Hello, and welcome to my Wyzant page for Light the Way Tutoring and College Planning! My name is Courtney, and I have been a tutor for 9 years and a college planner for 3 years. I earned an Associates degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from Monroe Community College and a Bachelors degree in English Writing from St. (read more)
...While there, my focus was on language acquisition and adolescent development. This helped teach me a lot about how children and teenagers learn, and how best to promote their learning. I am also pursuing my Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Rochester, where I maintain a 4.0 GPA. (read more)
...For example, the Parallel Summation Identity may be used to give the rule for adding the squares of the first n positive integers and for adding the cubes of the first n positive integers. I can calculate the number of combinations of two-pair poker hands, the number of ways to order ten single... (read more)
...I have tutored and/or taught STEM subjects for years from third grade through college. Test Prep is my specialty. I recently tutored 4 students in Regents Math Test Prep. (read more)
13 Subjects: includingPrealgebra,Physics,C,Elementary Math
...I have a specific passion for AP and high school biology, and love helping students understand biological processes and connecting them to the world around us. Please reach out if you have any questions about my skillset or to schedule a lesson!I went to Cornell University and was also accepted into a few other elite schools. I have experience brainstorming for and editing college essays. (read more)