Award-Winning ACT English Tutors serving Philadelphia, PA

...3.7 GPA, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in English. As for pertinent work experience prior to Varsity Tutoring, I have tutored middle school aged children in English for a year as a part of the PAIR program and helped graduate students from foreign countries practice their conversational English. Please feel invited to contact me and/or ask me your questions. I am able to travel to most of Philadelphia...

...Government/Comparative Politics exams. I also offer ACT/SAT Writing, ACT/SAT Reading, SAT Verbal and ACT English tutoring. My approach to tutoring is centered on the belief that nothing is particularly difficult if you just break it down into small parts. For example, things like Advanced Placement tests and standardized tests when viewed as a whole can seem like daunting tasks which require lots of higher order reading, writing, and thinking skills. However, when they are approached...

...I've been teaching elementary and middle school math and science at my local library. As a tutor, I'm passionate about math and science: this includes subjects from elementary math/science to AP courses like AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, and AP Environmental Science. I've also scored very well on standardized exams (35 on the ACT, National Merit Finalist recognition for the PSAT), so I can also extend my services for students who need to prepare for...

...in biology. I have tutored lower school math and high school physics. My favorite subjects in school are math, music, and science and those are also my favorite subjects to teach. It is so satisfying for both the student and I to see the student's hard work come to fruition through a good test score or just a clearly better understanding of the topic. Learning should be fun - not just sitting at a table...

College student driven to help other students excel academically. I personally like teaching through real world examples and through doing practice problems to gain understanding.... I typically teach by offering examples to gain understanding. I also enjoy offering additional problems to work through so that the student feels completely comfortable with the coursework.

...associated with your application. Everything has to come in a package. I enjoy tutoring, particularly tutoring teenagers. When I was 12 or so, I had a tutor, or exactly, a mentor. She not only tutored me but also inspired me to grow to be a useful person in life. I am thankful to have had my tutor-mentor-best friend with me through my rebellious years. Therefore, now, I would love to guide students to go through...

I am currently a rising sophomore at the University of Chicago majoring in economics. I have prior experience tutoring as I joined the SAT Tutoring club my freshman year. I tutor both the SAT and ACT in all sections. I really enjoying helping other students learn and do their best. In my spare time, I enjoy watching sports, especially football and soccer.

Hi! 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 campus); social sciences; and literature/writing.

...elementary to graduate school, the support and encouragement of a passionate teacher can turn a diffident or apathetic underachieving student into a classroom star. My favorite subject to tutor is standardized test prep (SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.) because such tests cover a finite body of material that can be taught and mastered. In addition to test prep, I also tutor a number of English related subjects (including Writing, Literature, Essay Editing, and Grammar), and offer...

...enjoy making them more relatable to a student by explaining their real world applications whenever possible. One of my favorite activities is distance running. I am a volunteer coach for the Girls on the Run Philadelphia organization and I ran the 2013 Chicago Marathon. Overall, I am an enthusiastic person and am excited about any opportunity to have a positive impact. I try to combine my technical background and creative personality to make learning a...

...context of what they teach us about how events and culture shape the world in which we currently live. A history class cannot be taught in isolation - it must be made relevant to our experiences today. I can certainly help struggling students to memorize names and dates for an exam, but my primary goal is to encourage a thorough understanding of cause and effect so that the memorization process takes on real meaning. In...

...University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution. I have over three years of experience as a researcher in diverse fields, including breast cancer, pediatrics, and autism genetics. I have three years of experience tutoring undergraduate students at Penn and postgraduate students. I primarily tutor for the MCAT, but also have extensive experience tutoring college science courses, including general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, biology, biochemistry, and neuroscience, which are all relevant subjects to the MCAT.

...of Philadelphia's magnet schools, including Franklin Learning Center, Lankanau High School and William Bodine High School for International Affairs. While at Bodine, I developed the curriculum for and taught the SAT Prep course. That year, the school achieved the highest scores on the PSSA English test in the its history. During my career I have taught English, Creative Writing, African American Literature, Filmmaking, Introduction to Communications, Journalism, World History, American History and African American History.

...Philadelphia region. My undergraduate degrees are in French and Theatre, with a minor in Linguistics. I specialize in tutoring in French, English reading, writing and comprehension, and ACT reading and writing prep. (When I took the ACT I got a composite 30 score-- a 34 on reading, and a 33 on writing!) When I'm not in school or working as an actor, I am petting cats, reading books, and occasionally going outside. When contacting directly,...

...up mainly in St. Louis, Missouri. I achieved a 33 on my ACT, and enrolled in the honors program at Yeshiva University in Manhattan. Before attending college I studied abroad for three years. Upon returning to America I graduated summa cum ladue from Yeshiva University with a degree in Biology. In college I ran a program of over 120 college students who tutored at public schools in Washington Heights. I recruited tutors, coordinated the program...

...important facet of the learning process. By working one-on-one with students tutors can learn more about students' interests and learning styles, and incorporate them into the tutoring process. Academic subjects can be so much more interesting for students if they feel that the subject has a direct impact on their lives. I love it when a student's face lights up with the realization that she truly understands the concept on which we are working. These...

...received my Bachelor's degree in Political Science with a minor in French; my studies primarily focused on international affairs. I am passionate about teaching areas I focused on during my four years in Boston including history, government, and French but also have an established background in writing, literature, and English. I believe it is important to identify a unique approach for every student according to their specific needs because as I have learned, each student...

...a student working on trigonometry cannot effectively understand cotangents or complex trig inequalities until he/she is comfortable manipulating the sin, cos and tangent functions. I approach ACT test prep with a similar notion: in order to succeed the student must understand how the test wants you to err and have a strategy for dealing with each type of question. In all subject matter, my goal is to build an understanding that is intuitive by progressing...

I am an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania with a passion for independent learning and over 300 hours of tutoring experience for local organizations.... Answers are secondary to process mastery. Teach a student to answer, and they will complete an assignment. Teach a student to think critically, and they will thrive for a lifetime.

...I am a published constitutional lawyer, currently inactive, in four states. My modeling of critical analytical skills falls short if not accompanied by a genuine love for the subject matter and concern for the academic growth of the student. My concern is genuine and intentionally animated to inspire in students an infectious, lifelong love of learning. Tutoring allows me to continue in my passion for teaching, even during periods of work sabbatical.... My teaching philosophy is...