The Best Reading Tutors in New York City, NY

I provide structured reading tutoring for students of all grade levels, with a strong focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking. My instruction emphasizes close reading, accuracy, and fluency while building the skills students need to understand complex texts with...See Wendy's full profile

Students are motivated by concretely seeing that they can solve questions they struggled with before. For ELA, I teach "epiphanies": tangible realizations that help approach questions consistently and accurately. There are tricks to hack reading and writing that are not taught in schools. I am a firm...See Erica's full profile

Hi, I'm Cole. I studied at Harvard and continued on a full scholarship at the University of Oxford, where I taught Ancient Greek for 3 years after graduation. I specialize in college essay writing and admissions consulting, and SAT / ACT prep. Outside of teaching, I like to learn languages (I speak Ancient Greek, Latin,...See Cole's full profile

Offering $100 asynchronous editing sessions for ED and EA deadlines! Are you staring at the Common App essay prompts and wondering where to begin? Maybe you're not sure which of your life stories will make the strongest essay, or perhaps you already know what you want to write but aren't sure how to put it into words....See Benjamin's full profile

Perhaps the best way to master reading is to become a "reader." I ask students to read aloud. I then ask questions about what they read, to ensure comprehension, and I go over new vocabulary words. See Olya's full profile

I teach students (from 8th grade through adulthood) how to read in a clear, structured way so they’re actually in control of the material in front of them. By focusing on how sentences and paragraphs are built, students learn to identify the main idea, follow how it develops, and separate what matters from what...See Scott's full profile

I graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health —with Distinction —and a 3.9 GPA, before earning my place at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Along the way, I contributed to nine peer-reviewed publications through research collaborations at...See Sasha's full profile

I recently graduated from Georgetown University's English M.A. program (2023), and graduated with a B.A. from Georgetown in English and Art (2022). I received Honors on my English thesis on the role of journalistic ethics in political mass media. I am also a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., and serve as a...See Alexandra's full profile

I am a licensed attorney with a specialty in writing and legal research. I love helping students of all ages and educational backgrounds refine and strengthen their writing. I have tutored high school, college, and law students in essay writing, personal statements, legal memoranda, and research papers. My work extends...See Katie's full profile

I have extensive experience helping students of all ages and abilities improve their reading comprehension skills. I've taught in the NYC public school system, and have over 5 years of direct tutoring experience. I've worked with young children and adults, advanced and remedial readers, and even...See Michael's full profile

I have scored in the 99th percentile (the highest possible score) of every standardized test I have taken, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and IQ tests. I also won national essay writing competitions in high school. For over 20 years, I have tutored thousands of students. I leverage my International Coaching...See Brad's full profile

Most of my tutoring has been on how to write a term paper -- how to research it, how to organize it, and how to write it on a sentence by sentence level. When I tutor reading, I do the same things as when I tutor writing. See Avi's full profile

Next, I attended Columbia's School of the Arts, where I studied writing and literature. I also taught academic writing courses for over two years that focused on reading, analyzing, and writing about literature. Finally, I'm a lifelong reader and lover of literature. See Elliott's full profile

Hi! I’m an Yale-educated tutor, with 2 years of experience in high school & college entrance exam prep and college admissions coaching. Growing up in NYC, I attended Hunter College High School, where I worked as a writing center tutor and won academic awards from both the English and Math departments. Later, I...See Annie's full profile

I have helped students of all ages improve their reading, from students in Kindergarten, to 80 year old retired ESL students. I love to help others gain a love for reading. Reading leads to knowledge, and knowledge leads to so many opportunities.See Shaniqua's full profile

Hi! For more than a decade, I've helped students achieve perfect scores on their academic papers, and make huge score improvements on the SAT (200+), ACT (10+), GRE (15+ per section). I feel very comfortable with students of any age, gender, or circumstance. I aim to try to make the sessions as enjoyable as possible...See Ian's full profile

I'm a professional writer and studied languages in college. I know all the parts of language like the back of my hand and can help with anything from the basics of reading to advanced grammatical terminology. See Ben's full profile

With a BA from Bryn Mawr College I am proficient in tutoring reading. My six-weeks paper was on James' Joyce's Ulysses, a difficult opus. I am a native American with an Oxonian British father. I read the Economist every week and have a variety of interests. I would be willing to teach from some...See Alice's full profile

I have taught reading from elementary to university level. I help students comprehend and analyze texts, growing their confidence and skills. See Jonathan's full profile

My name is Ashley and I am a PhD candidate in English Literature at Columbia University. I graduated summa cum laude with my BA in 2017 and received my MA in English Literature in 2021. I have been tutoring students for the past 7 years and I specialize in college essay writing, and I teach my own University Writing...See Ashley's full profile

I am a student with four years of experience tutoring students in reading. My main experience is with English as a Second Language students, whom I have helped get back on track with their classes.See Alexandra's full profile

Hi! I'm Julie, an alumna of Princeton University. I have seven years of experience tutoring college and law school application preparation, writing, public speaking, and more. A Bit More About Me: I graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton, and I also received the school's Shapiro Prize for...See Julie's full profile

...literature, and linguistic code-switching in Black literature and memoir. My creative writing studies have given me extensive workshopping experience, and I love to read and edit fiction as well as nonfiction. I achieved grades of 5 on the AP exams in English Language and English Literature, and I achieved a grade of 780 on the...See Emma's full profile

I developed reading comprehension lesson plans for school-aged children in my master's level Language Development and Disorders course at New York University. I am knowledgeable about working with typically developing children, as well as children with a reading disorder or impairment. Additionally, I...See Melissa's full profile

I can help a student in the areas of reading comprehension, parts of speech, sentence structure, and many other vital parts of reading literature. I can also help a student comprehend many devices used by writers in their works, such as irony, metaphor, characterization, simile, and many other devices...See Vincent's full profile