Physics tutor through undergraduate college level. Leader of US high school physics team competing at international level. Professional math instructor for Mathnasium. 800 on SAT math, first try.

Nihal is the man! Looking back, I won the lottery when he was assigned to me through our school's volunteer tutor program. I've always struggled with math... in fact I used to "hate" math. Nihal made me realize that I don't hate math, I hate being confused by it. It didn't take Nihal long to notice how behind I really was. I barely passed algebra I, forgot all of it, and now I was taking algebra II (and failing). But Nihal never got upset when he realized I had forgotten something (or not paid attention the first time). He would simply go over the concept again, from scratch. It would click, and then I would actually be ready to learn the concept I was currently learning in school. Some other tutors I've had would just keep going through the current material, even when it was obvious I had no idea what they were talking about. They were just trying to get through the session, but Nihal actually cared about helping me. After a few sessions, I went from getting 20% on everything to only getting As.