Hediye G.
Private tutor in Berkeley, CA
Education
BS in Industrial Engineering, MA and PhD in Applied Mathematics-University of Maryland, College Park
Experience
I love teaching and I hope to be able to help for many many years. I meet with students in Berkeley, Pleasanton, San Carlos. Walnut Creek, San Ramon and San Rafael areas. My availability varies greatly, but I try to accommodate students as much as I can. I have many years of classroom experience, teaching math classes, including calculus and statistics at universities and colleges. I have been doing paid and unpaid tutoring for over 25 years. My son finished medical school, he also has a degree in Biochemical engineering. My daughter is a senior at UC Berkeley studying Energy Engineering. I always volunteered at my children's schools. Now that my children do not need me as much as before; I try to help other children more. I am quite knowledgeable because of my great education. However, my real value stems from my natural patience. My students all say that I put them at ease and that makes them feel free to learn. I am also able to explain the same thing in many different ways, or find different tools to help them learn and retain the material. I am the first child in my large extended family to graduate from middle school, and I was able to go all the way to get a college degree and then a PhD. After that, almost all of my siblings and cousins graduated from college and I was always there to help them--until I had to move to US to get my doctorate. However, to this day, they say that I not only helped them to learn, I inspired them. After school play dates at our house always started with them doing their homework after a nutritious snack. This always surprised the playmates' parents, they could not believe that the homework was finished or at least halfway done when they came to pick up their children. I helped them to learn the material by turning it into some kind of game and then watched them do their homework. When one of them made a mistake I helped them to figure out their mistake and then correct it by themselves.
Subject Expertise
Finite MathematicsSAT MathSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1SAT MathematicsPSAT MathematicsMathematical Foundations for Computer ScienceIB Mathematics SLIB Mathematics HLIB Mathematical Studies SLIB Further Mathematics HLHSPT MathGRE Subject Test in Mathematics10th Grade mathCompetition MathCOMPASS MathematicsASPIRE MathCLEP College MathematicsCAHSEE MathematicsApplied MathematicsACT Math9th Grade mathACCUPLACER College-Level Math8th Grade math12th Grade math11th Grade math
Availability
Any day after 9AM
Can Meet
Up to 5 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Hiking, taking dance classes, reading, going to lectures, learning and cooking unique, healthy dishes for my family and friends.
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