"Hi! My name is Armaan and I studied biology on a premedical track at Tufts University. I graduated in 3 years (6 full semesters) with a 3.996 GPA. Course I have taken at the college level involve topics such as:

biochemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, physics, calculus, biostatistics, Latin, virology, economics, English, government and political science, Latin, psychology, Roman culture and Roman history.

I also have expertise in Python, R, and scientific research writing and reading through courses and laboratory experience, including writing several papers for publication.

I have over 4 years of paid and volunteer tutoring experience including Wyzant, Tufts University and prior to my time in the university setting (K-12 subjects). Most recently, I have been tutoring college students via Wyzant and Tufts University's STAAR Academic Center. Moreover, I tutored 2 classmates of mine in Genetics and Organic Chemistry, as well as teaching them other STEM subjects in prior semesters depending on what they needed. I am proficient in all listed courses to a degree where I can comfortably tutor them.

My tutoring approach involves helping students understand the material they are learning in a way that not only prepares them for exams, but also help them gain confidence in their work. This is done by teaching them how to think about and connect with their material in a type of assisted independence instead of me giving all the answers to the student. I also try to relate past knowledge the student may have to the material currently being studied.

Furthermore, one gripe I have with many teaching systems is how teachers instruct in ways that are often overly-convoluted and difficult to understand. I tie in my simpler ways of thinking about concepts when teaching students in an effort to provide a clear window through which to look at those concepts. This not only makes the information easier to learn, but the information becomes easier to recall when needed in the future." less...