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Admissions (College, AMCAS, ERAS)/Lit. & ESL/Health expert, 10+ years
Divya N.

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Hi! I’m Divya!

I'm a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's in English Literature) and the University of Michigan (MPH). For 10+ years I have served as both a public health professional and an Admissions Consultant and English tutor.

Having written articles, website content, research papers, federal and international reports (w/ CDC, DOD, Indian Health Services, United Nations), I leverage my real-world experience to teach students how to communicate...

Hi! I’m Divya!

I'm a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's in English Literature) and the University of Michigan (MPH). For 10+ years I have served as both a public health professional and an Admissions Consultant and English tutor.

Having written articles, website content, research papers, federal and international reports (w/ CDC, DOD, Indian Health Services, United Nations), I leverage my real-world experience to teach students how to communicate effectively with any audience.

I teach high school (Honors and AP English), college, and graduate students how to think critically and improve the structure and effectiveness of their writing. I also help special needs students (IEP, visual impairment) increase their confidence and capabilities. Other focus areas include public speaking, Business English, and presentation skills and work with both native and non-native English speakers.

Recently I obtained TESOL certification and teach ESL (especially speaking and comprehension) to students from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa. As a child of immigrants, I know the struggles of coming to a new country and learning to communicate effectively.

Finally, I work with both undergraduate and graduate applicants on their applications for admissions to many coveted programs. I have helped over 50 students get into top programs in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, and Medicine at schools like the UMich, UIUC, IU, UW-Madison, and Purdue. I ensure they retain their voice and remain authentic while still being polished. For graduate degrees, I have helped 75 IMGs match in U.S. based residency programs, PA/NP programs, and much more.

I would love the opportunity to work with you! Reach out and let’s see what we can accomplish together!
Rates:
H.S. English/ESL: $60 per hour
Admissions consulting/interview training: $115 per hour
College/graduate level coursework assistance: $90 per hour

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
English-PublicHealth
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Masters

Additional Languages

Hindi
Turkish
Urdu

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College Counseling

College Counseling

Over the last eight years, I have worked with students of all ages from college applicants to foreign medical residency applicants. I have helped 50 people get into their top choice programs all around the country. In the process of doing this, I have also helped students determine the best fit based on their interests. I offer insights based on my own experience and the experience of friends and colleagues on size, rankings, and opportunities at each type of institution.
Epidemiology

Epidemiology

I'm a trained public health professional with 10 years of experience implementing and managing programs in both infectious disease and chronic health conditions. I served as a contact tracer and case manager for two years during COVID and managed outbreak response and surveillance for an entire tribe in South Dakota that served 2,000 people. This required all aspects of epidemiology, identifying cases, tracing and informing contacts, conducting outbreak investigation and surveillance, and analyzing case rates weekly for both tribal leadership and the state department of health. I created my own visualizations and considered the effects of vaccination rates as well. I'm also trained to use GIS and other mapping software to create effective visualizations.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have 8 years of tutoring experience teaching English, primarily writing and Business English. Additionally, I recently obtained a TEFL certification so I can teach students English at any level. I am also someone who has lived all over the world and have often had to learn other languages myself, so I understand the struggle. I bring with me the same empathy and patience to learning a new language that I hope for whenever I am learning a new one. I have been working with people from all over Africa for the last 5 years helping them write personal statements and train for interviews in English. I also taught Business English at two hotels in Burma in the past and am currently working with a student from Eastern Europe. I love working with non-native speakers and would love to help you improve your English skills too!
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I have worked with several high school students over the years on writing essays for their English and/or social studies classes. Last year I helped a student who was struggling to get Bs get a 100 on her essay for English. I'm currently working with a PhD student to support him with research for his dissertation in education.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I've been working with foreign medical graduates on applications for residency programs for the last five years. I support them through the whole process which includes reviewing their CVs, writing their personal statements with them, and interview preparation. Interview preparation is my favorite part of the process. As we work together I watch them learn to ace the American way of interviewing and it's wonderful to hear when they get into a program of their choice in an intensely competitive environment. I help 5-10 students every year with interview prep.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I have been working with students of all ages but primarily those writing personal statements for residency programs as foreign medical graduates. I have supported around 100 students to get into programs of their choice. I also work with students applying to college and other graduate programs.
Proofreading

