Karen Marquez Tutor

Karen has been tutoring students for the past five years. She scored in the 99th percentile on her MCAT and received perfect scores on the CARS and Psych/SOC sections. She is well equipped to tutor in all sections and has significant research and upper division science course experience.

Karen Marquez, MedSchoolCoach

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Bio

Karen is a rising senior at Rice University where she is pursuing a degree in neuroscience. She has a wealth of research experience spanning almost three years, which makes her especially equipped at translating and breaking down science passages on the MCAT. Additionally, Karen has experience as a tutor, including working with middle school students as a biology teaching assistant and teaching adult learners English as part of her school’s program for promoting adult literacy. She has also worked closely with undergraduate students as an upper-division neuroscience teacher assistant for the past year. This wealth of teaching experience has helped her develop the art of meeting students where they are in their learning to provide them with the tools necessary for reaching excellence. Karen takes special care to tailor her lessons to her students’ academic needs and is careful to help her students find study-life balance when it comes to managing the MCAT and personal fulfillment.

Education

Undergraduate: Rice University

Scores

MCAT Total: 523 (99th percentile)

Fun Fact

Karen loves learning languages! Her native language is Spanish, and she did not learn English until she was in grade school. While in middle school, she began learning Turkish and Italian.

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