Academic Support
The School of Natural and Social Sciences offers an assortment of valuable services for its students through the Office of Science Student Support Services.
Students are encouraged to visit this office (located in NS 3044) to obtain information and assistance with tutoring, mentoring, financial aid, or academic advising.
The Office of Science Student Support Services provides a friendly and welcoming environment—a place for students in the natural and social sciences to go to when they need help. This office offers tutoring and mentoring services to students and provides financial aid information and academic advising. Students are offered the assistance and guidance they need to help them succeed in their academic studies and achieve their career goals. To schedule an appointment with one of our tutors, please visit our Einstein corner Starfish page.
The Office of Science Student Support Services also partners with the Offices of Admissions and the Registrar, and works with the college’s Career Development Center to counsel students on graduate and medical school admissions and provide information on employment opportunities after graduation.
For more information, please contact:
Christie Kennedy
Coordinator of Science Student Support Services
Tel. (914) 251- 6648
Natural Sciences Building, Room 3044
ThinkingStorm (24/7 Online Tutoring)
Purchase students have access to virtual professional tutors online 24/7.
ThinkingStorm is an online tutoring platform utilized by many colleges. It provides 24/7 access to professional tutors online for many subject areas from STEM, to Economics, and Writing in all disciplines.
Our Purchase Student Tutors are not available during finals. Online tutoring, including writing, is available through ThinkingStorm.
Students can make appointments by accessing ThinkingStorm tutoring services in the Navbar at the top of their Purchase Brightspace page.
Einstein Corner
Einstein Corner provides students with free tutoring assistance in such areas as mathematics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Tutors undergo a rigorous review and training process to ensure that they are qualified. Psychology tutors can be found in the Learning Center. Unfortunately, we do not offer tutors for every class. If your class does not have a tutor, please reach out to Thinking Storm on Brightspace, or seek assistance from the professor of the class during their office hours.
Tutors are available for virtual one-on-one sessions via Zoom and in-person sessions held in NS 3046. Please note when booking your appointment in Starfish whether it is in person or online. To make sure the tutors are available to help as many students as possible, students can only book a tutor for up to 45 minutes per session, once a week.
Einstein Corner is open to all Purchase College students who are taking a Science, Math, or Computer Science class that we have a tutor for.
Please note, Einstein Corner does not have a tutor for every class. If you need a tutor for a class that is not offered, we recommend making an appointment through ThinkingStorm, which is in the Navbar of the Purchase Brightspace page.
To gain better understanding of material covered in the class, please reach out to the professor (or learning assistant in the class, if there is one) during their scheduled office hours.
If we have a tutor for your class, click here to make an appointment in Starfish:
While the Einstein Corner offers tutoring exclusively for math and science courses, free tutoring for other subjects is available at the Learning Center, and tutoring for Economics classes can be found on the Purchase Economics webpage.
Spring 2025 Tutoring Schedule
Peer tutoring for Natural & Social Science courses are offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. To schedule an appointment, visit the Einstein Corner service in Starfish.
To contact our tutors, please click on the “Schedule An Appointment” button above. When booking an appointment, please note if it is during the tutor’s in person or zoom office hours.
Name |
Subject |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Amna Ajaz |
Human Anatomy & Physiology II Introductory Statistics |
10:30am - 12:30pm | 10:30am - 12:30pm | |||
Lavender Bloom |
Calculus I & II Computer Science I & II Linear Algebra Physics I |
3:00pm - 5:00pm | 3:00pm - 5:00pm | |||
Medha Chandwani | General Chemistry I & II |
8:00am - 10:00am | 10:30am - 12:30pm | |||
Darcy Oliver Culliton |
Research Methods I & II Behavioral Statistics Experimental Psychology Psychology Junior Seminar |
1:00pm - 3:00pm | 12:00pm - 2:00pm | |||
Panika Garg |
Physics l & ll Organic Chemistry l & ll |
10:30am - 12:00pm | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | |||
Priya Kulkarni | Introductory Statistics & Research Methods II | 3:00pm - 5:00pm | 8:00am - 10:00am | |||
Joseph Mathew |
Precalculus Calculus I Computer Science I & II |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | 10:30am - 12:00pm | 3:00pm - 5:00pm | ||
Julia Medicis |
Cell Biology Molecular Biology |
12:45pm - 2:45pm | 10:45am - 12:45pm | |||
Sage Melton |
Calc I, II & III Computer Science II |
8:00am - 10:00am | 8:00am - 10:00am | |||
Caitlin Pfisterer |
Calc I, II & III Computer Science I |
4:00pm - 6:00pm | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |||
Raven Shaw |
Calculus II & III Computer Science II Data Structures |
9:00am - 11:00am | 12:00pm - 2:00pm |