My Qualifications

  • Combined SAT Score (taken once): 1540
  • Graduate of the Winter Park International Baccalaureate Program 1999
  • High School GPA greater than 4.0
  • Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania 2003, an Ivy League university perennially in the US News & World top five institutions
  • Completed two majors Physics & Economics, both of which involved rigorous mathematical background and training
  • Undergraduate GPA 3.3
  • Graduate of the University of Florida 2004, earning a Master’s degree in Business
  • Have been tutoring since high school (approximately 1997)
  • Started up and ran my own successful tutoring company in Orlando, FL (this very website, The Ivy Tutors)
  • My youth (I am currently 26) makes me exceedingly good at relating to high school age kids
  • Please see my testimonials

My Expertise

  • Mathematics. Math is my strongest subject as I have had a great deal of experience in school with math subjects and continue to use math on an everyday basis with my work (which I have found to be useful when I get the “you don’t use this in real life…” question). I have had math classes up to and including Calculus IV. Mathematics subjects are also the most popularly requested tutoring subjects, so I am constantly teaching the same subjects and am given the opportunity to refine my techniques. At present, I will take students in any math classes up to and including high school level Calculus.
     
  • Test Prep. Test Prep, primarily SAT and ACT tests preparation, is the second most commonly requested tutoring subject, and as such I also have a great deal of experience tutoring to these tests (which require quite different approaches), as well as a few others. In particular with Test Prep tutoring, I am the beneficiary of having worked two years with many extremely smart tutors whose knowledge I have compiled into a compact form that I now share with my students. Think of it as The Ivy Tutors (who have hailed from Pennsylvania, Harvard, MIT, Duke, Northwestern, and more) passing their test taking “power” on to you/your student.
     
  • Writing. Writing is another primary area in which I consider myself to be an expert. I have extensive writing training from both my undergraduate and graduate education, and I am required to keep these skills sharp on an everyday basis with the work that I do. I have helped several students plan and write essays for both school classes and college applications (see below), and this tutoring has led several students to achieve 5s (out of 5) on their Advanced Placement exams in several subjects.
     
  • College Application Counseling. This area combines many aspects (including some of the areas of expertise I’ve already listed above): test preparation, academic tutoring, application essays, specific strategies on increasing a student’s chances at being accepted to the college of their choice, and more. These are all areas in which I have a great deal of experience, having gone through the process myself and with several of my students. I also have a unique and valuable perspective on this matter, having been an interviewer for Penn applicants from Central Florida.
     

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