Hello, my name is Yusef, and I am going into my freshman year at UNC Chapel Hill as a Biology major. As a tutor, I’m focused on helping younger students grow in knowledge, confidence, and skill.
My experience in tutoring comes through serving as a tutor to many of my friends, helping them strive in various subjects after previously feeling lost. Additionally, I’ve worked closely with elementary and middle school students for the past four years through leading Soccer Moves, a nonprofit...
Hello, my name is Yusef, and I am going into my freshman year at UNC Chapel Hill as a Biology major. As a tutor, I’m focused on helping younger students grow in knowledge, confidence, and skill.
My experience in tutoring comes through serving as a tutor to many of my friends, helping them strive in various subjects after previously feeling lost. Additionally, I’ve worked closely with elementary and middle school students for the past four years through leading Soccer Moves, a nonprofit organization that provides free soccer training for local elementary schoolers. Through that experience, I’ve learned how to build trust with kids, keep them motivated, and communicate ideas in ways that really click for them.
In school, I’ve always challenged myself academically. At Cary Academy, I maintained a 3.94 unweighted GPA and a 4.63 weighted GPA throughout my junior and senior year. I took 7 AP classes including Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus AB, US History, and Literature. In those 7 AP courses I scored 5's on five of them and a 4's the other two. I scored a 1470 on the SAT (750 Math, 720 Reading).
I feel especially equipped with helping students with math up through calculus. I am a clear and logical thinker, and my strongest skill is helping students easily grasp concepts they once found confusing.
My tutoring approach begins with a quick check-in to determine exactly where a student is stuck, so that I can tailor the session to be focused on exactly what the student needs. We start with practice problems alongside the student, and then shift to independent practice. I always ask them to explain their reasoning, right or wrong, to determine that their getting to their answer in a logical way. Every session ends with them explaining a concept back to me in their own words, which helps the student learn as well as helps me grasp progress.
Thank you for reading and I look forward to helping you grow and strive in subjects that may have once seemed foreign.
