2025 Pre-Med Summer Bootcamp

"I was really glad that I chose to join the bootcamp. It made me feel less nervous and more prepared for the fall semester. I liked the quizzes throughout the bootcamp. I already love chemistry but the camp made me more excited. Plus, you are truly a great teacher. I understood all the concepts even the ones that were confusing to me in AP Chem. Thank you and keep up the great work!!"

"This was a fantastic resource! I attended some sessions live and some I accessed the recordings, and I found both to be helpful. I liked the reference sheet for the quiz as I felt it focused the learning and prevented me from feeling like I needed to look things up. Overall this was a great experience!"

"This bootcamp was super helpful to go over the basics, and remind me of things I didn't remember. I also loved how the sessions were recorded because I was able to go back and watch when I couldn't make the zoom."

"Overall, I liked the overall loose nature of the entire boot-camp. During the duration of the entire bootcamp live sessions, I had work (BU is expensive), so being able to watch the recordings during my breaks was convenient. I also liked how easy it was to follow the videos and how much practice was done."

"I honestly loved the gen-chem bootcamp. It helped me remember material from my chem class sophomore year of high school and made me feel more secure going into a college chem class. I think your teaching style is very effective and you make your students comfortable asking questions and asking for help."

"I thought it was a great review of high school chem and also taught new information in a way that made complicated concepts simple and easy to understand."

"It was very helpful! It's nice to see someone who went through the process speak of not just their experience but tips on what works and what to avoid. Overall it was an amazing experience."

"It was great! I didn't go to the zoom meetings because of my schedule but I watched the recordings on 2x speed which was really helpful. The content was super digestible and a good review of high school chem. I also like that you introduced some new topics so now I feel more prepared and familiar with the content."

"The bootcamp really helped me feel prepared for CHEM101 after not having taken chemistry in more than two years. It made me remember a lot of past things I've learned while teaching me new information that makes me feel confident going into class."

"You were wonderful in your explanations during each lecture. The worksheets were great to keep us on task and focused. And quizzes were great to keep you in the mindset of school time. I love that you record each session and if we don't make it to the live session we can play it on our own."

"I am extremely thankful that Michael Quinn hosted this bootcamp. Since I have not taken a chemistry course in over 2 years, I was initially very concerned about my ability to succeed in CH101 as an incoming freshman, but this bootcamp reinforced my chemistry foundations so that I am prepped for success in the fall."

"I thought the sessions were really helpful! I enjoyed the reviews and thought the tips and tricks you gave on the concepts, especially Lewis structures, were super useful. I liked how you organized everything using google docs making it convenient for us to access them."

"It was extremely easy to keep up with the lessons. Very little time commitment, but very beneficial. Not only did it provide a good refresher on concepts I learned in HS chem, it also introduced new concepts that I had never learned. I'm very very glad I did this."

"I feel like attending the gen-chem bootcamp was really helpful for me. I feel like I got a refresher on most concepts and some new topics that I will be learning in my general chemistry class this fall. I felt much more confident in my chemistry skills after attending the sessions."

"I think the bootcamp was very helpful. It helped me reinforce skills I haven't seen in a while and it exposed me to some new concepts. I also thought the pacing of the course was really good. Overall, I feel more prepared for gen-chem this fall."

"This bootcamp was super helpful to me, in terms of review from what I learned last year, and covering some of the trickier concepts to come! I really liked the pace that it went at, and your explanations when explaining some of the harder concepts were detailed enough that I had a good understanding by the end of it."

"This was exactly what I needed to feel more comfortable going into my freshman year. I haven't taken chemistry since my freshman year of high school, so I was nervous to take Chem 101. This bootcamp was perfectly paced and not too overwhelming. Being able to look back at the recordings, take quizzes, and participate in walk through worksheets made a huge difference in my confidence levels for the fall. Thank you so much (like actually)!!"

"You were great at teaching and made everything easily accessible to us, and overall everything was structured well. I liked the amount of worksheets you provided and thought that having a good amount of practice made your sessions really effective! Thank you!"

"My experience was amazing! I was so nervous to begin because I haven't taken chemistry since my sophomore year, and I forgot everything. But, with this bootcamp I feel more confident to tackle chem 101 in the incoming weeks. The lectures were always paced well and Mike is incredibly helpful/receptive to questions."

"The bootcamp was so helpful and the sessions were the perfect length and frequency during the week to be able to fit in with also being on summer vacation. I did not take AP chem as a senior in high school, and was worried about going into Gen Chem having not taken chem since sophomore year, so this eased my worries a lot!"

"I really appreciated the lessons and little quizzes just to get me acclimated to some of the topics we will be discussing this year. As a busy person, I also loved having the lessons recorded so I could watch them whenever I was free."

"Overall my experience was really good and this session has definitely been helpful in reviewing old content and getting familiar with new content. I think you did a really good job teaching us. The way you explained things was really helpful and the way you taught the content made it really easy for me to understand what was going on."