Bright Minds Academy

Bright Minds Academy

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Offers online services

About

National Merit Finalist (2021)

PSAT: 1500, SAT: 1590 (800-Math) (790-Reading and Writing), ACT: 35

Combining industry experience with professional tutoring experience, I have had the opportunity to fine-tune my methods to help students succeed in math classes and improve their SAT math scores. I approach each student uniquely, tailoring my lessons to the concepts and strategies that they need the most help with. I received an 800 on my math SAT, and I have helped students raise their SAT math scores by over 150 points.

I am a professional tutor working towards a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University. I have tutored professionally for the past four years and would love to help you or your child further their education during this pandemic. I am offering primarily online sessions at this time.

I believe everybody learns differently - as a student, I memorized songs and created flow charts to study for my standardized tests and courses. It took creativity and experimentation to find the learning methods that worked for me. As a tutor, I recognize that these tests are intimidating and that coursework can be quite challenging, but I also believe that individualized studying techniques and lessons to fill in the gaps in classroom education yield positive results.

I have a vast amount of teaching experience. I've tutored struggling high school and middle school students in Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Calculus, SAT prep, History, English, Spanish, and many other subjects. In recent months, I have expanded my business to tutor elementary school students and college students as well.

My goal as a tutor is to engage with my students on their terms - catering my lessons to their learning style, interests, and challenges. The value of tutoring lies in the one-on-one attention. A classroom will never be able to tailor lessons to a student's interests, aspirations, or particular challenges. I offer both a conceptual mastery of the subjects I tutor and a creative, flexible attitude to tutoring. I also aim to bolster my students’ confidence in their skills and abilities.

I believe every student is capable of grasping math concepts, and each of us just needs to connect with a person who can explain math in a way we can understand. I hope to be that person for you!

If you think we might be a good fit, don't hesitate to reach out to learn more! I am happy to answer any questions you might have, and I would love the opportunity to work with you or your child. I wish you all the best in getting the help you are looking for!


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Current Top Pro
Hired 1 time
3 years in business
Serves Cumming , GA
Offers online services

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    Laura H.

    It was a pleasure working with Akshi. She is truly amazing. She motivated my otherwise unmotivated son. She is, no doubt, very knowledgeable, very dedicated, very dependable, and much focused on the goal. She invests himself in the outcome for the student and is passionate about what he is doing, which doesnt surprise me considering his qualifications and background. She built on my sons strengths and very quickly identified his weaknesses and areas which required more attention. She had an uncanny ability to engage my son in a learning process so much so that my son actually enjoyed it which in turn allowed more gains from the meetings with Akshi. Two meetings were enough for my son to regain confidence in his own abilities and within a relatively short period of time my son made up for what he had lost since the beginning of the school year. Thanks to Akshis great personality and intuition she established very good rapport with my son early on. As a parent I felt very confident to leave my son in her hands. She is very professional. I highly, highly recommend her.
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    August 17, 2022

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    Margaret B.

    Akshi worked with our son, a junior at a very progressive school, when he needed to prepare for the SAT on a short schedule (3 weeks) in order to apply for a competitive summer program. Although our son has some natural talents in understanding math, he had little to no experience with standardized testing, had performed poorly on his fall PSATs and was still resistant to thinking that he could train for this test. Akshis work focused almost entirely on preparing our son for the math section. However, our sons grades improved remarkably across the WHOLE test (690, 700 and 620). We are certain that our sons success is directly attributable to Akshis advising and teaching. Akshi really helped him understand where he was strong, how to approach the test from his areas of strength and how to avoid potential mistakes that were correlated with his knowledge and learning style. Building a strategy for the test became appealing for our son. Akshi was realistic with him but also did not give him mountains of extra work (despite genuine concerns that he might be ill-prepared given the short time table). Rather, Akshi accepted who he was, helped him stay calm and take ownership of the work. There was a heavy focus on practice tests and understanding what it revealed about our sons approach to questions (knowledge and style and time spend on questions). Their interactions truly seemed to be one of mutual respect. We were thrilled to find a tutor who could demystify the test while also making sure that our son did not feel demeaned or insufficient. Rather, she inspired him to find what he can bring to the test and go from there. Furthermore, Akshi always provided us with immediate written feedback which was essential because our son is a boarding student so we never met Akshi personally. Finally, although the worked almost exclusively on math, Akshi taught him overall test taking skills and success. We are thrilled that our son was able to conquer his lack of experience and tendency for distraction such that he could perform on this test - a test that is an unfortunate gateway to many future learning opportunities in the area of engineering, science and math.
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    August 17, 2022

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    Patrick E.

    Had a major project due and had trouble finding a teacher. Would highly recommend Akshi. The price can be tough, but she will work outside of pay time to get a full grasp as to what you are doing so that she is able to maximize the time at which you are paying for to make sure you understand the material. 10/10 would recommend.
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    August 17, 2022

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    Cathryn S.

    Akshi is punctual, professional, friendly, patient and very knowledgeable. She has been great at teaching our daughter Geometry concepts in a way that she can understand. We cant thank her enough for his diligence and effort in helping our daughter to reach her goals. It is a real gift that is not only measured by an increase in productivity and grades, but also an invaluable confidence her students who achieve their academic goals will gain.
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    August 17, 2022

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    Joe M.

    Akshi was very thorough with the math topic we covered. I learned a lot from her. Im looking forward to our next session. I would certainly recommend Akshi to anyone needing tutoring.
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    August 17, 2022

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    Mark R.

    I have worked with many tutors to help me with my college essays, but Akshi is by far the best. Unlike many other tutors, she really cares about the final product that is put out. Akshi will spend extra time and go the extra mile to be sure that the essay is perfect. Akshi will go through the essay with you to make sure that it is grammatically correct and as powerful as possible. So far, I have worked with Akshi for two of my college essays. Akshi helped both turn out better than I expected. I will definitely be using her in the future!!!
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    August 17, 2022

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