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Jessica

Certified Tutor

Jessica

PHD, Medicine
Jessica's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Calculus
Algebra
Honors Chemistry

Going from a Penn undergrad to medical school means Jessica sat through college chemistry twice — once as a prerequisite and again when biochemistry and pharmacology demanded she actually internalize concepts like reaction energetics, acid-base equilibria, and molecular interactions at a deeper leve...

Education

Nova Southeastern University

PHD, Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelors, History

University of Pennsylvania

undergraduate

Test Scores
SAT
1540
Kate

Certified Tutor

Kate

Masters, Environmental Engineering
Kate's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

General chemistry at the college level demands comfort with both conceptual reasoning and quantitative problem-solving — balancing redox half-reactions one day, then interpreting molecular orbital diagrams the next. Kate's master's work in environmental engineering required deep fluency in chemical ...

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Masters, Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors

Test Scores
SAT
1580
Rhea

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Rhea

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Rhea's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra

Being on the pre-med track at the University of Chicago means Rhea is taking college chemistry alongside the same students she tutors — she knows exactly which topics are tripping people up right now, from electrochemistry to solution stoichiometry, because she's working through them in real time. T...

Education

University of Chicago

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General

Test Scores
Perfect Score
SAT
1550
ACT
36
Rahul

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Rahul

B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Rahul's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Multivariable Calculus
Pre-Calculus
Geometry

Thermodynamics is Rahul's favorite corner of chemistry — and as a Cornell chemical engineering graduate (magna cum laude), he's applied concepts like enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, and reaction spontaneity far beyond the gen chem textbook, through upper-level coursework in physical chemistry and proce...

Education

Cornell University

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Test Scores
Perfect Score
ACT
36
David

Certified Tutor

6+ years

David

Current Grad Student, Bioethics and Medical Ethics
David's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
AP Chemistry
Biochemistry

Neuroscience at Yale meant David couldn't just skim gen chem — he needed concepts like electrochemistry, molecular bonding, and reaction thermodynamics to stick, because they showed up again in every neurobiology and biochemistry course that followed. Now pursuing graduate work in bioethics, he teac...

Education

Yale University

Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

Harvard University

Current Grad Student, Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Test Scores
ACT
33
James

Certified Tutor

James

Bachelor in Arts, Chemistry
James's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Algebra 3/4
Geometry
Calculus

Studying chemistry at Harvard while preparing for Columbia Medical School means James has taken college chemistry far past the introductory level — he knows which early concepts like electron configurations, VSEPR theory, and reaction stoichiometry quietly become load-bearing walls for everything fr...

Education

Harvard University

Bachelor in Arts, Chemistry

Test Scores
SAT
1570
Michael

Certified Tutor

Michael

Current Grad Student, Medical Doctor
Michael's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
AP Biology
Chemistry

Fourth-year med student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Michael has been applying gen chem principles — acid-base chemistry, reaction thermodynamics, solution behavior — in clinical and biochemical contexts for years, which means he can explain not just how to solve a problem but where that ...

Education

Yeshiva University

Bachelors, Biology, General

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Current Grad Student, Medical Doctor

Test Scores
ACT
34
Ravnoor

Certified Tutor

3+ years

Ravnoor

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Ravnoor's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Computer science at Cornell Engineering required Ravnoor to grind through the same rigorous gen chem sequence that gates so many STEM majors — and his 5.0 rating suggests he retained more than enough to teach it. He tackles calculation-dense topics like stoichiometry and gas laws by decomposing them...

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Test Scores
SAT
1520
Lauren

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Lauren

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience
Lauren's other Tutor Subjects
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra
Neuroscience

Working in Duke's Bilbo lab on neuroimmune interactions means Lauren applies gen chem principles — reaction kinetics, molecular polarity, acid-base behavior — in a research setting where getting the chemistry wrong has real consequences for experimental design. That hands-on context, paired with her...

Education

Duke University

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience

Test Scores
SAT
1450
ACT
35
Asta

Certified Tutor

Asta

Bachelor in Arts in Political Science
Asta's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
College Algebra
Arithmetic
Middle School Math

Though political science was her major at the University of Chicago, Asta's tutoring work across both chemistry and quantitative subjects means she's spent real time breaking down the conceptual hurdles in gen chem — balancing equations, working through mole conversions, and making sense of reaction...

Education

University of Chicago

Bachelor in Arts in Political Science

Test Scores
SAT
1530
ACT
35

Frequently Asked Questions

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