Hersh graduated from Brown University as a Chemistry and Computational Biology major. He currently works at the Dana Farber Cancer and the Broad Institutes on computational genomics research. In college, he served as a TA for five classes and ` volunteer for tutoring low-income high school students, building on private tutoring he did in high school.
Through the skills developed in teaching both introductory and upper-division material, he’s able to teach both foundational and more complex concepts to his students with ease.
As a tutor, Hersh utilizes a variety of strategies that focus on building a strong understanding of MCAT key topics and how to apply them. He also strongly supports the use of memes as a teaching mechanism for his students.
Undergraduate: Brown University
MCAT Total: 523 (99th percentile)
Hersh is an avid amateur biker and enjoys going on 20k+ rides on weekends.
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