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Certified Tutor
7+ years
Jordan
Criminology coursework at the University of South Florida isn't calculus-heavy, so Jordan is straightforward that this isn't a deep specialty area. That said, math is one of his favorite subjects to tutor across multiple levels, and he can support students wrestling with the early conceptual hurdles...
University of South Florida-Main Campus
Bachelor in Arts, Criminology

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Genny
Neuroscience coursework at Emory puts Genny in direct contact with calculus — modeling action potential rates, analyzing dose-response curves, and interpreting how biological signals change over time all require fluency with derivatives and integrals. She teaches those concepts by connecting them ba...
Emory University
Current Undergrad Student, Neuroscience
Certified Tutor
3+ years
Adonai
Limits, derivatives, and integrals all build on each other, and Adonai walks through each concept by connecting it back to the intuition behind the math — why the chain rule works, what an integral actually represents geometrically. His biomedical sciences background means he can also tie calculus t...
University of South Florida-Main Campus
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Sara
Chemical engineering coursework is calculus-heavy — from differential equations modeling reaction rates to integration across fluid systems — so Sara didn't just pass calculus, she applied it constantly. She unpacks limits, derivatives, and integrals by tying each concept to a tangible scenario that...
University of South Florida-Main Campus
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Certified Tutor
5+ years
Having volunteered now hundreds of hours into helping schools tutor students in a wide variety of mathematics, I have gained an understanding of where a lot of people are coming from when they require help, and how to approach various situations when they call for different methods. Along with this,...
University
Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
2+ years
My favorite subject has to be math. It is a language of its own, and not everybody understands it, at first. I would like to help people understand math because it is a subject that, once learned, not only becomes something that will help you in life but something you will love as well.
University of South Florida-Main Campus
BS
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
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