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Daniel K.

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Welcome!
I’m Daniel, an engineer + applied mathematician with a B.S. from Brown University and M.A. from Yale, where I studied machine learning. For more than eight years, I’ve guided learners across a wide range of ages and stages—from middle school students to mid-career professionals—to excel in classwork, standardized tests, and beyond. I’ve seen struggling students transform C’s into A’s and watched motivated test-takers raise AP scores from a 3 to a 5, all through a results-driven,...

Welcome!
I’m Daniel, an engineer + applied mathematician with a B.S. from Brown University and M.A. from Yale, where I studied machine learning. For more than eight years, I’ve guided learners across a wide range of ages and stages—from middle school students to mid-career professionals—to excel in classwork, standardized tests, and beyond. I’ve seen struggling students transform C’s into A’s and watched motivated test-takers raise AP scores from a 3 to a 5, all through a results-driven, personalized approach.

Wondering how I teach?
I combine patience with high standards, ensuring students don’t cut corners but still find the learning process engaging. My sessions are carefully structured to meet individual goals—whether that means tackling tough homework, mastering test-prep strategies, or diving deep into advanced topics. I keep lines of communication open and provide thoughtful progress updates, so parents can feel confident in the tangible growth and achievements their child is making. In this spirit, I offer a FREE phone consultation.

Ready to reach new heights?
If you’re seeking top-tier academic guidance that delivers measurable results—and want you to develop not just better grades, but also a lasting sense of confidence and independence—then I’m here to help. Let’s do this!

Boring Facts About Me...
I served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) at Brown and was later invited to assist in Physics and Engineering courses. In my own studies, I achieved a 99th percentile SAT score (including a perfect Writing section) and scored 800 on both the Math and Physics Subject Tests. I also received 5s on multiple AP exams (including Calculus BC and both variants of Physics C). Brown recognized my accomplishments with the Misch Prize for excellence in German and the Foster Premium for excellence in French, and I was fortunate to achieve a Gold Award in the “Le Grand Concours” National French Exam.

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Education

Brown University
Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
Yale University
Masters

Additional Languages

French
Mandarin Chinese

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  • Hourly Rate: $120
  • Rate details: Discounts: available for multi-hour or group sessions (just ask me!) Cancellation Fee: 40% of lesson fee if made without 12 hours' notice
  • Lesson cancellation: 12 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 1/31/2024

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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ACT Math

ACT Math

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. A firm mastery of high school math skills has been key to my personal success in later coursework and in my career. I personally scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and earn an 800 on the SAT Math Subject Test. Additionally, I am familiar with the ACT problem style and how the two tests differ. As a tutor, I have had the opportunity to help multiple students improve their math skills for college admissions tests, and I believe that you can too!
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Algebra, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I had an Algebra student who joined my studio with test scores in the "C"-range, struggling with topics like systems of equations, functions, and transformations. We targeted confusing concepts until, on her year-end test, she earned an "A"! My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Algebra 2

Algebra 2

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Algebra, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I had an Algebra student who joined my studio with test scores in the "C"-range, struggling with topics like systems of equations, functions, and transformations. We targeted confusing concepts until, on her year-end test, she earned an "A"! My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Calculus

Calculus

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Calculus, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I had a Calculus student who joined my studio after previously failing the subject. Upon her second enrollment in the course, we targeted confusing concepts until she was scoring "A"s on many tests, including on tricky derivatives and integrals! After working together, she passed the course with ease. My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
College Counseling

College Counseling

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University. I am also an incoming graduate student at Yale University in Statistics & Data Science. After years of acceptance letters (and rejection letters), I want to turn my experience into wisdom for students who are going through this process today. The field of college admissions has changed rapidly, and applicant strategy continues to do so too. I have helped students—at the college and post-graduate levels—curate their materials and polish their written statements to put forward the strongest version of themselves, and I aim to help you do the same.
Computer Science

Computer Science

Currently a graduate student of machine learning at Yale, I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of various ages and stages succeed in computer science, and I believe that you can too. Younger students entering my studio have been able to improve their test scores on concepts like Turing machines, conditional logic, etc. At the more advanced levels, I have also helped post-graduate degree candidates to perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), brainstorm neural network architectures, and communicate their ideas with confidence. My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Data Science

Data Science

I am currently an M.S. candidate in Statistics and Data Science at Yale University, and I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of various ages and stages succeed in data science, and I believe that you can too. Younger students entering my studio have been able to improve their test scores on concepts like probability, distributions, measures of central tendency, etc. At the more advanced levels, I have also helped post-graduate degree candidates to perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), brainstorm neural network architectures, and communicate their ideas with confidence. My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Flute

