Award-Winning Organic Chemistry Tutors serving Melrose Park, IL

...brought me to who I am today. With a gentle push from my mother who insisted I take the PSAT for admissions to a competitive high school with an IB program, I reluctantly gave in and took the test. On the day of the results, I couldn't find my name on the list of accepted...

...Baltimore, Maryland. Then, I completed an AmeriCorps program working in a hospital in Los Angeles, California. I then attended graduate school at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. While in graduate school, I was a TA and helped several undergrads in biology. I have found that several students have the potential to do well in school....

...Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology. Starting before I completed my Bachelor's, I have been working with students to demystify learning. I have volunteered my time to help teenagers in underserved communities prepare for ACT and SAT testing. I also worked with small groups of elementary school students who were identified as performing below their grade...

...in their classes. I received an undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles from 2008 - 2012, where I earned a degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. Here I earned a prestigious University Research Program Scholarship with the Oppenheimer Foundation for one year. I also performed research for the Howard Hughes Foundation...

I am a current school psychology graduate student. I have been working with students as a tutor and mentor since high school. I believe that education is a gift, so it's important to me to make learning fun and personalized. My goal is to help students build confidence in themselves and find joy in the...

...four years, I helped middle schoolers hone their literacy skills within the Atlanta Public School system. In addition, I was a teacher's assistant to provide more opportunity for one-on-one learning. Even during COVID, I was able to use the BookNook platform to tutor young children remotely, and the lessons I learned from my tutees are...

...3rd grade all the way to collegiate level courses. I have tutored Math/ELA for elementary school students, and have tutored Introductory Chemistry (Semesters 1 + 2), Organic Chemistry (Semesters 1 + 2), Introductory Physics (Kinematics + Electromagnetism), and Biochemistry. My favorite subject to tutor is biochemistry - it is the subject I most enjoyed in...

...incorporate various learning styles. I get to know my students and develop lessons and materials that support them and their different needs. Besides Biology, I can also tutor Anatomy and Physiology. I have 34 years of teaching experience and have my Bachelor's of Science in Biology and my Master's of Science in Secondary Education. Both...

...establishing a sound conceptual foundation that a student can later extend into more advanced content and novel applications. I also believe that challenging students to think beyond the content presented is crucial for the development of critical thinking skills and curiosity. Beyond all else, however, I believe that one learns best when he or she...

...adapt. Over time I learned little tricks to make studying more efficient; to memorize more information in a shorter period of time. Of course, doing well in school also requires motivation. As your tutor, I can help teach you specific course material as well as more general study techniques that will keep you motivated to...

...Medical School. I majored in Chemistry and earned my Bachelors from the College of the Holy Cross while completing the Pre-Med coursework. While I tutored a variety of subjects, the sciences are my favorite! I am a strong advocate of teaching styles and exploring how they change over time for different students. In my free...

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...understand standardized tests as the puzzles that they are. By emphasizing connections between the contents of the tests and students' interests, I am able to highlight the patterns and rules that the tests operate under. High standardized test scores unlock a world of educational possibilities, and while they are not an absolute metric, students must...

...Medicine in the fall. Throughout high school and college, I have fallen in love with tutoring and seeing so many new faces in the process. I especially love to tutor in math, chemistry, MCAT, and chemical engineering topics, and have experience tutoring students of all ages - from elementary school to fellow college students. When...

...and junior high students through Mentoring Positives in Madison, Wisconsin. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about biology, chemistry, and math, as well as the MCAT exam. I place a high emphasis on content comprehension in preparation for standardized tests, as well as in other coursework. I also enjoy...

...a nationally certified EMT. I recently finished my 27-month contract as a United States Peace Corps Education Volunteer in Malawi. I taught Math, Physics, and Chemistry with a focus on critical thinking and study skills in an underserved rural secondary school. I especially enjoyed teaching math because it was a language my students and I...

...so I started attending tutoring sessions. It wasn't until I received this direct help that I was able to bring my grade back up and do so well in the class! Seeing how much tutoring helped me made me realize that I want to give back to others the knowledge that helped me get to...

...one form or another since I was a teenagerfrom Kung Fu to chemistry labs to mentoring PhDs in clinical settingsand I've learned that if you can't explain something clearly, you probably don't fully understand it. I hold a B.S. in Chemistry and an M.S. in Biochemistry from DePaul University, and I bring a practical, patient,...

...student community as the Outreach Chair of the Quest+ Scholars Network, and getting involved with the Society of Women Engineers' outreach committee. I currently hold a work-study position as an administrative clerical aide in the Institute of Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern and was an undergraduate researcher in the John Rogers Lab. As I look...

...excelled in science courses in biology, chemistry and physics. I feel extremely comfortable teaching these subjects to students who may need extra help and would love to help them succeed in these courses, as I understand how challenging they can be. Other than science and language skills, I would love to help students in the...