Award-Winning AP English Language and Composition Tutors serving Skokie, IL

I'm a recent grad from Northwestern (B.A. in Theatre and Economics) who loves teaching and learning. I love helping other people achieve their goals and helping students find ways to be their best selves. Excited to meet and work with Chicagoland's students!... First sessions always start with discussion of a subject's foundations. If we nail these, the rest of the learning becomes ten times easier.... I'm big on listening. It's my job to hear what a...

I am determined to teaching everyone in the way they learn best, not just one way.

...hands! Despite my professional focus on liberal arts, I also have a keen amateur interest in science, primarily in physics (A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking was my introduction) but also in chemistry, biology, psychology, and sociology. My teaching style is based upon the premise that knowing how to think is much more useful than knowing what to think. My sessions are characterized by frequent questions and discussion of basic concepts, making sure that...

...I recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelors in Music, and although I now sing and play flute around the Chicagoland area, I simply couldn't resist also enrolling at Columbia College Chicago to pursue studies in Acoustics. At Northern, I tutored various subjects for two years and grew to love the act of teaching and sharing knowledge. I especially enjoy working on test prep, mathematics and writing as these are, from my point...

...I am planning on entering medical school at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the fall. Throughout high school and college, I have fallen in love with tutoring and seeing so many new faces in the process. I especially love to tutor in math, chemistry, MCAT, and chemical engineering topics, and have experience tutoring students of all ages - from elementary school to fellow college students. When I am not tutoring or in...

...tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Writing and Literature. In my experience, a lot of people fear writing because they think theyre not good at it. I enjoy trying to ease this tension because I see writing as an art and a way to express how we feel about ourselves and the world we live in. One word at a time and the piece will come together; I promise. I...

...I assistant taught in college and often helped my friends with essay writing and studying. Since graduating, I’ve tutored my younger sister for many of her high school classes. I now tutor a wide range of subjects, including literature, history, writing, Spanish, and Algebra. I am particularly passionate about preparations for standardized testing, including the SATs and AP exams, and helping students through the college application process. My hope is that the support I provide...

...senior year of high school. What I hope to accomplish with my tutoring is ensure that you not only achieve your desired grade/score, but see how the different concepts relate to each other in the bigger picture. The more important part is to critically think about the subject matter in other, more unfamiliar contexts. Also, in my math subjects, I seek to provide personal secrets in realms including quicker computation strategies, unique acronyms for certain...

...tutoring, to achieve the learning target set at the beginning of the session. We will end the session with checking if we hit the set learning target. This model works at every level, from a 3rd grader building reading skills or improving computation skills to a graduate student planning to write a review of the literature for a dissertation. I tutor children of all ages, high school students, undergraduate, and graduate students. My preferred subjects...

...an IB essay advisor, and have instructed students in a variety of subjects; including History, English, and Chemistry. I love working with students one-on-one and I love the process of getting to know a student's individual learning style. My philosophy is that students learn best when they can connect the subject they're learning about with real-world experiences and applications. I believe in getting to know my students in order to understand their goals, strengths, needs,...

...student has learned previously. Students possess the knowledge the obtain the right answer but sometimes have to be guided to it; that's the purpose of education and tutoring. Because education is so monumental in shaping students' futures, it's crucial that they receive the attention necessary to succeed. Because of my love of all things literary, my hobbies include reading, writing, and attending literary events such as poetry and fiction readings. I also love to dance...

...Personally, I believe that we are all different. Despite our learning differences, everyone is granted an equal education and being an equal teacher entitles us to accept our own biases. In order to become positive people, as well as effective teachers and students, we must work together to obtain a better understanding of our world through effective education. It takes education and applicable knowledge to become a better person. I am here to help.... My personal...

...now at the college level, and I have also worked with high school students during that time in such areas as Composition, College Essay prep, Grammar, Spelling and Literature. I also have a degree in French with a minor in Translation, and I have taught creative writing in both fiction and poetry. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, science fiction in literature and in movies, video games, and writing. I look forward to working...

...is English, especially writing and AP English Language and Composition. I'm a sophomore at Loyola University Chicago with a double major in English and History, and I have previous writing experience with three newspapers including the AJC and NPR. I'm also qualified to tutor Latin and History, with which I have a high level of experience. I have plenty of experience working with students of all ages and experience levels, mostly high school to college...

...have traveled extensively, tutoring children in underprivileged communities in my local city for a nonprofit Chicago Hopes for Kids program and also privately for students in public schools. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about English, Literature, Biological Sciences and History. I see education as a way to grow as a whole person and shape ones life, which is why I feel the journey is longer than the goal-...

...math and up through all three levels of calculus. My main hobbies include reading, watching lectures, philosophical and economic discussion, and playing trivia and word games. As a very cerebral type who is constantly exposed to new and interesting information, I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and have a way of doing so in an engaging and sometimes quirky fashion. Also, I find that because of my passion for teaching, I am very thorough...

...with kids ages 6-13 because of a history volunteering at a diverse range of locations, including the Park Ridge Public Library and Picture Us Different Dance Studio. I am most passionate about Math, because of its close relationship with my course of study, and English because of my personal love for reading. I view education as an integral part of developemnt, and am a strong proponent of making sure that it's enjoyable for everyone involved.

...tutor for our university's tutoring center, tutoring other college students and helping them with their language and writing skills. I have also participated in various after-school tutoring programs and standardized-test tutoring programs. Education is important to me, and it is important to always keep in mind the skill levels of every diverse learner I work with. After all, if students don't learn the way we teach, then we need to teach them the way they...

I am a Molecular Engineering major at the University of Chicago, I am currently taking time off to focus on other aspects of my career but I don't want to stop tutoring outside college campus!. I am a child of immigrants and have spent my life tutoring my siblings and younger students, and I loved working with them! See y'all in class!

...Hong Kong for a semester, and completed coursework at the University of Chicago. I am proficient in teaching many areas of mathematics from algebra to calculus to even real analysis. I can also help people with topics in computer science including data structures, algorithms, and many programming languages. I am also able to tutor English, as I have completed AP Lang and AP Lit, and four years of Latin has given me a good grasp...