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Andrea C.

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Looking for an experienced and professionally certified teacher turned tutor of Social Studies and English for Grades 5-12 + College?

Want to help your teens to maximize their academic performance, become self-sufficient, and excel at original analytical thinking?

Since earning a graduate degree at Columbia in 2009, I have tutored History, Government, Geography, English Language, and Literature. I also taught Title 1 English Language Learning middle school students through Gifted AP...

Looking for an experienced and professionally certified teacher turned tutor of Social Studies and English for Grades 5-12 + College?

Want to help your teens to maximize their academic performance, become self-sufficient, and excel at original analytical thinking?

Since earning a graduate degree at Columbia in 2009, I have tutored History, Government, Geography, English Language, and Literature. I also taught Title 1 English Language Learning middle school students through Gifted AP History students with special needs at public, religious, and independent schools, plus Johns Hopkins CTY. However, my specialty is 1:1 instruction and mentoring.

97% of past students' Social Studies and English Language Arts grades rose to A within 3 months. 97% of past AP European History, U.S. History (APUSH), World History, Human Geography, U.S. Government, English Literature, and English Language students passed and earned a 4 (B) or 5 (A). 100% of IB English A earned the top score. I also tutor AICE courses.

Teens usually enjoy my caring attitude, sincere rapport, encouraging feedback, and modeling of improvements. They typically increase their self confidence, maximize their college matches, and go on to thrive in their college Humanities and Social Sciences courses.

Contact me today to gain assistance with study skills, primary and secondary source historical document analysis, literary analysis of both fiction and poetry, all kinds of essay writing, research projects / papers, creative writing, etc.!

If you’re curious, I myself earned 4s and 5s on AP exams. My high school research paper became a guide for state employees. I also completed graduate credits at Georgetown and Stony Brook. Before teaching Grades 5-12, I conducted research for the U.S. Congress, American Farmland Trust, and William & Mary, plus learned how to edit fellow historians and run a multinational business at U. Cambridge.

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Education

Georgetown University
History and International Affairs
Columbia Univ.
Masters
U. Cambridge
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  • Hourly Rate: $145
  • Rate details: Cancellations that are not rescheduled cost $80. College admissions counseling for non-tutoring clients requires a pre-paid package at a much higher rate.
  • Lesson cancellation: 6 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 8/3/2017

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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American History

American History

I love to help students to thrive in history, not just survive. Whether you want to understand more of the content (whether analysis of dense history textbooks, primary sources written in older forms of English, or dueling secondary sources; pattern identification; and or memorization and recall) or need help learning how to write a history (DBQ, LEQ, AICE, college) essay or research paper (especially the thesis, analysis, proof, and argumentation), I can help you to maximize your grades and scores. Since then, 95% of my students have raised their Social Studies grades to As or A-s within 2-3 months. 100% of my recent APUSH students have passed the AP United States History Exam, and 92% of them earned a 5. 100% of my IB History students practiced all 5 History of the Americas paper formats (1, 2, 3, HI, EE) and went on to earn top scores. Now it is your turn! Success in NYS Regents U.S. History, APUSH, IB HOA, and college American History courses requires: strong reading, study, and analytical skills; comparisons across time and space; identification and proving of causes of changes; and insightful essay writing. I will teach you ways to study actively, and thus more successfully, and how to improve your note-taking, so that you can better master content understanding. I will incorporate storytelling, visual tasks, and authentic questions, to help you make connections across time and space. You will learn how to apply historical thinking and analytical thought in document based question (DBQ) and other (AP LEQ, NYS Regents, IB HOA, college course) essays, draft compelling thesis statements, master sophisticated argumentation, and write successful counter arguments. I will use question asking, mock scoring, and rounds of suggestions within each paper draft. I can also assist with research projects and papers. Whether teaching you how to analyze past events or situations, or to strengthen a written argument, I will draw upon multiple approaches verified by cognitive research. Overall, I will maximize your effect
College Counseling

