Award-Winning SSAT Tutors serving Hazel Crest, IL

...learners. I am an avid test-taker and find test prep to be fascinating and - yes - fun! I've taken the LSAT and GRE; my scores were good enough to get into some pretty great schools, along with some scholarship money. I believe everyone is capable of achieving their academic goals! In my free time,...

...Nicole and I am just finishing my 10th year of teaching. I've had a variety of teaching experiences including teaching middle school reading and writing, all subjects for 1st and 2nd grade, supporting students with an ELL background from grades 3-8, and teaching an English language class to adults. I have a great love of...

...taught high school Latin for two years. I have also tutored college students in writing. I am available to tutor most subjects, though my specialties are foreign language (German, Spanish, and Latin) and test prep. I teach by asking students the right questions so that they learn the method of finding the right answers.

...working with Varsity Tutors because I enjoy teaching and getting to share some of my academic experience. I have done a little tutoring, but most of my teaching experience is in the university setting as a TA. I'm particularly excited about biology and psychology, where I have the most experience. I also really enjoy reading...

I love math and want to develop an ever-growing passion and constant curiosity for math in my students.

...that is unique to the individual. My method is to engage the learner in the topic by making it fun in a way that can lead to a deeper understanding. To supplement this, I give my students certain "tools" or "tricks" to assist in remembering certain processes. Their study and organizational habits are fine tuned...

I am a music performance graduate student in bassoon at Northwestern University, seeking to utilize my skills and professional/academic experience to help those who might benefit from them. When I am not occupied with something else, I am likely practicing the bassoon!

...majoring in Business Administration and Mastering in Finance. I have always been an excellent academic performer as evidenced by my 3.93 GPA. Throughout the years I have tutored classmates and siblings and last semester I got the opportunity to become the Teacher Assistant of Financial Accounting and Economic Analysis of Capital Investments. As a TA,...

...strengthening. For example...simpliyfing fractions will be difficult if you don't know your multiplication/division facts...so I would work on those topics if simplifying is difficult. For the younger kids, playing a game or two to break up the hour is always a great idea. Using visuals is great for any student of any age, particularly younger...

Having been a tutor and teacher for almost 20 years, I enjoy working with all age groups and backgrounds. I focus on sciences and arts subjects as well as test prep. I am a medical doctor with MBA and MPH and enjoy tutoring as a second career.

...the past few years, I've worked with students from Kindergarten through 8th grade on STEM courses. I have additionally worked as a TA for a junior/senior high school physics class. I have always been very passionate about STEM courses and would love to pass this along to other students on their way to high school...

...with family and friends, sing, play volleyball and badminton, and dance in multiple different styles and genres. I strongly believe in maintaining an open and free communication pathway between the student and myself when tutoring, not a limiting and authoritative one. I have experienced this in the past when I was being tutored, and I...

I am a student-focused tutor with experience working with a wide range of age groups and topics. I am devoted to serving in a mentorship role and helping develop individuals through a hands-on, personal teaching style.... My role is to help the student understand how they learn and study best. By reaching this understanding, I can then work with students to develop independent study skills that fit their unique needs.

...brilliance. Time and time again, studies have shown that students with good grades and test scores don't necessarily score higher on IQ tests. This is good news! If success were a function solely of natural intelligence, improvement would be unachievable. But it isn't. There are different factors -- motivation, organization, empathy, discipline -- which are...