...I still have the accent (Russian), but most of my students have claimed that this was not a problem for them. I have tutored all levels, from elementary to middle school students, to high school and college level students; I have also worked as an instructor at City College teaching elementary algebra. I have worked with students from high school and community college students. (read more)
...I earned my master's degree in Teaching and Curriculum at Harvard. High schoolers often find AP Precalculus, for example, to be challenging because it tends to be one of the first places they encounter ideas like limits or sinusoidal curves. My first priority when working with a student is to m... (read more)
...In 2016, I completed my Ph.D. at NYU, where I described new ways to inhibit protein-protein interactions. Earlier, I earned my B.A. from Harvard in Chemistry, though while I was there I spent a great deal of time on mathematics and physics as well. My undergraduate thesis was mostly in medicinal chemistry and total synthesis. (read more)
...I believe that in order to do their best, tutors and teachers should have frank conversations with students about how and why tests are created the way they are. I am an outstanding math tutor because I have looked at math curriculum from different viewpoints and have helped a wide variety of st... (read more)
...I received my IB Diploma with a total score of 37, with my Higher Level classes in Biology, Math, and English Literature. Additionally, I scored a 1450 on the SAT and received a merit award from my high school. My approach for tutoring to help the student find methods that work for them to understand broad ideas and develop the skills to tackle problems they haven't seen before. (read more)