College Counseling

*Please note that I am only taking on summer program and transfer applicants at this time.* Want to find and gain admission to a variety of colleges where you will thrive both academically and socially, where your unique personality and interests will be appreciated and developed? Need to transfer because you didn't find the best fit college the first time? Looking for summer programs where you can explore potential majors and career interests? Want guidance brainstorming and or drafting your personal statement or UC personal insight questions? Contact Andrea C.! 100% of past clients’ personal statements and supplemental essays have reflected their authentic voices. Multiple rounds of questions and editing suggestions highlight how and why unique stories and personal values make terrific candidates. My hard-working, 2021-2022 college essay clients gained admission to Clemson, Columbia, Georgetown SFS, Georgia Tech, Lehigh, Michigan, NC State, Northeastern, Ole Miss, Penn M&T, Pepperdine, Pitt Honors, Princeton, Richmond, Stanford, Texas A&M, UCI, UCLA, and UNC Chapel Hill, plus a prestigious summer science research programs. Previous clients gained admission to: Cal Berkeley, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Hillsdale, Holy Cross, Johns Hopkins, NYU Stern, NYU Tisch, Notre Dame, Pomona, Rice, SMU, TCU, Tufts, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Virginia, and William and Mary. Disclosure available for Illinois students.
English

English

Most of my tutoring students have become A-level students in English classes, and other Reading and Writing intensive classes, at the middle school, high school, and college levels. Past AP English Literature / Language and Composition and IB English A: Language and Literature students have all scored in the very top range (5s / 7s). My “High School Prep” students have gone on to do well in advanced coursework. I am also most happy to help students taking the AICE English Language course and Papers or preparing for the CLT at a Classical high school. An avid reader of Literature, I have taught classroom English Language Arts to grades 4-12, including for gifted, twice exceptional, and ELL students, since January 2007. A few years later, I also started to tutor students one-on-one in ELA. As both a teacher and tutor, I utilize a custom mix of 12 different research-verified reading instruction methods and the highly successful write to learn method, plus close reading and literary analysis techniques when exploring literature with students. I also have extensive experience teaching creative writing. I have helped students of all abilities to improve their writing, literature study techniques, critical / analytical thinking abilities, grammar knowledge, and reading comprehension significantly. During the school year, my ELA tutoring is often integrated with students’ English and Social Studies English assignments. You will learn how to take reading notes, so you can better prepare for class discussions, chapter exams, and essay assignments. You will organize your thoughts into a coherent essay using the perfect graphic organizer and clear suggestions in the form of questions. You will be guided through the various techniques of literary analysis, whether applying them to non-fiction, fiction, or poetry. You will learn how to strengthen an argument within body paragraphs to conclusively prove a literary claim. You will learn how to perfect the storytelling craft through a clear explanation of, examples of, and men
European History

European History

Looking for a European History / Western Civilization teacher turned tutor who majored in European History, studied Latin for 6 years, knows a lot of Church History, both Roman and Orthodox, and wrote one of her thesis papers on a less well known aspect of 19th and 20th century Europe? Contact me for help with your AP / AICE / Classical high school / College coursework! Since 2009, more than 75% of my past AP European History and college History students have earned an A (5). The rest pretty much all passed with some form of a B (4). In 2026-2027, I am finally helping some AICE students as well, so stay tuned! Next, I would love to mentor some struggling Classical high school students too! Now it is your turn to understand better historical content and patterns, both inside Europe and while Europe ruled the entire world, so that you can raise your grades, excel in your AP / AICE / Classical high school’s / College’s European History / Western Civilization / Western Tradition course(s). My goal is to help students to thrive in history, not just survive. Whether you want to understand more of the content (whether analysis of dense history textbooks, primary sources written in older forms of English, or dueling secondary sources; pattern identification; and or memorization and recall) or need help learning how to write a history (DBQ, LEQ, AICE, classical, college course) essay or research paper (especially the thesis, analysis, proof, and argumentation), I will help you to maximize your grades and scores. Success in European History and Western Civilization / Traditions courses requires: strong reading, study, and analytical skills; comparisons across time and space; identification and proving of causes of changes; and insightful essay writing. I will teach you ways to study actively, and thus more successfully, and how to improve your note-taking, so that you can better master content understanding. I will incorporate storytelling, visual tasks, and authentic questions, to help you make connections across tim
Geography

