Jaafar; 6+years of college and high school science and MCAT prep

Jaafar H.

Biochemistry

PhD in Chemistry in Fall 2021. With Biochemistry Research in type 2 diabetes. Have taught Intro to Biochem labs and substituted for the lecturer in the Intro to Biochem Course. Taught a college level Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Course for a Summer Discovery Program at University of Michigan. I also taught College Level Chemistry Courses at both U of M Flint in the Academic Year of XXXX-XXXX of and Michigan State University in the academic year of XXXXX-XXXX and XXXX-XXXX.

Biology

I did several years of research in type 2 diabetes where I applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology concepts to this Research. I also taught Biochemistry and Molecular Biology along with Neuroscience Class to High school students in each of the 3 past summers for a summer discovery program at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry in Fall 2021 3 years as a full time University Chemistry Instructor at University of Michigan Flint and Michigan State University. 1 year as a Science Teacher at Stout Middle School in Dearborn Mi 3 summers since 2024 as a Biochemistry, and Neuro Science Instructor at Summer Discovery at University of Michigan.

Interview Prep

As an Academic Consultant, I have trained students with interview prep skills by conducting one on one mock interviews with prospective students going into medical school. After each mock interview , I would give a verbal direct live feedback to every single student. During the feedback session I would teach the students how to connect their past to their future via structuring a response to every type of question that can be asked during an interview to ensure that the students are able to show that they are a good fit for the program and profession by communicating a clear and concise response based on the type of question. For example, if the student was asked a scenario type question, they would need to first mention what is the pressing issue, and talk about how and what information they need to make a decision, then they would come up with 3 possible outcomes from best to worse with a solution to each outcome using the if then structure. I have also given interview tips for many of my undergraduate learning assistants at MSU, including one that was conducting an interview for an early admission to medical school a few hours before her interview. Those tips did lead her to being admitted in the program she wanted.

MCAT

As an expert working with an Academic Consulting Company, I was able to help students prepare a concrete realistic study schedule which factors in the score that they have in either the diagnostic exam or a previous MCAT score, along with other commitments which will give them the incentive to execute the the plan and score well on the exam. As a content expert in science due to my educational and research background, I am able to help the students connect the concepts to healthcare applications which is what the MCAT is testing them for. In addition, I am able to help the students come with a efficient and sound strategy based on active learning to answer any question on the MCAT starting from a strategic reading of the passage paragraph by paragraph and coming up with the main idea of each paragraph without getting bogged into the details, then identifying the type the of the question they are trying to answer before attempting to answer them.

Personal Statements

As an academic consultant in a company that specilizes in advising for college and medical school apps. I ensure that students are able to connect their past and their futures to ensure that their application to a college or a health career program stand out. With this process, I collaborated with the students to come up with an outline that reflects the most important experiences that allows them to connect it to the program or profession that they are applying for. During this collaboration process, I brainstorm with the students about the experiences that they had in their past by asking them specific questions about impactful experiences they had. Then I taught them how to rate them based on the quality and quantity of tangable skills they learned from each one which can be applied to their future career. This helps them learn how to pick the 3 most impactful ones. Then I went over the structure of a personal statement from the introduction to body to conclusion. Then, I collaborated with them on forming an outline for their personal statement based on the experiences they chose. I have also done a line by line structural and narration review of personal statements along with giving examples of how to improve their personal statements.I have also successfully advised many of my undergraduate learning assistants at MSU on how to successfully score an admission to medical schools. This lead to the student speaker at the commencement acknowledging how my work with him has helped him successfully score interviews for DO schools and subsequently gaining admission to them. As part of this process I have also done mock interviews to ensure that their oral communication skills stand out which leads to successful interviews.