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She/Her/Hers
Bryn Mawr College
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Teachers College, Columbia University
Master of Arts in International Education Development focused on Higher Education
I began my undergraduate admissions career at Stanford University where I helped coordinate diversity events and outreach. This ignited a passion for higher education which led me to Columbia University where, after earning my masters, I began recruiting and reviewing the applications of students applying to Columbia College from all around the country including the northeast, mid-west, Texas and California. I also reviewed the applications of international students from countries across Asia as well as Canada and Mexico. During my time at Columbia, I was Director of Admissions at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons where I oversaw the entire medical school admissions process, including recruitment, application review, interview days, and admitted student events. From there I became the Director of Enrollment Management at the University of San Francisco where I oversaw a team that supported both undergraduate and graduate admissions. In that role I recruited in Southern California and reviewed applications from multiple domestic territories for the undergraduate admissions team. Most recently, I was the senior director at Stanford Medicine, where I again oversaw the entire medical school admissions process.
Building strong relationships with professors and others has many benefits to pre-med students, one of which is getting meaningful recommendation letters.
There are multiple graduate degrees that can be combined with an MD to prepare students for careers that blend medicine with business, technology, and law.
The medical school application timeline can vary student to student, but the steps to be taken are similar for almost all applicants.
One of the many steps in the med school admissions process is the situational judgment test, which calls on students to make quick decisions in challenging scenarios.