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Stanford, Harvard, and Berkeley graduate with a tutoring award
Stanford, Harvard, and Berkeley graduate with a tutoring award
Raj P.

0.0 (0 ratings)

5 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee
0.0 (0 ratings)

5 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Raj

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Working with people of all ages, from children to adults, and helping them succeed academically is my goal. For students I bring an ability to reframe concepts, problems, and solutions in multiple ways, which is the secret to students getting a breakthrough and learning the topic, regardless of the subject matter. The other qualities that students have appreciated are my patience in their learning process, as well as a promotion of a love of learning. Study skills and pointers for exam...

Working with people of all ages, from children to adults, and helping them succeed academically is my goal. For students I bring an ability to reframe concepts, problems, and solutions in multiple ways, which is the secret to students getting a breakthrough and learning the topic, regardless of the subject matter. The other qualities that students have appreciated are my patience in their learning process, as well as a promotion of a love of learning. Study skills and pointers for exam preparation are the icing on the cake that both students and parents like.

In terms of my qualifications, I have two bachelor degrees from Berkeley, one in history and the other in information management technology. I also completed undergraduate coursework in engineering physics, advanced calculus, and chemistry. I thereafter completed two master's degrees: one in social science from Harvard with a scholarship-awarded thesis and the other in humanities from Stanford. I won a "tutor of the year" award in 2008 while tutoring in Palo Alto in my free time during my graduate program, and have privately taught English to Portuguese and Spanish speakers while living in Latin America.

I can tutor almost all subjects at the high school level or younger, as well as many subjects in both the sciences and arts at the undergraduate and graduate level.

I look forward to learning about how I can help you or someone you care about overcome their academic challenges and succeed.

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Education

University of California, Berkeley
History and Information Systems
Stanford University
Masters
Harvard University
Masters

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $125
  • Rate details: My rate reflects years of success helping students, my passion, and my client reviews for 15+ years. I'm confident I'm one of the best tutors on the planet. Helping students learn is the greatest joy.
  • Lesson cancellation: 12 hours notice required

  • No background check

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Art

Painting,

Painting

I was a professional oil painter for more than a decade, and also attended UC Santa Barbara to study oil painting in undergraduate courses.
Theater,

Theater

I've completed film studies at an advanced level, including analysis in relation to social science, cultural studies, and ethics at Stanford. one film analysis was selected for a symposium presentation among academics. I have also acted, specifically in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Most importantly, I have served more than a dozen students in theater studies over years of tutoring with their assignments at the undergraduate level.
Art History

Business

Business,

Business

I have 15+ years of experience in many functional areas of business and career tracks, not limited to: management consulting, marketing, asset management, venture capital deals, startups, and executive coaching with the added value of business model and competitive positioning analyses. I also completed advanced coursework in the second-year MBA program of Stanford Graduate School of Business, Berkeley Haas Business School undergraduate courses, and two courses at Harvard Law School on advanced and complex negotiation theory with top grades.
Career Development,

Career Development

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience in career development/skill acquisition strategies, including counseling on different career paths including teaching, the arts, science, technology, finance, academic, and health sciences careers (medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical, and dentistry). Job search strategies are an additional area of expertise that I present to clients.
Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I have a long background in the theory and practice of public speaking. I won public speaking competitions since childhood. Critically for students I can examine, diagnose, and coach them in their public speaking projects such that they emerge with stronger and varied pitch, projection, articulation, and confidence in front of audiences of different sizes. I also served as Master of Ceremonies for International House Berkeley events in 2001.
GRE

Corporate Training

Business,

Business

I have 15+ years of experience in many functional areas of business and career tracks, not limited to: management consulting, marketing, asset management, venture capital deals, startups, and executive coaching with the added value of business model and competitive positioning analyses. I also completed advanced coursework in the second-year MBA program of Stanford Graduate School of Business, Berkeley Haas Business School undergraduate courses, and two courses at Harvard Law School on advanced and complex negotiation theory with top grades.
Career Development,

Career Development

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience in career development/skill acquisition strategies, including counseling on different career paths including teaching, the arts, science, technology, finance, academic, and health sciences careers (medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical, and dentistry). Job search strategies are an additional area of expertise that I present to clients.
Grammar,

Grammar

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. At Stanford, I studied English, at Berkeley, I studied history and information systems, and at Harvard, I studied social science. I also have a background in linguistics on top of tutoring, which makes me ideally placed to help. I look forward to learning more.
Portuguese,

