Ria Desai Tutor

Ria scored in the 99th percentile on her MCAT (including perfect scores on biology/biochemistry and psychology/sociology sections). She has extensive experience tutoring calculus to fellow college students.

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Bio

Ria is a member of Northwestern University’s Class of 2023 working towards a degree in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Psychology. She is currently working in a clinical research lab at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine focused on implementing and testing technology-based physical activity interventions in cancer patients that have undergone or are currently undergoing treatment. Ria is also a part of the Northwestern chapter of Society of Women Engineers as a member of the outreach committee. She also spends her free time as a member of the club tennis team. Additionally she volunteers as a crisis counselor and has tutoring experience both from working as a senior calculus tutor at Northwestern and volunteering for Tutoring Chicago. As an MCAT tutor, she recognizes that not every student is the same and strives to find the style of learning that is best for each and every student.

Education

Undergraduate: Northwestern University

Scores


MCAT Total: 523 (99%)
MCAT CARS:
129 (95%)
MCAT Bio/Biochem:132 (100%)
MCAT Psych/Soc:132 (100%)
MCAT Chem/Phys: 130 (96%)

Fun Fact

Ria has played tennis since she was five years old, both independently and as a part of her high school varsity team and college club team.

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