Alissa Y.

Hi! I’m Alissa — a current student in the Physician-Scientist BS/MD Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College (a 1% acceptance rate!). I was also admitted to several highly selective universities including Brown University, University of California, Berkeley, Rice University, and Emory University — which means I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to turn real experiences into compelling essays. The thing about college essays is that they’re not really about…