Nina P.
Nina is a PhD Candidate in Inorganic Chemistry at Harvard. She was recently awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
Emily V.
Emily is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Currently, she is being funded by the National Science Foundation to research conditions in which the gut microbiome may behave in a way that is adaptive to the host. Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Chemistry.
Lisa A.
Lisa attended Cornell University where she graduated magna cum laude in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. After Cornell, she worked at Procter and Gamble making your favorite household laundry supplies! She is now a PhD candidate in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program at Harvard.
Charlie T.
Charlie earned a BA in Political and Social Thought and English from UVA. Next, he earned his master's degrees in English and in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He is now a PhD candidate in English Literature at Harvard.
Cristina A.
Cristina holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard, an MS in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and BAs in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Linguistics from the University of Southern California. Currently, she works as a forensic linguist.
Julia R.
Julia graduated summa cum laude from Wellesley College with a BA in Philosophy and Comparative Lit, and earned an MA in Theological Studies from Harvard. She is now a Religion PhD candidate at Harvard and a historian.
Sam
Sam holds a BS in Physics (Cornell) and a PhD in Physics (Harvard). He's now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, studying physical systems and machine learning applications.
Nicholas
Nicholas is a PhD candidate in the Department of African & African American Studies at Harvard University, where his work focuses on urban slavery, the built environment, and colonial New Orleans.
Julia
Julia attended St. John's College in Annapolis, MD where she fell in love with classical languages. She is currently a Linguistics PhD student at Harvard, focusing on the phonology and verbal morphology of ancient Greek.
Hayley
Hayley is a Postdoc Research Fellow in the Harvard Psychology Department. She holds a PhD in Psychology (Harvard) and BA in Psychology and Political Science (Boston University), and has won awards for both her research and teaching.
Alexander
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“Alex really cared about me doing well. He was responsible, delivered what he promised, and followed up after every session with notes. He was also very encouraging and supportive. The admin staff was helpful, too. The whole experience was great. They are very professional and know how to simplify concepts for quick success.”
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“Alex is excellent at explaining things in a clear way. He was always prepared for our sessions, thorough, helpful, and very approachable.”
Sarah, GMAT Student -
“Alex was phenomenal. I'm not terribly gifted in math, and Alex is the math guru I needed to prepare for the GMAT. He explained concepts clearly and had a very positive and encouraging attitude throughout our prep together.”
Andrew, GMAT Student -
“Alex was extremely approachable and did a great job meeting me where I was at. He was able to pinpoint where I could improve, and gave me strategies for approaching those areas. I found his explanations of the answers much more helpful than those in any book, and his experience and library of info sheets were really useful. I'm so pleased with my experience. Everyone throughout the process was helpful, respectful, and encouraging. The tutoring was an invaluable asset in my retake studying plan.”
Score went from 610 to 710.
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“Alex did a great job explaining concepts and helping me mentally prepare for the exam. He was very responsive and receptive. We used our hour-long sessions to work on problems and go over strategies. It was extremely helpful to have someone explain the problems I missed and teach me how to tackle similar problems in the future.”
Official score: 157 Quantitative (improved from 144) and 153 Verbal (improved from 145).
Emma, GRE Student -
“Alex explained everything in simple, clear terms. After sessions, he emailed me the detailed review of our meeting and homework for next time. He was also accomodating and flexible. I could email him with questions and he always replied promptly. I could see a sizable improvement in my score at given intervals. Considering that I have not studied for a test with such broad coverage in the last twenty years, I would say that the three months of studying with Alex was definitely a game changer for me.”
Jacqueline, Executive Assesment Student -
“Alex was great at explaining the basics, which helped me understand more complicated topics very easily. He wrote everything on the whiteboard, and sent me notes after our sessions so I could review later on. I felt like he knew exactly what I was expected to know for my test, and was highly knowledgeable on the topics. The lessons were very productive.”
Michalina, IB Mathematics Student -
“Alex knew the practice exams inside and out; whenever I got a question wrong, he immediately knew what went wrong with my thinking and helped guide me towards the correct answer. He was also extremely encouraging, even on days when I felt discouraged. I was very impressed with Alex - he was excellent!”
Verbal score improved from 145 to 157; Quant score improved from 145 to 158
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“My experience with Cambridge Coaching has been great! Alex connected well with my learning style, so I made a lot of improvements over the short time we had together.”
Score improved from 1310 to 1500
Brian