Flute

I am a graduate of Brown University, where alongside my studies of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, I was very active in music performance. Prior to university, I attended a top pre-conservatory program and studied under Judith Mendenhall of the Mannes School of Music. Additionally, I have appeared in masterclasses with faculty of The Juilliard School and world-renowned professors of flute performance. Prior to college, I was a prize-winner in multiple competitions, both regional and international. I played 1st Flute in the NJ All-State Orchestra as well as 1st Flute in the NJ All-State Wind Ensemble. In 2015, I played 2nd Flute in the NAfME All-National Symphony Orchestra. It is my belief that playing the flute is quite an athletically involved experience! I place an emphasis on the subtle muscular details that go into flute technique but that sometimes get lost in communication between teacher and student. As a student in mechanical engineering with experience in instrument repair, I also have a thorough knowledge of modern flute makers and can advise those seeing to upgrade their instrument. As a teacher, I have helped multiple students prepare for upcoming auditions and improve their performance abilities. I believe that with attention to the right details, you can too.
French

French

I have been speaking French since childhood―in settings both social and academic―and have a C1 level on the CEFR scale. At present, I have personal experience preparing for the AP French Exam, the French SAT Subject Test, and "Le Grand Concours" National French Exam (for which I earned a Gold Award). Having grown up in a multilingual family, I took a deliberate approach to foreign language learning from an early age, including during summers spent with my grandfather, who was an official French interpreter for the United Nations. Thanks to these opportunities, I've become particularly acquainted with the grammatical challenges and idiosyncrasies of learning French—more so than most native speakers. In the past, I worked as a teaching assistant in undergraduate French courses at Brown University. In my private lessons, I have helped multiple students of various ages—from middle school student to retiree—in expanding their vocabularies, improving their pronunciation, and more. I take an avid stance that no student should cut corners, but I am also extremely patient in my approach. I believe that with the right strategy, you too can make strides in your French level.
Physics

Physics

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Physics—whether in classwork or on the AP Exam—and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I had a high school Physics student who joined my studio struggling with formulas on momentum and electric circuits. We targeted confusing concepts until she was able to earn a "98%" on her test! In another case, I worked with an AP Physics student—who was diagnostically scoring in the "3"-range—to build his skills and confidence. On exam day, he scored a "5". My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. Prealgebra skills have been a key part of my personal success in education and in my career. As a tutor, I have had the opportunity to help multiple beginning algebra students succeed in this essential skill, and I believe that you can too.
Precalculus

Precalculus

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. Precalculus skills have been a key part of my personal success in standardized tests, later calculus courses, and my career. As a tutor, I have had the opportunity to help aspiring calculus students of many ages and stages succeed in this essential skill, and I believe that you can too.
SAT Math

SAT Math

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. Way back in the day, I scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and earn an 800 on the SAT Math Subject Test. I have helped multiple students significantly improve their combined SAT score, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I worked with a student who joined my studio scoring in the 1400-range, struggling especially with interpreting reading passages and solving word problems in the math section. Through strategic and meticulous sessions together, we were able to raise her score to the 1500-range! My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. Way back in the day, I scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT, with a Writing section perfect score. I have helped multiple students significantly improve their combined SAT score, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I worked with a student who entered my studio scoring in the 1400-range, struggling especially with interpreting reading passages and solving word problems in the math section. Through strategic and meticulous sessions together, we were able to raise her score to the 1500-range! My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Math from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. Way back in the day, I scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT, including a perfect score on the writing section (no question missed). I have helped multiple students significantly improve their combined SAT score, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I worked with a student who entered my studio scoring in the 1400-range, struggling especially with questions about sentence and paragraph structure. Through strategic and meticulous sessions together, she was able to raise her score by almost 100 points! My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Statistics

Statistics

I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and I bring over 7 years of tutoring experience to our lessons. I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Statistics, and I believe that you can too. Younger students entering my studio have been able to improve their test scores on concepts like mean, median, and mode as well as quartiles, skewness, and more. At the more advanced levels, I have also helped post-graduate degree candidates to perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), brainstorm neural network architectures, and communicate their ideas with confidence. My teaching style isn't encapsulated by a single "school", "method", or buzzword. I'll work with you to develop a battle plan so that you can achieve your best, whatever your circumstances!
Linear Algebra
Probability
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Great Math Tutor

Daniel is brilliant and patient. He has a passion for math and inspires students with his tireless enthusiasm. His explanations and dedication to students was wonderful.

Alison, 2 lessons with Daniel

Expert and responsive tutor

Daniel was very responsive to our requests and needs for learning. He is very competent in teaching flute, and has an excellent interpersonal communication. He helped my child to improve in her audition piece in two sessions. We're very thankful and will definitely return as needed.

J, 2 lessons with Daniel

Extremely productive session with Daniel!

Very prompt in responding and my daughter truly liked his way of teaching style. She was stuck with various AP Physics1 questions before the exam and he really helped her understand the concepts. I would definitely recommend him:)

Manmeet, 1 lesson with Daniel
Hourly Rate: $120
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