Ian S.
Ian studied Economics and Finance at the University of Melbourne, specializing in quantitative analysis in economics and numerical techniques. He recently obtained his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Allegra S.
Allegra spent 5 years working in commercial and investment banking at JP Morgan in New York, Houston, and London. She completed a Master's in Education Policy & Management at Harvard, and then pursued her MBA at MIT Sloan, where she's now working on a fintech startup.
Cristina A.
Cristina holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard, an MS in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and BAs in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Linguistics from the University of Southern California. Currently, she works as a forensic linguist.
Erika N.
Erika earned a BS in Biology, specializing in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, at Stony Brook University; she graduated summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa She is currently pursuing an MD/PhD in Cancer Immunology through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Drew R.
Drew is currently a second-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Previously, he majored in Molecular Biology at Duke and graduated magna cum laude. Drew is passionate about cancer research and plans to become a surgical oncologist.
Bill K.
Bill is the bestselling author of seven books. His undergrad degree is from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins. History and biography are his fields, but he's helped improve both student and adult writing for twenty years across a wide range of subjects.
Kevin S.
Kevin graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, double majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry and triple minoring in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Bioinformatics. He is now pursuing a combined MD/PhD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Rebecca P.
After graduating magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University with a degree in History, Rebecca served as a Teach for America corps member. She earned a Master's in Education at Fordham University before attending NYU School of Law. She is currently a civil rights attorney in New York.
Raj
Raj holds a BA in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Global Health and Health Policy from Harvard (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is now an MD/PhD student at Harvard-MIT.
Naama
Naama holds a BA in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations from Harvard (magna cum laude), an MPhil from Oxford in Oriental Studies and an MFA in Acting from DePaul. She has over three decades of tutoring experience.
Alice
Alice earned her PhD at MIT in Mechanical Engineering on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She received her Bachelor's in Physics from University of Chicago. Currently, she teaches Engineering at MIT.
Cristian
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.
Ari
Ariana holds a BA in International Relations and Asian Studies (Dartmouth College). Next, she worked as a paralegal in international trade remedy litigation before pursuing her JD at Columbia Law. She currently works in International Capital Markets.
Liam
Liam holds a BS from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. After graduating, he accepted a leadership development role within the healthcare sector of CVS.
Justin
Justin is a Computer Science (CS) PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, where his work is focused on problems at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and data privacy. He earned his BA in Math & CS from Columbia.
Gino
Gino majored in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Computational Engineering at Notre Dame. Presently, he's pursuing his MS/PhD at Harvard, researching soft robotics and actuators.
Justin
Justin graduated from Yale Law School in May 2023 and is now working for the federal judiciary. He previously graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, where he double majored in Peace, War, and Defense and Economics, graduating with highest distinction and highest honors for his thesis on the effects of superhero movies on individual political views.
Ivy
Ivy graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts and BAs in Comparative Literature, Anthropology, and French from Cornell University. She's presently a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Harvard.
Shivangi
Shivangi is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, conducting research in Cardiothoracic Surgery. She graduated from MIT with a BS in Biology (GPA 4.9/5.0, Phi Beta Kappa).
Corinne
Corinne earned her BS in Chemical Engineering and her MS in Systems Engineering from MIT. She received several fellowships to do research abroad, and her work was supported by USAID. Currently, she is an MD student at Tufts.
Phani
Phani holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers, and an MS in Bioethics from Harvard. He's currently working on a NASA-funded project at Brigham and Women's.
Alex
Alex graduated from Skidmore College with a BA in English Literature and a minor in Fiction Writing. He has worked as a Linux systems admin, a full-stack software developer, and a software consultant.
Ally
Allison is pursuing a PhD at Princeton University in the Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Program. Her research focuses on the interaction between the atmosphere and ocean with regard to climate change.
Natalia
Natalia received her BA in History from the City College of New York. She went on to earn a Master's of Science in General and Special Childhood Education at the Bank Street College of Education.
