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Rachel L.
Private tutor in Great Neck, NY
Education
I transferred to Barnard College, Columbia University to expose myself to more professional opportunities in 2011. There, I majored in English Literature and wrote my honors thesis on Signification, the Trace and Social Hierarchy in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. At Barnard, I worked as a Transfer Ambassador, providing tutoring and other helpful resources to the recent transfer class. I also tutored students in my sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta: Columbia University Chapter. Upon graduation, I began my formal career in advertising: however, I truly missed the 1:1 connection and unique challenges/rewards I enjoyed while tutoring. Thus, I started tutoring an NYU Freshman in her first year English class, where I had the privilege of watching her develop from a D- to an B+ student. I was almost moved to tears upon reading her end of the year evaluation, in which her professor wrote: "Your writing has advanced markedly — your investigations are more ambitious, you labor to create more detailed and expressive sentence, and your crafting of form is careful and effective. I am so impressed with your accomplishments: a sincere and terrific lift on so many fronts."
Experience
Throughout the course of my academic career, I've consistently demonstrated a penchant for both writing and helping others improve/hone their writing skills. I graduated from the prestigious Millburn High School in 2009 (ranked #1 in the state of NJ based on my class's SAT scores), I earned places through competitive qualification tests in over 9 AP classes, scoring a 5 on AP Language and AP Psychology, and a 4 on AP Literature, AP US History, AP Government & Politics, and more. I also scored a 740 on my AP US History SAT II exam. While at Millburn, I graduated with honors in the top 11% of my glass (4.14 GPA), was recognized with the Magna Cum Laude National Latin Scholar Award, and was nominated for the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award by my guidance counselor and teachers for both my academic and extracurricular achievements: I was elected captain of the varsity swim team (all-conference, all-county), co-founder and co-president of Operation Smile (raising nearly $1,200), and contributions as "Specials" editor and writer for our school paper. While I have been working with children/students for the entirety of my life, from babysitting at age 11 to grading tests in elementary school; from reviewing my peers' essays in middle school to helping friends perfect their common application essays in high school, I began tutoring in a more formal setting in 2009, where I worked as a Writing Center Tutor at Hamilton College. There, I had the opportunity to help my peers improve their writing (both grammatically and structurally, while maintaining their unique thoughts and tone of voice), job applications, interview/presentation skills and more. It was this experience that taught me the subtle but important distinction between telling and teaching, and I deeply enjoyed the challenges and satisfactions the former imparted me with. In 2011, I participated in the Drop Everything and Read program, which entailed tutoring 1st graders both individually and in a group setting to improve their reading and writing skills. Few things are more exciting than seeing a student, through your guidance, grow from a performance/understanding perspective, and hone new skills and confidence that they once perceived to be unattainable.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade Writing, 1st Grade Writing, 2nd Grade Writing, 3rd Grade Writing, 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade Writing, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade Writing, ACT with Writing, ACT Writing, American History, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History, AP US History, College Essays, Expository Writing, History, Organization, Persuasive Writing, Reading, SAT Subject Test in United States History, SAT Writing, Technical Writing, US History, Vocabulary, Writing