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Nathaniel
BA University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
9+ Years Tutoring

Cellular and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma means Nathaniel lives in the overlap between biology and chemistry every day — thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, acid-base equilibria, and the organic mechanisms that underpin biochemical pathways. He breaks down general and organic chemistry concepts by connecting them to real biological systems, which makes abstract ideas like Le Chatelier's principle or molecular orbital theory click faster. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Chris
BA University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
10+ Years Tutoring

I am a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. I received by Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. I have mostly tutored privately on my own time in one on one sessions. I mostly enjoy helping others with math and science related problems. Education is necessary to improve life and I want others to realize this. In my spare time I enjoy thought provoking literature.

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Abrahim
BA University of California Los Angeles • Doctor of Medicine, Premedicine Medical College of Wisconsin
4+ Years Tutoring

Medical school demands fluency in chemistry that goes well beyond introductory courses, and Abrahim brings that depth to college-level topics like thermodynamics, kinetics, and electrochemistry. He diagnoses conceptual gaps fast — if a student can balance an equation but can't explain why a reaction is spontaneous, that's exactly where the session will dig in.

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Sarah
BA Washington University in St. Louis
1+ Years Tutoring

Leading weekly peer mentor sessions for General Chemistry at WashU means Sarah doesn't just know college chemistry — she's actively teaching it, walking small groups through problem sets on equilibria, stoichiometry, and solution chemistry every week. That hands-on repetition sharpens her ability to spot exactly where a concept falls apart for each student and rebuild understanding from that point. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Michael
BA Yeshiva University • Current Grad Student, Medical Doctor Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1+ Years Tutoring

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 concept resurfaces later. His biology degree from Yeshiva College (summa cum laude) and time teaching MCAT prep for Kaplan gave him practice breaking down the exact topics that trip up college chemistry students: stoichiometry setups, equilibrium expressions, and the leap from qualitative reasoning to quantitative problem-solving.

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Brittany
BA University of Pennsylvania
1+ Years Tutoring

Tackling college-level chemistry means juggling thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium all in the same problem set. Brittany was employed at the University of Pennsylvania's Tutoring Center specifically for General Chemistry I and II, where she worked with both undergraduates encountering the material for the first time and graduate students brushing up on fundamentals. That range sharpened her ability to adjust explanations to any level of preparation.

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Matthew
BA Yale University
6+ Years Tutoring

Working in a Yale research lab with tools like CRISPR-Cas9 means Matthew encounters gen chem principles — reaction kinetics, molecular interactions, buffer systems — in live experimental contexts, which sharpens how he explains them back at the introductory level. His biochemistry and molecular biology coursework built fluency with the bridge between general chemistry and its applications, so he can show students exactly why mastering something like equilibrium or thermochemistry pays off two courses down the road. Holds a 5.0 rating.

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Vania
BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1+ Years Tutoring

MIT's general chemistry sequence is notoriously fast — Vania not only survived it but tutored other students through it via the university's Seminar XL and Tutorial Services Room programs, where she got fluent in the exact places students stall out on topics like thermochemistry, equilibrium, and electron configuration. Her mechanical engineering training means she thinks about chemistry problems quantitatively, tracing how molecular-level behavior connects to the math rather than treating equations and concepts as separate tasks. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Olivia
BA University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
6+ Years Tutoring

Four years of chemical engineering coursework at Pitt meant Olivia didn't just take gen chem — she leaned on it daily through material balances, reaction engineering, and process thermodynamics, so concepts like enthalpy, equilibrium constants, and stoichiometry are second nature rather than distant memories from freshman year. She's especially sharp at bridging the gap when students can set up a problem conceptually but lose the thread during multi-step calculations involving unit conversions or gas law algebra. Rated 4.9 by students.

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Mosab
BA Tufts University • Current Grad Student, Health Sciences Harvard University
1+ Years Tutoring

General chemistry at the college level lives or dies on whether you actually understand what's happening at the molecular level — equilibrium shifts, thermodynamic spontaneity, orbital hybridization — or just memorize formulas. Mosab's health sciences graduate work means he uses these concepts constantly and can connect them to real biochemical applications. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Alex
BA Mcgill University
1+ Years Tutoring

A bio-organic chemistry degree means Alex has lived through the full gen chem sequence and then pushed those concepts further — into reaction mechanisms, molecular orbital theory, and the quantitative problem-solving that upper-level chemistry demands. That depth shows up when tackling topics like chemical kinetics or periodic trends, where he can explain not just how to solve a problem but why the underlying chemistry behaves the way it does.

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Matt
MS Columbia University in the City of New York • BA University of Pittsburgh
1+ Years Tutoring

Matt's neuroscience degree with a chemistry minor means he didn't just pass gen chem — he built on it through upper-level coursework in biochemistry and physiology, where concepts like molecular bonding, reaction energetics, and equilibrium stop being abstract and start explaining how biological systems actually function. That applied perspective lets him teach college chemistry topics by anchoring them to something concrete, which tends to make the leap from lecture notes to problem sets much less painful. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Rachel
BA Washington University in St. Louis
15+ Years Tutoring

When college chemistry students feel overwhelmed, it's usually because topics like gas laws, equilibrium, and stoichiometry are piling up faster than they can organize the connections between them — and untangling that clutter is where Rachel excels. Her science background across biology, anatomy, and physiology means she's applied gen chem principles in multiple contexts, so she can show how a concept like acid-base behavior or molecular polarity actually functions beyond the textbook chapter it first appears in.

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Joyce
BA University
1+ Years Tutoring

Pursuing a dual degree in biostatistics and public health at Brown, Joyce has worked through college chemistry with the quantitative rigor that comes from living in both the biology and statistics sides of STEM — so she's comfortable with the molarity calculations, reaction stoichiometry, and equilibrium expressions that overwhelm students who expected a purely conceptual course. She tackles problems by clarifying the chemical logic first, then showing how the math follows naturally from it.

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