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Alvaro tutors in Westminster, MD

Alvaro S.

Private tutor in Westminster, MD

Education

Sophomore Computer Engineering Major at the University of Maryland, College Park. Possible future specializations: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Blockchain and Decentralized networks, and/or Optics.

Experience

Often times, while studying with a group of friends for a Physics or Chemistry exam, I find myself helping them understand the concepts that they find more difficult to grasp. I believe that everyone with a positive and willing attitude is capable of learning Chemistry and Physics, but often times it's the "how does this relate to the other topics" or the "where do I even start" cases that frustrate people. That is why my approach in helping people understand a certain Math/Science topic consists on breaking the topics that they are learning into the most elementary topics of their subject to make things simpler and easier to understand, and then relating them to the other topics that they learn. This way they are able to understand the big picture while not missing out on the small details. I also am originally from Spain, I was born and raised there until I was 14, when I moved to the United States. In Spain, people put a very big emphasis on learning everything there is to learn on a language's grammar and syntax, and as a result I have a very deep understanding of the Spanish grammar and syntax. While learning English after I arrived to the US I understood the value of speaking and listening a language and how these help to learn it. As a result I've developed many tricks that helped me with learning how to speak a foreign language and understand what people tell me when I listen to them. Qualifications: Spanish: -Native speaker proficiency in reading, speaking and listening. -Native speaker proficiency in Spanish grammar and syntax (these include: verb tenses, active and passive subjects, direct and Indirect objects, circumstantial complements, etc) -AP Spanish Language and Culture score: 5 Math: -Extremely high proficiency in k-12 Mathematics, from Arithmetic to Trigonometry. -Very high proficiency in Basic Calculus (MATH120 and MATH140) -Math subsection SAT Score: 760 -AP Calculus AB score: 5 -AP Calculus BC score: 5 Physics: -Very high proficiency in elementary physics and Mechanics (PHYS161 and lower) -PHYS161 Spring 2018 Grade: A Chemistry: -Very high proficiency in elementary chemistry and freshman-level college chemistry courses (CHEM135, CHEM131) -CHEM135 Fall 2017 Grade: A-

Subject Expertise

SpanishPhysicsChemistryCalculus 1Pre-Calculus

Availability

Any day after 4PM

Can Meet

Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I'd like to think of myself as a fun, interesting and straightforward person that enjoys being with people. When I am with friends I like to play videogames (Mario Kart is bomb), occasionally go to some restaurant, and play/watch soccer. With my family I like to play board games, watch movies and talk about strange and funny things that happen to other family members. I go to the gym around 10 hours a week, and when I'm alone I like to explore new investment strategies or Bitcoin innovations, read a good book or simply play a nice RPG game on my Nintendo Switch .

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