Medical School Admissions Counseling
MD Final Primary Application Review:
In these sessions, we focus on enhancing the Activities & Experiences and Personal Statement section of the AMCAS application.
MD/PhD Final Primary Application Review:
In addition to the pure MD application, we also focus on the Combined MD/PhD Personal Statement and Significant Research Experiences essays. Significant time is spent ensuring the content of all four essays is appropriate, non-redundant, and complimentary, so that, overall, content across the essays synergizes to produce the strongest possible application.
Secondary Essay Application Review:
These sessions are geared toward supplemental essays and take on the form of pure essay editing. This part of the application process is usually a mad dash to submit variations of many subtly distinct essay prompts. As such, the aim of these sessions is to balance expediency with editorial precision. Multiple sessions can be spent on the same essay if a more detailed assessment of content is desired.
Interview Coaching:
These sessions focus on interview preparation and give students practice in humbly talking about themselves and their accomplishments in a 1:1 setting. The goal is to help transition their application from a written to verbal format in a way that showcases their individual personality.
Complete Application Mentorship/Coaching:
These sessions do not focus on essays. Rather, they aim to assess the student’s timeline and preparedness for applying to MD, MD/PhD, or PhD programs and provide guidance for helping them better achieve their goals. Some of what’s to be discussed include personal and career goals, extracurriculars, hobbies, work experiences, research experiences, volunteer experiences, life experiences, shadowing opportunities, coursework, standardized testing, mentors and managers, gap-years/secondary careers, and recommendation letters, to name a few. As the student’s desired application cycle approaches, meeting dynamics will shift from generalized mentorship to hardball coaching to ensure all essentials are covered upon entry into the application cycle.
Hear it from Students:
Jovan has been such an incredible help and clearly cares about everyone he works with, putting a great amount of effort into everything he reviews. I’ve felt really comfortable talking about anything with him and would recommend him for anyone who needs application help! He truly cares deeply, and I appreciate all that he’s done for me during this cycle.