SAT/ACT Verbal Specialist and Tutor of Latin, English, & Writing

About Me:
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I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy (3.6 GPA) from the University of Southern California--a top 25 school, nationally--in May of 2011 and subsequently attended The State University of New York, Purchase College during the 2011-2012 academic year as a post-bachelor’s student in psychology. I have more than 3 years of tutoring experience. Since receiving my BA approximately a year and a half ago, I have tutored independently and for a wide range of tutoring and test prep companies, including WyzAnt, Club Z! In-Home Tutoring, Parliament Tutors, and Jump Start Tutoring. Prior to becoming a full-time tutor, I was also a writing consultant in the Writing Center at Pace University (New York City) for one year, as well as a peer tutor at both Fordham Preparatory School and Harbor Oaks Boarding School in Mars Hill, North Carolina.

I currently specialize in SAT/ACT verbal preparation, Latin, writing (including college admissions/scholarship essays), and English. I have helped a wide variety of individuals achieve their academic and professional goals, including Ivy League students, professional engineers, and students attending prestigious and nationally ranked high schools. I have taught elementary, high school, college, and graduate students, as well as adults.

In addition to tutoring, I am currently pursuing a PhD in psychology. I serve as a research assistant in psychology labs at both Columbia University and Purchase College.

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My Tutoring Method/Philosophy:
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I always strive to instantiate the virtues of any good tutor: patience, gentleness, and concern for the student. At the same time, I try to convey the material (sometimes difficult and unexciting in the eyes of the student) through detailed yet simplistic explanations and always do my best to make use of real-world and occasionally humorous examples that the student will find appealing. My goal is never to provide a "quick-fix," however much this is what the student seeks, but to equip students with skills that survive long past our session together, to develop their critical faculties, and to prepare them to become skilled and self-sufficient in the particular area of study with which they are experiencing difficulty. I hold my students accountable and often assign work between sessions that will reinforce or supplement the material and ensure the student is genuinely progressing.

Sam's Subjects

Math:	algebra 1, prealgebra, statistics
Science:	philosophy, psychology
English:	ACT English, ACT Reading, English, ESL/ESOL, grammar, proofreading, SAT reading, SAT writing, vocabulary, writing
Test Preparation:	ACT English, ACT Reading, SAT reading, SAT writing
Language:	ESL/ESOL, Latin
Special Needs:	phonics
Elementary Education:	elementary (k-6th), elementary math, grammar, phonics, spelling, vocabulary
Corporate Training:	ESL/ESOL, grammar, Latin, proofreading, statistics
Homeschool:	algebra 1, elementary (k-6th), English, ESL/ESOL, prealgebra, SAT reading, statistics, writing

Latin

I have several years of experience tutoring students in various levels of Latin, from middle school through Latin III. I am available to instruct students in the aforementioned levels, as well as for the SAT Subject Test in Latin.

My personal background in Latin includes three full years of high school Latin taken while attending Fordham Preparatory School, as follows:

-Latin I
-Latin II Honors
-Latin III Advanced

In addition, I had one semester of... Read More

Writing

I have experience tutoring students aged 10 to 40 in English, particularly writing. As mentioned above, I worked in the Writing Center at Pace University, assisting college
students in English writing, especially in the context of specific essays and other
written assignments given as undergraduate or graduate coursework across various disciplines.

While an undergraduate, I took three courses in writing and was editor of the Journal
of Law and Society at the University... Read More

ESL/ESOL

My tutoring experience in English and writing also extends to ESL (English as a second language), and I have helped many foreign students, including adults, grasp and apply to writing the grammar, syntax, and other necessary principles of the English language.

SAT Writing

Besides helping students more generally with English and Writing, I am also available to tutor students in the parts of the ACT and SAT relating to these subjects--namely, the ACT English, ACT Writing, and SAT Writing sections. Several of my students have increased their English/Writing scores on the SAT & ACT dramatically.

Philosophy

I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Southern California (currently ranked 11th nationally for study in Philosophy).

My cumulative GPA in the Philosophy major (total of 10 classes taken) was a 3.83. My studies were diverse and included courses in Ethics, Metaphysics, Formal Logic, the History of Philosophy (Ancient Greek Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, and 19th- and 20th- Century Philosophy), Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophy of Language...

ACT English

I specialize in verbal preparation for both the SAT and ACT exams, and have worked for elite test prep companies charging as much as $150 per hour for my services.

For the SAT, I tutor students in the Reading and Writing sections and, for the ACT, in the Reading, English, and Writing sections. Since I do not tutor the Math section on the SAT, or the Math/Science sections on the ACT, the students who stand to benefit the most from tutoring with me are those who either have a separate... Read More

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Education

University of Southern California State University of New York at Purchase College (Other) Columbia University (Other)

Exceptional program and great tutor — My son was with Sam for less than 10 sessions for critical reading and writing. His score improved from 1330 to 1490 for those two sections. Sam found out exactly where to focus the help and set realistic goals. We really appreciated.

— Jimmy from Ardsley, NY

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