hear from the 2024 Bootcamp Participants!!

  • You were wonderful in you 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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 really appreciated how there were 2 time slots to accommodate different time slots, and Michael Quinn answered any and all questions during the sessions. Since all sessions were recorded, I was able to go back to the lessons at my leisure and review for the quizzes. Overall, I feel more confident in the coming semester and am grateful for this opportunity. Thank you.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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 found the worksheets and practice quizzes really helpful to get more practice on topics I found more challenging.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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 the pacing of the course was really good. Overall, I feel more prepared for gen-chem this fall.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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)!!

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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!

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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!

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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 also appreciate that you offer us help throughout the year, saying we can reach out with questions.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • Overall, I liked the overall loose nature of the entire boot-camp. During the duration of the entire bootcamp live sessions, I had work, 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. You also responded to my email quick, which was a very nice touch.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant


  • This bootcamp was super helpful to go over the basics, and remind me of things I didnt 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.

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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!

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • 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!!

    -2024 Bootcamp Participant

  • The group zooms were extremely helpful to me. I found Mike’s examples and problems to be extremely beneficial to giving me alternative problems to the ones given by the professors while still practicing the same skill. It was also helpful to me to be able to test myself on skills I believed I already knew. I even found it very helpful because other people may ask questions I didn’t even think about and that often led to a deeper understanding of the concepts, and all in all these benefits led to greater recall during quiz time, greater understanding of all concepts in the course, and in general I think it was definitely worth it and recommend any students taking chemistry at BU to join!!

    Class of 2027