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 – Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University
MS, Biology – University of California San Diego
BS, Physiology and Neuroscience – University of California 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. She is dedicated to supporting her students with structured plans and individual strategies to achieve goals together through the application cycle. 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 take pride in our students’ impressive acceptances and are honored to be part of their journey. Below is a selection of schools and programs to which Lauren has recently provided guidance during the application process, along with some recent acceptances.

BS/MD Programs: 

1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – BS/MD Program with Albany Medical College
2. Union College – BS/MD Program with Albany Medical College
3. University of Rochester – REMS (Rochester Early Medical Scholars) Program
4. Baylor University – Baylor2 Medical Track Program
5. New Jersey Institute of Technology – BS/MD Program with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
6. Stevens Institute of Technology – BS/MD Program with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
7. Caldwell University – BS/MD Program with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
8. University of Tulsa – BS/MD Program with University of Oklahoma
9. Virginia Commonwealth University – Guaranteed Admission Program for Medicine
10. Saint Louis University – Medical Scholars Program
11. Seton Hall University – Joint MD Program
12. Drexel University – BA/BS+MD Early Assurance Program 
13. Nova Southeastern University – Dual Admission BS/MD Program
14. University of Toledo – Bacc2MD Pathway Program
15. Indiana University – BS/MD Pathway

BS/DO Programs:

1. Nova Southeastern University – Dual Admission BS/DO Program (accepted with Dean’s Scholarship)
2. University of Pittsburgh – LECOM Early Acceptance Program
3. Penn State Altoona – LECOM Early Acceptance Program
4. Rowan University – BS/DO Program
5. Adelphi University – LECOM Early Acceptance Program
6. St. Bonaventure University – BS/DO Program with NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
7. Elmira College – LECOM Early Acceptance Program
8. Marymount University – LECOM Early Acceptance Program
9. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) – LECOM Early Acceptance Program

Undergraduate Schools:

1. Vanderbilt University
2. New York University (NYU) – Early Decision
3. University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
4. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
5. University of Washington – Seattle
6. University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
7. University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
8. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
9. University of California, Irvine (UCI)
10. University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
11. George Washington University
12. Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
13. University of Pittsburgh
14. Stony Brook University
15. Baylor University – Honors Program

Other:

1. Casper Test Preparation – top quartile score