The Best ACT English Tutors in Richmond, CA

I'm currently a PhD student in the English department at UC Berkeley. I am from Pennsylvania originally, but have lived all over the country (Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, San Francisco). I am very happy to be settling in the East Bay. I am excited to work with students from the middle school level and up. I have worked... read more

Hi! I graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a 3.8 GPA and a BA in Biology in 1987. Since then I've gained more than 25 years of experience as a tutor, teacher, writer, editor, and developer of educational content, including how to approach the SAT and ACT. I have taught classes at numerous Bay Area... read more

Hello! I am a PhD from the department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley who has 15+ years of tutoring and teaching experience. In addition to several years teaching at UC Berkeley, I have privately tutored and taught Kaplan courses for the following tests: SSAT, ACT, SAT, LSAT, and GRE. I have also worked with clients on... read more

ACT English is about understanding the basics of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. It's about understanding how "particles" of language like adverbs and conjunctions help create transitions from one idea to another as we express ourselves in logical and subtle ways. read more

Hello and Welcome! I'm Michael, a graduate from the University of Maryland, College Park where I completed a double degree in Bioengineering and English. Now, these seem like separate, non complimentary degrees, but to me they helped me approach problems in both fields from new perspectives. It's that approach, and my... read more

Greetings! I proudly educate as a tutor, teacher, and school administrator with state credentials. I am UC Berkeley grad with my BA in English and my MA in Educational Leadership (Principal Leadership Institute). I earned my teaching credential with Tulane University. Even though I retired early to write, I keep... read more

Hello! My name is Amy, and I am currently a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley. I have been teaching throughout my life, both privately and through other companies. I started as a private tutor in 2012 and became a Kumon instructor in 2019, where I tutored K-12 students in both Reading and Math. Over the... read more

Hello! My name is John, or Yahya, and I have been tutoring and teaching since 2013. I graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD with a B.A., Double Major: Philosophy and the History of Math and Science; Double Minor: Comparative Literature and the Classics. After St. John's, I completed Zaytuna College's B.A.... read more

I have a decade of teaching experience (middle school, high school, college, and adult). I discover the students' own needs and meet them. For example, I have helped elementary school students interested succeed in spelling bees, high school students improve their math grades, and graduate students improve their GRE... read more

Not your ordinary writing tutor. 1) A former official scorer of the SAT Essay Exam, who knows all the secrets of a high score, 2) A former Associate Professor of writing at three California universities and many private media organizations, who has worked with students of all capabilities, backgrounds and ages, and 3)... read more