Lifesaver Tutoring

Specialties

Frank provides top quality lifesaving math tutoring on short notice.

Frank’s tutees have been admitted to outstanding universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Brown.

Frank’s expert, caring tutoring immediately puts students and parents at ease. He explains concepts clearly and employs a wide range of teaching and math skills to meet each student’s individual needs.

Frank emphasizes showing work for the express purpose of reducing risk of careless errors.

He takes care to give as much guidance as is needed, but no more — so that the student grows independently capable.

If a student has trouble understanding a particular explanation, Frank draws on his vast experience to use alternative explanations until the student «gets» it.

Frank is also an expert with the TI-​84 calculator, and shows students how to take full advantage of this amazing tool in ways they don’t teach you in school.

Any student who has questions in between tutoring meetings can easily reach Frank for a quick Skype tutoring session to get those questions answered.

Frank specializes in high school math tutoring and SAT tutoring. He also excels in college math tutoring, middle school math tutoring, ACT tutoring, GRE tutoring, and GMAT tutoring.

Frank covers many subjects, including Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics.

History

Established in 2009.

Lifesaver Tutoring was established by founder Frank Newman in 2009 in Durham, NC. Frank began training talented tutors in the Lifesaver Tutoring model starting in 2013.

Frank moved to NYC in January 2015, leaving associate tutor Jason Bohde to head the Durham branch. Frank now tutors primarily in NYC and its Jersey suburbs, but also continues to work with many Durham clients through Skype tutoring.

Meet the Business Owner

Frank N.

Business Owner

When Frank was younger, he excelled in state, national, and international math competitions. He also earned the following standardized test scores.

SAT Math: 800

SAT Math Subject Test Level 2: 800

ACT Math: 36

GRE Quantitative: 800

GMAT Composite score: 790

Frank has followed his passion for math tutoring and math teaching for 16 years. He has never held any other job.

Frank attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, with distinction, in Psychology and Mathematics. He stayed at Stanford to earn a Master of Arts in Psychology as well. He worked as a math tutor at Stanford throughout his time there.

Then Frank was a math teacher and math department chair at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, where teachers also serve as one-​on-​one tutors for their students during open periods in the school day.

In 2009, Frank founded Lifesaver Tutoring in Durham, NC, where he was arguably the most popular math tutor in town. Now he has come to tutor in NYC!