Diana Chen
Got into MIT with a 3.88 GPA, not a 4.0. Your grades don't define you — your projects, your curiosity, and your story do. I help STEM students show admissions offices who they really are.
About Diana
Everyone assumes MIT only wants perfect grades and perfect test scores. I'm living proof that's not true. I got in with a 3.88 GPA because my research project, my robotics work, and my essays showed MIT exactly the kind of engineer I was going to become.
I specialize in helping STEM students who have done amazing technical work but don't know how to explain it to a non-technical audience — which is exactly who reads your essays. I'll help you take your research, your projects, and your curiosity and turn them into an application that shows schools like MIT, Caltech, and Stanford that you're the kind of thinker they're looking for.
Academic Credentials
Extracurriculars
- MIT Robotics Club (Technical Lead)
- HackMIT Organizer
- FIRST Robotics Alumni Mentor
- Undergraduate Research — MIT Media Lab
- Asian American Student Association
Awards & Honors
- Regeneron Science Talent Search Top 40
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Intel ISEF Finalist
Services Offered
Line-by-line feedback on your Common App personal statement and supplemental essays. Specific, actionable edits — not just vague encouragement.
Big-picture application strategy: how to position your profile, which schools to target, and how to differentiate yourself from other applicants.
Build a balanced, researched school list based on your academic profile, personality, and goals — not just rankings.
Identify gaps in your activity profile and build a plan to deepen your commitment to things that genuinely matter to you.
Student Reviews
Diana helped me explain my robotics project in a way that was compelling and clear without being too technical. She has a gift for translating complex work into human stories. MIT was my dream and I got in.
I had a 3.9 GPA and was terrified it wasn't enough for top STEM schools. Diana showed me that my research project was the centerpiece, not my GPA. Three Ivy-league admits later, she was right.
Diana's school list building session was a game changer. She helped me find schools I'd never considered that turned out to be perfect fits — and I got into two of them.
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