Sample Comprehensive MCAT Syllabus
Our approach to the exam aims to teach you all the MCAT content you need to know during our Content Review Phase, before switching to intensive practice during our Practice Testing Phase. We believe a strong content foundation is crucial to scoring well on this test and that no amount of continuous full-length practice can replace an initial period of learning and review.
Our course has been designed to accommodate all students. The pace and intensity will be customized to your needs and performance. Our template student has 5-6 months to study for the test, but the plan is meant to be adapted to your strengths and weaknesses, and to evolve according to your needs.
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Joyce
Joyce is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. She also graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Anthropology from Harvard, where her thesis won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize.
Elliot
Elliot earned his BS in Biology at MIT, and his MSc by Research in Clinical Medicine on a Rhodes Scholarshop at Oxford University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student in the the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.
Dan W.
Dan is an MD/PhD student at Harvard Medical School. He earned his BA in Cognitive Science at Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa), where his thesis earned the Angier award.
Sanjay G.
Sanjay is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BSPH in Nutrition from UNC Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar (Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa).
Suleman
Suleman graduated summa cum laude from the UC Berkeley Honors Program with a BA in Integrative Biology. After receiving acceptances to both MD/PhD and MD programs, he is currently an MD student at Stanford Medical School.
Caroline B.
Caroline earned her Bachelor's degree from Harvard in Chemical and Physical Biology. After graduation, she conducted reserach in health economics and policy. She is currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School.
Ellen Y.
Ellen is an MD-PhD student in the Health Sciences and Technology Program at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she earned her degree in Chemistry at Caltech.
Ernesto R.
Ernesto is an MD/PhD candidate at UCSF. He graduated with all available honors from UCLA with a BS in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
John C.
John is an MD student and 21st Century Scholar at UPenn. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Politics and History (Phi Beta Kappa), and earned his premed postbacc at Goucher College in Baltimore.
Chang M.
Chang is an MD/PhD student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He earned his BA in English Literature and Biochemistry at Columbia University, where he was a John Jay Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Anusha N.
Anusha is a medical student in the Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School and MIT. She graduated with a BS in Bioengineering from Caltech, where she was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.
Anagha P.
Anagha graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Molecular Biology and a minor in Ethnographic Studies and Global Health. Currently, she is a med student at Harvard Medical School.
Terrance M.
Terrance earned a BA in Biology (Williams) and an MPhil in Clinical Neuroscience while on the Herchel Smith Fellowship (Cambridge). He is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Samantha P.
Sam studied biology at The College of New Jersey and then graduated summa cum laude. She attended Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed a Transitional Year at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is now a Diagnostic Radiology Resident at NYU.
Abraham C.
Abraham attended Brandeis University, graduating summa cum laude with highest honors in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Neuroscience, and Chemical Biology, along with a minor in Legal Studies, and his Master of Science in Biology. He then received his MD at Harvard Medical School. He now works as a medical resident at NYU Langone Health.
Grant Sc.
Grant holds a BS in Biology and an MPH in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory. After teaching high school science in DC, he's now pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Maryann Z.
Maryann holds a BS in Molecular Biology from Pomona College (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), where she was a nationally ranked NCAA tennis player. Currently, Maryann is pursuing an MD from Harvard-MIT.
Dan L.
Dan is a Rhodes Scholar currently completing his Master's in Global Health Science and Epidemiology at Oxford. Previously, Dan conducted research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is pursuing his MD at UC San Francisco. Previously, he earned his BS in Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis and worked at a Fortune 50 company developing medical devices.
Cristian Y.
Cristian majored in Human Biology and Society, and minored in Global Health at UCLA. He taught Chemistry at Crenshaw High via Teach for America, receiving his teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University. He is currently an Anthropology MD-PhD student at UCLA.
David Al
David is an anesthesiology resident at Mount Sinai Hospital. He previously earned his MD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Logan C.
Logan is a med student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown with a BS in Neuroscience. Previosly, he held positions at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the National Cancer Institute.
Michaela W.
