"Hello! I’m a Summa Cum Laude graduate from a distinguished private university with a strong academic background in both the sciences and humanities. I maintained an over 4.0 GPA throughout high school while taking numerous AP courses, including AP English, AP Calculus, AP Physics, etc--scoring 4s and 5s on all of them. But make no mistake, it was no easy feat, and did not come naturally for me--C’s weren’t abnormal on my middle school report cards. It was only by shifting my mindset, by recognizing that others had excelled so the work couldn’t have been as impossible as I was making it out to be, that I finally began to see breakthroughs in my academics. I not only improved my grades, but the grades of my friends and classmates, sharing with them techniques and shortcuts I derived from the complex concepts our teachers spent weeks unwinding.

I’ve found there’s two main components to tutoring: relaying to the student what exactly is being asked of them, and equipping them with the skills needed to conceive the best answers. Oftentimes, the student may not even know exactly what is being asked of them, it is unknown to them--and therefore it takes on a horrific shape of the unknown. Furthermore, it potentially becomes proof of their greatest fears--that they are dumb, stupid, and can’t learn. But with my sessions, I help the student become familiar with the details of their curriculum, exactly which concepts they are being tested on, and much more. I also work with the student, assessing their current strengths and using it to guide them in their weaknesses. My final target is therefore the student’s mindset, as unexpected as that may be, for I aim for the student to leave my service with not only a more varied skill set, but with a confidence that won’t be shaken when facing another “unknown”." less...