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Hi, I'm Max. I'm a fourth-year medical student at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2021 with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology and made the Dean's Honor List twice. I scored a 517 on the MCAT (94th percentile), including the 100th percentile on Psych/Soc. I've done cancer research at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, and now I work with patients in the hospital.

I tutor every section of the MCAT, and my...

Hi, I'm Max. I'm a fourth-year medical student at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2021 with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology and made the Dean's Honor List twice. I scored a 517 on the MCAT (94th percentile), including the 100th percentile on Psych/Soc. I've done cancer research at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, and now I work with patients in the hospital.

I tutor every section of the MCAT, and my favorites are Psych/Soc, Bio/Biochem, and CARS. I also tutor AP science courses. I've worked with first-time test takers and re-takers. I teach concepts so they connect to each other, because memorizing facts one at a time breaks down on a seven and a half hour exam. If you know why something happens, you can answer a question you haven't seen before. For CARS, we practice finding the author's argument quickly and choosing between answers without second-guessing.

At Berkeley I created and taught a university-credit fencing course. Around 150 students applied each semester for 30 seats, and I wrote the syllabus, lessons, and quizzes and worked with students one on one after class. I was also a resident assistant for two years, responsible for about 50 students a semester. Tutoring sessions are one on one and built around the passages and topics you miss, with work on pacing and on staying sharp through the last section of the test.

Outside of school, I volunteer as a belayer for climbers with Parkinson's disease, cook, and fence. I was also a child actor. Send me a message and tell me where you're stuck.

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Education

University of California, Berkeley
Molecular and Cell Biology
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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ACT English

ACT English

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA from UC Berkeley, and I passed Wyzant’s ACT English exam. I can help with the grammar and punctuation rules the test covers, including commas, semicolons, verb tense, pronoun agreement, and modifier placement. I also work on the rhetorical questions, such as whether a sentence belongs in a paragraph, where it should go, and which revision fits the writer’s goal. We practice on ACT-style passages and talk through why each wrong answer is wrong, so you can spot the same pattern next time.
ACT Math

ACT Math

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA from UC Berkeley, and I passed Wyzant’s ACT Math exam. I can help with the topics the test covers: linear equations and inequalities, functions, exponents, geometry and trigonometry, probability, and word problems. We work through ACT-style questions together, and I show how to set each one up so you can do the next without help.
Biochemistry

Biochemistry

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. I scored a 517 on the MCAT (94th percentile) and passed Wyzant’s biochemistry exam. I can help with metabolism (glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation), enzyme kinetics, protein structure, and gene expression, for college courses or the MCAT Bio/Biochem section. We work through practice questions together, and each answer ties back to the pathway or mechanism behind it.
Biology

Biology

I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, made the Dean's Honor List twice, and am now a fourth-year medical student with a 517 on the MCAT. In cancer research labs at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the University of Pennsylvania, I prepared Western blots and soft agar assays and wrote a protocol for freezing and embedding organoids. I tutor high school, AP, and college biology, along with the biology on the MCAT. I teach each topic by showing how it connects to the one before it.
Chemistry

Chemistry

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. I scored a 517 on the MCAT (94th percentile) and passed Wyzant’s chemistry exam. I can help with general chemistry topics like stoichiometry, solutions and molarity, gas laws, Lewis structures, molecular geometry, periodic trends, and balancing equations, for high school or college courses and the MCAT chemistry content. We work through problems step by step so you can set up the next one on your own.
EMT/ NREMT

EMT/ NREMT

I earned my EMT certification through the Montgomery County EMS Training Institute in 2020 and no longer hold it. I then volunteered as an EMT with Narberth Ambulance from December 2020 to September 2022. I'm now a fourth-year medical student at Temple. I walk through scene safety, patient assessment, and common emergencies, and we practice with scenario questions so the steps become automatic.
English

English

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA from UC Berkeley, and I passed Wyzant’s English exam. I’ve co-authored peer-reviewed papers. I can help with essay structure, thesis statements, grammar and punctuation, and reading comprehension for high school and college courses. In sessions we revise your own writing together, so you can see which changes raise the grade.
Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning

I built my own study system for the Step 2 CK medical licensing exam: a dedicated period starting June 2026, daily timed blocks of 40 questions, a 30-minute daily cap on Anki flashcards, and a dated sequence of practice exams. I keep a UWorld tracker that breaks my review into 140 subtopics across 30 systems, and I plan Step 3 as a small number of questions per day, each reviewed until I fully understand it. In 2022 and 2023 I tutored MCAT students privately on pacing, and one finished every section on time after running out of time on a first attempt. As president of a hematology and oncology student interest group I selected the incoming executive board and ran a marrow registry drive that added more than 150 donors.
Genetics

