Lauren strives to encourage and inspire her students from a holistic point of view to bring their unique voice and story to admissions committees and beyond.

Location: 
Fort Worth, Texas

Education:
MD Candidate 2026, Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University
MS, Biology, UC San Diego
BS, Physiology and Neuroscience, UC San Diego

Bio:
Every step of the way, Lauren is here to support her students at Moon Prep. From brainstorming ideas to sharing insights about medical school, she is passionate about helping students to find their true voice and helping them shine in the admissions process. As a non-traditional medical student herself, she brings experience, feedback, and insight on how to transform challenges and experiences into unique stories. Her mission is to help students explore, understand, and communicate their journey to medicine eloquently and authentically, one paragraph at a time.

Currently, Lauren is a medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, where she serves as a brand ambassador and holds officer positions in her local chapter of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, Association of Women Surgeons, and Diagnostic, Vascular, and Interventional Radiology student interest groups. Having experienced the traditional medical school application cycle, she is enthusiastic about sharing her insight and knowledge with BS/MD, BS/DO, and traditional medical students through essay writing, editing, and beyond. Having participated in MMI interviews successfully herself, she is experienced in coaching and practicing them with her students. She is experienced working with students from all walks of life, including transfer, international, and non-traditional students, and is committed to their success.

Lauren brings a variety of experiences from her career as a non-traditional medical student. Having started her university studies at the age of 16, she brings a unique perspective to the admissions process and can relate to her high-achieving students at a personal level. Her most relevant professional experiences are career/health professions peer coaching at the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of California, San Diego, biomedical research in academia and industry, and work as a multilingual medical assistant at a federally qualified health center. Her students have gone to top-ranked medical and graduate programs in the U.S. and internationally.

Student Placements:
At Moon Prep, we pride ourselves on our students’ impressive acceptances and are proud to be a part of their journey. Below are a few of Lauren’s recent acceptances.

BS/MD Programs: 

1. Virginia Commonwealth University – accepted
2. University of Rochester REMS – accepted
3. Drexel University – accepted with 30% scholarship
4. Saint Louis University – accepted
5. Seton Hall University – accepted
6. Nova Southeastern BSMD – waitlisted
7. University of Tulsa/University of Oklahoma – OOS student waitlisted
8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Albany Medical College – OOS student waitlisted
9. Union College/Albany Medical College – OOS student waitlisted
10. Baylor University – interviewed
11. New Jersey Institute/Rutgers – interviewed
12. Stevens Institute of Technology/Rutgers – interviewed
13. Case Western – interviewed

BS/DO Programs:

1. Nova Southeastern – accepted with Dean’s scholarship
2. Adelphi/LECOM – accepted
3. MCPHS/LECOM, Marymount/LECOM, UPitt/LECOM – accepted

Undergraduate Schools:

1. UC Berkeley, UC San Diego with honors, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz + $10k scholarship/out-of-state, UC Davis
2. UT Austin, UT San Antonio, UT Dallas
3. Baylor University with honors and 40% scholarship
4. Texas A&M University with honors
5. Texas Tech University with honors
6. University of Houston with honors
7. University of the Incarnate Word with honors
8. University of Washington, Seattle 
9. Seattle University with honors and scholarship
10. George Washington University
11. Penn State University
12. University of Pittsburgh
13. Hofstra University with 75% scholarship
14. University of South Carolina
15. VCU Honors Program with 25% scholarship
16. Seton Hall University with 50% scholarship
17. University of Connecticut with 60% scholarship
18. James Madison University
19. George Mason University with 60% scholarship
20. Vanderbilt – waitlisted
21. Johns Hopkins – waitlisted
22. Northwestern – waitlisted
23. Stanford – interviewed

Other:

1. Casper Test Preparation – top quartile score