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"Heya melanie itz bri n john uzt 2 giv me physicz tutorin. I wld lyk 2 say fanku so much 4 it realli helped me. I cldnt hav done it wifout aheadstart!"
Brianna Millward, January 2010
Year 12, Level 2 Physics
"I repeated year 12 physics as I need it for Medical Imaging. I had already learnt the material, I just wasn't grasping ideas as well as I could have. Having tuition from Mel refreshed the topics and went into detail so that I had a clear idea of all of the concepts. I
believe that getting tuition from Mel meant I could go into my exams with confidence and I am quite confident that I will get the grades I am looking for!."
Alice, December 2010
Year 13, Level 2 Physics
"Hi Melanie. You will be pleased to know that I passed all of my maths papers and even managed two merits for graphs and sequences. There is no doubt that these results stemmed from the tutoring you gave me so thanks again for you help."
Briar, January 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"I passed all my maths and science papers with achieveds and merits."
Kieran, January 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics & Science
"Thanks and thank you, you really helped me!"
Ngaio Hughey-Cockerall, January 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Biology
"[I enjoyed] how Mel went into alot of detail and didn't give up until I was very comfortable with the subject. Also how Mel is more fun than teachers at school which makes the lessons more enjoyable."
Alice Christensen, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"There are many things I understand better due to tuition. Firstly and most importantly, I found the most improvement in my electronics and magnetism test compared to the section of electronics and magnetism in the end of year exam (I got full marks in that section
compared to the 65% I got in the unit test). I believe I struggled with it when I did the unit test but I found it far easier in the exam due to the tuition lessons I had been taking. Secondly I remember the huge improvement in geology. Geology was probably one of my weakest
science subjects but due to tuition I actually started to enjoy it. I think that is because I actually didn't understand it properly before I started tuition. I learnt that you can really dislike a subject because you simply don't understand it but on the contrary, once you
understand the principles, it could be very enjoyable. I also got good marks for that in the end of year exam."
Shalini Abeykoon, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics & Science
"[Tuition] also helped me have a better understanding of the maths subjects I wasn't doing too well in and also helped me set realistic goals for the subjects. Once I got what I wasn't getting it made my confidence go up as I knew that I could actually do
it."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Thank you for the help over the past few years. [It] made things a lot easier."
Alex Lawry, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Biology & Statistics
"My tutor was very helpful and went the extra mile by giving [me] lots of exam papers. I passed all my unit standards and internals - the ones I failed before I started tutoring. It was nice how everything was taught step by step. I had more understanding and wasn't
rushed. Thanks."
Nastassja Schoeman, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
"I think my tuition helped me understand the basics of the topics [and] then learn how to put that understanding to use when given a question. Over all it helped me to understand what questions I was going to get asked
and how to solve them the fastest way without making lots of silly mistakes."
Kate McDonald, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Statistics
"Everything that Mel went over with me is so much clearer now. She went into detail to help me grasp the concepts I was struggling with. I felt alot more confident going into my exams as a result of Mel's help. I am also
fairly confident that my NCEA marks will have improved from my mock exams when I hadn't had any tuition from Mel."
Alice Christensen, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"As a result of my tuition, answering differect kinds of exams, 1) has improved my confidence, 2) has taught me easier ways to solve problems. And step by step I have found myself loving the subject, and test marks have
improved successfully."
Donia Hend, December 2008
Year 13, Level 2 Chemistry & Calculus
"I understand Algebra better after having Melanie as a tutor because she explained everything I needed to know in simple steps before continuing onto more complicated and merit excellence questions. I felt that after having tuition my marks were much better and I felt more
confident in what I was doing."
Lucie, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics
"My exams went surprisingly well. I passed everything and got a merit in waves and algebra. Thanks so much for your help."
Rachael Peri, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
" I understand all of the subjects that I was struggling in alot better like algebra especially and number especially as we went through what I wasn't getting at a good pace so I could grasp it better. I also understand NCEA maths a bit better also as Mel
explained to me what I generally needed in order to pass, which was good as I could then aim for getting those right. Getting an understanding in all if this helped me feel more confident in all areas of my maths not just the subjects that I was struggling in. I was in a
relaxed environment which helps me learn better. Mel was also very patient with the things I didn't get."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Tuition really helped me with physics and chemistry. In my chemistry and physics internals I found the tuition Melanie provided helped me work out harder problems and understand them, and therefore I was pleased with my results."
Georgie, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"I have seen my results online and all I can tell you is that Chemistry and Calculus were the best results I had of all!! And that was my mum and dad said too..."
Donia Hend, January 2009
Year 13, Level 2 Chemistry & Calculus
"As a result of having tutoring I feel I understand every topic a lot better. Before I started tutoring I thought I understood the topic but test results said a different story. After having tuition I found I had a better
understanding of the topics in general and most of the time I understood what the question was asking.
I thought that Melanie was very helpful in explaining easy ways to understand what the question meant. In Solving Probability problems during the year my report was not achieving at the end of the year it changed to
Achieving well my results changed from a not achieved to a merit. Understanding the language they used in Probability was my biggest problem I feel tutoring really helped this subject improve as I grasped what they were really trying to ask.
In the subject Applying probability Distributions my results changed from not achieving to a merit. This is because I learnt when to apply binomial or Poisson or normal distributions. I learned the difference between these
three distributions and it helped improve my test results.
In the topic Using Confidence intervals my results changed from not achieved to an achieved but I feel that the practice and revision I did between the last school results and the final NCEA exam that hopefully my results
are higher than that. I feel more confident with this topic now.
Finally with the topic solving equation I could only ever do the simultaneous equations and not the graph part. I use to avoid this paper and did not do it in the school practice exam. So I do not have any results to show
how I have improved but I feel with the lessons I have received that I can now answer all questions in this topic and I find it the most enjoyable and the easiest topic to do out of all of them."
Kate McDonald, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Statistics
"I received my results for maths and have achieved all and also got two merits (in arithmetic and geometric sequences and non-linear graphs) :) I would like to take lessons again this year. "
Donia Hend, January 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"I am from St Andrew's College and have received tutoring from Melanie for the past two years, in Chemistry, Physics,
[Mathematics] and Calculus in NCEA levels 2 & 3. I have found it very helpful to revise work that I was unsure of and for practical problem solving. I Found Melanie easy to relate to, and she had a wide knowledge of all the above subjects."
Tom Whitehead, December 2007
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus, Chemistry & Physics
"Thanks for the tutoring, it was much appreciated and most helpful."
Tom Busler, November 2007
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
"I did OK in my exams. I only got one of the three science papers, but I did do better than I expected and I've passed with 106 credits and I'm very proud of myself. Thanks for all your help. Without it I wouldn't have achieved as much as I did."
Lexie McKellar, 2007
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics and Science
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