Naazir Hamzavi is a third-year dental student at USC's Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry. His path into dentistry was shaped by a clear long-term vision — a field that sits at the intersection of clinical care, team-based work, and entrepreneurship, where you can build something that outlives you.
What makes Naazir different as a mentor is that he gives you the honest version of this journey. Not just what to put on your application, but the parts of dental school nobody tells pre-dents about — how to schedule your time, protect your energy, and maintain a real life outside of studying. He learned those lessons the hard way, and he's built a mentorship style around making sure you don't have to.
"The biggest thing I wish someone had told me is that dental school will test more than your academics. I want to be the person I would've wanted to talk to as a pre-dent." That's the version of mentorship Naazir brings to every session.
Naazir helps you find and articulate the story that's actually yours — not a generic pre-dent narrative, but the version that gets remembered.
Mock interview with real feedback. Naazir knows USC's process firsthand and prepares you for the questions that actually come up.
How to study smarter, protect your energy, and build a sustainable routine — the practical tools Naazir wishes he'd had earlier.
Big picture thinking about where dentistry can take you — practice ownership, specialties, the entrepreneurial side of the field.