Kaitlin
Certified Tutor
My approach to teaching and tutoring centers around my background as a liberal arts student turned pre-med. I attended Wesleyan University and then decided after college to pursue medicine, completing a one year post-baccalaureate premedical program at Bryn Mawr College. Having personally undergone the transition from a humanities to a science student, I feel passionately that the sciences can be learned by any student, even those for whom it might feel a little more challenging. Working as a tutor for biology, organic chemistry, general chemistry, and neuroscience, I actively implemented this philosophy, finding creative ways to approach complex concepts. For example, I might steer a writing student studying organic chemistry to explain a reaction as a narrative of molecular interactions, rather than beginning with a complex problem.
In the context of shifting careers, I have also taken a number of standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, and MCAT. My approach with these tests emphasizes strategy over content; a particular vocabulary word may or may not appear on the actual test, but knowledge of how to approach a passage and its correlated questions will help regardless of content.
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Undergraduate Degree:Wesleyan University- Bachelors, Psychology
- ACT Composite: 33
- ACT English: 34
- ACT Math: 33
- ACT Reading: 34
- ACT Science: 33
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1520
- SAT Verbal: 760
- SAT Writing: 780
- MCAT: 516
- GRE Quantitative: 161
- GRE Verbal: 165
- MCAT Verbal Reasoning: 129
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- 10th Grade
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- ACT Prep
- ACT English
- ACT Math
- ACT Reading
- ACT Science
- ACT Writing
- Adult Literacy
- Advanced Placement Prep
- Anatomy & Physiology
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP English Literature and Composition
- Biochemistry
- MCAT Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
- Biology
- MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
- College Application Essays
- College Biology
- College Essays
- Elementary School
- Elementary School Math
- Elementary School Reading
- Elementary School Science
- Elementary School Writing
- English
- Essay Editing
- General Biology
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE
- GRE Analytical Writing
- GRE Quantitative
- GRE Subject Test in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
- GRE Subject Test in Biology
- GRE Subject Test in Psychology
- GRE Subject Tests
- GRE Verbal
- High School
- High School Biology
- High School Chemistry
- High School English
- High School Writing
- Homeschool
- Homework Support
- Honors
- Honors Chemistry
- Immunology
- Laboratory
- Math
- MCAT
- MCAT Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
- MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
- MCAT Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
- MCAT Verbal Reasoning
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Middle School
- Middle School Math
- Middle School Reading
- Middle School Reading Comprehension
- Middle School Science
- Middle School Writing
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Neurobiology
- Neuroscience
- Organic Chemistry
- Other
- Physiology
- PSAT Critical Reading
- PSAT Writing Skills
- MCAT Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
- Psychology
- 阅读
- SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Test Prep
- Writing
How would you help a student stay motivated?
I like to set a few manageable goals for every session. Having a student feel like they can accomplish something and reach an end point, however small, is motivating!