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UMD General And Organic Chemistry Tutor 2024
Mayya Alocci is a veteran chemistry tutor with over 14 years of tutoring experience. She is an Honors graduate of NYU with a double major in chemistry and psychology. Mayya has tutored hundreds of students in general and organic chemistry with outstanding results resulting in many successful medical school admissions. She is the founder of Transformation Tutoring.
UMD General Chemistry
(CHEM131 and CHEM271)
Textbook Used: Interactive General Chemistry through Achieve Learning
General Course Description This class is an overview of the periodic table, inorganic substances, ionic and covalent bonding, bulk properties of materials, chemical equilibrium, and quantitative chemistry.
Exams and Quizzes: There are 3 exams (100 points each), final exam (200 points) and home work (10-25 points each)
UMD Organic Chemistry
(CHEM231 and CHEM241)
Textbook Used: "Organic Chemistry”, Marc Loudon
Exams: There are three exams (100 points each) and a final exam (150 points). Homework is worth 150 points as well.
How to do well: Do all of the in chapter and end of chapter practice problems. Do all of the homework problems and use solutions manual to go over questions you were not sure about. Go over practice exam questions given. Like always, practice makes perfect and hard work and time can make a difficult class easier and more fun.
The preparation will depend on the professor you have and what kind of problems and topics the professor puts focus on.
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