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Raymond V.
Private tutor in Houston, TX
Education
Graduated with degrees in Chemistry and History from Rice University 2012, 3.9/4.00 GPA, currently a third year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine pursuing a residency in general surgery.
Experience
I started a tutoring program for children in the Umland Park neighborhood in south Houston in 2010. Additionally, I was an academic fellow at my residential college at Rice University for two years in organic chemistry and biochemistry, including being Head Academic Fellow in my senior year which. I was also the Biochemistry 301 teaching assistant where I held a weekly review session for the students in the class. I also helped run an anatomy tutoring session for the first year medical students when I was a second year student. I want to be a tutor because I know I have a great facility for certain subjects, such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, history, and writing to name a few. Because I know I can help others who struggle in these areas increase their understanding, I feel that I have a responsibility to help them. That was why I became an academic fellow at my residential college, which is a prestigious and unpaid position; I knew I could help my classmates increase their understanding of the material. Because I knew I could, I felt like I had the responsibility to act on it. That is the same reason why I started a tutoring program for kids in the Umland Park neighborhood. I had done work for Habitat for Humanity in the area and saw the need for a tutoring program. Because I knew I could implement such a program, I had the responsibility to do so. I scored a 2250 on my SAT (Reading 750, Math 770, Writing 730), I scored a 34 on my MCAT (Verbal 10, Physical Sciences 11, Biological Sciences 13), and I scored a 5 on the following AP exams: Biology, English Language, World History, US History, Calculus BC, Macroeconomics, Government. I scored a 4 on the English Literature and Spanish Literature AP exams. I received an award from the Rice History Department for demonstrating excellence in the study of British history in spring 2011. I also received an award from the Community Involvement Center at Rice the same spring recognizing my work in the Umland Park neighborhood. I spent two summers and a good part of my junior year working in the Colvin lab at Rice, which focuses on nano-chemistry. I learned how to operate the atomic force microscope and won a poster session with my work characterizing nanoparticles. I also received a publication with the work I did on quantifying PEG-coated nanoparticles. Currently I do research in the congenital heart surgery department of Texas Children's hospital where I have one publication about the success rates in operations for recoarctation of the aorta and have another project about the outcomes on the congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries in the TCH experience.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, American History, Anatomy, Ancient and Medieval Heritage, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP United States History, AP US History, AP World History, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, CLEP Biology, CLEP Chemistry, CLEP History of the United States I, CLEP History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present, CLEP Humanities, CLEP Social Sciences and History, CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648, CLEP Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present, College Essays, COMPASS Reading, Essay Editing, European History, General Chemistry, History, Honors Chemistry, IB History HL, IB History SL, MCAT Biological Sciences, MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills, MCAT Social and Behavioral Sciences, PSAT, SAT Subject Test in Chemistry, SAT Subject Test in United States History, SAT Subject Test in World History, SAT Verbal, Test Prep, US History, World Civilization, World History, World Literature