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Tracy H.
Algebra, Biology, Biology (AP/College), Calculus, Chemistry, more...
Tracy is an undergraduate at Harvard, where she plans to pursue a special concentration in global health. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in San Diego, California. She tutored math for three years at her local community college and privately to high school students, covering all levels from pre-algebra to calculus. Aside from math, she loves writing, and took three summers of intensive courses on expository, creative essay, and fiction writing; in 2007, her writing was published in the nationally-circulated Imagine Magazine. Tracy also enjoys science, and worked on a gene amplification research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. She scored 2370 on the SAT and earned 5’s on 10 AP tests (Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Literature, English Composition, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, US History, Art History, Spanish Language, and Psychology).
- Four years of experience tutoring college and high school students in math, excellent references
- 2370 SAT, earned 5’s and 4’s on 12 AP tests, including Calculus BC, English Literature, English Composition, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Spanish Language
- Great sense of humor, easy to understand
- Guilty pleasures: Desperate Housewives, The Daily Show/Colbert Report, roller coasters, Jack Johnson
Ripal S.
Algebra, Biology, Biology (AP/College), Calculus, Calculus (Multivariable), more...
Ripal graduated from Duke University with a double major in Economics and Chemistry in 2006. She scored a 1600 on the SAT in 2002, and in the 97th percentile on the MCAT several years later. In 2003, she was awarded the AP Scholar with Distinction award for receiving 5's on multiple AP examinations. She has been a peer/private tutor for over 7 years, particularly in the math and sciences.
Michael M.
Econometrics, Economics, Economics (Advanced), GRE, GRE Math, more...
Michael holds an A.B. cum laude, with High Honors in Economics, from Harvard. He received an overall grade of "Magna Plus" for his senior honors thesis, "Evidence for Preference Variation Based on Cue Exposure: An Empirical Analysis of Laibson's Cue-Theory of Consumption", and was awarded a mark of "Summa" on the Honors General Examination in Economics. He also holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he received a high "Merit" mark for his master's dissertation, "Coordination Failures and Business Groups".
- LSAT (2007): 180
- GRE (2006): 800M, 800V, 6.0AW
- SAT-I (1998): 1590 (790M, 800V)
- Undergraduate: Harvard '06, A.B. cum laude in Economics with High Honors in Field
Hannah F.
Admissions - Essay, History (American), LSAT Prep, SAT (all areas)
Hannah graduated cum laude in history from Princeton in 2003, where her academic focus was 18th century American History. At Princeton, she won several awards, allowing her to pursue independent thesis research in South Africa and student teaching opportunities in New Jersey. After teaching abroad in Bolivia, she came back to the US, where she taught American History, including AP US History, in the Bronx for two years. She has tutored dozens of clients in Manhattan in SAT, SAT II, essay writing, and American History. She is currently a second year student at Harvard Law School.
- Princeton '03
- Harvard Law School '10
- Two-time NCAA national champion
- Academic All-American
Harrison P.
Algebra, Calculus, Calculus (Multivariable), Geometry, Organic Chemistry, more...
Harrison graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Physics. He was awarded the William E. Stephens prize for physics, which is given "annually to the graduating physics major who has demonstrated ... the most promise for a successful career as a scientist." Harrison did not formally begin tutoring until the spring of 2004. During the final two and a half years of his undergraduate work, Harrison tutored undergraduate physics ranging from introductory Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism to Quantum Mechanics. In 2006 he was awarded the Distinguished Tutor Award which was awarded based on feedback from the students. Harrison is currently a second year graduate student in the Applied Physics Ph.D. program at the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Kimberly F.
ACT Prep, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Economics, more...
Kim is junior at Harvard and an honors candidate for a degree in Latin American Studies with a secondary in government. Kim graduated as salutatorian from her high school with ten scores of 5 on AP exams, which makes her a national AP scholar, and a GPA of 6.37 on a 6.3 scale. Kim tutored through the National Honor Society and taught science over the summer. Kim has tutored in many subjects including chemistry, biology, calculus, precalculus, geometry, SAT prep, ACT prep, and US history. Kim has also competed in over twelve science fairs including four regional and three state fairs, placing every year at the regional level and once at the state level. Kim has also received awards on the National Latin Exam and American Math Competition.
- 10 5's on AP Exams
- Awards at 12 Science Fairs
- Had a 6.3 GPA in high school
- Exciting, exuberant personality
Jessie M.
Biology, Biology (AP/College), Chemistry, SAT (all areas)
Jessie graduated from Swarthmore College in 2005 with a major in biology and a minor in education. While at Swarthmore, she also picked up a teaching certificate in secondary school biology. She has taught high school science in environments which range from the Philadelphia public school system to a private boarding school to a sailboat on the Hudson River. Jessie enjoys tutoring both teenagers and adults.
- Graduated from Swarthmore College '05
- Teacher certified in secondary school biology
- Has taught high school biology, chemistry and physics
- Makes difficult ideas intelligible and meaningful
Vanessa M.
Biology, Biology (AP/College), Chemistry, Chemistry (AP/College), English, more...
Vanessa graduated from Yale in 2005 with a degree in English as well as a teaching certificate having successfully completed Yale's Teacher Preparation Program. Prior to attending Yale, Vanessa attended Brookline High School, where she was inducted into the National Honor Society and scored a 5 on the AP Exam in biology. Currently, she is taking classes at Harvard Extension School in preparation for applying to medical school. In the fall, she will be a teaching assistant in a biology course at Penn.
- Graduated Yale, 2005 with a BA in English
- Patient and easy going
- Good at breaking down complicated subjects into more manageable subunits
- Scored a 5 on the AP exam for biology in 2001
Lispeth N.
ACT Prep, Admissions - Essay, Algebra, Arabic, Calculus, more...
Lispeth is currently a graduate student with primary research interests in Medieval Islamic theology and philosophy. Prior to coming to Harvard, she was an undergraduate in the Religion Department at Princeton (magna cum laude), where she garnered an A+ for her senior thesis, “al-Ghazzali’s Character Ethic in Context.” However, Lispeth actually headed off to her undergraduate studies intending to be a mathematics or physics major, having taken Multivariable Calculus, Calculus-based Physics, and Linear Algebra in high school. She also participated in competitive-entry summer math programs at M.I.T. and Stanford. SAT: 1590 + 800 Writing. GRE: 1450 + 6.0/6.0 Writing.
- Current Harvard grad student; Undergrad at Princeton
- Recipient of an A+ Senior Thesis mark, departmental Islamic Scholarship Award, the Lawrence Wolfsen Senior Thesis Grant, and the LeMoyne Page Visual Arts Award
- Pre-college math training through Multivariable Calculus
- Able to communicate clearly with "math/science" and "humanities" types alike
Viral G.
Calculus, Calculus (Multivariable), Economics, GMAT Prep, GRE, more...
Viral graduated with a first in Economics from Oxford University. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has a score of 1540 on the SAT (800 Verbal, 740 Math) and a 1540 on the GRE (760 Verbal, 780 Math). He has tutored students preparing for the SATs and GREs for over 4 years.
- 1540 (out of 1600) SAT and 1540 GRE
- Doctoral Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School
- Casberd Scholar at Oxford
- Has worked with students of all ages and ability levels