Michaela is an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. She holds a BS in Biochemistry with minors in Philosophy and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Colorado (summa cum laude), where she was an NCAA Division I, All-American track athlete.
Cameron H.
Cameron graduated summa cum laude with an AB in Neuroscience and a minor in Linguistics from Princeton, earning election to Phi Beta Kappa. He is currently pursuing an MD degree at Harvard Medical School with the eventual goal of working in academic medicine.
Stephanie D.
Steph graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There, she worked in a molecular biology lab studying kinesin proteins. She's now an MD Candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Peter T.
Peter earned his BA in Chemistry and Biochemistry and a minor in Mathematics at Connecticut College. He is now a 4th year medical student at The University of Vermont. He will be applying for a residency in Orthopedic Surgery.
Pooja R.
Pooja is an MD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She studied Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell University, graduating summa cum laude with Distinction in Research. During her senior year, she was awarded the Academic Excellence Award, which recognizes the top two scholars in the Biological Sciences major.
Simran
Simran is pursuing a combined MD/PhD in Immunology at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she was a research technician at Fred Hutch, where she helped design novel protein-based cancer therapeutics and a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
Avina
Avina graduated summa cum laude and received her BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience with minors in Psychology and Spanish at Rutgers University. She's currently an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Isaac L.
Isaac graduated in 2020 with a BS in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell. As a student, he spent much of his time investigating diabetes treatments and bariatric surgery. He is an MD Candidate (2026) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons .
Hugh S.
Hugh graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University, where he studied Biochemistry. During his time at NEU, he led RAISE, a chemistry and engineering student research group dedicated to tackling planetary health issues. After earning his MD at Harvard Medical School, Hugh is now a Resident at Mass General Hospital in the combined internal medicine and pediatrics department.
Samantha H.
Samantha attended Stanford University, where she explored the role of synaptic proteins in visual system development for her honors thesis research. She graduated with a BS in Biology conferred with honors and with distinction. She is currently pursuing a combined MD/PhD at Harvard Medical School and MIT in the Health Sciences and Technology program.
Haley V.
Haley went to Bryn Mawr College, double majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry and completing an AB/MA degree in Chemistry. She was recognized as a 2018 Barry Goldwater Scholar for her efforts in and out of the laboratory. Her dual passions for biophysical and chemical pathogens research led her to the Harvard-MIT MD/PhD program, where she is currently a NIH-funded MSTP student in the Health Sciences and Technology track.
Marta
Marta is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to matriculating at Harvard, Marta headed to Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright scholar. There, she conducted research related to Parkinson's disease and expanded her German language skills.
Samantha F.
Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Human Biology, Health & Society and a minor in Education. After obtaining her Master in Medical Education at the University of Nottingham as a Fulbright Scholar, she is now an MD Candidate at NYU.
Wilton
Wilton is pursuing an MD at Yale School of Medicine (expected graduation in 2026). Previously, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Mackenna
Mackenna graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Global Health. She's presently pursuing her MD at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Carlos S.
Carlos attended The University of Texas at Austin for his undergraduate education, where he graduated with a BS in Biochemistry (Research Distinction, Highest Honors). He is now pursuing an MD degree at Harvard Medical School.
Ajay
Ajay graduated from Northwestern University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with degrees in Neuroscience and Philosophy, writing senior theses in both disciplines and publishing multiple peer-reviewed research papers in neuroscience. He is currently a third year student in the MD/PhD program at Harvard/MIT, and is enrolled in the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics PhD program.
Diane H.
Diane is a MD/MS candidate at Columbia University, where she has recently published a first author manuscript in cardiothoracic surgery research. Previously, she studied Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Kanan
Kanan attended Yale University, where she earned a BS Intensive Degree in Molecular/Cellular Biology. Kanan completed medical school in three years through acceptance into NYU’s highly selective accelerated-MD program. She is now a resident physician with the NYU Langone Hospital System.
Tarika
Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.
Layla
Layla is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and a minor in Islamic Studies. Her post-grad fellowship conducting ovarian cancer research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Science culminated in her choice to pursue a career in medicine.
