Kristen Starkowski
Location
Cambridge, MA
Tutors in Acton, Bedford, Boston, Cambridge, Concord, Dover, Framingham, Lexington, Needham, Newton, Scituate, Wellesley, Westborough & Weston.
Ivy Bound since 2014
Graduate School
Princeton University
Undergrad
Colby College
Prepared to Tutor:
Tests
ACT Reading, Writing
SAT English
SSAT/ISEE Verbal. Reading, Writing
STEM Subjects
Statistics
SEO / Marketing
Non-STEM Subjects
English
AP English Language and Composition
Study Skills
AP English Language
Speed Reading
College Counseling
MCAT Essay
About me
I am currently a faculty member at Harvard College, where I teach writing courses for undergraduate and graduate students. I completed my Ph.D. in English at Princeton University in 2021. I have been working as a tutor with Ivy Bound for almost ten years now. After benefitting from tutoring myself as a high school student, I was accepted into and enrolled in my top choice college, Colby College, where I graduated as salutatorian and with majors in English and sociology. I have tutored over 50 students, and among these, ESL students and students with learning disabilities. I understand firsthand the role that strong academics and standardized test preparation play in college and graduate school admissions, and I am eager to share this knowledge with your student.
Education
Colby College (Waterville, ME)
BA in English and Sociology, 2014
Salutatorian, 4.1 GPA
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and summa cum laude
Studied abroad at Oxford University
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
PhD in English Literature, 2021
University Fellowship Recipient
1 of 20 Beinecke Scholars nationwide
Hyde Fellowship winner
Test Scores and Credentials
Hobbies & Activities
Traveling, playing basketball, rowing, exploring archives, writing poetry, and reading Victorian literature.