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Clara

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Clara

Bachelors, Psychology
Clara's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math

Instead of walking students straight to an answer, Clara asks them to explain the reasoning back — which in college chemistry means quickly exposing whether someone actually understands, say, why a buffer resists pH change or is just plugging into Henderson-Hasselbalch by rote. Her psychology backgr...

Education

Stanford University

Bachelors, Psychology

Test Scores
SAT
1510
Christopher

Certified Tutor

Christopher

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Christopher's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
College Algebra
Algebra 3/4
Trigonometry

Engineering coursework at Harvard means Christopher regularly uses chemistry concepts like thermodynamics, equilibrium, and reaction kinetics in applied settings. He teaches college chemistry by connecting abstract ideas — say, Gibbs free energy or electrochemical cells — to tangible problems, makin...

Education

Harvard College

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Test Scores
ACT
35

Certified Tutor

Michelle

Current Grad Student, M.D.
Michelle's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Geometry
Calculus

Second-year med student at Baylor College of Medicine, Michelle still remembers exactly which gen chem concepts — electron orbitals, buffer systems, reaction thermodynamics — became non-negotiable once biochemistry and physiology started building on them. Her Rice biochemistry degree means she learn...

Education

Baylor College of Medicine

Current Grad Student, M.D.

Rice University

Bachelor's in Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Test Scores
SAT
1570

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

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

Certified Tutor

13+ years

Sung

Bachelor of Science
Sung's other Tutor Subjects
7th-11th Grade math
Calculus
Algebra
Chemistry

Sung earned his B.S. in Chemistry, which means he can unpack topics like thermodynamics, equilibrium constants, and molecular orbital theory with real depth rather than surface-level definitions. He connects abstract concepts — like why Gibbs free energy determines spontaneity — to concrete problem-...

Education

Yale University

Bachelor of Science

Test Scores
SAT
1500
ACT
34

Certified Tutor

15+ years

Matthew

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Matthew's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math
Geometry

Thermodynamics, equilibrium constants, and reaction kinetics sit at the intersection of chemistry and the engineering principles Matthew studied through his master's degree. He unpacks derivations step by step so that concepts like Gibbs free energy or Le Chatelier's principle feel like logical conc...

Education

Stanford University

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1580

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

Certified Tutor

Josef

Bachelor of Science
Josef's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Nutrition
Biochemistry

Having served as an undergraduate teaching assistant at Cornell for introductory biochemistry, Josef has spent real time diagnosing where students get stuck on foundational chemistry — electron configurations bleeding into bonding theory, or mole concepts falling apart during stoichiometric conversi...

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science

Test Scores
SAT
1530

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

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