Amanda
Amanda is a composer, actress, and teacher living in NYC. She holds a BFA in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory, and is a member of the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
Hayden
After graduating from USC with a BS in Business Administration and working in the tech and education industries for several years, Hayden is now pursuing his MBA at the Yale School of Management.
Emily R.
Emily graduated from Yale, where she majored in English and was a varsity athlete. She then worked for a technology startup and a human rights nonprofit before pursuing her MD at Columbia University.
Abigail
Abigail majored in Spanish & Latin American Cultures with a specialization in Public Health and a minor in Chemistry at Barnard College. She is now an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Zeshan
Zeshan holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford (Award of Excellence, Tau Beta Pi). He is now an MD/PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Health, Sciences, and Technology Harvard-MIT program.
Musa
Musa earned her PhD from Columbia University in Early Modern English Drama. She has taught at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis, where she was an Assistant Professor of English.
Bryan
Bryan graduated magna cum laude from Princeton, where he majored in English and Creative Writing. After teaching for several years, he is now the English Department Chair at a nationally recognized charter school in St. Louis.
Anna
Anna graduated from Harvard University with a BA in English and a minor in Linguistics and Language Theory. While at Harvard, she was a curriculum editor for the Mamelodi Initiative in South Africa.
Greg
Greg graduated with a double major in Physics and Math from Harvard (summa cum laude). He is now pursuing a PhD in Math at MIT, where his research focuses on the interaction between geometry and physics.
Maggie
Maggie earned her BA in History and minor in Education from Darthmouth. After graduation, she served in AmeriCorps at a charter school in Boston while pursuing her MA in Effective Teaching. She now teaches 8th grade US History.
Betty
Betty earned her BA in History and Science from Harvard, and holds an MA in History from the Universiy of Chicago, and a PhD in History from Yale. She has been teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy for almost a decade.
Florene
Florene is a law student at Harvard Law School. Previously, she worked as strategy and operations consultant at Deloitte. She earned her BA in Political Science at Brown University.
Bryce
Bryce is an MD student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. He graduated from Duke summa cum laude with a BS in Chemistry, and was a BioCoRE Scholar, St. Baldrick's Research Fellow, and Lublin Awardee.
Julia
Julia attended St. John's College in Annapolis, MD where she fell in love with classical languages. She is currently a Linguistics PhD student at Harvard, focusing on the phonology and verbal morphology of ancient Greek.
Shara
Shara is an MA student in Jewish Gender and Women's Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She holds a BA in Theatre from Northwestern with minors in Creative Writing and Gender and Sexuality Studies (summa cum laude).
Ian
Ian earned his BA in Economics from Bucknell. He then worked as a teacher and administrator in charter schools in New Orleans. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Columbia University as a Columbia Fellows Scholar.
Amanda
Amanda is the Religion Department chair of a private school in the Boston area. She holds a BA in Religious Studies (University of Michigan) and an EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education (Harvard Graduate School of Education).
Johnny
Johnny, originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, is an MD candidate and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a minor in psychology.
Joy
Joy is an MD/PhD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She earned a BS (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology) and BA (Anthropology) from Brown, and completed a postbacc fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.
Michael
Michael is currently pursuing his dermatology residency training at the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program in Boston, MA.
Mickey
Mickey is an MD/MPH candidate at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Mailman School of Public Health. He holds a BA in Biochemistry and English (Drake) and an MS in Narrative Medicine (Columbia).
Amar
Amar holds an MD/MPHS from Washington University in St. Louis, and a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from the Eckardt Scholars Honors program at Lehigh University. Currently, he is a Diagnostic Radiology resident at the Mayo Clinic.
June
June earned degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from MIT, where she published five papers and won the Department of Chemistry Research Award. She is now pursuing her PhD in Chemistry at Harvard University.
Tess
Tess earned her BA in International Relations and Education from Tufts University. After graduation, she taught in Madrid, Spain on Fulbright, and went on to earn her MA in Special Education at CUNY.
Deirdre
Deirdre holds a BA in Classical Language (Holy Cross), MA in Classical Languages (Villanova), and MA in Differentiated Instruction (Concordia). She has been teaching Latin and ancient Greek for over 20 years.
