"Hi, I’m Rachel, and I have 20+ years of experience in higher education. I have three areas of expertise: Admissions, Writing, and Spanish.

If you’re a premed, you may recognize me as a co-founder of Mappd, the free platform for premed planning. I’ve moved on from Mappd and hope to match with a few students for the 2025-2026 application cycle. The process of applying to medical school is long and rigorous, and I can help you break it down into concrete steps.

I have 20+ years of experience helping students navigate their paths through and to higher education. I started at The Princeton Review where I advised students and families on their goals for college and medical school as well as law, business, and graduate school. I then became an early founder at Next Step Test Prep (now Blueprint), specializing in helping students with the premed process, everything from choosing classes and making MCAT prep plans to choosing schools and applying to medical school.

I’ll also be available to help several more students with their application essays: personal statements, secondaries, and other essays as needed. I particularly enjoy helping students write their medical school application essays, which I see as a three part process: finding your stories, crafting the essays, and editing. I can help with any or all of the stages.

I have 3+ years experience helping students with college course papers in a wide range of subjects: English Literature and Writing, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Ohio State University with a degree in Spanish. I lived in Mexico as a teenager and studied abroad in Spain in college. I can help high school and college students get the focused instruction they need to succeed in Spanish class, and I can be a conversation partner to adults who need to improve their Spanish for their work or travels.

If you have questions about how I can help you, please feel free to reach out to me. I look forward to hearing from you!" less...