I won first prize for writing at the 2009 Texas Academic Decathlon, an achievement recognized by the Houston Chronicle. Since then, I've taught English abroad under a South Korean government scholarship, proofread two books by an esteemed Harvard professor, and published my own writings in the Columbia Daily Spectator and the New York Times. And now, aside from tutoring, I'm drafting the first of two test prep books for the redesigned SAT.

As a tutor, I adopt a teaching approach that incorpo...