Alice
Alice is currently a dental student in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She received her BS in Neurobiology and Physiology from the University of Maryland Honors Program.
Vera
Vera served in the US Air Force for 6 years. After the Air Force, she double-majored in Neuroscience and Mathematics at the University of Arizona. She is currently completing her MD/PhD at University of Washington in St. Louis.
Manasa
Manasa is an MD student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her BA in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude).
Ash
Ash received his MA in Economics from Columbia University. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Econometrics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi).
Becca
Becca holds a BA in Philosophy from Dartmouth (summa cum laude) and an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. She is currently finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Harvard.
Kristen
Kristen earned her PhD in Epidemiology at Harvard, where she is currently a postdoc research associate. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology (Emory) and a BS in Chemistry with focus in Biochemistry (UNC Chapel Hill).
Anne
Anne was a double major in Linguistics and French at Wellesley, and earned an MA from Middlebury School in France. She is now a PhD student in French at Harvard, and specializes in 20th and 21st century French and Francophone Lit.
John
John earned his BA in Literature from Harvard (magna cum laude), and his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton. After teaching at several major universities in the US and abroad, John is now pursuing his MSW at Simmons University.
Martha
Martha graduated from Duke with a BSE in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Tau Beta Pi). After working in industry as a hardware engineer, she went back to grad school and is currently a PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia.
Brielle
Brielle earned her Bachelor's in Psychology and minored in Chemistry at CUNY Brookyln. She is currently an MD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and plans to pursue a residency in Psychiatry.
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.
Neil
Neil is a JD student at Yale. Before law school, he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in Social Studies, and went on to earn his MPhil in International Relations from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Abhiram
Abhi holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS in Polymer Engineering and Technology from the University of Mumbai, India. Currently, he works in the biotech industry in the Boston area.
Beth
Beth graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology. She is currently an MD candidate at Boston University School of Medicine.
Rebecca
Rebecca graduated from Brown University with a BS in Mathematical Science. She is currently a PhD candidate in Applied Physics at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Parker
Parker is a PhD student in Anthropology at Harvard. Prior to graduate school, he attended Bard College for Anthropology and Literature, and was then a Fulbright-Garca Robles Scholar in Mexico.
Sean
Sean graduated from Cornell with a degree in Chemistry. He taught high school math for three years before going on to earn his MBA at Columbia Business School. He will soon begin is postgrad career in management consulting.
Punit
Punit graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Biopsychology and Greek and Latin Studies. After finishing his undergraduate studies, Punit worked clinically as an EMT and an emergency medical technician in Boston for a few years and then enrolled in a special master's program to better prepare for medical school. He is currently an MD/MBA candidate at Boston University's School of Medicine and School of Business.
Justin
Justin earned his BA in Math with a minor in Computer Science at Boston College. After spending a few years working as a web developer, he moved to New York, where he is now an MBA candidate at NYU.
Arvind
Arvind holds a BS in Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an MA in Engineering in EECS from MIT. He has worked at Amazon, D.E. Shaw Research, and most recently at BenevolentAI.
Claire
Claire graduated with a BA in History and minor in Mathematics from Barnard College, where she won the the Ellen Davis Goldwater prize for excellence in History. Currently, she is a Graduate Writing Fellow at Barnard.
Alex
Alex is a Physics PhD student at MIT. He attended UNC Chapel Hill for his Bachelor's, where he received the chancellor's award for most talented physicist, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Mathematics and Physics.
Dennis
Dennis earned his Bachelor's from Northwestern, worked for a large supply chain management firm, and then earned his MBA from Dartmouth. After his MBA, he joined McKinsey, and now works for an advanced analytics firm in New York.
Juan
Juan holds a PhD in Immunology and Inflamation (NYU School of Medicine) and BS in Molecular & Cell Biology (University of Puerto Rico). Currently, he is a postbacc scholar at Weill Cornell.
Jim
Jim holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Math from Oberlin, and an MA in Economics from Cornell. After traveling the country working on political campaigns, he now works as a software consultant and is based in Cambridge, MA.
