Here are the steps that I take in working with students:

• Student Selection: I carefully evaluate every new student. I start with a brief casual interview with the student to make sure the student is motivated, understands the difficulty of math competitions, and is able to put enough effort into succeeding.
• Evaluation: During the first few sessions I make sure I get a good understanding of my student’s weaknesses and strengths.
• Session Details: Sessions are generally done weekly and last for 90 minutes. Session notes will be shared with the student right after the class. If requested, sessions may be recorded and shared with the student.
• Expectations from Students: After every session I assign about ten– carefully chosen– problems so the student works on those problems over the week. Sometime before the following session, the student sends me his solutions or attempts at solutions.
• Discussion of Solutions:  When discussing solutions, I start with the attempts that my student has made, even if that attempt doesn’t seem to get you anywhere. I believe there is a great value in exploring an unsuccessful solution, both in understanding why it doesn’t work and in understanding where it might work. I present solutions in a way that allows a student understands how the solution can be obtained and what the thought process behind getting a certain solution is. I will often present alternative solutions.
• Feedback: I frequently send my feedback to parents.

Over the past two decades I have prepared numerous students for the following competitions:

• US Math Olympiad Competitions: American Mathematics Contests (AMC 8/10/12) American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) and USA Mathematical Olympiads (USAJMO and USAMO).
• National Math Olympiads: Indian Math Olympiad (RMO and INMO), Iranian Math Olympiad, British Math Olympiad (BMO), Mexican Math Olympiad (MMO) , Singapore Math Olympiad (SMO) and Australian Math Olympiad (AMO).
• International Math Olympid (IMO).
• Putnam Competition.