Emily Sc.
Emily holds a BS in Biology and a BA in Anthropology from Brown University. She received the Fulbright Fellowship to conduct pediatric oncology research in the Netherlands. She then earned her Master's of Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, and has since returned as a medical student.
Serena S.
With a Bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and a Master’s Degree in Chinese Language Pedagogy from Middlebury College, Serena specializes in teaching Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
Spencer S.
Spencer graduated from Rice University summa cum laude. After teaching English at the national medical school in Laos as a Fulbright Scholar, he earned his MD at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine on a full tuition scholarship. He is currently an Emergency Medicine resident physician in Colorado.
Michelle W.
Michelle graduated with high honors from Princeton University, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Global Health & Health Policy and Neuroscience. Currently, she is working as an associate consultant at Trinity Life Sciences.
Clara E.
Clara holds BS and MA in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.
Dario
Dario holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and is currently pursuing an MBA at Stanford. He previously worked as a Strategy Consultant at LEK Consulting and as a Senior Manager of Strategy for Major League Baseball.
Claire H.
Claire holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Bowdoin College. After working in a pediatric oncology research lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, she is now pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of California San Francisco.
Daniel C.
Daniel graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell. After working as a mechanical engineer designing medical devices for 5 years, he is now back at school pursuing his MBA at MIT Sloan.
Amy T.
Amy attended Stanford University, where she majored in Urban Sustainability and minored in Italian, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Amy went on to receive her MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, where she was a Dillard Fellow and received the Andrew James Purdy Prize in Short Fiction.
Chris B.
Chris received his AB from Princeton, where he studied History and American Studies. After earning his Ed.M. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, he’s been teaching in Boston for the past decade.
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“I am currently doing an 'SAT Bootcamp' with Helena. She is the best teacher I've ever had. She explains everything so clearly; I can already see progress. I like working with her so much. It's strange that I'm finding SAT tutoring fun.”
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“Helena was very good at explaining the different things to look for in each type of verbal question on the GMAT. The techniques she gave me were extremely helpful on test day, and she taught them in a way that was very easy to understand.”
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“Helena was great at motivating my son. She encouraged him to prepare rough drafts of essays, and did an excellent job guiding him through the polishing revisions.”
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“Right from the start, Helena made me believe that I could succeed. She figured out my learning style right away and steered me to pracitce problems and workbooks suited to my learning style. The way she organized and planned my study left me free to focus on the content. Helena built up my confidence and explained everything well. She was terrific!”
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“Helena is an exceptionally approachable, supportive, and understanding tutor. She is empathetic and willing to go above and beyond to help her students. She helped me improve my Verbal score on the GRE.”
She mainly helped me improve my Verbal on the GRE.
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“Helena was always prepared and knew a lot around the field of study. She's very kind, supportive and approachable.”
Admitted early to Georgetown University.
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