Proofreading

I've been reviewing documentation throughout my entire career. Since reviewing research and reports in college for projects I was involved in to UN reports, an entire country's education curriculum for teachers, grants and much more, writing and proofreading have been an instrumental part of every single role I have ever had. It's something I greatly enjoy doing to get to the best level of writing possible.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I work in two spaces. I am a public health professional and I work as a tutor to help students improve communication skills. Over the last 9 years, I have conducted and spoken at large scale trainings with ministry officials in the Middle East and Asia and community level trainings in opioid response. I train my students to deliver information effectively in speeches, presentations, trainings, and interviews. I'm also well versed in PPT and data visualization and teach my students how to create effective presentations in the workplace.
Reading

Reading

I have been working with students of varying ages but primarily from 8th grade onwards and teaching them how to analyze literature and improve their reading, comprehension, and writing skills accordingly. In the last year I had a student go from a C- to a B+ and another from a B to an A. I work with students of all levels including regular and honors and AP English. I also help with writing portions of standardized tests.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I work with a student who is visually impaired on completing his PhD in Educational Leadership. For this, I have helped him correct errors in his writing, complete citations, and have written while listening to him speak out what he wishes to write. I also read documents out to him so he can determine what citations he would like to include in his writing. I also assisted him in getting across the stage for his PhD graduation. Additionally, I have worked in the past with children with mental and physical impairments in a rural part of India, developing catered educational documents and helping them develop their English speaking skills.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I have worked on UN reports that were essentially research projects as well as several research projects and manuscripts in undergrad and grad school. I also worked on formatting several thousand pages of a textbook for teacher education in Burma that required handling all the citations. Recently, over the last two years or so, I have worked with Masters level and PhD level students on proofreading their capstones, research papers, dissertations, and helping them with citations.
TOEFL

TOEFL

I have experience working with non-native speakers of many levels. My strongest experience is in helping them improve their writing especially when it comes to application essays. However, I also have experience in working with non-native speakers abroad. I worked at two hotels in Burma for a few months teaching Business English and helping students improve their speaking capacity for their industry.
Writing

Writing

I have writing expertise in both literary analysis and public health. I have a Bachelor's degree in both specialties (3.73 GPA) from the University of Illinois and a Master's degree in Public Health (3.7 GPA) from the University of Michigan with extensive writing and analysis experience throughout my 10-year career. I published a qualitative research study report with the United Nations, have written health needs assessments, letters to the editor, newsletters, annual reports, DOD reports, small business contracts, fact sheets, and blogs, many of which are accessible on my LinkedIn account. Along with my work in public health, after gaining expertise in literary analysis through my Bachelor's Degree in English Literature, I tutor high school students and adults to improve their literary analysis skills and complete their application essays.
ACT English
ACT Reading
English
Grammar
Literature
SAT Writing
Vocabulary

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great college essay help

We needed help with college essays, and she has been great working with my daughter. Thank you so much.

L, 2 lessons with Divya

Great tutor!

Divya is patient, friendly, and really good at explaining things. She makes hard topics easy to understand and always checks that I get it before moving on. I feel much more confident thanks to her help. Highly recommend!

Nikolai, 48 lessons with Divya

Knowledgeable and professional

Divya is personable, very fluent in APA. Easy to talk to and work with. I enjoyed her, she even offered more services! I look forward to working with her again!

Kea, 12 lessons with Divya

Excellent work by Divya

Divya is on time, very knowledgeable and knows what to expect in working with me as I'm vision impaired. I'm in a PhD program at DePaul University in Chicago. Divya was right on in terms of correcting all my missed errors. She helped me with everything I need in terms of research, writing, making slides, and getting on Zoom calls.

Valenzuella, 1 lesson with Divya
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