Nathan Yousefi is a co-founder of California Pre-Dental and a third-year student at USC's Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry. He built this company with Andre to make high-quality, affordable admissions help more accessible for pre-dental students, especially applicants trying to understand the California dental school landscape without paying inflated consulting prices.
Nathan applied to 12 dental schools and earned 8 acceptances, including Western, UCLA, USC, Ohio State, NYU, Tufts, Michigan, and UPenn. That application range gives him firsthand insight into how very different schools evaluate personal statements, activity descriptions, school fit, interviews, and overall application strategy.
His sessions are best for applicants who want direct, specific, practical feedback. Nathan helps students turn scattered experiences into a clear application narrative, tighten weak personal statements, avoid generic AADSAS wording, build smarter school lists, and prepare for interviews with answers that sound natural instead of rehearsed. The goal is not to make every applicant sound the same. The goal is to help each student communicate their strongest version of themselves clearly, honestly, and strategically.
Applied to 12 schools · 8 acceptances · chose USC Ostrow
Before California Pre-Dental, Nathan spent three years mentoring applicants through Sefi Smiles, reviewing personal statements, activity sections, school lists, and interview preparation. That experience showed him the same problem over and over: motivated applicants often know they need help, but they either get vague advice for free or overpriced consulting that feels out of reach.
Nathan and Andre created California Pre-Dental to close that gap. The mission is simple: give pre-dental students access to current dental students who recently went through the process, understand the pressure, and can offer affordable, honest, school-specific guidance. Nathan's focus is especially useful for students aiming for California schools because he knows how competitive the applicant pool is and how important it is to present a focused, credible, well-edited application.
Nathan completely transformed my personal statement. I had three different drafts that weren't working and he pinpointed the exact problem in the first 10 minutes. Got into USC and UCLA.
The AADSAS walkthrough was worth every penny. He found things I never would have caught myself. Ended up with 4 interview invites.
As a non-traditional applicant I wasn't sure how to frame my story. Nathan figured it out fast and turned my biggest weakness into my strongest angle.