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Alex S.
Private tutor in Oak Park, IL
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Majoring in Agricultural and Consumer Economics Concentrated in International Policy, Trade, and Development. Minoring in Math. Current 3.9 GPA. High School Diploma 2020, Illinois Math and Science Academy, 3.9 unweighted GPA.
Experience
I worked for two years in math and writing tutoring my peers in high school. My high school was boarding and very rigorous, so in addition to formal tutoring, many nights of the week consisted of tutoring classmates in classes I'd taken and receiving help myself. During the pandemic, I've taken on two clients, one in high school math and the other in 4th-grade math. I got an 800 in SAT Math and a 700 in SAT Reading and Writing for a super score of 1500. I did not take the ACT. My AP scores are as follows: 5 AP World History, 4 AP US History, 4 AP BC Calculus (COVID Semester), 4 AP Physics C Mechanics (COVID Semester), 4 AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism (COVID Semester). For those marked as the COVID semester, please keep in mind that testing was digitized and different from the typical tests. I did receive As in the corresponding classes. I completed math through Calculus 3 and Differential Equations in high school though because the classes were cut short due to COVID, I do not consider myself qualified to teach them until I've completed the classes in college as well. I've taken semesters of economics in high school and college alongside an economics-focused independent statistical research project on gentrification in Chicago. I was a top ten debater in the state my last year of high school for Lincoln Douglas Debate; a philosophically driven debate. My approach to writing is thus logically focused. I have a rather thorough knowledge of ethical and political theory due to both debate and a semester of political theory I took. I love tutoring because I believe that everyone has the ability to learn and I think it is a real shame that so many kids for one reason or another aren't learning to their full potential. In most classrooms, there is one pace that keeps a third of the class behind, a third of the class doing well, and a third of the class bored and unengaged. The benefit of tutoring is a tailored pace that can not only teach the topics in a syllabus but expand into interdisciplinary and advanced topics. I love teaching because of the students and in addition, nothing makes one appreciate learning as teaching does. For not only the enrichment of your child but also my desire to share connections within academia, I will always go an extra mile, if not a little bit of a tangent, to help your child both enjoy and understand the subject matter. That can be sharing a study, an article, or a particularly creative mathematical proof. While I am happy to generate a rigorous curriculum if your child is ready for one, my chief goal is that your child can not only become proficient in but appreciate the material. A note: Due to COVID, I am only working remotely. If you are looking for a tutor to begin working remotely and transfer to in-person when the pandemic ends, I'm probably not a good fit for you. I'm unsure of where I will be located after the pandemic, but am certainly open to continuing indefinitely over zoom. Another note: I can't input it in the availability section, but I offer a free first session so you may determine if I am a good fit.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade, 10th Grade math, 10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade, 11th Grade math, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade, 12th Grade math, 12th Grade Writing, 1st Grade, 1st Grade math, 1st Grade Reading, 1st Grade Writing, 2nd Grade, 2nd Grade math, 2nd Grade Reading, 2nd Grade Writing, 3rd Grade, 3rd Grade math, 3rd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Writing, 4th Grade, 4th Grade math, 4th Grade Reading, 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade, 5th Grade math, 5th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Writing, 6th Grade, 6th Grade math, 6th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade, 7th Grade math, 7th Grade Reading, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade, 8th Grade math, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade, 9th Grade math, 9th Grade Writing, ACT Math, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Algebra 3/4, American History, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics 2: Mechanics, AP United States History, AP US History, AP World History, Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Elementary Algebra, Elementary Math, Essay Editing, Math, Microeconomics, Newtonian Mechanics, Pre-Algebra, Pre-Calculus, PSAT Mathematics, SAT Math, SAT Mathematics, SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1, SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2, Trigonometry, US History, World History