━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ MCAT TUTORING & MED SCHOOL APPLICATION COACHING Stanford Medical Student | MCAT 517 (Top 5%) | $90/hr ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Hi Stanford community! I'm Isaac Applebaum, a 2nd-year Stanford Medical Student offering personalized MCAT tutoring and medical school application support. Whether you're just starting your MCAT prep or polishing your personal statement, I'm here to help — with patience, encouragement, and a coaching style built around YOU. ──────────────────────────────────────── SERVICES ──────────────────────────────────────── ▸ MCAT TUTORING Comprehensive content review and test strategy for all four sections (C/P, CARS, B/B, P/S). I'll help you identify your weak spots, build your confidence, and maximize your score. I also specialize in helping students overcome test anxiety — because knowing the material is only half the battle. ▸ MED SCHOOL APPLICATION COACHING School list strategy, timeline planning, activity descriptions, secondary applications, and mock interview prep — everything you need for a competitive application. ▸ PERSONAL STATEMENT & SECONDARY ESSAY EDITING From brainstorming your narrative to polishing your final draft, I'll help you craft essays that authentically represent who you are and why you belong in medicine. ──────────────────────────────────────── ABOUT ME ──────────────────────────────────────── - Current 2nd-Year Student at Stanford School of Medicine - MCAT Score: 517 — Top 5% Nationally - Stanford Biology B.S., GPA 3.9/4.0 (Stanford Award of Excellence — Top 10% of graduating class) - Years of tutoring experience: mentored & tutored ~40 first-gen/low-income students through Stanford's STEMentors Program - Teaching Assistant at Stanford School of Medicine - Published researcher with experience in science communication, ML/AI, and molecular biology - Jeopardy! 2022 National College Championship Semifinalist (4th Place Overall) - Successfully navigated the medical school application process — I know what works! ──────────────────────────────────────── MY TEACHING STYLE ──────────────────────────────────────── I believe that every student has what it takes to succeed — sometimes you just need the right support. My approach is: - Compassionate & Encouraging — no judgment, only support - Patient & Thorough — we move at your pace until it truly clicks - Test Anxiety Support — proven strategies to stay calm, focused, and confident on exam day - Personalized — sessions tailored to your goals and learning style - Flexible — I work around your schedule ──────────────────────────────────────── RATE & AVAILABILITY ──────────────────────────────────────── Base Rate: $90/hour Sliding scale available for first-generation and/or low-income (FLI) students — financial circumstances should never be a barrier to quality mentorship. Please reach out! Available In-Person at Stanford or on Zoom ──────────────────────────────────────── INTERESTED? LET'S CONNECT! ──────────────────────────────────────── Fill out my interest form here: Or feel free to email me directly: I'd love to chat about your goals and how I can help. Looking forward to hearing from you! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━