In his 37 years of teaching, Mike Arim has taught all levels of physics and biology, although his focus for the past three decades has been AP and Honors Chemistry. During that time, over 92% of his students have earned scores of "3" or better, with over 66% earning "4's" or "5's". He has taught in both public and private school as well as at the university level. Mike has served as an AP Reader and College Board Consultant since the early 90's conducting both week-long as well as one-day workshops across the country. He has also conducted a session for experienced chemistry teachers at the National AP Conference. He earned his degrees at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (B.A., B.S., and MAT) and he is a National Board Certified Teacher. Among his awards are the American Chemical Society's(ACS) Outstanding H.S. Chemistry Teacher for the Southeast Region, the Time-Warner Cable Star Teacher Award, the Spratt Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Outstanding Science Teacher Governor's Award. Outside of the classroom, he currently serves as an evaluator for AP Lab kits for Carolina Biological Supply Company.