Meet Your MCAT Experts & Live Instructors
Blueprint’s Live Online instructors are what make the difference. Not only are all of our instructors 517+ scoring over-achievers, but they’re also able to communicate complex science topics in easy to digest, interesting ways that make learning fun and engaging.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Alexander did outreach work, tutoring low-income students who had been adversely affected by school closures. While at the University of Oxford, he focused his graduate research on population-level genetic drivers of premature death and dementia in the UK. He is passionate about helping talented students achieve their best possible score. In his free time, he enjoys rowing, cooking, and volunteering at a shelter for the homeless.
For George, teaching is a physiological need on the same level as food, water, and shelter (shoutout Maslow!) With more than 10 years of teaching experience, he has helped students reach their tailored academic goals as an award-winning tutor, mentor, and teaching assistant. After scoring a 100th percentile MCAT score (132s in CHM/PHY, BIO/BCH, and PSY/SOC) and obtaining a perfect 4.0 GPA, George has amassed a repertoire of clever mnemonics, funny anecdotes, and test-taking strategies to help his students better understand, retain, and apply course concepts. Beyond the classroom, George has completed a number of research projects in biochemistry, genetics, and SARS-CoV-2 virology. He runs a YouTube channel on the side, is a *self-proclaimed* multi-sport athlete, and has a healthy obsession for sunset chasing. He is currently studying medicine at the University of Toronto, and spends most of his free time playing volleyball at the beach!
For Kat, MCAT teaching goes beyond explaining concepts and answering questions. Teaching is also about helping students develop the confidence, critical thinking skills, and study habits that will not only allow them to succeed on MCAT test day, but will carry over into medical school and throughout their lives. Kat got a perfect 132 on the Bio/Biochem and Psych/Soc sections of the MCAT and likes to remind students that, with a foundational understanding of content and strong problem-solving skills, you don't need to know everything in order to achieve a perfect score. A former D1 athlete and lover of games, Kat enjoys working with students to help them view the MCAT as a puzzle and ultimately "crack the MCAT code." Currently, Kat is a clinical researcher in the Department of Orthopedics at Seattle Children's Hospital and serves as a director for the nonprofit organization Synapse National. In her free time, Kathryn can usually be found hiking, skiing, or playing beach volleyball!
Evan began teaching and tutoring in 2020, while he was an undergraduate at the University of Kansas. He began by tutoring students in genetics, organic chemistry, and biology. After Evan took the MCAT in March 2021, he swiftly joined the Blueprint team, and has been teaching and tutoring the MCAT ever since. For Evan, tutoring and teaching are fantastic ways to help promising students to reach their potentials. With a special emphasis on strategy and practice, Evan understands that the MCAT is a solvable puzzle in which students combine their scientific knowledge, logic, and critical-reading skills to demonstrate to medical school admissions committees their readiness to become physicians. Evan particularly enjoys showing students how even the most intimidating MCAT questions can be broken down into simpler steps, and can therefore be much more straightforward than they seemed at first glance. Outside of tutoring, Evan spent time working as a medical scribe, volunteering as an interpreter for Spanish-speaking patients, and residing over the University of Kansas' Peer Health Education program. Evan now works in a neurosurgery research lab. An avid sports fan, Evan loves the Kansas City Chiefs, but also enjoys spending time reading books about science fiction, fantasy, and science.
Julia studied for and took the MCAT in 2021, and joined Blueprint because she wanted to teach for the company that reshaped her entire approach to the MCAT! To Julia, teaching means more than just lecturing on content and solving problems; she believes that a central part is helping individuals find their motivation and develop a mindset of consistency. Julia got a perfect 132 on both the Bio/Biochem and Psych/Soc sections, and is passionate about helping students find their own optimal studying approach. She is currently finishing her bachelors degree at UCLA, where she mentors students directly as an RA on campus and has been heavily involved in emergency medicine clinical research out of Ronald Reagan Hospital since her freshman year. In any spare time she gets, you’ll probably find her at UCLA’s gym doing her favorite thing: lifting heavy weights! Julia also loves to spend her free time hiking, shopping, and spending a long time in the grocery store wandering the aisles.
Pooja has spent a long time studying for the MCAT, as she postponed her exam date which then got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once she finished her exam, she found herself drawn to teaching others the lessons she learned from her own experiences so they don't have to make the same mistakes she did. She recognizes that everyone's journey to success is different, and hopes to become a part of that journey for her students. Currently, she is pursuing a research fellowship with the CDC on the COVID-19 task force and is a public health lead for the nonprofit the Thaakat Foundation. In her free time, she explores her new home in Atlanta, binge-watches political dramas, and cooks.
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