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Experienced and emphathetic tutor specializing in Math & Physics
Urmila P.

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I am currently in my 28th year of teaching. My teaching journey began in India where I taught college Physics for 3 years before coming to the US to Johns Hopkins University to get a PhD in Astrophysics. While at Johns Hopkins University, I taught many undergraduate courses from Physics 101 & 102 which all engineering students have to take to Statistical Mechanics which is a 4th year undergraduate course. After Hopkins, I took an 12 year hiatus from the formal teaching world and plunged into...

I am currently in my 28th year of teaching. My teaching journey began in India where I taught college Physics for 3 years before coming to the US to Johns Hopkins University to get a PhD in Astrophysics. While at Johns Hopkins University, I taught many undergraduate courses from Physics 101 & 102 which all engineering students have to take to Statistical Mechanics which is a 4th year undergraduate course. After Hopkins, I took an 12 year hiatus from the formal teaching world and plunged into tutoring. This was also the time that I was growing my family so tutoring was the best fit for me. Over the past 5 years I have gone back to in person teaching at a private high school.
To me teaching is about helping students learn. Each student learns differently and key is to figure out how they learn. This is why I enjoy tutoring because it gives me the opportunity to work one on one with students and understand their learning style. I focus on making sure to address my student's weaknesses through problem solving and explaining an idea in multiple ways so that my students can grasp the most difficult of concepts. I tutored many students for AP exams (all the Calculus and Physics exams) and all my students have earned 5s. While their hard work was the main reason for their success, I do think that I helped them soar.
I welcome the opportunity to help your student soar as well.


Education

University of Mumbai
Physics
Johns Hopkins University
PhD

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Approved Subjects

Algebra 2

Algebra 2

I have two masters degrees in Physics because of which I am qualified to teach all high school and undergraduate level Math courses. I currently work as a Math teacher in a private high school in the Bay area.
Calculus

Calculus

I have been teaching Math the college level and high school level for the last 27 years. I am curently working as an high school Math teacher at a provate High school in the East Bay. I teach all levels of Math (Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Differental Equations) as well as the more regular AP calculus and Precalculus courses. My students have all scored a 5 on their AP exams or had a 2 grade level improvement in their grades after working with me.
Chemistry

Chemistry

I have many years of experience in teaching. My degrees and education are in Physics but Chemistry is a very closely related subject and I have been teaching Chemistry for many years now. My students who took the AP Chem exam have all scored 5s. My focus is problem solving, my students love that I make stoichiometry, molarity and solutions such easy concepts for them. Please reach out for more info.
Physics

Physics

I have extensive experience teaching Physics. I went to JHU for graduate school and while earning a Masters there, I also taught several undergraduate level classes. Since then I have been teaching in high schools and tutoring students. My passion is to get the student to the aha moment. My greatest praise came from the student who said he didn't know learning Physics could be so much fun.
Precalculus

Precalculus

I have been teaching Math the college level and high school level for the last 27 years. I am curently working as an high school Math teacher at a provate High school in the East Bay. I teach all levels of Math (Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Differental Equations) as well as the more regular AP calculus and Precalculus courses. My students have all scored a 5 on their AP exams or had a 2 grade level improvement in their grades after working with me.

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