about Becca
Rebecca Lippman brings 15 years of experience as a UCLA instructor and advisor at the Center for Scholarships and Scholar Enrichment, where she guided individuals through the process of identifying and applying for competitive opportunities.
With experience coaching 200+ students through admission to graduate studies in in medicine, law, applied STEM, and research in Social Sciences, Humanities, and STEM, Becca approaches every student with a nuanced understanding of how programs review applications.
Becca’s students have received over $2.5 million in funding from numerous organizations including, McNair Scholars Program, the Barry Goldwater Foundation, Gates-Cambridge, Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, the National Science Foundation, Fulbright, and the US Departments of Education and Defense.
Becca received a B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles, an MPhil at University of Cambridge and holds both an MA and CPhil in Comparative Literature from UCLA. Her developmental guidance for writing is ethically grounded in coursework taken as part of UCLA’s graduate writing pedagogy certificate program.
Becca is fluent in English (US), Spanish (Standard), and Portuguese (Brazil), and greatly enjoys supporting students from across the globe.
In her free time, Becca enjoys swimming, hiking, and reinventing educational forms of public service.