Hi, my name is Sushma! I recently graduated from WashU with College Honors and a Bachelor's degree in Biology: Neuroscience. A huge part of my college experience was receiving help outside of class from tutors which helped me understand the material in different ways. When it comes to my tutoring approach, I like to provide people with different ways of thinking about a topic to best suit their understanding. I believe the key to retaining information is to integrate different resources into studying so that you are constantly reviewing a topic from multiple angles and I hope to be one of those resources for you. After personally going through the trial and error of what study style works best for me, I found myself receiving help from various sources, mainly tutors. I appreciated how invested they were in their students and was inspired, so this Fall, I became a teaching assistant for Biology. I enjoy working with my students and value being a part of their personal growth.

I have a few years of tutoring experience, which started in high school. I was part of a tutoring program where I was paired with students who needed help in classes that I had previously done well in. In college, I became a teaching assistant, where I helped students understand difficult concepts by breaking down lecture material into simple ideas. Not only have I tutored at the high school/college level, but I've tutored elementary/middle school children in English and Math, mostly in an after school group setting. While there were students who just needed a little push, there were others who struggled more with the concepts and I was able to meet both where they were regardless of their starting point. Subjects that I've previously tutored in include Math (up until Calculus 3), English (received nearly a perfect score on the ACT section), and Biology (majored in Biology in college). I hope to work with you and help you achieve your goals, whether that's just getting through the class or making the subject your profession.