Portuguese

I've lived in Brazil for almost a decade, I studied Portuguese history at Stanford and Harvard, and I studied Portuguese grammar, language, and literature formally in the university to an advanced level. I also know lots of Portugal and Brazil-specific phrases, pronunciations, and cultural communication tips to make the learning process easier.
Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I have a long background in the theory and practice of public speaking. I won public speaking competitions since childhood. Critically for students I can examine, diagnose, and coach them in their public speaking projects such that they emerge with stronger and varied pitch, projection, articulation, and confidence in front of audiences of different sizes. I also served as Master of Ceremonies for International House Berkeley events in 2001.
Spanish,

Spanish

I went to high school in Argentina, and all of my formal education in Argentina was done in Spanish. I also attended a Spanish language elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, so acquired quasi-fluency in childhood. I'm trained in Real Academy Spanish from Europe, as well as multiple dialects and their grammatical variations. I completed a bachelor's degree at Berkeley in Latin American history, and finished a Master's at Harvard in social science with a focus on Latin America, as well as a second Master's at Stanford, where I earned an A+ in advanced Spanish for graduate students.
Proofreading

Elementary Education

Elementary (K-6th),

Elementary (K-6th)

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience tutoring children in a variety of academic fields, including a recent tutoring award from a Bay Area nonprofit. I customize my tutoring experience for each individual, and use active listening to understand their frame of reference for each problem/concept.
Grammar,

Grammar

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. At Stanford, I studied English, at Berkeley, I studied history and information systems, and at Harvard, I studied social science. I also have a background in linguistics on top of tutoring, which makes me ideally placed to help. I look forward to learning more.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.
Elementary Math, Elementary Science, Spelling, Vocabulary

English

English,

English

I studied English while a graduate student at Stanford University. More than a decade of experience tutoring, including teaching English.
Grammar,

Grammar

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. At Stanford, I studied English, at Berkeley, I studied history and information systems, and at Harvard, I studied social science. I also have a background in linguistics on top of tutoring, which makes me ideally placed to help. I look forward to learning more.
Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I have a long background in the theory and practice of public speaking. I won public speaking competitions since childhood. Critically for students I can examine, diagnose, and coach them in their public speaking projects such that they emerge with stronger and varied pitch, projection, articulation, and confidence in front of audiences of different sizes. I also served as Master of Ceremonies for International House Berkeley events in 2001.
Writing,

Writing

I've done significant research and writing in legal studies, including research on comparative constitutional laws and legal regimes related to economics, finance, and political science. I've also completed classes at Harvard Law School on advanced negotiation theory and mediation/participatory processes with "A" grades.
ACT English, Proofreading, Spelling, Vocabulary

History

American History,

American History

I studied history at Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley. I have a deep knowledge base of everything in American and world history. I won a scholarship at Harvard for my master's thesis on history and I won a teaching award from BUILD.org in Palo Alto.
Bible Studies,

Bible Studies

I studied the major religious texts of the world in formal academic coursework across Harvard Divinity School, Stanford University in the context of Western civilization and its literature, and with Graduate Theological Union (GTU) professors at UC Berkeley. I can easily help with the interpretation, application, and contextualization of specific passages in English translation. I can also assist with the history of religion, religion and philosophy, and current affairs in religious life topics - from essays to reading comprehension to coaching on a personal level for values alignment.
European History,

European History

I studied European history at Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford.
Geography,

Geography

I won the regional geography bee in middle school, and memorized a map of the world before high school. I also studied geography and urban planning/regional studies during my graduate studies at Harvard.
Government & Politics,

Government & Politics

Tons of experience, culminating in graduate work in the field at Harvard and Stanford.
Political Science,

Political Science

20+ years of academic training and expertise with political science theory, methods, governmental analysis, public policy, including linkages to advanced concepts in economics and law. Strong research and writing training across four degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley.
Religion,

Religion

I took graduate courses through Harvard Divinity School in the history of religion. I also completed coursework at Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford on Judaic, Islamic, and Christian studies, with in depth graduate research completed on medieval Christian thought, medieval Jewish civilization, the Golden Age of Islam, and Jewish history of modern Latin America.
Social Studies,

