Margaret J.

Margaret J.

5.0

Harvard Graduate with a Decade of Admissions Coaching Experience

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Studied at Harvard University

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Works at Harvard Tutors

Available today at 4:30 AM UTC

I tutor full-time so I have a very flexible schedule. I can work around your activities and commitments.

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Margaret’s College Qualifications

Coaches professionally

400+ people coached for College

Margaret has helped clients get into these schools:

Welcome to my profile! I'm a pre-medical student, tutor, nutritionist, and entrepreneur with a passion for helping students succeed. With over 9 years of experience as the Founder and Head Tutor at Harvard Tutors, I have coached 400+ students to achieve their college admissions goals. As a high school student, I received admission offers from all of the Ivy League colleges I applied to (Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, U Penn). I graduated from Harvard College with a BA in English in 2014. I'm proud to say that my students themselves have received offers from all of the Ivy League colleges + MIT and Stanford, and won over $35k in scholarships! As an English concentrator at Harvard, I specialized in creative writing (fiction & poetry) and took part in highly competitive writing seminars with esteemed writers such as Jamaica Kincaid, Jorie Graham, Bret Johnston, and Joshua Bell. I have helped students with diverse backgrounds and writing styles produce dazzling, funny, inspiring, and out-of-the box admissions essays that have helped them gain admission and generous scholarship awards. In my past decade of teaching students of all stripes, I have developed a unique coaching style that will make our sessions a truly enjoyable experience! My comprehensive admissions approach combines personalized, milestone-driven plans to help you stay on track and gain confidence. Let's work together to unlock your full potential and achieve your goal of attending your dream school. I did it, and so can you! Reach out to me today to get started.

Margaret can help with:

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Editing

School Selection

Secondary Review

Recommendations

Application Strategy

Interviews

Essays

Resume

Waitlist Strategy

Margaret also coaches for SAT and ACT. View all.

Work Experience

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Founder & Head Tutor

Harvard Tutors

March 2015 - Present

• Provide private, customized SAT/ACT/SSAT/ISEE/GRE/GMAT test preparation and admissions consulting to students aged 13–18+ • Supported over 400 students & families in achieving 300+ point score increases on SAT, admittance to elite college preparatory boarding schools (Andover, Exeter), Ivy League colleges, MIT, Stanford, & $15–35k per year athletic and academic college merit scholarships • Produced sustained and rapid year-on-year revenue growth, expanding client base with record of continuous referrals

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Investment Banking Analyst

Goldman Sachs

July 2014 - February 2015

• Performed in-depth financial statement analysis with data sourced from Annual Reports, 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K EDGAR SEC filings • Created, maintained, and updated large-scale company Excel models and spreadsheets, prepared pitchbooks for Vice Presidents and Managing Directors in advance of meetings and investment-grade bond offerings • Tracked corporate and market developments in the US oil & gas industry, monitoring all major US, European, & Asian stock indices, commodities, and interest rate movements; sent Daily Market Update emails and bond-issuance correspondence with Fortune 500 CEOs/CFOs

Education

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University of California, Los Angeles

Post-Baccalaureate Degree, Pre-Medical and General Science Studies

2022 - 2025

• GPA 3.9/4.0; current student in UCLA post-baccalaureate certificate program in preparation for application to medical school • Coursework in Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Evolution, & Ecology, Organic Chemistry, Physiology & Human Biology, & Calculus

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Pepperdine University

Master of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship

2022 - 2024

• GPA 3.8/4.0; expected graduate of the Fully-Employed Master of Business Administration program, awarded $42k merit scholarship • Coursework in Quantitative Analysis, Accounting, Economics, Business Law, Information Systems, & Strategic Management

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University of Texas at Austin

Master of Science, Nutritional Sciences

2021 - 2022

• GPA 3.9/4.0; completed advanced degree in nutritional sciences in preparation for doctoral work in clinical nutrition and/or medical school • Coursework in Nutrition and Immunology, Nutrigenomics, Nutrition as Medicine, Molecular Nutritional Science, & Research Methods

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Harvard University

Bachelor of Arts, English

2010 - 2014

• GPA 3.8/4.0 | Internships: Goldman, Sachs & Co. (New York, NY) Investment Banking Summer Analyst (Natural Resources Group, Investment Grade Capital Markets), Haskell Jewels LLC (New York, NY) YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Retail Merchandising Intern • Leadership: Harvard Mozart Society Orchestra Second Violin First Chair, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club Theater Producer, Harvard Vestis Council Runway Shows Coordinator (Eleganza & Identities), Vestis Magazine Co-editor, Harvard Project for Sustainable Development Treasurer • Employment: Harvard College Quincy House Grille (Cambridge, MA) Grille Co-manager; Make a Mind Co. (Somerville, MA) VC Research Analyst

Margaret was also personally admitted to

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    Princeton University

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    Yale University

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    Columbia University

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    University of Pennsylvania

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Overall Rating

5.0


Margaret has helped clients get into these schools:


Margaret has helped clients achieve these scores on the SAT

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Margaret J.

Margaret J.

5.0