Robert V.
Burlington, NC
Skilled English Tutor Specializing in Writing and Test Prep
University of Dayton, OH
American StudiesUniversity of Houston, Houston TX
Master'sUniversity of Houston, Houston, TX
PhDAbout Robert
Dear Prospective Student:
I can help you achieve your academic or professional goals.
I am a skilled editor. My clients need editing help - both with the content and mechanics - for graduate school, college, or high school level essays, projects or dissertations and any business-related writing: letters, resumes,
Policies
If you want test prep in the local market (Piedmont are of North Carolina) I will adjust my rate. If you are online or I am editing your work, my rate is $50.
Travel Radius
Travels within 20 miles of Burlington, NC 27215Robert offers online lessons
Robert is approved to conduct lessons through Wyzant Online. Wyzant Online allows students and tutors to work remotely via video, audio, and collaborative whiteboard tools. For more information about how online tutoring works, check out Wyzant Online.
If you’re interested in online lessons, message Robert to get started.
"Phenomenal tutor"
- Maredith, Acworth, GA on 1/25/16Robert is by far one of the best tutors I have had the pleasure of working with. He is ALWAYS competent and willing to help me no matter the time line. He's work is phenomenal and it still amazes me efficient he works. An assignment that would normally take me a week to do well I can do it with his help in 1-2 days. I highly recommend working with him on any writing or editing project you have. He always listens to me and works around whatever writing preference or input I may have. Robert is tutoring rockstar!
"5 Stars"
- Christina, El Paso, TX on 8/22/17Before I contacted Robert, I had little understanding of how to “pitch” a product to a national retail company. Robert led me through a Sales 101. As a writer, he helped me shape the information and its ordering for maximum effect. As a public speaking coach, he demonstrated online how to spool out the information to keep my audience engaged as well as providing pointers on how to handle objections to my presentation. Robert has transformed my job performance.
"Great tutor that's quick and has a tons of patience"
- Antonio, Warner Robins, GA on 8/8/17Robert did a great job with helping me with some grammar errors on my paper and making it flow a lot better. Robert, also was able to think of better word selection in a split second. Robert helped me achieve a highly satisfactory grade and positive feedback on my article review. So far I only had one session with Robert, but I will surely schedule him again in the near future. 5/5 stars overall!!
"Great tutor and very nice"
- Michael, New York, NY on 6/11/17Robert helped my daughter tremendously and made her more confident in her writing. He made sure that everything was adressed and made all of his time worth every penny he treated her work as important like he would for his own assignment. I highly reccomend this man.
"Great Tutor , Out Standing Writing Skills"
- Aseem, Chadds Ford, PA on 10/26/16Dr V worked last year with my nephew and this year with my son to help edit the college admission essays for both . While both had good writing skills to start with, Dr V made an effort to more deeply understand the stories they were trying to tell , provided valuable inputs to improve the content and finally helped to smooth out the flow and mechanics of the essays.
My nephew is currently a freshman at a college that was his first choice . My son has completed all his college applications with little stress from the dreaded college essays and is waiting to hear from the admission officers by end of the year .
A shout out to Dr V and also a thank you, for the guidance provided to both .His writing skills are the very best .
"Talented, responsive, personable and sympathetic Tutor"
- Emi, Chicago, IL on 8/1/16Dr. V was an absolutely talented tutor. He helped me editing my MBA admission essay. I am amazed that he was able to grasp my personal situation quickly, and then applied beautifully and professionally in my essay. He was also very personable, responded to my questions no matter what time it was, and if not, he told me in advance that he wouldn't be able to do so and let me know the time he would be available again--as I can sense, he is a responsible person, taking his business very seriously. He also helped me to edit my resume. I could tell that he has so much experience what he's doing, his answers were always precise and simple to understand. Additionally, in my personal opinion, utilizing unique vocabularies and terminologies he introduced in my essay absolutely looked special! I wanted to become a writer like him! Dr. V, I would like to thank you so much for your encouragement. It's been very hard, but again, I decided to believe in myself. I will get back to you soon!
