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Jaclyn G.

Private tutor in New York, NY

Education

Yale University, B.A., English and French Sarah Lawrence College, M.F.A., Writing Columbia University, Book Publishing Cert.

Experience

For the past eight years I have worked as a private academic tutor and coach for a wide range of elementary, middle school, and high school students across Westchester County, New York City, and Long Island. I have watched many of my students achieve incredible results, whether it is raising their GPAs or test scores to revolutionary levels, becoming more organized, goal-oriented, and analytical scholars, or earning important marks of distinction inside and outside the classroom. My past students have earned admission into Yale, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Cornell, and Penn (to name a few). My approach is highly individualized, creative, and motivating, and I have experience tutoring everything from the verbal side of the SAT I/II, GRE, and GMAT, to a wide range of subjects across the humanities, including but not limited to AP English Language and Literature, French, U.S. or European History, and Psychology. My lessons often focus on honing analytical reading strategies, thesis writing, organizing and structuring A+ quality papers (essays, research papers, creative pieces), improving grammar, building vocabulary, and optimizing study skills and test taking strategies. I have also developed an expertise in helping students write exceptional personal essays for the Common App. I focus on clarifying narrative voice, weaving vivid imagery, and refining the essay's story arc so that students are able to capture their life experiences in an emotionally riveting way.

Subject Expertise

PSAT Writing Skills IB Language B SL Introduction to Fiction Introduction to Poetry ISEE Journalism Literary Analysis Literature PCAT Reading Comprehension PCAT Verbal Ability PCAT Writing PSAT Critical Reading IB Language B HL Reading Regents SAT Subject Test in French SAT Verbal SAT Writing Shakespeare Short Novel Study Skills And Organization Summer Tutoring Writing Creative Writing ACT English ACT Writing AP English Language and Composition AP English Literature and Composition AP French AP French Language and Culture AP Psychology AP United States History AP World History College Essays French English Essay Editing Expository Writing Fiction Writing GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment GMAT Verbal GRE Analytical Writing GRE Subject Test in Literature in English GRE Verbal GRE Verbal Reasoning

Availability

Mon/Wed/Fri after 5PM

Can Meet

Up to 20 minutes away for a flat fee

Hobbies

I am currently at work on a novel based on my experience running cross country at Yale, and when I am not writing or tutoring, I enjoy cooking, hiking, and running in Rockefeller, Central, and Prospect Parks. I have completed two marathons and hope to run another one next fall.

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