Tutor in Seattle, Washington

Hello! My name is Sarah, and I am an English professor at Cascadia College in Bothell, WA. I teach English 101 and English 102 courses that satisfy student's freshman composition requirement at UW. In addition to teaching, I tutor students of all ages in writing, reading, SAT, ACT, and AP Prep. I love the opportunity to work one-on-one with students on writing, and I look forward to the chance to work with you! I work throughout the greater Seattle area, and I can meet you at your house or a public place of your choosing. I am a kind and incredibly patient tutor, and feel comfortable working with students of any age. I received my master's degree in English from the University of Washington. During my time at UW, I taught multiple 100 and 200 level English courses as a predoctoral instructor. Before moving to Seattle, I received my Bachelor's degree in English from Hamilton College, a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. Hamilton College has middle 50% SAT scores in Critical Reading: 680-760, Math: 680-750, Writing: 670-760 and is ranked #14 of National Liberal Arts Colleges by US News and World Report. I am also a very competent copy editor, and I have worked on numerous professional and student-run publications. If you have an essay that needs some work, I can do more than simply edit for spelling and grammar—I can give you substantial feedback on the argument, structure and organization of your paper. Also, for students who are just beginning to write papers (or, who never were actually taught how to write a paper), I can give you a sound and painless blueprint for acing your next essay. Outside of my academic coursework, I also have extensive experience working at professional magazines and student publications. I am currently on the fiction editorial board of The Seattle Review at the University of Washington. As an undergrad, I worked as an Editorial Assistant at 7x7 Magazine in San Francisco, writing and copy editing for the print magazine. I also wrote travel articles for offMetro S.F. and interned for Hannigan Salky Getzler literary agency in New York City. I am very familiar with American and British literature, and my personal specialties are 20th and 21st Century American and British literature, as well as contemporary literature and poetry. I am also very familiar with the AP English courses offered in high school (I took both AP Language and AP Literature as a student at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, CA), and have read almost every book likely to show up on the test. I also have a great deal of experience with classic literature and poetry, and I feel very comfortable teaching students how to perform a close reading of a dense text. I am a kind and incredibly patient tutor, and feel comfortable working with students of any age. Before moving to Seattle, I received my Bachelor's degree in English from Hamilton College, a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. Hamilton College has middle 50% SAT scores in Critical Reading: 680-760, Math: 680-750, Writing: 670-760 and is ranked #14 of National Liberal Arts Colleges by US News and World Report.