Seeing as the majority of my appointments were in chemistry I focused primarily on chemistry statistics. The chemistry department has seen a raise in appointments, as this is a challenging department, and many feel that the department strives to become more and more challenging. Few of my appointments labeled the exact meeting material, something which I both appreciated when the students labeled and feel would be an added important statistic for both the tutors and the professors. I think that if the material were better kept track of it would be seen that enantiomers, reactions and spectrophotometry were the primary problem areas. I found it odd that I got so many appointments not surrounding tests, quizzes or assignments, suggesting that student made more appointments based on wanting the comprehend the material better and not just cram for something.
I had many repeat students who chose me whenever I had a tutoring session that fit their time. I had some students that preferred me for either bio or chem and others for the other subject. I also experienced “hot spots” in my schedule where I would go a week with one appointment and then have a week where all my hours were full or even where students asked me to tutor them after hours on top of my usual time. These hot spots occurred sometimes during tests but many times just during times that coincide with difficult lectures in class.
