I am a Naperville North High School and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate with a degree in Mathematics. I have extensive problem-solving experience including winning 1st place at the 2007 ICTM State Math Contest, qualifying for the USA Math Olympiad, and placing in the top 500 in the... (read more)
...I also have been successful in helping students prepare for the SAT, but since the state of Illinois just switched over this year, I don't have enough data to report what increases in scores students have seen on this particular test. My short term goal with students is that they would understan... (read more)
...I assist students taking class in high school or college. I teach the subject at local community colleges. I tutor AP Calculus students and college students taking the Calculus sequence. (read more)
...I've been helping students improve their abilities in introductory science courses for the last 5 years using these philosophies and I'm going to continue doing so.I am a PhD candidate in Physics, which means I use algebra almost constantly. I have been tutoring Algebra students since I was in high school and can tutor you too. As a physicist, I use applied calculus daily. (read more)
...I have been teaching/tutoring Pre-Algebra for the last 19 years. My favorites topics in Pre-calculus are trigonometric equations and identities, matrices, conics, sequences/series and imaginary/complex numbers. Most of my Pre-Calculus students have a hard time with Trigonometric equations and identities which provide the basis for of the integration methods. (read more)