Online Tutor Ross

I have been a professional tutor since 2006.

Across all of the different subjects I teach, I always notice the same thing: the main difficulty that learners encounter is getting overwhelmed by what they're trying to learn. It could be that there seems to be simply too much material to cover; it could be that the concepts seem too difficult; it could be that the whole thing causes anxiety for some completely different reason which is apparently unrelated to the 'academic' side of things.

I help remove anxiety, regardless of what form it might take, in whatever way seems like it will help each individual most. Before long, it becomes possible to see the task in hand with different eyes – indeed, more importantly, at this point most of my students come to see their own abilities entirely differently. They may have come to me with a fixed idea of what they are 'bad' at, but I help them to realise that they have skills they hardly suspected.

GMAT/GRE
I have helped 200+ students with the GMAT and GRE exams over the last ten years. These students have made successful applications to highly competitive schools including HBS, ESADE, LBS, Said, and so on.

I have a track record of helping students achieve scores over 700. I am a quant specialist, and am often brought in to help students at either extreme: I can stretch the high-flyers so they can hit very high scores, and I can also help those for whom maths is more of a struggle to reacquaint themselves with the basics and hit their personal target. I am a graduate of Cambridge University in English literature, and have developed my own system for teaching the verbal also.

SAT/ACT
I have been employed in long-term one-on-one preparation of 300+ students for the SAT-I math and verbal components, ACT, and the SAT-II subject tests.* Of these students, around 40% have ended up making successful applications to Ivy League schools.

Common App
I assist in drafting of Common Application essays and liaising with referees.

GCSE
I have prepared countless students for their GCSEs, in programmes ranging from weekly sessions to month-long one-on-one residential courses. I am comfortable tutoring almost any subject, particularly the following ones: English Literature, maths, sciences, French, German, history, geography, RS, philosophy, statistics and politics/economics.

A-levels
I also tutor A-Levels, especially in English, French and History.

University
Over the past three years I have mentored five BA and MA theses of 10000+ words length. I also teach research skills, building on the training I received as part of my own Master’s degree.