Kc
KC holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and is currently an MD Candidate at Yale Medical School. Professionally, KC has worked in the fields of renewable energy and research management before he transitioned to pursuing a career as a physician.
Devin D.
Devin graduated from the University of Notre Dame as the valedictorian, studying Neuroscience and Education, Schooling, and Society. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied school-based mental health interventions. Devin is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.
Jessica G.
Jessica attended Middlebury College, where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated summa cum laude. After a gap year split between clinical work in interventional psychiatry and management consulting, she is now pursuing an MD at Duke.
Kaitlyn L.
Kaitlyn played D1 softball at Stanford, where she majored in Computer Science (3.8/4.0 GPA). Presently, she is an MD-PhD student at Harvard working on her PhD in Bioinformatics.
Pallavi
Pallavi attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BA in Biology, a BSc in Economics, and an MS in Biology. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After pursuing an MSc at Oxford University, Pallavi is now an MD Candidate at Johns Hopkins University.
Angela R.
Angela attended Duke University, double majoring in Global Health and Biology with a Chemistry minor; she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She is pursuing her interests in health in the MD program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Siva
A first-generation US college student, Siva studied Mathematics and Molecular/Cellular Biology at Harvard College, graduating in three years with highest honors in field and Phi Beta Kappa distinction. He is now a MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Jesse Pv.
Jesse studied Movement Science and Biochemistry and was a four-year member of the U-M Men’s Rowing Team at the University of Michigan. He is now pursuing his MD at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Emily Y.
Emily is now pursuing an MD degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program. Previously, she graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Biomedical Engineering (4.0/4.0 GPA, Research Honors) and was selected as her program’s 2020 Outstanding Leader and Scholar.
Ritvik
Ritvik graduated with a BSE from the University of Michigan, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. He has been accepted to and will be attending either Johns Hopkins School of Medicine or Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
James Pa.
James graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University, majoring in Biology and minoring in Portuguese. He is now pursuing his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Carl S.
Carl is a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo to engineer tools for brain imaging. Before moving abroad, he majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry at the University of Houston, receiving distinction for his research accomplishments and graduating with a 4.0 GPA.
Gift
Gift graduated with a 4.0/4.0 GPA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in Honors Biology and obtained a certificate in creative writing. Toting a Dean’s Distinction in research and multiple recognitions in academics, Gift is now an MD candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Sanjana K.
Sanjana graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan with a major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and minors in Music and the Sociology of Health & Medicine. She is now pursuing her MD at the University of Michigan.
Salman
Salman is an MD Candidate at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously attended UNC Chapel Hill, majoring in Biology and graduating with highest distinction and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Joe G.
Joe graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a BA in Psychology. He's presently an MD Candidate at Columbia University, pursuing a specialization in psychiatry.
Nathan M.
Nathan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS and MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Bioethics and Music. Selected for a 2023 Marshall Scholarship, he will be studying for a DPhil in Paediatrics at Oxford through 2026 (researching tuberculosis diagnostics), after which he will attend Harvard Medical School to pursue his MD.
Caroline Be.
Caroline attended Yale College where she majored in History of Science and Medicine. She graduated with Latin Honors, Distinction in her major, and a 3.92 GPA. She was awarded the Heinrich von Staden Cup for her contribution to the social and intellectual conscience of the college.
Irving
Irving is pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School, where he was awarded the Dean's REACH Scholarship. He seeks to merge his passion for neuroscience and advocacy to increase access to behavioral healthcare in underserved populations.
Winnie
Winnie is currently pursuing an MD at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Previously, she studied Molecular Biology at UCLA, where she was named UCLA’s Class of 2020 Distinguished Senior for her community service, mentorship, and research endeavors.
Hyaewon
Hyae Won graduated from University of Washington with a double degree in Bioengineering and Biochemistry. She's currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.
Hanil
Han graduated summa cum laude with highest honors from Brandeis University, earning a BS in Neuroscience and Biology. He's presently an MD candidate at Tufts University.