Geography

Maximize your grades and scores in AP Human Geography! 78% of 9th grade AP Human Geography students working with Andrea earned a 4 or 5. 95% of clients raised their Social Studies grades to As or A-s within 2 months. College students working with Andrea earned B+ or higher on their Regional Geography exams and research papers. Andrea helps struggling students to improve their reading and study skills, as well as their geographic understanding, enabling them to maximize their grades and exam scores. She emphasizes real world examples and highlights interconnections between sub-topics. Her students learn to ask, “Why is this pattern appearing?”, and then find the answers. This enables many of them to thrive, not just survive. Andrea's Geography tutoring sessions and homework assignments intermix key terms, visuals, and practice questions. She draws upon knowledge gained during her own high school, college, and graduate coursework in Geography, as well as extensive reading of the latest breakthrough research in this field.
Literature

Literature

An avid reader of Literature for all age levels, ranging from new through classical, I have taught classroom English to grades 4-12, including for gifted, twice exceptional, and ELL students, since January 2007. A few years later, I also started to tutor students one-on-one in ELA, including at the college level. As both a teacher and tutor, I utilize a custom mix of 12 different research-verified reading instruction methods and the highly successful write to learn method, plus close reading and literary analysis techniques when exploring literature with students. I also have extensive experience teaching creative writing. I have helped students of all abilities to improve their writing, literature study techniques, critical / analytical thinking abilities, grammar knowledge, and reading comprehension significantly. Most of my ELA and Literature tutoring students have become A-level students within a 2-3 months time, if not a lot less. Both past AP English Literature and Composition and IB English A: Language and Literature students have all scored in the top range. During the school year, my ELA tutoring is often integrated with students’ English and Social Studies English assignments. You will learn how to take reading notes, so you can better prepare for class discussions, chapter exams, and essay assignments. You will organize your thoughts into a coherent essay using the perfect graphic organizer and clear suggestions in the form of questions. You will be guided through the various techniques of literary analysis, whether applying them to non-fiction, fiction, or poetry. You will learn how to strengthen an argument within body paragraphs to conclusively prove a literary claim. You will learn how to perfect the storytelling craft through a clear explanation of, examples of, and mentoring in show, don’t tell. You will become better at grammar. Overall, I will help you to maximize your ELA and Literature grades and scores. Over the summer, I offer a special enrichment module with a focus on creative writin
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

My first exposure to college admissions occurred when I successfully wrote my own personal statement and supplemental essays for undergraduate studies at Georgetown. When I graduated, the Georgetown Undergraduate Admissions Office asked me to screen and score applicants, which I did for 10 years in 3 different regions. Meanwhile, I learned to edit others' written work, without removing their voice, at U. Cambridge's press syndicate and successfully applied for graduate degrees at Columbia. Later, I worked as a college guidebook researcher and college essay coach at internationally prominent admissions firms. I loved helping college applicants to brainstorm and improve their personal statements and supplemental essays, so, in 2021, I took the IECA Summer Training Institute. Now, I provide college counseling and college application guidance in everything from middle school summer planning, that allows teens to gain important skills as they explore potential majors and careers, to college list building, and from brainstorming the Common App personal statement to maximizing supplemental essays for the most selective colleges. My overarching goal as a college application advisor / independent college counselor is to help both high school students and college transfers to gain admission to multiple colleges where they will thrive academically and socially, while minimizing the financial cost and maximizing their preparation for potential careers. 100% of my past clients’ personal statements and supplemental essays (Why This College / Why This Major, etc.) have reflected their authentic voices. I provide samples loved by highly selective colleges and guide applicants through multiple rounds of questions and editing suggestions, so you can highlight how and why your unique stories and personal values make them terrific candidates. Overall, I will help you to maximize your college admissions odds by standing out positively in ways that highlight your personality, values, interests, voice, and unique stories. Besides
United States History

