoning, all elementary to college math, reading comprehension, quantitative reasoning, SAT, SHSAT, etc.

...experience in standardized tests, mathematics of all levels, physics, and more. I strive to make learning fun, comprehensive, and engaging. My method is to ensure that students understand the fundamentals and gradually progress to more challenging problems to provide students with a complete grasp of the subject and empower them for future study. My greatest strengths are my patience and thoroughness while tutoring. In my spare time, I enjoy yoga, reading, and concerts.

...instead of attempting to complete an exam that had might as well been written in Pig Latin, I made a commitment to empower and serve our youth. The children much like those that I looked down on for so many years. Their stories became relevant to me, their story not identical to mine, but yet a reflection of our environment, a reaction to our culture. My humbling experience gave me new vision, and planted my...

...I can attest to the importance of preparing learners of all ages for the rigors of our fast-paced, communication-based society. The internet has largely replaced libraries with lightning-speed delivery of information. I ride this speed wave with my passion for knowledge and self-mastery, a passion that I strive to instill in my students, whether they are taking a standardized test, writing an academic essay, trying to improve their grades, or simply attempting to increase their...

...high school and Calculus I in my first year of college. I also have in-depth experience with English. In high school, I took AP Literature and Composition and AP Language and Composition as well as honors English classes. Besides taking classes in these subjects, I tutored at my local library with a volunteer group called Homework Helpers for all four years of high school. I tutored students in kindergarten up to eighth grade in all...

I am a 2/5 Biomedical Engineering major at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. I have prior experience tutoring mostly high school students in mathematics and science. In my experience, one of the most important aspects of tutoring is setting goals at the very beginning and working toward that goal. My primary goal is to help students become confident in the fields they are studying.

My experience includes IT consulting with Accenture, course development with Simon and Schuster's Pimsleur and Defense Language Institute, and tutoring pre-K to PhD students in a variety of subjects/courses/majors. I am a down-to-earth tutor who enjoys and excels at tutoring many subjects from elementary to graduate school. I start by asking you what topics you find most confusing, difficult, or traumatizing and do everything to help you quickly catch up on these things.

...sana in corpore sano is a Latin phrase, usually translated as "a healthy mind in a healthy body". The phrase is widely used in sporting and educational contexts to express the theory that physical exercise is an important or essential part of mental and psychological well-being. Wikipedia All this to say my picture reflects my newly rediscovered health kick to go with my love of teaching and learning. I've been told I'm a natural student....

Neuroscience Major, Princeton University 2020

Hello, my name is Amy. I have been an educator for years. I am a Certified Teacher in Pre-K through Sixth Grade and Biology and General Science 7-12 with a Master's degree in Education. As a young girl, I aspired to be a teacher.

I am a special education teacher who has been teaching for over 30 years. I currently teach in a high school. I am highly qualified in both Math and English, as well as all elementary subjects. I enjoy working one on one with students and getting to know them on a personal level.

...Science, Into Reading, and many more. I am trained in Orton-Gillingham "science of reading" methodology and "Algebra for All" math skills. And while I have experience teaching students as young as four years old, I also specialize in teaching advanced learners AP subjects such as History, English, Math and many other subjects. I also am proficient in test prep for many important exams, including the SAT, ACT, NYC Specialized High School Exam, Catholic School High...

...to their fundamentals and learn from the bottom up, so that it's easier to see how all the pieces of a topic fit together. A ten page paper might seem intimidating, until you break it down into a list of bullet points and ideas. Patience is a virtue and I exercise it dutifully. I'm comfortable tutoring all ages; a bit of empathy can span even decades, I believe. In my free time, I love surrounding...

...function effectively. During my undergraduate career, I worked as a teaching assistant in a lower-level animal anatomy and physiology course and in an upper-level biochemistry course. Furthermore, I have mentored underclassmen by helping them through courses that I took in previous years. I have earned a B.S. in Molecular Biology from Messiah College and I am working towards a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Drexel University. When I am not lost in the world of academia,...

...on early childhood. I received both my Bachelors and Masters degrees from Queens College. I then continued to study for my Supervisors license from the Massachusetts College for Liberal Arts. Education is extremely important to me. Therefore I took advantage of every opportunity to continue my studies learning and implementing the newest programs of education. I strongly believe that every student does not learn the same way. Teaching must be differentiated for each student. Each...

...school science, English Language Arts, and Social Studies. I have tutored several of my former students in Algebra I, Living Environment, and Biology, each of which went on to pass their Regents exams. I have experience also working with younger students, as I have taught both 3rd and 1st grade classes. My goal is to help my students find the joy in learning as they discover their strengthsand develop the areas they struggle in. In...

...where I taught classes and individual students prep for the SHSAT, SAT, and the HCHS entrance exam. I first like to pinpoint my student's weaknesses. From there, I spend extra time in each session explaining those concepts and assigning specialized practice problems to them. This strategy, along with consistent timed practice tests and questions, is generally my approach. I believe that all my students can achieve high scores once they understand certain nuances for their...