Hi, My name is Nitin and I am currently studying Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I am a SAT Test Prep tutor as well as a math tutor and python programming tutor. I scored a 1480 on the SAT with a 770 in Math and 710 in the reading and writing section. (read more)
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