United States History

Since 2010: 95% of clients raised their Social Studies grades to As or A-s within 2 months. 85% of AP United States History students earned a 5. College students working with me earned B+ or higher on their U.S. History exams and research papers. IB students practiced all 5 History of the Americas paper formats (1, 2, 3, HI, EE) using authentic IB materials. American History courses require: new ways of thinking, document analysis, comparisons across time and space, close reading, and insightful essay writing. I help students learn how to master content understanding, while improving their note-taking and study skills. My specialty is mentoring students to apply historical thinking in their essays, draft compelling thesis statements, and write successful document-based question essays and analytical long essays. Sessions often incorporate storytelling, to help students make connections across time and space. Whether teaching how to analyze past events or situations, or strengthen a written argument, I draw upon multiple approaches verified by cognitive research. I also maximize student effectiveness and minimizes student anxiety by providing clear feedback and examples. Often, my tutoring students become better students in other subjects too.
World History

World History

I love to help students to thrive in history, not just survive. Whether you want to understand more of the content (whether analysis of dense history textbooks, primary sources written in older forms of English, or dueling secondary sources; pattern identification; and or memorization and recall) or need help learning how to write a history (DBQ, LEQ, AICE, college course) essay or research paper (especially the thesis, analysis, proof, and argumentation), I can help you to maximize your grades and scores. Since 2009, 95% of my student clients have raised their Social Studies grades to As or A-s within 2-3 months. 99% of my recent AP World History students have passed the AP Exam, with scores of 4 or 5. In 2027, I finally have some AICE tutoring clients, so stay tuned! Success in NYS Regents Global History, AP World History, IB History SL, and College World Civilizations courses requires: strong reading, study, and analytical skills; comparisons across time and space; identification and proving of causes of changes; and insightful essay writing. I will teach you ways to study actively, and thus more successfully, and how to improve your note-taking, so that you can better master content understanding. I will incorporate storytelling, visual tasks, and authentic questions, to help you make connections across time and space. You will learn how to apply historical thinking and analytical thought in document based question (DBQ) and other (AP LEQ, AICE Papers 1 and 2, college course) essays, draft compelling thesis statements, master sophisticated argumentation, and write successful counter arguments. I will use question asking, mock scoring, and rounds of suggestions within each paper draft. I can also assist with research projects and papers. Whether teaching you how to analyze past events or situations, or to strengthen a written argument, I will draw upon multiple approaches verified by cognitive research. Overall, I will maximize your effectiveness and confidence by providing clear feedback and examples, so
Writing

Writing

During the school year, my ELA tutoring is often integrated with students’ English and Social Studies English assignments. You will learn how to take reading notes, so you can better prepare for class discussions, chapter exams, and essay assignments. You will organize your thoughts into a coherent essay using the perfect graphic organizer and clear suggestions in the form of questions. You will be guided through the various techniques of literary analysis, whether applying them to non-fiction, fiction, or poetry. You will learn how to strengthen an argument within body paragraphs to conclusively prove a literary claim. You will learn how to perfect the storytelling craft through a clear explanation of, examples of, and mentoring in show, don’t tell. You will become better at grammar. Overall, I will help you to maximize your ELA and Literature grades and scores. Over the summer, I offer a special enrichment module with a focus on creative writing, academic writing, or a mix of both for students in grades 5-14. I will guide you through the processes of crafting poems, creative short stories, narrative essays, thesis statements, persuasive and analytical academic essays that include document conversations, research papers with abstracts, and even literature reviews. You will gain valuable feedback on how to strengthen your writing, practice show, don’t tell techniques, learn how to improve your thesis statements and proof paragraphs, and become better prepared for more advanced coursework.
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Excellent!

