I graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with a BS in psychology, life sciences option. My courses ranged from neurology, gender psychology, biological anthropology, child psychology, research methods, writing in the social sciences, animal psychology, and more. Besides formal education, I like to use my free time to watch educational materials on a variety of subjects that pique my interest, such as Cold War history, military technology, world history, and geography.
My first...
I graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with a BS in psychology, life sciences option. My courses ranged from neurology, gender psychology, biological anthropology, child psychology, research methods, writing in the social sciences, animal psychology, and more. Besides formal education, I like to use my free time to watch educational materials on a variety of subjects that pique my interest, such as Cold War history, military technology, world history, and geography.
My first tutoring experience was in 2019, and it rapidly diversified. At first, I was just answering user-submitted questions and cataloguing them to the website Study.com. However, during the one-year contract, I took a similar side job with CourseHero, where I also had to respond to feedback from the students I was answering. And just a few months later, I entered Chegg's tutoring program, which was real-time, one-on-one tutoring. They terminated this program in 2021, but I joined a similar website called Varsity Tutors.
Varsity Tutors is where I've done most tutoring since. A typical session can be a lot of things depending on the student's needs, but I usually either go over notes and explain where they have questions or deliver supplemental lectures and review questions. In fact, I have a file of notes I've made about many subjects over time to use when students don't have material to go over. I also use various educational resources such as Crash Course and Khan Academy, usually either for diagrams or videos that show certain processes in motion. I have the most experience with high school or college biology and English.
I've consistently been highly rated throughout my experience. Most recently, I have a 4.7/5 rating on Varsity Tutors that has been stable since shortly after I joined the website. But I'm always looking to diversify and not be at the whims of any particular website or company, which has brought me to Wyzant. I'm excited to have more direct input to negotiating sessions between myself and clients.
