LINA

Lina is currently at the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College. There, she is pursuing a B.S. degree in Accounting with a minor in Mathematics. So far, she has taken a wide range of STEM and humanities courses, including Economics, Accounting, Finance, Money & Banking, Multivariable Calculus, Statistics, Sociology, Psychology, Literature, and Art. Lina scored 1510/1600 on the SAT and received a 22/24 on the old SAT’s essay section. She also scored a 760 on both the Math SAT II and Chemistry SAT II subject tests.

Lina graduated from Stuyvesant High School. She began taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses as early as freshman year with AP Human Geography, which she scored a 5 on. Following that, she took AP World History, AP US History, AP English Language and Composition, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, and AP Macroeconomics during her sophomore, junior, and senior years. Lina was a chemistry tutor and essay editor with Stuyvesant’s National Honor Society, ARISTA. She also danced in Stuyvesant’s annual StuySquad and SING! shows. Lina is the younger cousin of long-time Kweller Prep tutor Dasha.

During her time as a tutor at Kweller Prep, Lina has taught 8+ SHSAT courses, 3 essay writing courses, and 2 ELA/Math Common Core courses. Lina has also privately tutored over one dozen students, many of whom received specialized high school acceptance offers and stellar scores on standardized exams and school exams. Lina strives to be a mentor to students and finds unique ways to make her classes engaging. Outside of school, she has danced modern dance for over ten years. When not teaching at Kweller Prep, Lina loves riding her bike, exploring NYC, painting, and baking cookies.