Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...concentration in Cinema Studies and a minor in Chemistry. I was recruited to Penn for creative writing, and have always been passionate about all things literature. I have extensive experience editing college essays as well as writing for different genres, from scientific blog posts to research papers to creative endeavors. I believe the key to great writing is the ability to channel your own individual voice, and I aim to guide students in developing their...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...of Oregon alum and avid football fan, I graduated with Chemistry and Chinese degrees before earning a Masters of Education from the Relay Graduate School in New York. After 7 years of tutoring and 3 years of teaching, I am excited to support students in science, math, language, and exam prep. A mild caffeine addict, I stay active through lacrosse and running, listen to podcasts while roaming the city, and love to discover new coffee...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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I love teaching, and I can help with any subject: SAT prep, reading, math, science, etc. I'll be starting medical school soon, finished undergrad in Biomedical Engineering and minored in Government and Politics. Then, I did a 1 year MPH abroad on a prestigious graduate fellowship, one of 12 Americans selected nationally - had a full scholarship for both undergrad and the MPH.
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...my EMT license and moved to Bozeman, Montana. While living in Bozeman, I was a ski patroller at Big Sky Resort. While patrolling, I discovered a fascination with medicine. After one more season patrolling at Big Sky and two at Crystal Mountain, I fulfilled prerequisites in Bozeman, took the MCAT, and applied to medical school. My undergraduate education focused on the humanities and social sciences, but applying to medical school left me thoroughly acquainted with...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...and certificates in Global Health and Arabic. Prior to college, I regularly tutored high school peers in science and math. Through a college student organization, I later tutored refugee and immigrant adults and children in topics including ESL, reading comprehension, and math. I was also a teaching assistant for an intermediate-level Arabic course. While I can tutor for a variety of subjects due to my academic background, my specialties are math, biology, chemistry, and ESL....
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...recently graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Microbiology and Anthropology. love working with students and helping them reach their full potential. I use friendship and empathy to motivate the students I work with. I have significant experience teaching ACT, and I can help with both high school and college level science and math coursework. I've also scored highly in the MCAT and can help students with achieving their goal scores....
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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Graduate from Northwestern University with a BA in Neuroscience. I've been a peer tutor in high school as well as college, in addition to being a private tutor for the ACT and SAT. I've also recently taken the MCAT as part of applying to medical school. I enjoy sharing my own experiences with these tests, and I also want to help my students reach their goals and overcome any challenges they might have.
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...Fall. I took the MCAT exam in June 2016 and I scored a 523 on the new MCAT, placing me in the 99.99th percentile of all test takers. Throughout my exam prep, I developed a bunch of helpful shortcuts and strategies that helped me to do well when the time came to take the exam. After all, knowing the content is only 50% of the battle. I would love to share my knowledge and experience...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...My name is Isa and I attended Wellesley College where I studied Neuroscience and Chemistry. On my own MCAT, I scored a 516, placing me in the top 5% in the nation, including a top 2% score in the critical analysis (reading) section. On the ACT, I scored in the 95th percentile, with a Reading Comprehension score in the 97th percentile. I began teaching and tutoring in 2011, and have helped students in a number...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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I attended the University of Texas at Austin for my undergraduate studies, where I found my passion for the natural sciences. As I found ways to make the material more comprehensible, I was able to help my classmates and eventually decided to tutor. After spending over two and a half years tutoring in college, I went to medical school at UTMB and started tutoring first-year medical students during my second year. My...
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I am a foreign medical graduate with MD in Physiology and Anatomy. I am an experienced medical research professional with hands-on patient care experience. I have completed a bachelors of medicine and surgery and my MD in Bio Science from India. I am teaching biology at Lone Star Community College. I have taught undergrad medical, nursing and pharmacology students. I can teach anatomy, physiology, biology, microbiology and various other science subjects and clinical subjects.
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...of Georgia and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2017. At UGA, I did research in a synthetic organic chemistry lab, publishing a paper and presenting at several conferences. In addition to my medical school rotations, I'm currently doing research with the Pathology department here at MCG. I've been tutoring for over three years and have experience teaching a wide range of subjects, including test prep for the SAT, ACT, and MCAT. I...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...mathematics, anatomy, physiology, etc. I can also help with standardized testing, specifically ACT or MCAT preparation. Outside of school, I really enjoy reading, running and going on adventurous backpacking trips with friends. I have a passion for teaching; I really enjoy working with others to solve and learn from complex problems. I believe I have a friendly, patient, and efficient style of educating others. I am excited to have the opportunity to work with you!
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...platform that would allow me to interact with more students than I normally would be exposed to. Overall, I am passionate about helping students because I literally once was in their shoes. I know how impactful a good tutor can be, and I want nothing more than to become that person for others. As was mentioned above, I have a passion for tutoring Organic Chemistry, but I also am tutoring in Biochemistry, College and High...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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I tutored as a part of UC Berkeleys tutoring department for over 3 years. I am experienced in teaching science courses, specializing in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Bio/Biochem, and Physics. Scientific concepts are much more than rote memorization; you will encounter these concepts again and again down your STEM academic careers! That is why I aim to break these concepts down in tailored fashion for students to maximize personal understanding and retention.
