Max
Certified Tutor
My name is Max - I'm a senior at Yale College where I study Economics. I'm originally from Millburn, NJ.
This year, I'm taking two semesters off from school to sing and travel the entire world with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, America's oldest collegiate a cappella singing group.
Apart from singing, I'm is passionate about education, particularly in helping high school students achieve their academic goals as they work their way towards college. I volunteer in New Haven as a math teacher and coach at a public middle school (my team of 7th graders just won the 2016 New Haven regional championship!), and I've been tutoring middle and high school students for over 7 years.
On top of all of that, I'm an aspiring professional in the business world - this past summer I worked at an internship in financial consulting (banking advisory & analytics), and have previously held internship positions in human capital consulting & private equity, as well as in patent law.
My interests are widely varied and eclectic - pro baseball (Go Mets!), Broadway theater, American public policy & politics, global affairs, and public economics.
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Undergraduate Degree:Yale University- Current Undergrad, Economics
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1580
- SAT Math: 800
- SAT Verbal: 760
- SAT Writing: 780
- SAT Mathematics Level 2: 800
- SAT Subject Test in U.S. History: 790
- SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M: 780
- SAT Subject Test in Chemistry: 780
Music, theater, baseball, singing, politics
- ACT Prep
- ACT English
- ACT Math
- ACT Reading
- ACT Science
- ACT Writing
- Advanced Placement Prep
- Algebra
- Algebra 2
- AP Economics
- AP Music Theory
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- College Application Essays
- College Biology
- 大学商业
- College Economics
- College English
- College Essays
- 他大学美国tory
- College Political Science
- Competition Math
- Econometrics
- Economics
- English
- Essay Editing
- Geometry
- High School Biology
- High School Business
- High School Chemistry
- High School Economics
- High School English
- High School Level American History
- High School Physics
- High School Political Science
- History
- Homework Support
- ISEE Prep
- ISEE- Middle Level
- ISEE- Upper Level
- Languages
- Math
- Middle School Math
- Music
- Music Theory
- Other
- Physics
- Political Science
- Pre-Algebra
- PSAT Critical Reading
- PSAT Writing Skills
- SAT Prep
- SAT Math
- SAT Mathematics
- SAT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M
- SAT Subject Test in Chemistry
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
- SAT Subject Test in United States History
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- SAT Verbal
- SAT Writing and Language
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Social Studies
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- SSAT Prep
- SSAT- Middle Level
- SSAT- Upper Level
- Study Skills
- Study Skills and Organization
- Summer
- Test Prep
What is your teaching philosophy?
I believe strongly in developing conceptual understanding before procedural mastery. There's nothing more satisfying for a student than getting a concept, enabling him or her to complete a whole host of problems that were previously difficult.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
I always begin with my students discussing their personal goals. I also try to gauge what's holding them back from achieving them. From that point on, we'd work to ensure those roadblocks are brought down, clearing the path towards the student's goals.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
I do this by equipping them with all of the tools to understand, reinforce that understanding, and learn the logical next set of skills.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
I make intermediate achievement goals in between those big, perhaps scarier, ones. It always does the trick!