Andrea has been an excellent teacher for our daughters, she is now helping our second daughter with AP world after helping our oldest achieve 5s on her AP world and APUSH tests.

Jennifer, 17 lessons with Andrea

Andrea is excellent!

Andrea is absolutely wonderful teacher for my son. She is very knowledgeable and patient. My son feels very comfortable working with her. She always prepare for the class by providing helpful notes and practices for my son. She also helped my son to review his LEQ essay and gave great advice about the grammar and sentence structures and pointed out the weaker part of his essay. We feel so grateful to have connected with her and appreciate for all her help! We are looking forward to continue to work with her this and next school year!

Linda, 75 lessons with Andrea

D's to A's in AP Euro History

We were really struggling with AP Euro history, and Andrea was able in the span of 2 weeks to get our student to getting A's on homework, tests, and quizzes and lessen the anxiety of this tough course. She taught our student how to study and get organized, and learn how to take tests. We highly recommend.

M Scott, 33 lessons with Andrea

Amazing Resource for IB HOA Paper Preparation!

I cannot recommend Andrea enough! We came to Andrea with a last minute need to prep for the IB HOA HL exams. What she managed to structure into a 90 minute session was amazing and so beneficial for my student. Our only regret is not going to Andrea sooner. She demonstrated many clear and concise answer approaches and modeling that was invaluable come test time. Well worth every penny!

Shane, 1 lesson with Andrea

16 year old deemed her "fire"

Not sure what more you need to know. He is delighted to be working with Andrea and she has already sent him a ton of work to do outside their sessions. Yes she is expensive, but this is one case where you get what you pay for.

Taiya, 5 lessons with Andrea

Great World History Tutor!

Andrea really helped my daughter's AP World History. My daughter is a good student and usually gets A in her classes. But when she was taking the AP World History class, she was struggle in the class due to the AP history's material and test really different than traditional classes. Luckily we found Andrea to help her during the 2nd semester. With Andrea's help, my daughter learn skills to tackle the material and strategies for taking the tests. My daughter was able to improve her test results and also gain confidence. So really appreciated Andrea's expertise and her support.

Tony, 16 lessons with Andrea

Great World History Tutor!

Andrea really helped my daughter's AP World History. My daughter is a good student and usually gets A in her classes. But when she was taking the AP World History class, she was struggle in the class due to the AP history's material and test really different than traditional classes. Luckly we found Andrea to help her during the 2nd semester. With Andrea's help, my daughter learn skills to tackle the material and strategies for taking the tests. My daughter was able to improve her test results and also gain confidence. So really appreciated Andrea's expertise and her support.

Tony, 16 lessons with Andrea

Excellent Teacher

My daughter is a grade 9 student and she took one class with Andrea for her world history paper. Andrea was an excellent teacher. She went above and beyond to help my daughter. Her comments were straight to the point and very helpful. My daughter previously always had B for her history class but after just one class with Andrea, she was able to raise her history score to A-. We are very thankful for Andrea’s help. We will for sure look for Andrea’s help again next semester for her American history class.

Michelle, 2 lessons with Andrea

Excellent.Caring.Dedicated

We engaged Andrea as my son's Modern Global (college prep) tutor and couldn't be more pleased with the experience and results. She is highly professional and passionate with her teachings. Her mastery of subject and well-researched resources are truly amazing. My son loves history and finds her guidance highly valuable. If we can give her more than 5 stars (the max), we would!

Kathleen, 8 lessons with Andrea

Very helpful with APUSH prep

She was very organized and sent prep information before the session so my daughter could fully get the most out of her time. She was very impressed with how she presented the information, and she feels much more prepared!

Summer, 1 lesson with Andrea
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