Chemistry group classes in Fremont
Small, semester-long chemistry classes that meet once a week in Fremont, alongside your student's own school course. The honors and college-prep class is $75 per student, per session; the AP Chemistry class is $110 per student, per session. Both run 90 minutes, taught by Dr. Navneet Sahota, Ph.D. The first 20-minute call is free.
The idea
Most tutoring is reactive. A grade drops, a parent panics, a tutor is hired, and the work becomes repair. These classes are the opposite: they run all semester, half a step ahead of the school course, so the student walks into each unit test already confident. Nothing needs repairing because nothing was allowed to break.
They also cost substantially less per week than one-on-one, which is the honest reason many families choose them.
The two classes
Honors & college-prep
$75 per student, per session
4–8 students · 90 minutes · weekly, all semester
For 10th and 11th graders in Honors or college-prep chemistry. Builds the quantitative spine of the course — significant figures, dimensional analysis, atomic structure, periodic trends, bonding, Lewis structures, naming and reactions — while tracking what their school class is covering.
AP Chemistry
$110 per student, per session
2–4 students · 90 minutes · weekly, all semester
Deliberately smaller, because AP students need individual attention on free-response reasoning. Covers the nine College Board units in step with the school course, with timed practice and rubric-marked FRQ work through the spring.
Both prices are per student, per session — not per group and not for the whole semester.
How the classes are grouped
By course and level, not by school. Students come from Mission San Jose, Irvington, American, Washington, Milpitas, James Logan and further afield, and sit together when they are at the same level. The underlying chemistry does not change between schools; only the pacing does, and the class accounts for that.
Who this is right for
- A student who is coping but keeps getting caught out by unit tests
- A student going into AP who wants to stay ahead rather than catch up
- A family who wants consistent weekly support at a lower cost than one-on-one
- A student who works better with a bit of peer momentum than alone
Who it is not right for
- A student with a large, specific gap — that needs one-on-one first
- A student with a test in ten days — the class works over a semester, not a fortnight
- Anyone outside the Fremont area — classes are in person only
Questions about the classes
How much do the group classes cost?
The honors and college-prep class is $75 per student, per session. The AP Chemistry class is $110 per student, per session. Both run 90 minutes, once a week, through the school semester.
How many students are in a class?
The honors and college-prep class runs 4–8 students. The AP Chemistry class runs 2–4 students — deliberately smaller, because AP students need more individual attention on free-response reasoning.
Are classes grouped by school?
No — by course and level. Students from different Fremont-area schools sit in the same class if they are at the same level, which works because the underlying chemistry is the same even when the pacing differs.
Is this instead of their school course?
No. It runs alongside it, all semester. The point is that students arrive at each unit test already confident, rather than needing repair after a bad grade.
Are group classes available online?
Not currently — the semester classes are in person in Fremont. Students outside the area work one-on-one online.
What if my student falls behind the class?
Then one-on-one is the better fit, and you will be told so. A group class only works when everyone in it is genuinely at a similar level.
Ask which batch has space
Classes are grouped by course and level, and the small ones fill first. Tell Dr. Sahota the course and the school year and she will tell you what fits.