MCAT Tutor

HELEN

TUTORING PROFILE

MCAT Score

99th Percentile Overall

Research and Work Experience

MIT Media Lab, Brigham and Women’s Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Undergraduate Studies

Computer Science and Molecular Biology at MIT

Special Expertise

Chemistry/Physics (99th Percentile) CARS (100th Percentile) Biology/Biochemistry (95th Percentile)

Medical Education

Currently applying this cycle!

In-person Availability

Video call

More About Helen

Hi there! I’m Helen and I am excited to help you along your MCAT journey! I graduated from MIT, majoring in computer science and biology, with a concentration in education. Although I graduated years ago, I recently decided to make a career change and enter medicine. After researching a study plan that fit with my work schedule, which spoiler alert— included MCAT Self Prep, I scored a 523 on the MCAT, with a 130+ across every section. I hope to share what I’ve learned during my experience preparing for the MCAT in order to help you improve your score too!

Some more about me: I have extensive tutoring and TA experience across a variety of subjects, and take great pride in tailoring my tutoring sessions to the needs of each individual student. I especially like to drill into understanding the root causes that may be preventing students from reaching their fullest potential. With me, you can be sure to learn highly effective AAMC and general test-taking strategies that will help you excel on test day.

My own MCAT journey had its fair share of ups and downs. Beyond just learning to build the stamina for such an exam, I had to re-learn many concepts based on how the AAMC prefers to test them. From careful study and lots of practice, I actually turned my two lowest scoring sections, Chem/Phys and CARS, into my two highest scoring sections!

As for my other interests, I enjoy brewing kombucha (since before it got popular!), running with my dog, and teaching yoga. These activities were instrumental for me in order for studying to feel sustainable— I can’t wait to hear which activities help you relax too!

I cannot wait to share everything I’ve learned to help you achieve a great MCAT score. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best,
Helen

Hear What Helen’s Students are Saying About Her

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Grace

“Helen is an exceptional tutor who has helped me excel in my academic pursuits. She helped me overcome my test taking anxiety and really be able to dial in on the most important concepts to know. She has a remarkable ability to break down complex ideas into easily memorizable chunks, making content areas extremely easy to understand and recall. I could not have achieved the scores I have without her guidance!”

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Sam

“Helen was one of the best tutors I have worked with who truly is committed to her students’ success. She has an exceptional ability to explain complex ideas in a way that makes you feel confident in being able to answer questions in those topics at a later date. Although I tend to prefer learning topics on my own, Helen was great in providing targeted focus in areas I needed the most support in, and was able to customize instruction based on my requests.”

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Garrett

“Helen is an outstanding tutor and mentor who has helped me achieve academic success in subjects that I previously struggled with. From learning with her, I have also been able to become a tutor myself, learning many of the skills I rely on from her in order to share with other students. They say a good marker of a teacher is when students are able to teach the content themselves, and Helen is able to break down concepts such that you are then able to become experts and teach it to others. She is patient, knowledgeable, and committed to helping her students achieve their goals. I cannot recommend her enough!”

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Angela

“Helen is one of the most talented tutors I have ever worked with. She made connections for me between seemingly unrelated concepts that really helped connect content areas and gave me a deeper understanding of the material. Her help has helped me score higher than I could have originally hoped for and I highly recommend her sessions for anyone looking to get holistic support in concept and test taking strategies.”

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Chantal

“I have had the pleasure of working with Helen as a tutor for the past year, and I cannot recommend her enough. She is both patient and understanding with me, and is able to turn on a dime to address a new concept or question that may arise. I found her teaching style to be both engaging and personalized, which allowed me to learn at my own pace while building my confidence.”

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Elite MCAT Tutoring Packages

1 Tutoring Session

$299.99/session
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  • Students looking to try it out before committing to a larger package.
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5 Tutoring Sessions

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  • Students on a very tight financial budget.
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$149.99/session
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which plan is right for me?

If you are not sure which plan is right for you, simply request a free consultation with Andrew and he will point you in the right direction. He’s worked with hundreds of students and knows what you’ll need to achieve your goal in your unique situation.

What are sessions like?

Each Elite Tutoring session will include the following:

Meticulous Preparation. Before the session even starts, your tutor will look through your Study Portal as they prepare an individualized lesson plan.

Pivotal Adjustments. At the beginning of each hourlong session, your Premium Elite Tutor will examine your progress and help you adjust your study plan using the Study Plan Spreadsheet.

Individualized Training. Your Premium Elite Tutor will spend the bulk of the session focused on teaching you the strategies and content that address your exact needs.

Can a tutor help me with my study plan?

Our Elite Tutors’ primary focus is on helping you know what and how to study in order to achieve MCAT success. They understand that having an effective study plan is the number one determining factor regarding whether you will reach your goal MCAT score. For this reason, they will focus on helping you develop and follow a customized study plan unique to your needs. They all scored in the 97th+ percentile using the MCAT Self Prep Program, so they know what it takes to achieve MCAT success.

Will Elite Tutoring help me during my final month of MCAT studying?

Yes! The final month of studying is actually the best time to take advantage of Elite Tutoring. You will be doing many full-length practice exams during your final month, and your Elite Tutor can review the toughest passages and questions with you. Study Plan Advising is also extremely helpful as you try to decide what and how to study during the final month. Students find that working with someone who has already conquered the exam to be very reassuring during the most stressful period of studying.

I need help with the CARS section. Can an Elite Tutor help me with that?

Yes! Our Elite Tutors are trained to help you with every section of the MCAT.

How do I start meeting with a tutor?

To start meeting with your tutor, simply add Elite Tutoring to your cart, and complete the checkout process. Afterwards, you will receive an immediate confirmation email with detailed instructions for getting started.