"Very Helpful."
- Tujaim, Neptune, NJ on 7/13/16Robert has been helping me with my dissertation. So far so good. He is very knowledgeable about academic and behavioral support services.
"Excellent Writing Skills"
- Ana, New York, NY on 3/3/16He was extremely prompt and has an amazing talent. Writing is definitely his forte! I will continue to work with him. He is exceptional and excels in what he does.
"Great SAT Reading Help!"
- William, Chapel Hill, NC on 2/4/16Dr. V. definitely improved the way I work through SAT reading sections. His methods of "chunking" and "working in a circle" have allowed me to breeze through a reading section with ease. Also, he helped me with SAT vocabulary by working through each vocabulary question together. Along with SAT prep, he is a great mentor for improving writing skills. Dr. V. helped work me through my applications for various different programs and responded quickly with answers and feedback. All in all, Dr. V. is a great tutor and extremely motivated to help his students.
"Outstanding Tutor"
- Armando, Sun City, CA on 1/10/16Best tutor, very prompt! Robert helped me clean up my Personal Statement that I needed when applying for UC's. I was amazed with how quickly he responded to my messages and thankful for his brilliant help and feedback. Robert helped my statement reach its full potential.
"Great Tutor!"
- Daniel, Chapel Hill, NC on 9/18/15Helped me improve my essay writing skills with fantastic advice and amazing analogies. He is also available for online sessions through Skype.
"Excellent tutor!"
- Sofia, New York, NY on 8/11/12Dr V. was a great help. He explained and helped me improve every detail of my college essays. He is very caring and professional! I highly recommend him.
"Great Prompt and Understanding Tutor!!"
- Matthew, Newton Center, MA on 8/7/12I work on my writing skills with Robert and college counseling. Not only does he provide astute attention to detail, but also he allows my writing to still be mine, and he gave me the best shot possible of getting into my college's honors program. He's prompt, proper, and professional. Thanks Robert for everything!
"Great Tutor-- Prompt, Knowledgeable, & Effective"
- Crystal, New York, NY on 6/7/12Robert helped me to edit my doctoral paper and gave me immediate feedback. I was able to send him what I needed to complete my assignment that same day. Robert coached me through setting up my paper and talked to me about becoming an even more successful doctoral student. He's very knowledgeable about research. He will be my tutor throughout my doctoral program. I'm currently living and working abroad in the Middle East. Robert is able to communicate with me in a timely manner. I'm glad that I chose him.
"Very Good Tutor"
- Sita, New York, NY on 7/30/11Robert has been helping my son improve his English Writing and Grammar skills. I see quite a difference in the way my son writes now. After every essay Robert carefully reviewed how the essay can be improved. Also the structured writing formats that Robert gave helped a lot. Thank You for all the help.
"He knows his job!"
- Tatiana, New York, NY on 8/20/10I am a foreign student in the college. I want to thank Robert for the great work he did with me to prepare for college. We have worked on writing skills, grammar skills, and my business communication. He has excellent English pronunciation and he taught me many American expressions. He explained how to write standard college essays and we practiced writing skills. It helped me a lot. He is a very responsible with his work and he always had a lot of an additional and useful materials which we could use at our meetings. He explained the ideas in my readings very well and he gave me different examples which helped me to remember them more quickly. I have improved my English and in the future I shall work with Robert again. He is a remarkable and kind person. He knows his job!!!!
"Very good"
- Luis, Bayonne, NJ on 7/17/10Robert demonstrated good understanding of my assignment. He was very helpful as well as professional. He furnished useful information that would help to do my assignments. He is a good asset and very intelligent tutor.
"Robert is professional, supportive and enthusiastic. A terrific tutor."
- Eric, New York, NY on 2/18/10I am a French MBA student. As I am currently looking for a job, I really needed help crafting my cover letters. Over the past few months, Robert has been a terrific tutor. Not only does he propose better ways to phrase and shape my letters, but he also provides great insights and new ideas, and suggestions to improve my grammar. It is very helpful. My letters are so much better now, and my style has really improved. Also, Robert is supportive and enthusiastic. I have a very quick turn-around time on the documents he reviews. You will enjoy Robert as a tutor and find him very professional.
