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David

Certified Tutor

6+ years

David

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

Reaction mechanisms are the language of organic chemistry, and David treats them that way — once a student can read electron flow through curved arrows, predicting products for substitution, elimination, and addition reactions becomes systematic rather than overwhelming. His Yale neuroscience traini...

Education

Yale University

Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

Harvard University

Current Grad Student, Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Test Scores
ACT
33
Rahul

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Rahul

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

Chemical engineering at Cornell meant Rahul didn't just pass organic chemistry — he applied it daily in reactor design, synthesis planning, and thermodynamic analysis of reaction pathways. That engineering lens gives him a distinctive angle on topics like carbonyl chemistry and stereoselectivity, wh...

Education

Cornell University

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Test Scores
Perfect Score
ACT
36
Lauren

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Lauren

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

Reaction mechanisms are the backbone of organic chemistry, and spotting nucleophilic attacks or predicting stereochemical outcomes requires genuine pattern recognition, not rote memorization. Lauren's chemistry minor at Duke and her hands-on lab research give her a practical fluency with functional ...

Education

Duke University

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience

Test Scores
SAT
1450
ACT
35
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 worked through organic chemistry from both the academic and pre-med sides — understanding mechanisms deeply enough to satisfy a chemistry major, and efficiently enough to apply them in biochemistry and pharmaco...

Education

Harvard University

Bachelor in Arts, Chemistry

Test Scores
SAT
1570
Jason

Certified Tutor

14+ years

Jason

PHD, Medicine and Education
Jason's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Arithmetic
Statistics
Middle School Math

Most students dread organic chemistry because it feels like an endless catalog of reactions with no logic behind them. Jason completed his pre-med coursework at Bryn Mawr's post-baccalaureate program, where he learned to approach reaction mechanisms — substitutions, eliminations, carbonyl additions ...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

PHD, Medicine and Education

University of Pennsylvania

Master's degree in Education

Yale University

Bachelor's degree in History

Test Scores
SAT
1470
ACT
34
Garrett

Certified Tutor

14+ years

Garrett

Bachelor in Arts
Garrett's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Physiology
Physics

Most organic chemistry frustration comes from trying to memorize hundreds of reactions instead of recognizing the handful of electronic patterns — nucleophilic attack, leaving group ability, steric effects — that drive all of them. Garrett teaches students to read arrow-pushing mechanisms as stories...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor in Arts

Test Scores
SAT
1530
Natasha

Certified Tutor

Natasha

Bachelor of Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Natasha's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra

Reaction mechanisms are the backbone of organic chemistry, and Natasha teaches them the way she learned them in her biomolecular engineering program — by tracing electron movement step by step until the logic feels inevitable rather than arbitrary. She digs into arrow-pushing, stereochemistry, and f...

Education

Johns Hopkins University

Bachelor of Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1500
Yasheen

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Yasheen

Bachelor of Science in Biology
Yasheen's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math
Geometry

Working in a cancer biology research lab means Yasheen encounters the organic chemistry behind drug design and molecular signaling every day — not as textbook problems, but as real questions about how functional groups determine a molecule's behavior in living systems. She connects that bench-level ...

Education

Yale University

Bachelor of Science in Biology

Rohan

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Rohan

Bachelors, Economics
Rohan's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Rohan's economics training built around modeling complex systems and tracing cause-and-effect chains — skills that translate surprisingly well to tracking electron flow through multi-step organic mechanisms. He teaches substitution and elimination reactions by emphasizing the decision points: what m...

Education

Northwestern University

Bachelors, Economics

Test Scores
ACT
32
Nicholas

Certified Tutor

5+ years

Nicholas

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Nicholas's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
Statistics
Differential Equations

Biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins means Nicholas encounters organic chemistry where it intersects with real applications — polymer biomaterials, drug delivery systems, and the functional group chemistry that governs how molecules interact with biological tissue. He teaches reaction types by gr...

Education

Johns Hopkins University

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1490
ACT
35

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