Celina
University of Manchester
Medicine
1st Year
38About Me
Hello!
I’m Celina, a first-year medical student at the University of Manchester! I enjoy teaching and have taught over 100 hours in IGCSE and A-Level subjects including Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, and more! If you’re planning to read medicine and would like some help, I would be more than happy to help you! As an international student from Malaysia, I understand how difficult it is to get into medicine hence I’m currently helping pre-meds from Malaysia get into a UK medical school. Having just finished my application earlier last year and having made extensive notes from seminars and crash courses, I realised that I am able to guide pre-meds very efficiently and mymentees have feedbacked that the questions I predicted came out in their interviews! I’m also always curious and open to learning new things to better myself as a tutor! Looking forward to tutoring you! 🙂
My teaching style
1. Understanding principles
I belive true learning is when students understand the fundamentals behind a concept. For example in Chemistry, instead of asking students to memorise why adding water to esters facilitates its break down, I explain Le Chatelier’s principle and how adding water would cause the equilibirum to shift to favour the breakdown to reduce the water content of the vessel
2. Active recall
I always start lessons by getting students to answer a few questions regarding the last lesson and recap their gaps in knowledge. Before the session ends, I will also get them to do some questions before sending them home.
3. Mnemonics
Regarding some topics where understanding is not possible or if there is too much to remember I make mnemonics. For example, in the reactions of alcohols I made the mnemonic CODE which stands for combustion, oxidation, dehydration and esterification
My past experience
I started tutoring at a tuition school in 2021 and have been tutoring the IGCSE, A-Level and the Pre-med curriculum since then
My Proudest Achievements
– entering medical school as an international student (~8% acceptance rate)
– seeing my brother improve after tutoring him, he’s entering university soon!
– juggling the UCAT, personal statement and serving as the director of christian fellowship, working in the student council and working as a research director
I teach
- Medicine Interview
- IELTS
- UCAT
- Med Personal Statement
- Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Maths
- Mechanics
- Pure Maths
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Geometry
- Calculus
- Statistics
- English
- English Language
- English Literature
- Phonics
- Reading
- Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
- Communication
- Handwriting
- Speech Writing
- Speed Reading
- Mandarin
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- ICT
- Medicine
- UCAS
- University Consultation
- Badminton
- Running
- Swimming
- Weight Lifting
My Results and Achievements
- Medical student at UoManchester
- UCAT: 2870 (89th percentile)
- 3 interviews from Manchester Cardiff Belfast
- 3 offers from Manchester Cardiff Belfast
- AS-Level: Maths(99%)
- Biology(94%)
- Physics (93%)
- Chemistry(92%) IGCSE: Mandarin (99%)
- Malay (99%)
- Economics (95%)
- Additional Mathematics (97%)
- Maths(97%)
- Biology (97%)
- Chemistry (96%)
- Physics (97%)
- First Language English (91%)
- ICT(92%) Top of cohort in IGCSE