Social Studies

I have 4 university degrees, including 2 degrees from UC Berkeley, and a master degree each from Stanford and Harvard. My master's degree from Harvard is in social science, where I also wrote a scholarship-awarded thesis. I have extensive experience tutoring in the various disciplines of social studies, including political science, sociology, and history.
Sociology,

Sociology

I completed a master's degree in social science at Harvard where I did in depth study of sociologists, both from an intellectual history standpoint and in relation to other social science disciplines. I also presented a symposium paper at Stanford on sociology as my capstone project for a second master's degree.
World History,

World History

I studied world history at the University of California, Berkeley in college, and then again while a grad student at Stanford and Harvard.
Art History

Homeschool

Algebra 1,

Algebra 1

I taught Algebra 1 to high school students who were struggling with the topic in Palo Alto.
Elementary (K-6th),

Elementary (K-6th)

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience tutoring children in a variety of academic fields, including a recent tutoring award from a Bay Area nonprofit. I customize my tutoring experience for each individual, and use active listening to understand their frame of reference for each problem/concept.
English,

English

I studied English while a graduate student at Stanford University. More than a decade of experience tutoring, including teaching English.
Prealgebra,

Prealgebra

I've tutored prealgebra, algebra, and geometry for years, with high success with students middle school even through to adults working on credentials and late degrees.
SAT Math,

SAT Math

SAT Math tutor with 15+ years of experience and degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley.
Spanish,

Spanish

I went to high school in Argentina, and all of my formal education in Argentina was done in Spanish. I also attended a Spanish language elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, so acquired quasi-fluency in childhood. I'm trained in Real Academy Spanish from Europe, as well as multiple dialects and their grammatical variations. I completed a bachelor's degree at Berkeley in Latin American history, and finished a Master's at Harvard in social science with a focus on Latin America, as well as a second Master's at Stanford, where I earned an A+ in advanced Spanish for graduate students.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.
Writing,

Writing

I've done significant research and writing in legal studies, including research on comparative constitutional laws and legal regimes related to economics, finance, and political science. I've also completed classes at Harvard Law School on advanced negotiation theory and mediation/participatory processes with "A" grades.
Spelling

Language

Portuguese,

Portuguese

I've lived in Brazil for almost a decade, I studied Portuguese history at Stanford and Harvard, and I studied Portuguese grammar, language, and literature formally in the university to an advanced level. I also know lots of Portugal and Brazil-specific phrases, pronunciations, and cultural communication tips to make the learning process easier.
Spanish

Spanish

I went to high school in Argentina, and all of my formal education in Argentina was done in Spanish. I also attended a Spanish language elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, so acquired quasi-fluency in childhood. I'm trained in Real Academy Spanish from Europe, as well as multiple dialects and their grammatical variations. I completed a bachelor's degree at Berkeley in Latin American history, and finished a Master's at Harvard in social science with a focus on Latin America, as well as a second Master's at Stanford, where I earned an A+ in advanced Spanish for graduate students.

Math

Algebra 1,

Algebra 1

I taught Algebra 1 to high school students who were struggling with the topic in Palo Alto.
Prealgebra,

Prealgebra

I've tutored prealgebra, algebra, and geometry for years, with high success with students middle school even through to adults working on credentials and late degrees.
SAT Math,

SAT Math

SAT Math tutor with 15+ years of experience and degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley.
ACT Math

Most Popular

Algebra 1,

Algebra 1

I taught Algebra 1 to high school students who were struggling with the topic in Palo Alto.
Elementary (K-6th),

Elementary (K-6th)

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience tutoring children in a variety of academic fields, including a recent tutoring award from a Bay Area nonprofit. I customize my tutoring experience for each individual, and use active listening to understand their frame of reference for each problem/concept.
English,

English

I studied English while a graduate student at Stanford University. More than a decade of experience tutoring, including teaching English.
Prealgebra,

Prealgebra

I've tutored prealgebra, algebra, and geometry for years, with high success with students middle school even through to adults working on credentials and late degrees.
Spanish,

Spanish

I went to high school in Argentina, and all of my formal education in Argentina was done in Spanish. I also attended a Spanish language elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, so acquired quasi-fluency in childhood. I'm trained in Real Academy Spanish from Europe, as well as multiple dialects and their grammatical variations. I completed a bachelor's degree at Berkeley in Latin American history, and finished a Master's at Harvard in social science with a focus on Latin America, as well as a second Master's at Stanford, where I earned an A+ in advanced Spanish for graduate students.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.
Writing

Writing

I've done significant research and writing in legal studies, including research on comparative constitutional laws and legal regimes related to economics, finance, and political science. I've also completed classes at Harvard Law School on advanced negotiation theory and mediation/participatory processes with "A" grades.

