Jingtong L.

During college, Jingtong was awarded the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Grant and Faculty Research Assistance Program Grant at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She also received two awards from the UCLA Department of Classics: the Departmental Citation and Helen Caldwell Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Latin Major and the Helen Caldwell Prize in Elementary Greek. 

After graduation, Jingtong worked as a research coordinator at Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration. She coordinated a multi-center clinical trial and led independent research projects, contributing to a publication in Current Biology and multiple oral and poster presentations at international conferences. Her neuroscience and clinical research background gives her a strong foundation in the scientific concepts and data interpretation skills tested throughout the MCAT. She brings that same analytical, detail-oriented approach to her tutoring.

Jingtong’s own MCAT experience taught her how much improvement can come from finding the habits and strategies that work for each person. Her tutoring style is highly personalized. She likes to understand how a student is thinking, why they’re making mistakes, and what needs to change. Sometimes that means explaining a science concept in a different way. Other times, it means changing how a student reads a passage, approaches a question, or reviews mistakes.

Jingtong’s training in Latin, Ancient Greek, and classical literature shapes her approach to CARS, particularly the close reading and logical reasoning skills the section demands. Having learned English as a second language, she also understands how challenging reading-intensive sections of the MCAT can feel. Jingtong enjoys tutoring because every student learns differently, and she enjoys determining what works for each person. She finds it especially rewarding when a small change in approach suddenly makes a concept click.