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I'm currently a third-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine interested in pursuing a career in neurosurgery. Before medical school, I studied neuroscience at Emory and spent a gap year teaching at Harvard MEDscience. I didn’t have perfect stats by any means, but earned multiple T20 MD acceptances by crafting a cohesive application narrative. I’m especially passionate about helping students identify what makes them stand out and bring that story to life through their personal statement, essays, and interviews. My goal is to help you communicate your strengths authentically and confidently throughout the application process.

Varun is a second-year BS/MD student in NJIT’s 3+4 program with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a scholar in the Albert Dorman Honors College, where he is also completing an accelerated M.S. in Bioinformatics. He founded H-AI-Landers, an AI policy and literacy club that brings NJIT and NJMS students together to explore how AI should be used and governed, and he holds Stanford’s AI in Healthcare specialization. His research spans ultrasound-activatable nanodroplets for imaging and therapy at NJIT, allosteric inhibition of ATR kinase in cancer at NJMS, and microplastics in Newark’s urban ecosystems. Varun also volunteers at NJIT/NJMS BS/MD interview days and helps applicants with activities, essays, and interviews.