Nivi studied at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) in Boston, Massachusetts. Before starting at HSDM, Nivi earned her BS in biological sciences and BA in economics at her local state university back home in Maryland.
During her time in college, Nivi was involved in many volunteer opportunities through the American Red Cross, the Volunteer Income Tax Association, and her university’s Residential Life program. As a senior, she led the volunteer tax site on campus and helped members of the Baltimore community save thousands of dollars with free tax preparation services, receiving the Honors College Community Service Award for her commitment to volunteering. Nivi also took a gap year while applying to dental school, during which she worked as a dental assistant in a pediatric office, continued volunteering, and practiced her hand skills.
Nivi is passionate about helping students who do not have previous ties to the dental community. She also enjoys working with service-oriented applicants. Her strengths as a coach are breaking down the application process and going step-by-step to make applying less stressful, more manageable, and well-organized.
Nivi has mentored several students who have received acceptance letters to dental school. One of these students that she assisted had Nivi’s help with choosing extracurriculars, interview prep, and personal statement editing. The other students she helped had Nivi’s guidance on personal statement editing and the different sections of the AADSAS application.
In each counseling session, Nivi uses different approaches for each student, as she recognizes that each student’s application is different. Nivi’s preference is to begin by seeing what the student's goals are, as well as their strengths and weaknesses to decide how to best present them. She likes to work with the applicant to come up with a mission statement/goal and use it to create an oriented, direct, and goal-driven admissions profile.