Scripps Ranch students can take AP Physics C: Mechanics, the physics course built on calculus, so the hardest science and the hardest math meet in one class. Our tutors are UC San Diego students who took many of the same courses not long ago, from chemistry to AP Physics C.
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We help Scripps Ranch students keep up in their classes, prepare for the SAT and ACT and work on their college essays. Sessions are one-on-one, at your home in Scripps Ranch, Poway or Mira Mesa, or online.
Meet our tutors.
Samantha
Pursuing a Ph.D. inBioengineering
Tutors Biology · Chemistry · Math
- Research in deep learning for assistive robotics
- President’s Undergraduate Research Award
Raquel
StudiesBiology
Tutors Math · Spanish · Writing
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Bilingual teaching experience in Spanish
Anna
StudiesNeuroscience
Tutors Biology
- Research internship in Hamburg, Germany
- Governor’s Scholars Award recipient
Daniel
StudiesElectrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Tutors Math · Physics · Computer science
- High-school valedictorian
- STEM education minor and after-school tutoring
Preston
StudiesApplied Mathematics
Tutors Math · Calculus · Computer science
- Mathematics research fellow
- Presented at the Young Mathematicians Conference
Evan
StudiesPhysics & Applied Mathematics
Tutors Math · Physics · Calculus
- Independent research in machine learning for quantum computing
- 4.0 GPA in Physics & Applied Mathematics
Lesly
StudiesMathematics & Computer Science
Tutors Math · Computer science · Spanish
- Java and Python programming
- Game development and interactive software projects
Physics with calculus
AP Physics C describes motion with calculus, so a student can understand the physics and still lose points on the math, or the other way around. A tutor pulls the two apart. First comes the picture: the forces, the motion, what’s changing. Then comes the calculus that describes it. Students taking calculus at the same time start to see the same idea, a rate of change, from both sides. Learn more about our science tutoring.
Trigonometry in Advanced Integrated Math III
Advanced Integrated Math III gives trigonometric functions much more attention than the standard course, and that’s the material AP Calculus leans on hardest. A tutor has your student sketch sine and cosine by hand before reaching for the calculator, until the shapes and their shifts are familiar. Learn more about our math tutoring.
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Reading closely in AP Literature
AP Literature at Scripps Ranch asks students to explain how a poem or novel creates its meaning, which is a different question from what it means. Students who read quickly for plot have to slow down to a line at a time. Your student marks up a poem with a tutor beside them, noting what each image is doing, and the margin notes become the outline for the essay. Learn more about our English and writing tutoring.
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