We'll Help You Craft Your Story

 
 

For many students, essays are the most difficult part of the application.

Are you ready to tell concise, clear, and compelling stories about your life? Are you ready to answer tough questions about your motivation to apply and your reflections on your patient care experiences? If you're like most students, you're stuck staring at a blinking cursor on a yet-to-be-started page. But, you don't have to tackle your essays on your own! Let our expert advisors assist you in crafting essays that highlight the "best you” and get noticed in the admissions process.

 
 
YOU CAN DO THIS

Your Essays Can Show Who You Are and Tell Your Story

Our advisors have helped thousands of students craft their essays:

 
 
  • Know how to best tell your story through your personal statement that has impact
  • Show who you are through your activity descriptions
  • Have personalized, customized help to focus on the parts of your story that best answers each of the prompts
  • Know how to approach any secondary essay prompt to best show your journey
  • Learn how to best write your answers to prompts that makes you memorable
 
 

Yes, It Really Is Possible!

With our advisors guiding you, your essays will be crafted to best tell YOUR specific story.

 
 

Meet Your Editors

yes...the same advisors that meet with you one-on-one!

 
 

Courtney Lewis

Advisor
Former Director of Admissions
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Varinia Grannum, MSEd

Advisor
Former Assistant Dean of Pre-Health Advising
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Ryan Gray, MD

CEO, Advisor
10 Years Helping Premeds

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Rachel Grubbs

COO, Advisor
20 Years Helping Premeds

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Christine Crispen, EdD

Advisor
Former Director of Admissions

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LET'S GET YOU READY!

Primary or Secondary Essay Support

 
 

Primary Essay Support

Choose this to view options for primary essay editing including options for personal statements, activities, TMDSAS essays, and MD(DO)/PhD essays

 
 
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Secondary Essay Support

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What's Included with Primary Essay Support...

  • An expert med school admissions advisor will review your essay (not just an English major)
  • All packages include personal statement feedback
  • Submit essay for review and schedule when you get the feedback. (Please note: all live essay slots are full currently; we are only offering written reviews to students in May and June.)
  • Depending on the Package
    • Advising call with our expert advisor to help you brainstorm your personal statement or other essays
    • Work/Activities essays feedback (aka experiences, achievements, ECs)
    • Feedback on up to 2 additional essays from your application: Institutional Action, Criminal History, Disadvantaged, Military, COVID impact, etc
    • MD/PhD Essays
    • TMDSAS required and optional essays
  • Recordings of your live sessions (if applicable)
 
 
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Primary Essay Feedback is Right For You If...

  • You are not sure how to best tell your story in your personal statement
  • You aren't sure how to show your impact in your activity descriptions and most meaningful essays
  • You need help writing your disadvantaged essay
  • You need to make sure you explain your institutional action or other red flags appropriately
 
 
LET'S START WRITING!

CHOOSE YOUR PRIMARY ESSAY EDITING PACKAGE

all options will include the option to add a discounted single 30-minute strategic planning call after checkout for $175 (normally $240)

 
 
New time slots have been added to June!  See our availability before you book

 

 
 

SINGLE EDIT

Personal Statement or Activities

$240

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor
  • 1 Live Session (30-min) of PS or EC Feedback
  • Pick Your Advisor and View Availability After Your Click the Button Below
SIGN UP FOR SINGLE SESSION

BRONZE

Just the Personal Statement

$375

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor
  • 2 Rounds of PS Feedback
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After
SIGN UP FOR BRONZE

GOLD

PS and Activity
Feedback

$800

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor 
  • 2 Rounds of PS Feedback
  • 2 Rounds of Activity Feedback
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After
SIGN UP FOR GOLD

DIAMOND

PS, Activity, and Two More

$1050

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor 
  • 2 Rounds of PS Feedback
  • 2 Rounds of Activity Feedback
  • 2 Rounds of Additional Essays: Other Impactful (former Disadvantaged) Institutional Action, Criminal History, Military Discharge, etc.
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After (Live Feedback is currently full until end of June. You can still submit essays for review based on availability in widget above)
 
 
SIGN UP FOR DIAMOND

PLATINUM

PS, Activity, and TMDSAS or MD/PhD Essays

$1525

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor 
  • 2 Rounds of PS Feedback
  • 2 Rounds of Activity Feedback
  • 2 Rounds of TMDSAS (Required and Optional Essay) Edits or MD/PhD Essay (Research and Why MD/PhD Essay) Edits
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After (Live Feedback is currently full until end of June. You can still submit essays for review based on availability in widget above)
 
 
SIGN UP FOR PLATINUM

What's Included with Secondary Essay Support...

  • Match with an expert med school admissions advisor
  • Live essay review if you want OR submit for review
  • Access to our database of previous secondary prompts so you can pre-write
  • Secondary application essay feedback with one round of edits per school
  • Recordings of your live sessions (if applicable)
 
 
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Secondary Essay Feedback is Right For You If...

  • You are feeling overwhelmed by the secondary application process
  • You're not sure what to focus on in your secondary essays
  • You want help crafting your best stories in the secondary essays
  • You want to display your best self to your top-choice school
 
 
LET'S START SECONDARIES!

CHOOSE YOUR SECONDARY ESSAY EDITING PACKAGE

all options will include the option to add a discounted single 30-minute strategic planning call after checkout for $175 (normally $240)

 
 

5 Schools

$500

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor
  • 1 Round of Feedback/Edits per School
  • 2 Review Sessions (Each Session Typically Covers 2-3 Schools)
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After (Live Feedback is currently full until end of June. You can still submit essays for review based on availability in widget above)
 
 
SIGN UP FOR 5 SCHOOLS

10 Schools

$900

Includes:

  • Expert Premed Advisor
  • 1 Round of Feedback/Edits per School
  • 5 Review Sessions (Each Session Typically Covers 2-3 Schools)
  • Schedule When Your Essays will be Reviewed
  • Option to Attend Scheduled Review or Receive Feedback After (Live Feedback is currently full until end of June. You can still submit essays for review based on availability in widget above)
 
 
SIGN UP FOR 10 SCHOOLS
NICE TO MEET YOU

We're Team MSHQ

Dr. Ryan Gray started Medical School HQ after going through the premed process without much support and understanding that he could make a difference. Now, 10 years later, he's helped hundreds of thousands of students through his podcasts, YouTube channels, and with his Mappd software platform. After realizing he couldn't help all of the students who wanted to work with him, he surrounded himself with experts in the medical school admissions space, including former Directors of Admissions Dr. Scott Wright and Courtney Lewis as well as Varinia Grannum, former Assistant Dean of Pre-Health and STEM Advising and Rachel Grubbs, his co-founder at Mappd.

Our small advising team focuses on providing students with 1-on-1 expert advising on every aspect of the premed process, including through the whole application cycle if that's what you want.

 
 

"Just want to thank you for the great talk we had yesterday. You were very reassuring and I feel much better about my situation."

- O.B.
 
 

"Thank you for all of your insight and assistance in preparation for my interviews! I truly can not stress enough how helpful you were in this process, and will absolutely be referring friends of mine to your instruction."

- J.W.
 
 

"Thank you so much for your help during the mock interviews; they were exactly what I needed to feel confident in myself. Thank you again; words cannot describe how grateful am."

- P.R.
 
 

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