---

Learn More About Jennifer's Experience:

ACT I'd like to be certified to tutor students for the ACT because I know it can be an integral aspect of one's application for college. I first took the ACT at the end of my freshman year, scoring a 26. I retook the ACT a few times in order to raise my score for scholarship purposes. My highest composite score was 30, but I scored at least a 30 or higher in all subsets of the tests one one test or another. My highest score for English/Grammar was 34. My highest score for Math was 30. My highest score for reading was 34. My highest score for Science was 31. I believe I have the proper knowledge in each subject area to help the students review pertinent information for the test, and I feel like I know a lot of techniques for standardized tests that will help students improve their scores even when they are unsure of the correct answer. Thus I believe I would be a very effective tutor for the ACT. piano I would like to be certified in piano, because I have a lot of experience not just playing piano but with piano theory and a passion for music. I began taking piano lessons from a very well-known teacher in my area when I was 7. Throughout the years I was taught proper skills as well as scales and theories to know how to play well and how to learn new music quickly. I soon began participating in competitions, which further developed my skills. In junior high school, I went to piano camp at Mississippi State University and received instruction from their leading teachers in piano. In high school, I participated in Mississippi Showcase summer camps, where I was instructed by some of the leading pianists in the country, such as Tony Caramia at the University of Rochester in New York. At showcase, we also played to record a CD or our music, so I have that credential as well. I began teaching basic piano instruction to others at the age of 12. Throughout college, I have provided instruction on elementary to moderate level piano for a few friends. I find great joy from teaching piano and believe I am fully competent to do so. SPSS I'd like to be certified in this subject because I believe it is an integral part to the practical use of statistics in numerous areas. I have used SPSS for the past three years for research within psychology courses. My first experience with SPSS came in a introductory statistics course lab with emphasis in practical use for psychology. It is in this course that I learned all the basic functions of SPSS and how to use it properly under multiple different experimental scenarios. Since then I have used SPSS multiple times in other classes such as research methods and advanced psychological statistics. I was also a research assistant with a professor for two years in which we transposed qualitative data into quantitative data and analyzed it in SPSS. I feel that I have a strong understanding of the program and how to implement it in experimental situations and would like to help others do the same.