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Boston College/ Harvard SAT/ACT/ISEE/SSAT/College App Success
Barbara B.

1,554 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $59
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About Barbara


Bio

One of the most wonderful aspects of teaching is that no matter how often I teach or read something, students will still find something new in it to teach me. Teaching is finding out what really matters to the student and approaching the subject matter through that window. My teaching degree is from Harvard and it was there I learned the significance of those connections. My actual English degree stems from Boston College. I have taught English in every grade from sixth to twelfth, finding...

One of the most wonderful aspects of teaching is that no matter how often I teach or read something, students will still find something new in it to teach me. Teaching is finding out what really matters to the student and approaching the subject matter through that window. My teaching degree is from Harvard and it was there I learned the significance of those connections. My actual English degree stems from Boston College. I have taught English in every grade from sixth to twelfth, finding the best parts of each of those grades. My twelfth grade classes were grounded in SAT Preparation and College Application Essay writing. My tenth grade classes had to be grounded in state testing preparation, where I never once have had a student fail and always had at least two students achieve perfect scores.
I left public school teaching five years ago, but continue as a tutor for the same school. I have tutored students at every level and every stage of school or testing. My students have all given 5* ratings

I also designed and teach 3 online courses - Adolescent Psychology through Literature, Philosophy through Music, and Early American Literature.

I am absolutely passionate about English. I love that point in all ages, when the student "gets" it.
One of the nicest things about tutoring is when I work with a family from PSATs right through College Acceptance.

I work in your home, in a mutually convenient library and online. I welcome the chance to work on a single assignment, to a whole grade or experience. My only job is tutoring, so my hours are very flexible.


Education

Boston College
English
Harvard University
MEd
  • Licensed teacher

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $59
  • Rate details: Small group rates may also be arranged.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required
  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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College Counseling

College Counseling

I have helped multiple students find their best points to write about in their college applications and achieve success at all levels of schools. My favorite student comment was "You helped me find parts of me I didn't even know myself."
ISEE

ISEE

Each year I spend significant amounts of time helping students prepare for the ISEE Test. They then enter the test comfortable with the main types of reading questions and the somewhat unusual method of testing vocabulary with no context. For students applying to schools using the essay, I help them brainstorm for ideas and practice writing skills for the most typical questions.
SSAT

SSAT

Each year I spend significant amounts of time helping students prepare for the ISEE Test. They then enter the test comfortable with the main types of reading questions and the somewhat unusual method of testing vocabulary with no context. For students applying to schools using the essay, I help them brainstorm for ideas and practice writing skills for the most typical questions.
ACT English
ACT Reading
English
Grammar
Literature
Proofreading
PSAT
Reading
SAT Reading
SAT Writing
Vocabulary
Writing

Examples of Expertise


Barbara has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 19 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.

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Ratings and Reviews


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Reviews

Barbara is great

Barbara is helping with college essay and supplemental writing. She is knowledgeable and executes. She helped with strategy for applications as well as themes and process.

Laura, 3 lessons with Barbara

PSAT Tutoring

I have been working with Mrs. Bryant since December, and I have definitely seen a difference. We have been working on PSAT practice on various different sources, and I have seen improvements in my ELA test scores at school. Mrs. Bryant is also a very nice and pleasant person to talk to. I highly recommend!

Evelina, 72 lessons with Barbara

PSAT Tutoring

I have been working with Mrs. Bryant since December, and I have definitely seen a difference. We have been working on PSAT practice on various different sources, and I have seen improvements in my ELA test scores at school. Mrs. Bryant is also a very nice and pleasant person to talk to. I highly recommend!

Evelina, 72 lessons with Barbara

Patient encouraging with my son and

You are so great at motivating my son and stimulate his interests! Thank you so much! We appreciate your help! Will find more opportunities to have him learn from you. :)

Vivian, 2 lessons with Barbara

Excellent Tudor

Barbara helped edit and fine tune the personal statement, and essays for the college applications. She was knowledgeable, gave constructive critiques and was very patient. She brought out the best in my writing. I feel confident in the applications I am submitting. Thank you Barbara!

Brenda, 6 lessons with Barbara

excellent

Barbara is an Excellent carrying tutor. My son enjoys working with her. She helped his tremendously with ISEE test preparation.

Lana, 8 lessons with Barbara

Excellent tutor

Has been very helpful and insightful on verbal/writing/comprehension aspects of the SSAT with my ten year old son. A pleasure to work with. My son describes her as understanding and helpful.

Simon, 10 lessons with Barbara

Review

She is very responsive to our requirements! My daughter got a lot of improvements from her tutoring, she could do vocabulary, essay and reading. We'd like to have such a good teacher who is very familiar with the English education in our public school areas and have a lot of flexibilities.

Anni, 16 lessons with Barbara

Great experience with Barbara

My 8 year old son learned a lot from Barbara and enjoyed the lesson very much! Barbara was alwasy well prepared for the class, and had clear plan on where we were going.

Danielle, 6 lessons with Barbara

patient and thoughtful tutor

Very helpful with my son. He is naturally very shy and introverted. Barbara made it fun for him and coaxed him to write an essay. He is looking forward to the next lesson and so are we!

Lisa, 66 lessons with Barbara
Hourly Rate: $59
Response time: 3 hours
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