Joshua

 

I hail from Michigan, the son of a high school physics teacher. I’m currently an undergraduate student in Princeton, studying physics like my father. My other interests in school are Japanese Language and Constitutional Law. After I graduate, I plan on using my physics education to study plasma physics at graduate school, in order to develop fusion energy.
Why do I like tutoring? I like to help people. The student has a problem that they don’t understand their school subject, and I have some tools to help with that problem.
Why do I like tutoring? It’s for the light in the student’s eyes when they finally get it. It’s akin to the kind of joy when kindling a fire, when the sparks finally catch onto the paper scraps.
Why do I like tutoring? I like to see the student grow as a person. Learning from a tutor is completely different than learning from a computer because the tutor is a human being. And it’s a joy for me to offer any advice I have, being a few years down the academic road, and to accompany the student on their journey.

College:

Education: Princeton University
Undergrad Major: Physics

High School:

Class Rank: 1
Awards & Honors: National Merit Scholarship finalist; Presidential Scholars candidate; valedictorian; Top 25 GPA Award; Detroit TV Channel 7 Brightest & Best; AP Scholar with Distinction; homecoming representative; National Honor Society, secretary; marching band, trombone section leader, freshman instructor, Most Outstanding Musician; Michigan Youth Arts Festival Distinguished Scholar
Interests & Activities: jazz band; Musical Theater (Lead); Orchestra (cello); Singers a cappella group; Marysville Viking Barbershop Quartet; Missionary Church Bible Quizzing, international finals champion team; Youth for Christ, leader; lunch bible study, leader; community service; Independent Japanese Study; accordion and vocal street performance
SAT Scores: 800 Math, 800 Critical Reading, 720 Writing
ACT Scores: 36 Composite
AP Exams: 5 Biology, 5 Physics 1, 5 Calculus AB, 5 Computer Science,
5 US History, 5 World History, 5 English Lit, 5 English Lang
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2

Other:

Other Awards: Allen G. Shenstone Prize in Physics (2018)
Other Interests & Activities: Princeton Christian Fellowship, global missions team leader; Manna Christian Fellowship; Hope Presbyterian Church, attending; Glee Club, bass; ballroom dance; Dr. Staggs, summer research assistant; Princeton University of Tokyo Educational Partnership for Plasma, Dr. Ono, summer research intern; accordion
Location: Princeton University

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