The team
Meet your tutors and advisors
Every single tutor is a current Harvard Medical School student who recently conquered the MCAT and the admissions cycle themselves.
MCAT 526MCAT 526Jordan Kramer
MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Oxford Ph.D. in immunology; admitted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and NYU
Jordan grew up in Houston a couple of miles from the Texas Medical Center, and started cancer research at Baylor College of Medicine at 16. She majored in biology at Georgetown University, graduating with a 4.0 while running research projects with teams at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children's Hospital, and got her first taste of teaching as a biochemistry TA and tutor. She then moved to the UK for a Ph.D. in immunology at the University of Oxford, where her thesis on T cell activation aimed at making CAR-T immunotherapy more effective, and where she taught first-year medical students and tutored the MCAT. Her focus as a tutor is simplicity: whiteboard drawings, mechanisms broken into steps, and enough depth that a student can apply what they know to a question they've never seen. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD herself, Jordan is also trained in building study schedules for neurodiverse students. Outside of work she runs, hikes, and will play any board game you put in front of her.
MCAT 526MCAT 526Iheukwumere Marcus
MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School
Undergrad: University of Miami
Admitted to Harvard, Columbia, Yale, NYU, WashU, and Mayo Clinic
Iheukwumere grew up between Nigeria and the United States, an upbringing that taught him to value different perspectives and sparked a lifelong curiosity about learning. He earned a B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Miami with a 4.0 GPA while competing as a Division I football player, a combination that shaped his discipline, resilience, and approach to problem-solving. Along the way he built research experience in both neuroscience and biomechanics and sports medicine. He scored a 526 on the MCAT and received admission offers from Harvard, Columbia, Yale, NYU, WashU, and Mayo Clinic before choosing Harvard Medical School with a scholarship. Over the past several years he has found real purpose in helping students succeed, and his goal with each one is the same: build an effective study strategy, think critically, and present an authentic application that reflects their genuine strengths.
Vivian Tien
MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School
Undergrad: Stanford University
Admitted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Penn, and UCLA
Vivian grew up in Southern California, where building Lego sets, learning languages, and sculpting air-dry clay turned into a deeper curiosity about how the world actually works. She earned a B.S. with Honors and Distinction in Bioengineering from Stanford University, with minors in Materials Science & Engineering and Biology, and spent much of her time there mentoring high school students from underserved areas, both in classrooms and one-on-one. Vivian built her own MCAT study strategy over several months by combining content review, spaced repetition, and applied practice, and she now helps students find the way they study best: a strong foundation first, then targeted work on weak areas with materials built for that specific student. Her sessions run like conversations, full of back-and-forth problem solving and questions that push students until the content feels genuinely theirs. Outside of tutoring she's into puzzles, escape rooms, baking, and hiking national parks.
MCAT 524MCAT 524Holland Stacey
MD Student, Harvard–MIT HST Program
Undergrad: Stanford University, Class of 2025
Admitted to 9 U.S. medical schools
Holland grew up in San Francisco chasing a very different dream: building rockets. She spent her first year at Stanford on the aerospace track before a volunteer shift at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital changed everything, pulling her toward medicine instead. She graduated in biomechanical engineering and spent a gap year in transplant research at UCSF, but teaching has always been her real love: 11 quarters as a Stanford CS teaching assistant and years as a Stanford admissions interviewer taught her how to help people tell their story with confidence. Now an MD student in Harvard and MIT's joint HST program, Holland brings that same warmth to every student she coaches.