About your advisor
Maria Eugenia Leone Gold, Ph.D.
Vertebrate evolutionary biologist. Professor of biology. Former university Pre-Health Program Director. Native Spanish speaker. And for the families she works with, simply Dr. Gold.
Credentials that matter to admissions
Dr. Gold holds a Ph.D. and has spent her career in university biology departments, most recently as an Associate Professor. As Pre-Health Program Director, she advised more than 200 students pursuing careers in healthcare and directed the committee letter process for medical and dental school applicants. She has also spent three years teaching at the medical school level, working directly with students who had already been admitted. That gives her a vantage point most pre-health advisors don't have: she knows not just what it takes to get into medical school, but what it takes to succeed once you're there.
Ph.D.
Vertebrate evolutionary biology; professor of biology
200+
Students advised as university Pre-Health Program Director
2
Languages of advising: English and Spanish, natively
Her advising philosophy
"Every student's path is different. My job is not to fit your student into a mold. It is to help them find their path, and then walk it with them."
Students know her as a demanding but warm mentor. She signs her notes "Eugenia," keeps her door open, and treats a change of direction, from pre-med to nursing, from dentistry to PT, as a discovery rather than a setback.
Start with a conversation
The first consultation is free. Meet Dr. Gold, talk through where your student is, and decide together whether the fit is right.
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