Academic Consulting

A quick look at my qualifications:

• PhD Biomedical Engineering (University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 4.0 GPA), two-year graduation
• MS Electrical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University, 4.0 GPA)

I have extensive experience mentoring undergraduate and graduate-level students, including recieving the Outstanding Mentor Award from UM. I guided most of my undergrad/grad students to first-author publications and various cash fellowships.

All my advising is focused on pragmatic results, with a heavy emphasis on

1. Gaining unfair advantages (although I do not condone outright cheating)
2. Insider understanding of how academic systems actually work

Undergraduate Admissions

I can help you out with the following:

• Strategic school list development and application planning
• Personal statement / essay writing
• Standardized test preparation (SAT/ACT) with brutally high-yield studying techniques
• High-impact resume/research projects to boost admission to top STEM programs NOTE: You must contact me at least one year before deadlines. These techniques do not work for last-minute requests (e.g., during application season).

A sample of the type of advice I give: Why university admissions care about your hobbies

It seems unusual that US universities care about your hobbies. For example, why does doing rowing as a sport help your admissions to a high-ranking engineering program? The admissions office says that they like students who are “well-rounded” but this is a lie.

US universities

1. Cost money, which is used to fund their facilities and pay their salaries
2. Are not allowed to make income-based admissions decisions
3. Must provide financial aid to students from poor families.

Obviously, prestigious universities WANT students from wealthy families, but financial information is hidden from the admissions department. As a substitute for financial information, admissions offices look for expensive hobbies. A rowing team is expensive and requires travel to water, which poor schools cannot afford. Leadership positions require extra-consistent attendance, and therefore more financial expenditure.

This means that you should have an expensive hobby to signal wealth, even if it takes away from study time. Participation is sufficient, there is no need to excel. You can demonstrate “leadership” in another activity you actually enjoy; one wealth-signalling activity is sufficient.

For a lower time-commitment, you can do international “aid” trips. In these trips, you will travel to a foreign country to do things like build a school, while paying lots of money for travel and lodging expenses.

Graduate Admissions

At the undergraduate-level it’s very luck-based, but at the graduate level my strategies give far more concrete results.

• Backdoor techniques for admission to prestigious MS and PhD programs. NOTE: You must contact me at least one year before deadlines. These techniques do not work for last-minute requests (e.g., during application season).
• High-impact resume/research projects to boost admission to top STEM programs. NOTE: You must contact me at least one year before deadlines. These techniques do not work for last-minute requests (e.g., during application season).
• GRE prepartion, including cheese strategies and high-yield studying techqniues

Program & Course Advising (Current Students)

If you’re already in college, you’ve probably realized that your assigned “academic advisor” is not helpful at all.

• Course selection optimized for GPA, career outcomes, and graduate school
• Advising on major/minor course selection
• Advising on graduate program selection

Career Advising

• Rapid career acceleration tactics for recent graduates, especially for recent grads or career shifts
• Optimal strageties for career shifts and industry ↔ academia transitions
• Techniques for getting jobs and getting promoted
• Resume reviews and interview practice (from someone who actually hires engineers/scientists)
• Guidance on transitioning to 1099 contracting / consulting

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