Erik DeGeorge

Introduction: I like to keep things simple - I'm smart, knowledgeable, and I know how to teach. There is a lot of jargon thrown around by tutoring services, or "secrets to beating the test," apparently only they know. The reality is that while there are a few tricks, mostly the big standardized testing companies have done a good job designing the tests so that you simply have to understand the concepts and material. The good news is that the material can be learned, as long as you have a good teacher. The classic notion is that anyone who truly understands something should be able to explain it to a child and have it be understood. My perspective has always been that the teaching the material is simple, because the material itself is simple. I received a perfect 800 score on my SAT math in high school, and a perfect 36 on my ACT math, as well as a perfect 800 on my GRE math in college. From there, I did graduate work at SUNY Stony Brook in Advanced Calculus and Probability Theory. The reality of getting a math concept to click for someone is often that you just have to approach it from a variety of angles, and explain it in several different ways. The second most difficult of things to teach away is careless errors, and the most difficult is apathy. As such, I'm always very happy to have people contact me well in advance, or over the summer before the school year begins, so that I have an opportunity to do what the Common Core fails to do: Show how endlessly interesting and fascinating the world of math can be. I also tutor the reading, grammar, and science portions of the SAT/ACT. Although not my primary area of expertise, the verbal sections have become simpler over time (perhaps in keeping with our diminishing comprehension in society), so after teaching them for years, I feel more than qualified to offer help with those portions. I have also recently branched out into teaching the LSAT test. After spending some time taking practice tests, getting 0-2 wrong on them (a better score than many who get accepted to Harvard Law), and working to develop an approach to the logic that can be applied by most anybody, I feel confident I'm more than worth my money for that as well. Bottom line is that I'm good at what I do, and I stand by my work. Many of the large tutoring centers charge similar rates, but actually only pay a small fraction of that to their teachers, so if you want your money's worth, I definitely recommend going for someone freelance. Hopefully I've sold you on myself for that option!