Aarthi
Aarthi attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She is currently pursuing her MD in the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program.
Taylor Y.
Taylor is a resident in emergency medicine at Emory University. Previously, she earned her MD at Duke University School of Medicine.
Corinne A.
Corinne is a student at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program. Previously, she attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, from which she holds a degree in violin performance with minors in music history and chemistry in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University.
Lekhya
Lekhya imajored in Human Physiology at Boston University, where she graduated summa cum laude within three years, and was a member of the Sargent Honor Society. She is currently a first year medical student at Columbia Medical School.
Julia F.
Julia earned a degree in Neuroscience at Pomona College, graduating with a 3.92 GPA and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Amara
Amara is currently in her final year of the MD/PhD program at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and will be starting her residency in Neurology next year. She holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton.
Ephraim
Ephraim graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was selected as a Barry Goldwater Scholar, BP-ENDURE scholar, and regional finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. He is currently an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Kaiz
Kaiz graduated from Williams College, where he pursued a dual major in biology and psychology. He is currently pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Shurik
Shurik holds a BA in Physics from the University of Rochester and is currently a PhD candidate in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bowen
Bowen graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a joint degree in computer science and statistics. Currently, he works as a researcher in AI for healthcare. He will start a PhD at Stanford in 2024.
Lauren K.
Lauren is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemistry. After studying Pharmacology at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar, she is now pursuing an MPP at Oxford.
Matt Y.
Matt attended Rice University as a Trustee Distinguished Scholar, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Biosciences. He is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Michelle W.
Michelle graduated with high honors from Princeton University, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Global Health & Health Policy and Neuroscience. Currently, she is working as an associate consultant at Trinity Life Sciences.
Kavya
Kavya graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with a joint degree in Chemical & Physical Biology and Statistics. After earning his MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar, he is now pursuing an MPP at the University of Oxford.
Selene
Selene graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Cognitive Science, concentrating in Computation and minoring in Computer Science and Chemistry. Since graduating, Selene has been working as a full-stack developer, but she will be resuming her medical journey in the fall as an accepted MD candidate.
Sophia Z.
Sophia attended Yale University, where she was a Global Health Scholar and studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. Sophia is currently a student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Sonya G.
Sonya holds a BA in Biological Sciences and a BA in Russian from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard. She's pursuing her MD at Stanford.
Shreyas
Shreyas is currently pursuing his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2023, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BS in Statistics, a BA in Public Policy and a minor in chemistry.
Ziad
Ziad earned a degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently working at biotech startup Atias Pharma in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with plans to pursue his MD at the University of Pennsylvania next.
Paul S.
Paul graduated as a Merrill Presidential Scholar from Cornell University's College of Human Ecology in May 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health, and Society. He is pursuing his MD at the University of Pennsylvania.
Harry D.
Harry graduated from the University of Richmond as the valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa) and four first-authored publications. Finding medical research inescapable, he is getting a combined MD/PhD degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, desiring to pursue orthopedics surgery with research in targeted drug delivery.
Bayan
Bayan is currently pursuing her Master’s in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. She previously graduated from Yale University in May 2023 with a double major in Molecular Biology and Global Affairs and a minor in Global Health Studies.
Rebecca L.
Rebecca graduated from the highly selective joint 5-year BS/MPH program at Yale University with a BS in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and an MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). She graduated from Yale College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Suraj
graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Computational Biology and completed Postbac research in the IRTA program at the NIH. Currently, Suraj is a first-year medical student at the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Patrick
Patrick is currently pursuing an MD at Tufts Medical School. He previously graduated with a 3.99/4.00 GPA and a major in Biology at Bucknell University, where he was a member of the varsity soccer team all 4 years.
Neetij
Neetij graduated from St. Olaf College with a major in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. He developed a love of research as an NIH IRTA fellow and as a scholar within the Fulbright US Student program, and he is now pursuing an MD at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Rochelle
Rochelle graduated from Barnard College, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Neuroscience & Behavior. After working as a Research Assistant in Mount Sinai’s cardiovascular surgery department, she is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.
