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Jonathan Ma Tutor

Jon is an honors neuroscience and art student at Vanderbilt University. He scored in the 100th percentile on the MCAT and has a mastery of both test content and test-taking strategies.

 

Jonathan Ma, MedSchoolCoach

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Bio

Jon is a senior at Vanderbilt University studying neuroscience and studio art, and minoring in Spanish. In his art practice, Jon works to communicate dense scientific ideas in approachable and exciting media such as video, painting, and sculpture. When it comes to research, he is involved in several projects, including psychology research of facial recognition as well as cancer biology research. He also works as a volunteer Spanish medical interpreter.

Through these ventures, Jon has developed a strength for people-centered communication of scientific topics, making the dense content areas of the MCAT feel approachable. As a tutor, he recognizes the diversity in the people taking the MCAT and works hard to meet each student where they are while helping them get to where they want to be. His strengths in test-taking strategies and memorizing material are complemented by his conviction that MCAT preparation is most successful when sustainably balanced with personal enjoyment and satisfaction.

Education

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University

Scores

MCAT Total: 526 (100th percentile)

Fun Fact

Even though Jon is colorblind (red-green, if you are wondering), he is an incredibly talented oil painter and is currently developing a frame-by-frame oil-painted animated short film.

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