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...town of State College, PA. While tutoring in many subjects brings me great joy, I especially love tutoring students in Chemistry, Biology, and standardized exams (I am a 96th percentile scorer on the MCAT and a 99th+ percentile scorer on the SAT). I am passionate about being an academic mentor to my students by helping them fine-tune their studying strategies, as I truly value understanding and catering to them as unique learners. Nothing makes me...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...Placement (AP) exams. I'd like to say that I have never struggled in school, but that is simply not the case. I know very well the struggle and frustration with receiving bad marks no matter how much effort I put in. I felt myself the anxiety surrounding standardized testing, especially before and during the ACT, SAT, and 10 AP exams I took as a high school student. It was through these less-than-pleasant experiences, though, that...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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I have a MS and a partial PhD in Biology with over 7 years teaching experience. I have also taught community college Intro Biology for 1.5 years. I have a very patient personality and I enjoy teaching students.
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...my graduation, I had extensive experience tutoring biochemistry and other topics within the sciences. After graduating, I have continued teaching basic reading skills and mathematics to adult students with the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford. While I am currently applying to medical school, I am also working as a Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital. Additionally, I am continuing to maintain the Firefighter and EMT certifications that I have used extensively over the last seven...
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Certified MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutor
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...pre-med, applying to medical school soon. As someone aspiring to be a doctor I have a strong science and math background but have striven to become a well rounded student. I have been tutoring since high school, and I truly enjoy helping people figure out difficult concepts or getting that lightbulb moment. I think the best way to learn is to find ways that the concept relates to you or can visualize. Mistakes are always...
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The Physical Sciences section of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) involves questions covering general chemistry and general physics. With such a broad range of topics, it is important for you to have a comprehensive prep process that hits each and every concept. Furthermore, spending significant amounts of time with practice questions and exams can help develop your problem-solving and critical reasoning skills, which are crucial for success on this section of the exam. The available MCAT Physical Sciences instructors have all scored highly on this portion of the test, and they are motivated and passionate about helping you master the material relevant to this section. There's no reason to go it alone when preparing, as there are skilled professionals who can show you the way without any guesswork at all.
Varsity Tutors can connect you with the best MCAT Physical Sciences tutors, who are available to go over practice questions and exams, to work through notes or MCAT prep books, to discuss overall study strategies and testing techniques for this portion, and to spend extra time on particular subjects you may be struggling with. With MCAT Physical Sciences tutoring, you can also receive help understanding all the major relevant topics in general chemistry, including periodic trends, intermolecular forces, oxidation-reduction chemistry, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, nuclear chemistry, reaction kinetics and equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, and electrochemistry. Additionally, tutors are available to review and discuss general physics topics. Instructors have helped students gain confidence in linear motion and free-fall, forces, momentum, work, energy, harmonics, wave characteristics, electrostatics, magnetism, quantum principles, circuit elements, and optics. Aside from reviewing content, tutors are also dedicated to continuously developing your problem-solving skills and ensuring that you understand questions answered incorrectly on practice exams and question sets.
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Adequately preparing for the MCAT Physical Sciences section requires studying the course content and practicing with the test format. This section includes 52 questions, and you have 70 minutes to complete the entire set. Many questions are based on passages, and there are also several stand-alone questions that call on your existing knowledge, rather than a series of background details. Your final score is based on how many questions you get right; it is possible to skip questions or guess the answers, but sufficient practice and preparation should enable you to answer the problems confidently. Your MCAT Physical Sciences tutor will also discuss the formulas and equations you'll need to memorize, plus the material related to reaction chemistry, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and more. Although a periodic table of elements is provided during the exam, you should be familiar with the common elements and their basic properties.
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Recent MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems Tutoring Session Notes
Reviewed concepts in physics and chemistry. Reviewed concepts of kinematics including vectors and equations for linear motion. Completed high yield problems in linear motion. Reviewed practice problems on bonding and chemical interactions
The student and I discussed physics problems including torque, equilibrium, force vectors, electricity, and magnetism. The student made some minor errors due to misreading, miscalculating, or not understanding the questions properly.
We briefly discussed the test as a whole, then switched focus to physics. We started with kinematics, covering scalars/vectors, motion, falling bodies, and projectiles.
Per the schedule that the student and I worked out she is working on physical sciences until next Thursday. We spent this session answering some questions that she had about torque and center of gravity. After covering those topics we spent the last hour of the session working through verbal passages.
Today we went through the physical sciences section of a practice MCAT that the student took last week. We went through how hydrogen bonding affects melting point and properties of waves. Her verbal reasoning and biological sciences scores were up on this test so I'm really excited!
The student and I reviewed acids and bases (general chemistry) as well as periodic motion (physics). We went over a number of concepts and formulas, and then practiced applying these topics to discreet questions and some passage-based questions. Although I'd initially planned to cover sound today too, it seemed like we'd already covered more than enough content for one afternoon. Since both of these topics are topics that the student didn't feel confident in, I assigned two topical tests and a number of exam questions for her to practice on throughout the next week.
