Joshua
Certified Tutor
I graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in 2013 with my bachelor's degree in French and Francophone Studies, for which I wrote my thesis on the international art exchanges between Paris, New York and Dakar, Senegal. I also received a Certificate in African Studies from the Universit de Paris 1 - Panthon-Sorbonne and focused my research on the social exclusion of African immigrants in Western Europe. Since graduation, I have worked at a public school in Harlem as the College Counselor working with students from grades 6-12. In my two years of experience, I have had the opportunity to network with college admissions counselors across the country, and I gladly connect my students to any college admissions departments I am familiar with. Although my tutoring specialty is test prep -- SAT, ACT, PSAT, SHSAT, and GRE -- I particularly love tutoring writing, and creative writing is a hobby of mine. My philosophy is that even when we are preparing for a standardized exam, we should always be relating the work to your passions, pursuits, and educational goals to make the work that much more meaningful. In my spare time, you'll often find me learning bits of new languages for fun or writing. I am currently fluent in English and French, conversational in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and can read some Italian, German, Dutch, and Arabic.
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Undergraduate Degree: Columbia University in the City of New York - Bachelor in Arts, French and Francophone Studies
Graduate Degree: University of Pennsylvania - Master of Science, Social Policy
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1590
- SAT Math: 800
- SAT Verbal: 760
- SAT Writing: 800
- GRE Verbal: 168
Creative writing, foreign languages, linguistics, art, culture, museums, film
- ACCUPLACER Arithmetic
- ACCUPLACER College-Level Math
- ACCUPLACER Elementary Algebra
- ACCUPLACER ESL
- ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension
- ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills
- ACCUPLACER WritePlacer
- Advanced Placement Prep
- Algebra
- Algebra 2
- Algebra 3/4
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP French
- AP French Language and Culture
- Arithmetic
- CAHSEE Prep
- CAHSEE ELA
- CAHSEE English
- CAHSEE Mathematics
- College Algebra
- College English
- College Essays
- Comparative Literature
- Conversational French
- Creative Writing
- Elementary Math
- Elementary School Math
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- ESL/ELL
- Essay Editing
- European History
- French
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3
- French 4
- GED Prep
- Geometry
- Gifted
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE Analytical Writing
- GRE Verbal
- High School English
- ISEE Prep
- ISEE- Lower Level
- ISEE- Middle Level
- ISEE- Upper Level
- Languages
- Literature
- Math
- Middle School Math
- Other
- Phonics
- Pre-Algebra
- PSAT Critical Reading
- PSAT Writing Skills
- Public Speaking
- Reading
- REGENTS Prep
- SAT Prep
- SAT Math
- SAT Mathematics
- SAT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in French
- SAT Subject Test in French with Listening
- SAT Subject Test in Literature
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- SAT Writing and Language
- SHSAT Prep
- Social Studies
- SSAT Prep
- SSAT- Elementary Level
- SSAT- Middle Level
- SSAT- Upper Level
- Study Skills
- Study Skills and Organization
- Summer
- Test Prep
- Writing