Other

Bible Studies,

Bible Studies

I studied the major religious texts of the world in formal academic coursework across Harvard Divinity School, Stanford University in the context of Western civilization and its literature, and with Graduate Theological Union (GTU) professors at UC Berkeley. I can easily help with the interpretation, application, and contextualization of specific passages in English translation. I can also assist with the history of religion, religion and philosophy, and current affairs in religious life topics - from essays to reading comprehension to coaching on a personal level for values alignment.
College Counseling,

College Counseling

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience guiding college and graduate school applicants on the education sector, application and essay content strategies, and where to apply to achieve professional/career objectives. A recent success was helping a young woman get admission to USC's doctorate of pharmacy program.
Geography,

Geography

I won the regional geography bee in middle school, and memorized a map of the world before high school. I also studied geography and urban planning/regional studies during my graduate studies at Harvard.
Government & Politics,

Government & Politics

Tons of experience, culminating in graduate work in the field at Harvard and Stanford.
Religion,

Religion

I took graduate courses through Harvard Divinity School in the history of religion. I also completed coursework at Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford on Judaic, Islamic, and Christian studies, with in depth graduate research completed on medieval Christian thought, medieval Jewish civilization, the Golden Age of Islam, and Jewish history of modern Latin America.
Sociology,

Sociology

I completed a master's degree in social science at Harvard where I did in depth study of sociologists, both from an intellectual history standpoint and in relation to other social science disciplines. I also presented a symposium paper at Stanford on sociology as my capstone project for a second master's degree.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.

Science

Sociology,

Sociology

I completed a master's degree in social science at Harvard where I did in depth study of sociologists, both from an intellectual history standpoint and in relation to other social science disciplines. I also presented a symposium paper at Stanford on sociology as my capstone project for a second master's degree.
Physical Science

Special Needs

Study Skills

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.

Summer

Algebra 1,

Algebra 1

I taught Algebra 1 to high school students who were struggling with the topic in Palo Alto.
Elementary (K-6th),

Elementary (K-6th)

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience tutoring children in a variety of academic fields, including a recent tutoring award from a Bay Area nonprofit. I customize my tutoring experience for each individual, and use active listening to understand their frame of reference for each problem/concept.
SAT Math,

SAT Math

SAT Math tutor with 15+ years of experience and degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley.
Spanish,

Spanish

I went to high school in Argentina, and all of my formal education in Argentina was done in Spanish. I also attended a Spanish language elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, so acquired quasi-fluency in childhood. I'm trained in Real Academy Spanish from Europe, as well as multiple dialects and their grammatical variations. I completed a bachelor's degree at Berkeley in Latin American history, and finished a Master's at Harvard in social science with a focus on Latin America, as well as a second Master's at Stanford, where I earned an A+ in advanced Spanish for graduate students.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have learned and implemented multiple study skill strategies for different subject matter and have effectively conveyed those study strategies to students at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college level. These strategies include but are not limited to: time management; concept/problem self-assessment; timing and exam preparation; material review; effective versus ineffective highlighting; color coding of topics; organization of print material; peer support for mutual academic conceptual gain; and speed reading.
Writing,

Writing

I've done significant research and writing in legal studies, including research on comparative constitutional laws and legal regimes related to economics, finance, and political science. I've also completed classes at Harvard Law School on advanced negotiation theory and mediation/participatory processes with "A" grades.
GED

Test Preparation

Career Development,

Career Development

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience in career development/skill acquisition strategies, including counseling on different career paths including teaching, the arts, science, technology, finance, academic, and health sciences careers (medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical, and dentistry). Job search strategies are an additional area of expertise that I present to clients.
College Counseling,

College Counseling

I'm a graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and UC Berkeley with 4 post-baccalaureate degrees in total. I have extensive experience guiding college and graduate school applicants on the education sector, application and essay content strategies, and where to apply to achieve professional/career objectives. A recent success was helping a young woman get admission to USC's doctorate of pharmacy program.
SAT Math,

SAT Math

SAT Math tutor with 15+ years of experience and degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley.
ACT English, ACT Math, GED, GRE, PSAT, SSAT

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