...I was offered admission to ten top universities, including Caltech, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Harvey Mudd, and attended Caltech. I have been tutoring full time for eight years, having tutored part time for seven years previously. Throughout my experience as a tutor, I have helped stude... (read more)
...I have a deep understanding of not only the subjects tested on the MCAT, but also how to guide students to improve their practice scores by 20+ points. I am currently a 7th year MD/PhD student at Mayo Clinic. I received a 255 on Step 1 (I took it when it was still scored), and have scored > 90th percentile on all clerkship shelf exams. (read more)
...I then volunteered for 15 years in Latin America, inventing new gizmos and gadgets for impoverished coffee farmers so they could process and export their coffee. I'm proudest of a decaffeinator we built in Guatemala. One of the occupational hazards of that job is it made me a serious coffee snob. (read more)