Award-Winning Biochemistry Tutors serving Cleveland, OH

...know something is whether or not you can teach it to someone who may not be familiar with the subject matter. This a great challenge, but I enjoy it. I love to see the look on a person's face when they "get it." I have also found that I too learn new things about the subject that I may not have known before. This is a rewarding experience for me. The subjects I am most...

...often find me hanging out with friends, playing basketball, working out, or eating pizza. One of my favorite methods of helping others is teaching. As an older brother, I have been teaching in some forms throughout most of my life. In high school, most of my teaching experience came from annual basketball camps that the varsity team would hold for elementary-age players. In college, I gained plenty of experience on the academic side of teaching,...

...physics and biology. These courses provide a great opportunity to work one-on-one with students who need some extra help and to make sure that everyone is comfortable with the topic being examined. I believe that students gain a better understanding and appreciation for the material when they are led to the answer through questions and examples rather than just being told how to answer the question or perform the calculation. Although I have mostly taught...

...well not do it alone." I started working on homework with her and started to realize that I learned best when I taught others! Soon, I started "tutoring" many of my other pre-med friends in the same class and aced Chemistry! Since then, I've found a growing love for teaching others all sorts of subjects- especially all pre-medical sciences and the bible and it was my ticket into medical school! Still, medical school always hung...

My name is Jamal Alafifi. I graduated from the University of Arizona in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and I hold a Master of Science from SUNY-Upstate Medical University. In my spare time I like to work out, go hiking, and play golf.... My teaching philosophy is to allow the student to figure out as much as they can on their own rather than telling them what the answers are, and then from...

...school while working at the NIH for a year. During college, I spent a lot of my time tutoring peers and elementary/middle school children in Chester, PA, volunteering at local hospice facilities and at HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania), and doing research at the Cleveland Clinic. I have also tutored abroad in Korea in standardized test prep like SAT, MCAT, and SAT II. In my free time, I enjoy dancing and cooking, as...

...regarding the quality and safety of pet food. I am also an incoming medical student for the fall of 2025. I am comfortable tutoring pre-nursing, anatomy & physiology and I also tutor K-12 and am comfortable tutoring high school science courses. I tutor with patience, kindness and understanding. I have about 4.5 years of tutoring experience working with many different students and subjects. My approach is focusing on the student's well-being while tutoring. If a...

...academic interests, I live for soccer! Last winter, I went to London and saw my favorite team Arsenal play in their beautiful Emirates stadium. I'm starting to get back into my running and completed a marathon in Charleston in 2015 - I think this shows my perseverance and commitment to goals I set for myself. For Varsity Tutors, my goal is to gain greater experience helping students like yourselves in topics concerning the MCAT or...

...EC, and MS). After my career as an environmental scientist, I transitioned into a role as a pharmaceutical scientist. My primary responsibility was to develop formulations to support drug product delivery in the commercial marketplace. Analytical techniques to support the quality of the preparations were similar to those indicate above. With respect to tutoring/teaching, I started these activities during my time in graduate school. I have tutored students from 7th grade to graduate programs across...

I recently graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology Pre-Medicine. I have taken multiple biology and chemistry related classes, including microbiology, general chemistry, anatomy and physiology, etc. Also, I have an interest in Spanish, as I have taken 6 different Spanish courses. I am starting graduate school Fall 2018 to obtain my Master of Arts in Biology.

...I'm currently a fourth year medical student. I graduated from UCSD with B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a minor in Visual Art. I'm very interested in math and science, as can seen with my educational background. Since I'm currently a student myself, I understand the frustration one can experience when faced with some academic challenges. I'm here to help and hopefully find a better way to overcome these challenges.

...- Cleveland State University Partnership for Urban Health where I'm a candidate to receive a medical degree in 2022. My background includes attending The Ohio State University where I graduated with a bachelor of science in biology. I also have some clinical experience as an emergency department scribe, and as a State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA). Additionally, I conducted research regarding BPA and breast cancer at the Biomedical Research Tower in Columbus, Ohio. I enjoy...

...a bachelors degree in psychology and working towards a second degree in health sciences with plans on matriculation to medical school in 2018. I have been tutoring since I was 14 years old. I have worked with all ages from elementary school up through college. Throughout my journey to medical school I have taken an abundance of science classes (biology, biochemistry, general and organic chemistry, as well as physics). During this process I have experimented...

...into my nursing career, I understood my desire to pursue medicine. I completed a postbaccalaureate premedical education over the course of five semesters, working part-time while attending basic science classes and preparing for the MCAT. My postbaccalaureate experience has provided me with hands-on teaching experience, skills in balancing MCAT prep with both school and work, and a clear picture of what it takes to master both the content and strategy necessary for a successful MCAT...

...have enjoyed all the gifts I have gotten from it. I went to Lone Star College Cy-Fair and then transferred to Baylor University where I earned my Bachelors degree with a major in Biochemistry and a minor in mathematics. Throughout my time in college, I was a tutor in both schools and enjoyed it a lot. During tutoring, not only am I teaching a student a concept but I am also learning that concept. That...

...Biochemistry and Metabolism. I am now in graduate school completing my Masters in Nutrition as well as my dietetic internship. My experience in tutoring consists of math, Spanish, science, and essay editing and I would love to help in any or all of those subjects. My hope is that after a tutoring session, students feel more comfortable with the subject they are working on, as well as have a deeper understanding of the concepts. Most...

...subject material to just the simple act of being in a classroom appealed to me very much. But as a grew and came to each new grade, I realized that the key thing that I loved the most about school was learning. Learning is such an amazing humanistic quality because every one of us has the capacity to do it. This passion of learning that I have always had was translated into everything that I...

...while trying to push myself to understand a new concept or struggling to learn a new subject. Because I know how this feels, I hope to create an enjoyable learning environment for those I tutor. Sometimes it is easy to forget that learning should be fun! Yes, learning a new concept does take a lot of work and effort but enjoying the learning process is something I hope to pass along to those whom I...

...have presented research posters at multiple research symposiums on topics ranging from genomic biology to public health. I have published a study on Diabetes in the Nepali-Bhutanese Population. I have worked in genomic wet labs at WVU to characterize the genomic pathway for FGF21 to identify novel targets for drug development with the goal of treating metabolic disease. I also worked in genomic toxicology to study the genomic toxicity of round up and 4-MCHM, a...

...received my Bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania, also in Materials Science. In addition, I have a minor in Chinese Language and Culture. I have always loved learning and science, which is why I pursued the highest possible degree. I just want to pass my love on through tutoring. I have tutored grades 1 though 12 from reading and phonics all the way to calculus and chemistry. I have also worked on test prep...