ANTALYA

Kweller Prep Tutor Antalya

Antalya is currently a 4th year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, a top 20 medical school, and has just submitted her residency application for OB/GYN. As a medical student, Antalya was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. Antalya was involved in many clinical and translational research projects. In medical school, Antalya contributed to 8 research manuscripts, 5 of which have been accepted for publication, and three are under review.

Antalya graduated from New York University College of Arts and Sciences, where she double-majored in biochemistry and Spanish. She graduated with honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. While at NYU, Antalya earned high honors for her senior thesis in biochemistry and won several awards for her research. Antalya was a Presidential Honors Scholar, an honor which she was invited to join for being the top ten percent of the entering first-year class at NYU. Throughout her years at NYU, Antalya demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to leadership and service. She was also inducted to Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society.

Antalya served as an NYU Grossman School Emergency Medicine Project Healthcare Summer Volunteer Program alumna. Antalya devoted over 300 hours to volunteering in the immersive clinical and educational program of the Bellevue Hospital’s Emergency Department. She wrote and received three research grants while at NYU. She had 2 Spanish essays published in Esferas, a journal the NYU Spanish and Portuguese Department compiles every semester.

Antalya graduated from Hunter College High School (HCHS) in 2015. At Hunter, she took college-level organic chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Biology, and AP Calculus BC. She scored 2270/2400 on her SAT and 34/36 on the ACT. Antalya was a senator on her year’s student council, the girls’ varsity swim team captain, and a chemistry teaching assistant for a 10th-grade chemistry class during her senior year.

Antalya is a longtime Hunter tutor at Kweller Prep. She has taught group classes in person, via Zoom, and worked with students privately. Antalya also possesses extensive experience tutoring college-level biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, writing, Calculus I & II, and Spanish. Antalya is a skilled writer. Her favorite part of teaching students for the

Hunter’s exam is preparing them for the essay. Antalya also won a Scholastic Gold Key award for writing poetry at HCHS. At Kweller Prep. Antalya enjoys tutoring her students and hanging out with her sister, a longtime tutor at Kweller Prep.