You can immediately start our Create-your-own Study Plan Course, which will walk you through developing a rough draft study plan using the Study Plan Spreadsheet.

After that, you can schedule a your first at your convenience so that you can discuss your study plan with one of our Elite Tutors in a one-on-one setting.

How often will I meet with a tutor? How does scheduling a session work?

The great thing about our program is that it offers you the flexibility to study at your own pace and on your own schedule. You do not need to meet with your tutor at the same time every week for a set number of weeks. You are able to choose any available tutoring slot from your tutor’s calendar, whether that slot is two months from now or two days from now. You choose the time that works for you! Students love having this flexibility.

Is there any way to meet in person with my tutor?

All of our tutoring sessions are conducted online, and our students find this to be just as effective, if not more effective, than meeting in person. Students really enjoy the fact that they can visit with their tutor without having to ever leave their apartment!

Can I defer my payment or pay in increments over time?

Yes! Simply select affirm pay over time at checkout to customize your payment plan with affirm. In some cases, affirm can decline users from using their pay-over-time service. If this happens, you can shoot me a message, and we’ll get you set up with a personalized monthly payment plan that will suit your financial needs. If you have questions or need to make changes to your affirm payment plan, you can contact affirm here. For non-affirm, custom payment plans, contact us.

Can I schedule sessions before my payment plan is paid off?

Yes! You can begin scheduling tutoring sessions right away after signing up. But keep in mind that we will suspend your account and postpone all remaining tutoring sessions if your recurring payment fails at any time. If you have questions or need to make changes to your affirm payment plan, you can contact affirm here. For non-affirm, custom payment plans, contact us.

What materials will I receive as part of this tutoring program?

As soon as you enroll in Elite Tutoring, you will receive immediate and free access to all of the following:

  • Our MCAT Video Collection, which covers ALL the MCAT topics as listed by the AAMC.
  • All ten of our online content modules (Biology I, Physics II, etc) as well as MCAT Bootcamp with customization.
  • Create-your-own Study Plan Course, which includes our Create-your-own Study Plan Spreadsheet and Score Tracker.

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How we Matched up the Khan Academy Passages with the eCourse Lessons

Each lesson of the eCourse contains links to 1 to 5 Khan Academy science passages for the purpose of providing you with non-AAMC material to practice your science passage reading skills on. By completing all the linked passages within every lesson, you will have finished all the freely available Khan Academy science passages.

To match up the Khan Academy Science Passages with the eCourse lessons, we carefully examined the passage and question content of each one. Then we decided which lesson of the eCourse best correlated with that content. You may notice that some passages don’t match up perfectly with the current lesson. If they don’t match up with the current lesson, they should match up with one of the previous lessons in the module. We did this carefully so that you could practice your science passage reading skills on passages that contain the content you’ve already learned.

Why we don’t recommend non-AAMC CARS practice questions

We recommend practicing CARS by reading non-AAMC CARS passages but not doing the associated practice problems. The reason we don’t recommend doing the practice problems is because the MCAT is written by the AAMC. They have a very unique style in which they write CARS practice questions that third-party companies (try as they might) are unable to replicate. When students spend time on non-AAMC CARS practice problems, they get familiar with the wrong style of questioning, leading them to overthink and incorrectly respond to the questions written by the AAMC. Thus, it is in your best interest to solely practice on AAMC CARS practice questions.

That said, we highly recommend practicing your reading skills on non-AAMC CARS passages. In our Ultimate CARS Strategy Course, we provide you with 1,000 free CARS passages and 100+ homework assignments, giving you ample material to practice on. Reading countless passages while practicing the proper reading habits and strategies will prepare you well to conquer the CARS section as it was written by the AAMC.

Which books do the lessons match up with?

The books we use in each lesson are linked below. We plan to stick with these older editions of the books since very little has changed and the older editions are much more affordable:

First Edition of the Kaplan 7-book Series
First Edition of the Princeton 7-book Series

Do the chapters match up perfectly?

The Kaplan Books, Princeton Books, and Khan Academy Videos were all produced by different authors. For this reason, there are some chapters in the Kaplan Book or Princeton Book that are not even found in the Khan Academy Videos and vice versa. For instance, the Kaplan and Princeton Books have chapters that cover certain experimental procedures that the Khan Academy Videos do not cover.

Our goal in matching up the books with the videos was to correlate the content as best as possible while also covering ALL the content from every resource. For this reason, when nothing in the Kaplan Books matched up with one of the video playlists, instead of leaving the reading assignment for Kaplan blank, we inserted material that did not fit in anywhere else (i.e. one of those chapters on an experimental procedure that was not covered by Khan Academy). So, when the assignment doesn’t appear to match up right, please know that this was intentional.

*If you follow the reading assignments outlined, you will finish the entire Kaplan 7-book series and/or Princeton 7-book series by the time you finish all 10 content modules.

Do the sections match up perfectly?

If the sections assigned in our eCourse do not match up with the sections contained in your content review book, you may have a different edition. The sections should still match up the large majority of the time, but in the rare instance that they don’t, I’d recommend simply reading sections that do match up and saving the ones that do not for a future lesson.

MCAT Launchpad Required!

Before jumping into our free eCourse, you’ll need to complete orientation by watching MCAT Launchpad. During this free 35-minute intro session with Head Tutor Andrew, you’ll learn 6 Keys to Earning a Top MCAT Score, the 5 Essential Elements of an Effective Study Plan, 12 Tips for Taking the Best MCAT Study Notes, and more! Andrew will also provide you with a detailed overview of the Free MCAT Prep Course, teaching you how to get started.

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