Strategist Turned Medical Student Specializing in Interview Prep

Sasha R.

I am a fourth-year medical student and have helped several friends get into medical school through interview preparation. I've interviewed over 15 prospective students while attending my current institution and have an insider's perspective on what interests medical schools. Fun fact-- I was accepted to 100% of the medical schools that offered me an interview.

I have extensive experience teaching, tutoring, and mentoring. I taught kindergarten, first, and second grade during a service year with AmeriCorps. I tutored high school math, English, French, biology, and chemistry for three years. Additionally, I tutored third and fourth grade grammar for two years. I only stopped tutoring because I moved to a New York, where I received my master's of public health degree in health management.

I also find value in mentoring. I have been a mentor through Volunteers of America for 14 years. I started mentoring a young girl with a difficult family situation when she was four years-old and now she is graduating high school later this month.

My experiences of teaching and mentoring students from ages four to 18 have taught me patience and creativity. I understand not all learners are the same, and my tutoring methods reflect that. I worked at a medical advertising firm as a brand strategist for three years, and during this time I was fortunate to have developed and presented corporate strategy to executives at the senior VP and C-suite levels.

I believe the difference between a poor and exceptional interview lies in one's ability to develop their brand and tell their story. My coaching style is encouraging and direct, which prospective medical students have appreciated. I help students take themes they want to communicate and transform these pieces of information in to a story anyone would want to hear. I tell my students that I can make a story about paint drying sound interesting. With the right coaching, inflection, and preparation, they can too.