Richard
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I am a rising senior at Harvard College pursuing an AB in Government. Academically, I have diverse interests, including history, language, math, physics, philosophy, music, and politics. In high school, I tutored elementary, middle, and high school students in music, math, ACT and SAT prep, and Spanish. At Harvard, I spent a year as a course assistant in the math department, helping to teach introductory undergraduate calculus. Currently, I volunteer with the Leadership Institute at Harvard College (LIHC) as part of its Social Outreach Committee. This work involves teaching a weekly course called "Fundamentals of Leadership" to a class of middle school students. Overall, I have found my experiences tutoring math to be the most rewarding.
In all of these experiences, I have found it is helpful for students to work with someone relatively close to their own age. As someone who enjoys problem-solving for its own sake, I often find myself in the position of explaining difficult concepts and abstract ideas to people with very different backgrounds and personalities than my own. Generally, people learn best from examples they find relevant, interesting, and concrete.
My main hobby outside of class is music. I play viola in both the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra; I also enjoy listening to music of many different genres, especially rock and classical. Additionally, I like going to the gym, watching HBO, and travelling.
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Undergraduate Degree: Harvard University - Bachelor in Arts, Government
- ACT Composite: 36
- ACT English: 35
- ACT Math: 36
- ACT Reading: 36
- ACT Science: 35
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1600
- SAT Math: 800
- SAT Verbal: 800
- SAT Writing: 800
Music, politics, baseball, philosophy
- ACT Prep
- ACT English
- ACT Math
- ACT Reading
- ACT Science
- ACT Writing
- Algebra
- Algebra 2
- Algebra 3/4
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP European History
- AP Physics 1
- AP U.S. Government & Politics
- AP United States History
- AP US History
- Arithmetic
- Calculus
- Calculus 2
- Calculus 3
- College Algebra
- College English
- College Essays
- College Level American History
- College Physics
- Conversational Spanish
- Differential Equations
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- Essay Editing
- European History
- Geometry
- Government
- High School English
- High School Level American History
- High School Physics
- History
- Languages
- Linear Algebra
- Math
- Middle School Math
- Multivariable Calculus
- Other
- Physics
- Pre-Algebra
- Pre-Calculus
- PSAT Critical Reading
- PSAT Writing Skills
- Public Speaking
- Reading
- SAT Prep
- SAT Math
- SAT Mathematics
- SAT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
- SAT Subject Test in Spanish
- SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening
- SAT Subject Test in United States History
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- Science
- Social Studies
- Spanish
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3
- Statistics
- Summer
- Test Prep
- Trigonometry
- Writing