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14+ years
Gerardo
A state-certified teacher with a physics degree, Gerardo has taught the full arc of introductory physics — from free-body diagrams in mechanics through Gauss's law in electrostatics — and knows exactly where students lose the thread between the concept and the math. His classroom instinct is to get ...
University of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science

Certified Tutor
13+ years
Whitney
Neuroscience at Pomona College meant Whitney spent serious time with the physics that governs how the body works — electrical potentials across membranes, wave mechanics in imaging, fluid dynamics in circulation — giving her a life-sciences angle on college physics that most tutors can't offer. She'...
Pomona College
Bachelor in Arts, Neuroscience
Certified Tutor
Drew
Studying physics and mathematics simultaneously at Occidental means Drew is working through the same college physics material his students are — kinematics, forces, energy, waves — with the added benefit of seeing the mathematical scaffolding in his math courses the same week it shows up in his phys...
Occidental College
Current Undergrad, Physics/Mathematics
Certified Tutor
15+ years
Sarah
College-level physics ramps up fast once partial derivatives, line integrals, and differential equations enter the picture. Sarah earned her B.A. in both Physics and Mathematics, so she walks through topics like Gauss's Law or Lagrangian mechanics by unpacking the math and the physics simultaneously...
Clark University
Bachelor in Arts, Physics and Mathematics
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Aaron
I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old e...
The University of Texas at Dallas
Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering
Duke University
Current Grad Student, Mechanical Engineering
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Mimi
I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...
Harvard University
Masters in Education, Education
Dartmouth College
B.A.
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Nina
I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...
Columbia University
Masters in biostatistics
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences (focus in neurobiology)
Columbia University in the City of New York
Current Grad Student, Biostatistics
Certified Tutor
I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults...
Harvard University
PHD, Education
Wesleyan University
Bachelor in Arts, Sociology
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Clara
I am tutoring I tend to ask my students to try to "teach" me concepts they are struggling with, or walk me through a problem that is challenging them, so that any conceptual mistakes or assumptions they are making become clear. In addition, I am a firm believer in never providing the answer to a spe...
Stanford University
Bachelors, Psychology
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Solange
I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...
Harvard University
Bachelor in Arts (Sociology & Women's Studies)
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