Scarlett
Scarlett is a 2012 Princeton University graduate who recently moved to Cambridge to start her PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. She she was awarded an NIMH-sponsored research fellowship to study mental illness at the National Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico City.
Emily Mc.
Emily holds a BA in Philosophy, Psychology, and Linguistics (Tulane), an MA in Philosophy (Brown) and a PhD in Philosophy (Harvard). She is currently the Nancy Schaenen Endowed Visiting Scholar of Ethics at DePauw University.
Brian
Brian holds a PhD in Italian from New York University. Previously, he earned his MA from NYU in Italian, and a BA from Dartmouth in Comparative Literature.
Jonathan
Jonathan graduated with a dual-degree from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in International Studies and a BS in Economics. He is now an MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School.
Max
Max is a PhD student in Bioengineering at Harvard. He graduated summa cum laude from UMass Amherst with a BS in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Chemistry, and then attended UC Santa Barbara for his MS in Chemical Engineering.
Dov
Dov holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Rutgers (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kapa) and a MEng from MIT in Advanced Manufacturing and Design. He works for Raytheon Company as a Manufacturing Engineer.
Tahseen
Tahseen was a Math major at UVA, where he was an Echols Scholar and graduated with high distinction. He holds a Master's in Mathematics from NYU and is currently a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Maryland.
Keizra
Keizra is an MD student at Harvard Medical School. She earned her Bachelor's in Biology at Duke University (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and, prior to med school, spent two years as a management consultant at Bain & Co in DC.
Richard
Richard graduated from Princeton with a BA in Chemistry, and then spent two years at Oxford, where he earned an MBA and an MS in Global Health as a Rhodes Scholar. He is currently pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Karan
Karan is an MBA student at the Columbia Business School. Prior to Business School, Karan spent four years at a FinTech startup in NYC. He graduated from Emory University with a BA in Economics and Political Science.
Damari
Damari is a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his MD at Harvard Medical School and his BA in Biochemistry and Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He was a Rhodes Scholar Finalist in 2016.
Alyssa
Alyssa holds a BA in English from Williams College. She completed her MFA in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College, where she was the recipient of a Truman Capote Scholarship. She is currently at work on a collection of short stories.
Mike
Mike attended Darmouth College, where he won numerous awards for his creative and critical writing. He earned his BA in English, and went on to become a secondary school teacher.
Spencer
Spencer earned his BA in economics from the University of Arkansas and his JD from Harvard Law School. Spencer has helped students prepare for the LSAT, as well as economics and law courses.
Emma
Emma is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, currently doing clinical research through a fellowship at Mass General Hospital. She earned her BA in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Nathan
Nathan graduated from Princeton University with a BS in Physics and a minor in Applied Math (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently a PhD student in Physics at Harvard.
Muriel
Muriel is an MD student at the NYU School of Medicine. She earned her BA in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in Global Health from Middlebury College.
Nikita
Nikita earned her BA in Biomedical Engineering at Tufts (summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi) and her MD at Boston University. She is now a senior resident at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics.
Tushar
Tushar is currently an MD/PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program at Harvard Medical School. He earned his BS and MEng in Biomedical Engineering at MIT.
Alexander
Alex received his undergraduate degree in Classical Civilizations from Harvard. He taught Latin, History, and Ancient Greek at the high school level, and then earned his Master's degree in Classics from Columbia.
Noah
Noah is an MD student at Columbia. Prior to med school, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a degree in Biology and Spanish and spent a year working on clinical research at NYU.
Josef
Josef earned a BA/MA in Economics from Boston University (with honors, magna cum laude). After graduation, he worked with the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Boston University. Currently, he is an analyst at IHS Markit.
Daniel
Daniel double-majored in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) and Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his PhD in Psychology and Social Behavior from UC Irvine, where he researched false memories.
Nicole
Nicole studied History at Boston College. After graduation, she worked in Fidelity's Legal Department as a business anaylyst, and is now pursuing her JD at Harvard Law School.
Sam
Sam is a med student at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BS in Neurobiology & Philosophy (Cornell). Prior to medical school, Sam was a fellow in the NIH Department of Bioethics.