Andrew R.
Andrew is an MD candidate at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to attending UCSF, he earned an MPhil in Public Health Policy from Oxford University and an MSc in Neuroscience from McGill University.
Akila
Akila graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 2023 with a degree in human developmental and regenerative biology and an English minor. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Andrea T.
Andrea graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. She is now pursing an MD at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC.
Richard L .
Richard majored in Biology and minored in English at Emory University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. After taking a year off to focus on research full-time, he is now pursuing an MD as part of Harvard Medical School’s Pathways program.
Evan K.
Evan graduated from MIT in 2024 with a 4.8 GPA, majoring in Biology and minoring in History. He received a 522 MCAT score (with a perfect CARS section) for the first time he took the exam, and he plans to attend medical school in 2025. During his gap year, he plans to continue his research on DNA damage and repair at MIT and run his outdoor science program for low-income kids.
Varun
Varun graduated from Princeton summa cum laude with a degree in neuroscience. He is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and will be graduating in 2025.
Anchith
Anchith graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a dual major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Social Policy Analysis. He is currently pursuing an MD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Mu.
Stephanie graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She is now pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.
David Ky.
David holds a BS in Music from Harvard College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He will attend Harvard Medical School in the fall of 2024 as an M1.
Jackr
Jack graduated with a 3.97 GPA and a 525 on the MCAT. He is currently pursuing his MD at Columbia University.
Aaron Gr.
Aaron graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Music and Chemistry from Brown University. He is currently taking a year to pursue Public Health research and runs marathons at the competitive level, representing Austria at international races.
Lyndsey
Lyndsey graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology (summa cum laude, Goldwater Scholarship, Sophia Freund Prize). She is now pursuing a Master’s in Science in Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Brendan S.
Brendan graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame with a degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. He is now a 2nd year medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Alex D.
Alex graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a BS in Biological Sciences concentrating in Neurobiology and Behavior, and a minor in Applied Economics and Management. He is currently obtaining his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and his MBA from the Johnson School of Business at Cornell Tech prior to neurosurgery residency.
Maanasa
Maanasa is pursuing her MD at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She holds a BS in Neurobiology and Physiology and a minor in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.
Rishi
Rishi graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Biochemistry from Bates College. He is now an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Connor D.
Connor is a PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He previously received an MS from Princeton University in Molecular Biology and a BA from Williams College in Biology and Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience.
Erica L.
Erica majored in Biology and minored in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, graduating magna cum laude. Now, she is an MD/PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.
Harry L.
Harry holds an MS from The Ohio State University and is currently pursuing an MBA in Healthcare Management. He has achieved a 524 on the MCAT and currently serves in the Cardiovascular Medicine department at Mayo Clinic, leading innovative trials in collaboration with industry leaders such as GSK, Boston Scientific, and Johnson & Johnson.
Jenny Y.
Jenny majored in Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School and has been involved in many research and educational projects, including two years as a member of Harvard Medical School’s Admissions Committee for the Pathways MD Program.
Annah
Annah holds a BA in Neuroscience and Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation from Oxford University. She is now an MD candidate at Columbia University.
Jacob O.
Jacob studied physiology with a minor in bioethics at Michigan State University, receiving the Board of Trustees' Award for graduating with a 4.0 GPA. He is currently pursuing an MD degree at Columbia University.
Maggie
Maggie is a first year MD-PhD student in Harvard-MIT’s Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program. She graduated from Caltech in 2023, where she majored in Bioengineering and minored in English.
Aunika
Aunika graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Statistics. She is currently an MD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Anjali M.
Anjali double majored in Neuroscience and Global Affairs at Yale, graduating with Distinction in both majors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now pursuing an MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing at the London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Juliaf
Julia is pursuing her MD at the University of Colorado Medical School. She previously graduated summa cum laude from University of Colorado and holds a BA in Integrative Physiology and Philosophy.
