Dr. Michael Montague-Smith

UMD University of Maryland, College Park Spring 2025

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Dr. Montague-Smith's Exam Style

Dr. Montague-Smith's synthesis and spectroscopy questions are where students spend the most time. He refuses to tell students his source for NMR spectroscopy problems, and creates his own synthesis problems.

Students frequently lose a ton of exam points because they're caught off guard by ring-opening, ring-closing, surprise side reactions, and exceptions to the rule.

His exams have at least 2-3 different questions with the same answer!

I have a proven track record of helping students jump 2 letter grades on their next exam 66 - 200 times faster than students studying on their own. (These numbers are calculated from Dr. Montague-Smith’s own grade statistics and my student statistics).

CHEM 241 Points Breakdown

My grading estimates are based on actual exam/final averages and curve cutoffs from the most recent semester he taught CHEM 241.

17.29% Drop Rate.

Midterm 1: 87% / Exam 2, 3 & Final averages to be posted later.

Midterm 1, 2 & 3: 300 Points Total / Final: 200 Points

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