Daniel D.
Private tutor in San Francisco, CA
Education
B.A., summa cum laude, in Mathematics from Princeton University Currently, I'm a third-year Ph.D. student in mathematics at Stanford University. Undergraduate GPA: 3.9 Departmental, 3.8 Cumulative
Experience
I have five years of experience in private tutoring in both the South Bay and the Princeton, NJ area. I've tutored students ranging in age from 6th grade through 12th grade in math ranging from pre-algebra to calculus, as well as AMC10/12, Math Counts, calculus-based statistics, and more. I've also helped students prepare for the SAT general (reading, writing, and quantitative sections) and subject test as well as other more specialized standardized tests such as private high school entrance exams. I've also worked with students on computer programming, physics, and chemistry. I've helped students self-study math courses over the summer in order to (successfully!) place out of a course at their school. My students have successfully skipped geometry, AB calculus, and algebra 2. At Stanford, I am a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate mathematics classes. I have been the course assistant for Math 19, which is Stanford's calculus course, covering material similar to the AB Calculus curriculum. It is a course of about 150 students. I ran exam review sessions, hold office hours, and grade exams. Next quarter, I will lead my own section of differential equations. I have also been the course assistant for applied linear algebra and graduate algebra. I spent the summer of 2016 working as a counselor at the PROMYS program for advanced high school math students. I graded homework and exams and helped students approach their challenging homework assignments and learn to discover mathematical truths on their own. It was very exciting and rewarding to work so closely with some very bright students, and I've had the opportunity to guide and mentor them through learning some very advanced math subjects as well as help them through the college admission process. In addition, I was an undergraduate Course Assistant for each of the last four semesters I spent at Princeton. My responsibilities included grading homework and running review sessions for help with homework and preparation for exams. The courses I was involved with were advanced undergraduate courses for students majoring in mathematics and the natural sciences, such as complex analysis, abstract algebra, and differential geometry. Here are my standardized test scores: GRE: 170 Quantitative, 170 Verbal, 6.0 Writing GRE subject test in Math: SAT 2400 SAT II: 800 Math II 790 Chemistry 780 Biology AP: Biology 5 Chemistry 5 Physics C 5 (both Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetism) European History 5 U.S. History 5 Macroeconomics 5 English Language and Composition 5 Calculus BC 5 French 5 Music Theory 4 My Awards: Princeton Math Department: Summa Cum Laude, 2016 Winner, George B. Covington Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, 2016 (given to two graduating seniors) Winner, Andrew H. Brown Prize for Outstanding Juniors in Mathematics, 2015 (given to two students) Princeton University: Phi Beta Kappa membership, 2016 (given to top 10% of graduating class) Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, 2014 (given to top 3% of students in the freshman and sophomore classes) High School: National Merit Scholarship Winner, 2012 Relevant undergraduate coursework: Advanced theoretical math courses - abstract algebra, linear algebra, topology, analysis, number theory, geometry, logic. Math-based Economics (2 semesters) Quantitative Molecular Biology Intermediate Computer Science (Java, OCaml, object-oriented and functional programming, algorithms, data structures) Honors introductory physics (2 semesters) GPA: College - 3.8/4.0 High School - 4.4/4.0
Subject Expertise
StatisticsStatistics Graduate LevelEssay EditingWritingAP FrenchSATAP BiologyAP ChemistryPhysicsAP Physics 2: Electricity and MagnetismAP Physics 1ProgrammingJavaSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1AP StatisticsGeometryAlgebra 3/4Algebra 2Algebra 1Linear AlgebraAP Calculus BCAP Calculus ABGREGRE Subject Test in MathematicsSAT MathematicsSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
Availability
Weekdays in the afternoon, Weekdays in the evening, Weekends at any time
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
As a Ph.D. student, I spend the large majority of my time thinking about math! In my free time, I like to hike, read literature, listen to all sorts of music, write code, drink coffee, think about politics and the news, and talk to my friends.
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