Shahin
Shahin is currently an MD/MBA student at Harvard Medical School & Harvard Business School. Previously, he attended Indiana University, where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA and majors in Biology, Neuroscience, and Spanish.
Youssef
Youssef graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in biology under the college of creative studies and highest honors (3.97/4.0 GPA). He is currently a fourth year medical student at UCSF School of Medicine pursuing an MD degree.
Viviana
At Harvard College, Viviana majored in Classics and minored in Integrative Biology, graduating with highest honors in Classics and cum laude overall. She is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford through Harvard’s Arthur Deloraine Corey Fellowship.
Aya
Aya attended Johns Hopkins University, where she graduated in 3.5 years with a 4.0 GPA, earning BAs in Public Health and Natural Sciences, as well as a minor in Writing Seminars. She earned a 523 on her MCAT and is currently in her gap year before she pursues her MD.
Jocasta
Jocasta graduated from MIT with a BS in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, exploring research in visual neuroscience and machine learning. This interest carried her to Stanford University, where she earned an MS in Bioengineering.
Karena
Karena holds a BS in Neuroscience from Yale University. She's currently a fourth year MD student at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Ginger
Ginger is a fourth-year student at Harvard Medical School. She previously graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Human Biology and earned several academic honors along the way, including awards for academic excellence, community service, and outstanding achievement in her major.
Jolade
Jolade earned her BA in Chemical and Physical Biology from Harvard (summa cum laude), where she conducted research in biology and organic chemistry. She is currently pursuing a combined MD-PhD from the University of California, San Francisco.
Carmel
Carmel attended Duke University for her undergraduate education, where she majored in Neuroscience and minored in History and Biology. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, she is currently spending a year doing full-time research in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital while applying to medical school.
Chloe
Chloe attended Columbia University, where she majored in biology and dedicated much of her free time to laboratory research. Now back in her home state of Pennsylvania, Chloe is a first-year student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Malachy
Malachy graduated from McGill University in 2024 with a 3.91 GPA, earning a place on the Dean’s Honor List. Currently on a gap year, Malachy is set to begin medical school next year, having interviewed and gained acceptance to top institutions, including Harvard, Yale, and NYU
Josh E.
Josh attended the University of Chicago, majoring in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Endocrinology. He graduated summa cum laude, earning Dean’s List all four years and winning several awards for academic achievement, campus engagement, and faculty recommendation. He is now a medical student at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Surya
Surya’s journey began at Boston University, where he pursued undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Human Physiology. After graduating summa cum laude and as valedictorian, he is now pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Zach
Zach graduated from Colby College in 2023 with distinction in his neurobiology major. He also completed a minor in chemistry. Matriculating to Tufts University School of Medicine in 2025, Zach will be earning his dual MD and MPH degrees while participating in the Maine Track program.
Ethan F.
Ethan graduated magna cum laude and Alpha Sigma Nu from Gonzaga University with a BS in Biology and a concentration in research. Having discovered a passion for medicine and cancer immunology as a Nathan Schnaper Scholar and Research Associate at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Ethan will be continuing his journey in the combined MD-PhD program at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the coming year.
Zachsl
Zach graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in Neuroscience and from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with an MEd. He is now an MD Candidate at Brown University.
Sonja
Sonja double majored in Biochemistry/Biophysics and Anthropology at Amherst College. After two gap years, she began her medical education at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in Fall 2024.
Vish
Vishruth is a third year MD-PhD student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is developing non-invasive methods for early cancer detection. Originally from Long Island, NY, he graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in Biology from Stony Brook University.
Xinyu
As a Gates Scholar, Xinyu earned a combined BS/MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, graduating with distinction in her major. Driven by her passion for medicine and science, Xinyu is now an MD/PhD candidate at UCSF School of Medicine.
Thomas L.
Tom is an MD-PhD candidate at Harvard Medical School and MIT, currently pursuing his PhD in the Harvard Immunology PhD Program. He previously attended Harvard College, where he majored in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics, with a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Jai
Jai is an incoming MD candidate at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology program. He graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in History of Science and a concurrent MA in Chemistry.
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