Ellen R.

• Boulder, CO 80302 ( 27.4 mi )
• Experienced MCAT Tutor

• Female
• Member since: 01/2013
• Will travel up to 40 miles
• Rates from $20 to $35 /hr
• In-Home In-Group
• Also Tutors: Science, Writing Skills, Writing, Study Skills, Psychology, Political Science, MCAT, Homework Help, Government, Chemistry

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My comments on tutoring MCAT : I have studied for and taken the MCAT, and will be applying to medical school in the summer of 2013.

I have succeeded as a Pre-Med student and psychology major while playing for the University of Colorado D1 women’s volleyball team and thus developed excellent study skills. I have taken and done well on the MCAT and I am applying to medical school in the summer of 2013. I have spent time tutoring my younger brother and many of my teammates and friends in biology, general chemistry, writing/editing, and all psychology fields.

Aleksandr K.

• Boulder, CO 80303 ( 30.2 mi )
• MCAT Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 10/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $45.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Entrance Exams

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I strongly believe in learning by doing. I have never given a lecture or taught something 1on1 without providing practice problems or peppering students with questions. The hardest part about this is getting students to understand that it is okay to ask and answer questions. Most students I have encountered are used to simply looking at the teacher but never really interacting with them. If I ask a question and nobody gets it, I rephrase it, reteach the section that led up to the question and generally try to understand why the question is not being answered. Aside from some initial amount of memorization, students need to learn how to think through concepts and ideas, and the best way to do that, regardless of subject, is ask them things.
As a rising junior at Cornell University, I was asked to TA a Chemistry course for engineers. I accepted and entered into my first teaching posi ... read more

Jared A.

• Boulder, CO 80302 ( 30.3 mi )
• MCAT Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 05/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $42.00 /hr

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An effective tutor is one who is able to help the student identify their strengths and weakness and then work with the student to increase their understanding, thereby reinforcing their strong points and building strength on weak points. In order to accomplish this, I maintain a very relaxed, comfortable tutoring area so that the student feels completely comfortable discussing their academic strengths and weaknesses. With this trust established, I drive my tutor sessions with questions enabling the student to tell me what they know (or don't know) so that I'm not the one talking the whole time. It is a teacher's job to lecture; it is a tutor's job to build understanding. This understanding is developed through question answering and discussion between the student and the tutor.
I have worked as a tutor throughout my undergraduate career and also for a part of my high school career ... read more