I hold a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Brigham Young University, earned through the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. My coursework covered the full chemistry sequence, including General College Chemistry, Principles of Chemistry, both semesters of Organic Chemistry with the majors laboratory, Principles of Chemical Analysis, Biochemistry for Majors, and Structural Biochemistry. I also completed the physics sequence through Principles of Physics, Waves and Optics and...
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Brigham Young University, earned through the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. My coursework covered the full chemistry sequence, including General College Chemistry, Principles of Chemistry, both semesters of Organic Chemistry with the majors laboratory, Principles of Chemical Analysis, Biochemistry for Majors, and Structural Biochemistry. I also completed the physics sequence through Principles of Physics, Waves and Optics and Thermodynamics, and Electricity and Magnetism, along with Calculus 1 and 2. I earned a 4 on the AP Chemistry exam and a 31 composite on the ACT.
I have tutored since 2017 and worked steadily since 2019, with roughly one hundred students in chemistry, physics, and mathematics. I served as a chemistry teaching assistant at BYU for a year and completed the university's formal tutor training course. My approach is diagnostic rather than repetitive, because a stuck student is almost always stuck at one specific step rather than on a whole topic. Limiting reagent problems are typical. Most students can do the arithmetic but cannot say what they are computing, so I start with why the limiting reagent matters, which is that it is the reactant that runs out first and therefore where the reaction stops. From there we compare reactants proportionally rather than by mass, convert to moles, carry each through to the same product, and identify which yields less. Once students see that the procedure answers one physical question, they can solve unfamiliar problems instead of matching worked examples.
One student passed her medical entrance exam after working with me, a traveling nurse completed her certification, another raised a failing grade to passing over a semester, and a student I prepared for AP Physics passed the exam. What distinguishes me is range. Most chemistry tutors do not teach physics and most physics tutors do not teach chemistry, so students carrying both usually need two people.