Genetics

I graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology/Medical Biology and Physiology. From Gregor Mendel to Jennifer Doudna (inventor of CRISPR, and an old professor of mine!), there is a seemingly endless amount of information that encompasses the field of genetics. My methodology in studying for genetics material goes beyond mere memorization of facts. Having been a part of multiple cancer research laboratories and gained a top-score on the Medical College Admission Test (94th percentile), I am a confident and passionate teacher of genetics, no matter if you are starting out with Punnett Squares or would like to know more about the Tet-On/Off systems I have utilized in my cancer research!
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I am interviewing for psychiatry residency this cycle, so I am doing and debriefing interviews right now. I prepare answers in a Point, Reason, Example structure, keep a written story bank of about 15 common questions, and write a five-question debrief after interview days. In 2022 and 2023 I advised roughly 80 to 90 MCAT and pre-medical students, including a CASPer situational judgment test overview I built in 2023. As a child actor I auditioned in New York about once a week into early high school, and I belong to the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA.
MCAT

MCAT

You might have heard the expression that "The MCAT is a mile wide and an inch deep" in terms of breadth of content. My methodology in studying for the MCAT exam goes beyond mere memorization of facts. The time I spent studying for my own MCAT exam was spent understanding the relevant information and developing methods to retain that information long-term. Intentional review and practice yielded for me a 517 / 94th percentile MCAT score, including a perfect 132 score in the Psychology/Sociology section of the exam (129/128/128/132).
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

I'm a fourth-year medical student at Temple's Lewis Katz School of Medicine with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, with an emphasis in Medical Biology and Physiology. I completed my neurology clerkship and I'm applying to psychiatry, so I see how neurologic and psychiatric disease present in patients. I wrote a case report on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune disease that can first look like psychosis. In sessions I start from the mechanism, such as the synapse, the receptor, or the circuit, and then connect it to what you would see in a patient.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I wrote my own medical school personal statement in 2023 and my psychiatry residency statement in 2026, which I revised from May through October with readers including a psychiatry faculty advisor. From 2022 to 2024 I also edited personal statements for medical school and post-baccalaureate applicants through session logs and written suggestion rounds, and in a 2022 testimonial one client wrote that I had them add a story they would never have thought of.
Pharmacology

Pharmacology

I took Pharmacology (ACMS 5008) in the Advanced Core in Medical Sciences post-baccalaureate program at Lewis Katz School of Medicine in fall 2022 and built my own drug tables for each exam, covering antimicrobials, antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the second and anticoagulants, statins, diuretics and antihypertensives on the third. I am first author of a 2025 editorial in Translational Andrology and Urology on belzutifan for von Hippel-Lindau disease. I am also part of a retrospective cohort study of SSRI exposure and mechanical ventilation weaning outcomes.
Physiology

Physiology

I’m a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, and I passed Wyzant’s physiology exam. I can help with homeostasis and feedback loops, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the nervous system and neurotransmission, metabolism, and the senses. I also cover the MCAT biology content that draws on physiology. We work through the concepts and practice questions together, tracing each answer to the mechanism behind it.
Proofreading

Proofreading

I'm a fourth-year medical student at Temple's Lewis Katz School of Medicine with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. I'm first author on a peer-reviewed editorial in Translational Andrology and Urology (2025) and a co-author on two papers in JMIR Formative Research, so I've written and revised manuscripts through peer review. In a proofreading session, I go through your draft line by line for grammar, punctuation, and word choice. I explain each change so you can see the pattern and fix it yourself next time.
Psychology

Psychology

I scored in the 100th percentile on the Psychology and Sociology section of the MCAT. I'm a fourth-year medical student applying to psychiatry, and I have worked with patients on psychiatry rotations. In sessions I explain why a theory or study exists, so the terms are easier to remember. I tutor MCAT Psych/Soc and introductory psychology courses.
Sociology

Sociology

Academically, I scored a perfect 132 (100%ile) on the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior on the MCAT admissions test for medical school. From June 2021 to April 2022 I volunteered at Project HOME’s Hub of Hope in Philadelphia, connecting people experiencing homelessness to social services, housing and health care. In June and July 2024 I went house to house in rural Karnataka, India, assessing each household’s access to water, electricity and sanitation. From May 2021 to August 2022 I worked as a research associate at Jefferson on mixed-methods and qualitative health services research, and I have helped facilitate a talk on care of transgender and gender-diverse patients to my medical school’s urology interest group.
USMLE

USMLE

I am a fourth-year medical student at Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine and took Step 2 CK in August 2026. During my dedicated period I worked through UWorld, tracked every NBME form, and built an Anki system around my own missed questions, so I can teach how to study as well as the content. In sessions I start with the mechanism, compare look-alike diagnoses side by side, and have you explain why each wrong answer is wrong. I also scored a 517 on the MCAT and tutored pre-med students privately, so I am comfortable teaching students at any stage.
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