Justin

As a tutor, Justin specializes in helping clients to achieve targeted and definite aims, organize their systems of thought and execution, bolster their knowledge base, increase rates of accuracy, and develop enthusiasm for learning and adhering to academic standards. Justin is a data-driven tutor focused on setting goals, instilling confidence, and providing each pupil with problem-solving tools necessary for achieving his or her highest potential. He works with students in Grade 4 all the way through graduate school and is known for his ability to achieve results and build lasting, life-affirming rapports with students and parents. He has four years of intensive experience tutoring the following subjects: Art History, English Language, English Literature, Reading, Expository Composition, U.S. History, World History, U.S. Government, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Elementary Math, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics, Pre-Calculus, Biology, Earth Science, Physical Science, Sociology, and Psychology. Justin has also had significant experience and success in preparing students for the following exams and related areas: SAT, ACT, SAT II, AP, PSAT, Regents, NY State Exams, Common Core, High School Entrance Exams (SHSAT, ISEE, SSAT, HCHS Entrance Exam, etc.), and High School and College Admissions Coaching. Justin's students consistently demonstrate considerable score increases averaging 30 percent or more, cumulatively. Justin motivates test prep students by teaching about simply ways to systematize process-of-elimination strategy application, understanding content, building stamina, harnessing critical thinking, and practicing effective time management and organization. Hence, Justin's work with clients inevitably includes the development of self-confidence. He teaches expository writing in depth, covering thesis development, paragraph structure, and syntax. Justin also works closely with students and their families in putting together applications to specialized high schools, private high schools, internship programs and universities. His students have gained admission to top-ranking institutions. Specialized High Schools of choice have included Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and LaGuardia; private high schools have included Trevor, LREI, Dwight Englewood, Calhoun, and Horace Mann; successful admissions to universities have included Columbia, Penn, NYU, Georgetown, Williams College, Emory, Binghamton, Macaulay Honors College, Reed, USC, and Kenyon. A native of Chicago’s north shore, Justin studied Film/TV Production and the Classics at NYU; in 2005, he graduated with high honors and screened his thesis film, "Fault", at Festival De Cannes. Aside from tutoring, Justin continues to pursue a feature filmmaking career and is the Founder of an entertainment & media start-up which will develop and produce a 10-picture theatrical slate of movies. His debut feature film, MODERN MAN (2006), a loose adaptation of Thoreau’s WALDEN, was praised by The New York Times as “a droll parable of mankind at ease after having subdued nature, yet still not feeling in control of it.” Broadly speaking, Justin believes that any problem -- technical, mathematical, intellectual -- may be effectively solved with the right mix of strategy, perspective, and knowledge. He is enthusiastic about being of service to clients and helping them overcome their specific challenges.