Samuel guides students through a strategic, patient, and fully personalized admissions process that helps them present their authentic selves, reducing stress and crafting a captivating medical school application.

Location: 
Durham, North Carolina

Education:
MD candidate, Duke University School of Medicine
MMCi, Clinical Informatics, Duke University School of Medicine
BS, Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bio:
As a Moon Prep counselor, Samuel is dedicated to helping students feel confident and prepared as they navigate the competitive college and medical admissions process. He is known for his warm, encouraging mentoring style and his ability to help students uncover their authentic stories while building strong application strategies. Samuel takes a highly personalized approach—focusing on understanding each student’s strengths, passions, and long-term goals—and works closely with families to provide clarity, structure, and peace of mind at every step.

Alongside his mentoring at Moon Prep, Samuel is currently a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine. With years of experience supporting students through pre-med and medical school admissions, Samuel has successfully helped dozens of applicants get accepted to top-tier medical schools. He has guided students in improving their MCAT scores, strengthening their extracurricular profiles, and writing standout personal essays. Samuel’s clinical experience serving patients internationally in Honduras and Nigeria allows him to help students demonstrate true commitment to healthcare through meaningful service and impact-driven storytelling. Parents appreciate his organized, strategic approach, and students value how accessible, motivating, and relatable he is.

Samuel teaches applicants how to align research, clinical exposure, and community service with program expectations and prepares them to shine in admissions interviews. Throughout his own admissions journey, Samuel was accepted into multiple medical schools as well as granted many different scholarships – helping him to empower students throughout the process with confidence, clarity and purpose.

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 Samuel has recently provided guidance during the application process, along with some recent acceptances.

Medical Schools:

1. Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
2. Weill Cornell Medicine
3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4. Duke University School of Medicine
5. UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
6. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
7. University of Michigan Medical School
8. Georgetown University School of Medicine
9. UC San Diego School of Medicine
10. Emory University School of Medicine
11. UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine
12. Wake Forest University School of Medicine
13. George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
14. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
15. Rush Medical College

Undergraduate Schools:

1. Duke University
2. Wake Forest University
3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4. Howard University
5. North Carolina State University
6. North Carolina A&T State University
7. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
8. Campbell University