First class University of Cambridge graduate offering admissions guidance for students applying for humanities courses at university.

Jo provided me with invaluable help during my application to Cambridge University to study History. Her advice enabled my historical reasoning skills to develop greatly, and this certainly contributed to the success of my application.

The guidance that Jo offered me was mainly tailored around historical reasoning, since at the time I was preparing for the Cambridge History entrance exam, which predominantly tests critical thinking skills. Her communication of historical methodology was always very clear, concise and eloquently put, whilst the guidance itself that she offered was always incredibly in-depth and comprehensive. Jo very obviously has a firm knowledge as to the technicalities of historiography and the intricacies of different types of historical writing (including the impact this has on the relationships between form, audience and purpose in a source) and this meant that her advice was incredibly useful in enabling me to approach the primary sources I evaluated in the exam in a balanced and enlightened way. Since I faced unseen primary sources in the exam, Jo’s advice was valuable in helping me to understand how to comment on diverse evidence types without having a grounding in the particular historical area I was faced with.

Jo also provided me with very helpful advice as to her own techniques of historical study; such as simplifying the study of sources by breaking them down to their individual components. Meanwhile, Jo also prioritised her advice so the application process might be more manageable for me.

Jo was simply an incredible source of guidance to me; and I could not recommend her tutoring more.

I am delighted to write a recommendation in strong support of Johari’s services on Superprof. Having studied alongside Johari at Cambridge, I have been unfailingly impressed by her commitment, hard work and enthusiasm for her subject. Johari demonstrates not only passion and talent, but also the genuine independence and self-motivation necessary to teach other. She has excellent interpersonal skills, and shows a genuine care and concern for her peers. In short, Johari possesses all of the skills and personal attributes that will make an excellent tutor.