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ACT English
Let me help you prepare for the reading and writing portions ONLY of the ACT.
While the ACT is gaining in popularity over the SAT - make no mistake - in the final analysis, these are both reading comprehension tests. The better your read, the higher you'll score.
The ACT is a bit different than the resembles a "standard" school test on content, while the SAT is a critical thinking test, meaning how can you work with material you've never seen before.
Career Development
Be a linchpin, the desired employee of the 21st century workforce who doesn't wait to be chosen but is motivated and prepared to lead. With my experience developing career skills, I will teach you to write well, organize and execute smart presentations, as well as sharpen your public speaking, interview skills, and finally revise your resume and cover letters when you want to advance yourself.
College Counseling
Colleges accept you based on your potential. I help both students and their parents understand how to frame the search process, organize their paperwork, pick a potential major, and prioritize their applications. Using my vast experience with students who are sometimes unsure about which are the crucial questions they need to ask themselves, I guide them at all levels of this quest. As well, I assist college students who want to transfer into another school or apply for graduate programs or profession (medical or law) schools, especially with application essays.
Literature
As an avid reader, teacher, and student of writing, I can discuss any genre of texts for its content (the school house literary elements) and as an formal "object of discourse" for university or dissertation work. With my teaching experience, I know how to find the right example for your level so as to break it down so you'll understand.
Public Speaking
More people fear public speaking than death itself. However, every organization hungers for employees who can stand up and champion that its products and ideas.
Excellent public speaking skills are a low cost innovation to your professional or academic skill set that will set you apart from your peers in both professional and social settings.
I have extensive experience in teaching public speaking, not only in the classroom, but also in the workplace. If you allow me, I can teach you solid, basic skills and “hacks” to improve your oral presentation skills immediately. I will teach you how to write and revise your speech, build an effective PowerPoint, and rehearse your presentation in just a few hours of teaching time.
Let me coach you so you can master the boardroom or the classroom.
Reading
Reading is the running of school. In all sports, you need to run. If you cannot read easily, all school work suffers. It's the one skill that all students need to raise their grades across the board. With over 20 years of experience, I've taught many strategies successfully to help students at all grade levels maximize their time spent reading.
All the reading, writing and test taking strategies I teach will help students every day in school, regardless of grade level.
SAT Reading
Nothing replaces close reading across the SAT. My Reading Prep prepares a student for critical thinking - "chunking" the text, annotating for key words from the questions in the text, noting transition words, claims, and rhetorical strategies. This allows the student to unpack the passage at hand and score well.
SAT Writing
With over 10 years of test prep experience, my tutoring covers content, organization and mechanics: grammar help for mechanical errors, content for the critical thinking required for the rhetorical analysis and organization for a completely developed essay. The test grades your work as if it's a first draft, but my tutoring will help you compose a point winning essay.
Theater
I have over 20 years experience in theatre as an actor, writer and director. I trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre by Richard Pinter. I studied Improvisation with Paul Sills among others. I have studied playwrighting with Edward Albee and Eduardo Machado. As well I have performed with noted theatre companies in Minneapolis, MN, and New York City.
Additionally, I have taught "Introduction to Theatre" at the university level. As well, in my college composition classes, my students were required to read and attend the campus productions at the University of Houston in conjunction with my Rhetoric Class. Finally, I am well-versed in theatre as literature, especially the world of Shakespeare and modern 20th century American greats like O'Neill, Williams, Miller, and Mamet.
Writing
High school or college essay? Admission essays and supplemental questions? Grad school seminar papers or projects? Dissertation? Professional letters, presentations, or projects? I do it all. I offer quality editing and revision, as well as input on content. With a PhD in English and years of experience, I am a quick study who can help you nail down those tricky assignments. Let me help you reach your full writing potential in school or business. Please review my student testimonials; then contact me.
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Robert V.
Burlington, NC
Skilled English Tutor Specializing in Writing and Test Prep