MedSchoolCoachReviews of medschoolcoach.com

Amazing people, amazing advice. Made the med school application process so smooth, even enjoyable at times. Now I’m off to Yale School of Medicine!

I hope this is seen because the other reviews seem ingenuine and very basic. I’m going to give detailed reasons as to why this service is NOT GOOD. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY as you can get 3x better service for 1/4 of the price. Let’s start with my stats: MCAT: 514 GPA: 4.0 Tons of clinical, volunteer, and leadership experience (have been told multiple times my ECs are strong) CASPer: 4th quartile I submitted everything before August 2024 for MD and October 2024 for DO. I’m a Canadian applicant, so I know I'm already at a disadvantage, but not getting a single DO interview is a huge red flag. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT PROOF and I’ll gladly share documentation and my personal experience. Anything to help students avoid losing $8,000 to this scam. I did have 2 friends who got into med school through this service, but even they said the money wasn’t worth it as you can get the same or better support for much cheaper. Why This Service Is Not Worth It: 1. Writing Advisors Have No Clue What They’re Doing They assign a writing advisor to edit your essays and a physician advisor for general guidance. Spoiler: both were pretty bad and the system feels super disjointed. The writing advisors clearly have no background in medicine, they’re just English editors, which makes no sense. You’re applying to med school, and they’re editing your personal statement without any idea of what matters in an app. Huge red flag. The edits were basic, and even after waiting 2 days for turnaround, it was just surface-level grammar stuff. My friends who are med students put way more effort into helping me than the people I paid. I still had grammar errors after their final drafts — I had to go back and fix them myself. Also, I was the one pointing out what was missing. At one point I literally said, "We’re missing this in the conclusion," and the advisor was like, “Oh yeah, let’s add that.” Like... why am I paying $8K to be the one catching stuff? I had two different writing advisors, both of them equally useless. To cut words, they’d just chop off sentences without caring about grammar or flow. It was like watching someone destroy my writing without any attention to quality. For a “premium” service, this was a joke. 2. Physician Advisors Provide Nothing Special I was hoping the physician advisor would at least help with school selection or give some insight but they didn’t. Everything I heard from them I could’ve found on Reddit or SDN for free. I had two different physician advisors as I had to switch from my original one as he was so bad. I still have the draft of the original personal statement I made with my first advisor and its so bad its laughable. I will never forget him saying that it was "pitch perfect." One was terrible, the other was just okay. And they gave conflicting advice about my personal statement, which made me even more confused. Again, what am I paying for? 3. Customer Service Is a Mess I asked for a refund and had to follow up FIVE times just to get a response from Jennifer Urso, the VP. She canceled on me multiple times and didn’t show up to one of our calls — super unprofessional. When we finally talked, she didn’t even apologize for ghosting me until I brought it up. I work full-time, so it was really frustrating to make time for a call that she didn’t bother showing up to. On top of that, when I gave feedback about the personal statement process, Renee Marinelli (another one of their leads) told me that the personal statement shouldn’t answer “Why medicine” — which is literally the point of the prompt. That was a clear attempt at gaslighting to save face, and it just made the situation worse. 4. Interview Prep Was a Waste of Time I paid for interview prep but didn’t even get to use it properly. I had one interview — in Canada — and the prep I got was for U.S.-style interviews, which was totally different. It didn’t help at all. Again, you’re better off asking a med student or doing mock interviews with friends. If you're considering this service, PLEASE do not. This review does not even allow me to put an email address. I will share everything — receipts, examples, writing drafts — whatever you need.

My tutor, Rachel, was so knowledgeable and helpful with Step 1 preparation. She always came prepared and used her slides and any other resources to break content down into such manageable pieces.

Dr. Ruby was very helpful and I really enjoyed working with him.

I had the pleasure to work under the guidance of Dr. Ruby during this recent med school application cycle. From the very beginning, he took the time to truly understand my background, motivations, and strengths to reshape my application into a clear and authentic narrative that highlighted my individual strengths and experiences. I also really appreciated how he always kept his feedback clear and honest was which was what I needed to navigate the long and overwhelming cycle. He clearly identified areas that needed improvement and helped strategize ways to do so, all while providing encouragement. Dr. Ruby genuinely cared for my success and made me feel supported every step of the way. I give Dr. Ruby my utmost recommendation and I am incredibly grateful for his support and guidance.

This program is fantastic! Kyle is a great tutor. He helped me make an individualized study plan and was excellent at explaining topics I needed help in. I would highly recommend this program to anyone studying for boards.

Excellent communication and support from the advisors, I am very grateful for their support.

I am writing this as a parent whose children both used MedSchoolCoach. This may be lengthy, but I want to take a minute to express how grateful I am to each person on our team for the incredible support and guidance they provided to both of my kids during their journey to medical school. MedSchoolCoach's advisors are not just highly experienced, but they also genuinely care about each student they work with. Dr. Susan Choo, the advisor for both of my kids, is the most wonderful, compassionate woman and both of my kids loved working with her. Her years of experience as a practicing physician were insightful and comforting as she helped us navigate the process from start to finish. She took the time to understand my children's unique strengths and weaknesses and crafted plans that were personalized and well laid out. She was there at every turn, always checking in and making sure the kids were not just on track but checking on their mental health as well. Darlene Holt, their writing consultant, was just as impressive. She helped my children refine their personal statements and application essays, making sure that their applications stood apart from others and were not just compelling but also true expressions of their passions. I know my kids often felt overwhelmed and lost with the task of writing dozens of essays, but Darlene was always there with an ear to listen and a calming and supportive voice. Her feedback and guidance were always encouraging and geared toward helping them present themselves in the best light. The kids’ MCAT tutor, Dr. Ken Tao was extraordinary. My kids are drastically different when it comes to studying and Dr. Tao was able to design study plans tailored to each of them individually. His knowledge when it comes to the MCAT is second to none. When my kids sat for the exam, they were confident and sure of themselves which is half the battle. I could not finish this review without bringing attention to the head of enrollment, Michelle White. Words cannot describe the degree of personal attention Michelle commits to each student. Before deciding to sign up with MedSchoolCoach I spoke with Michelle countless times. Each time she was patient, friendly and extremely helpful, answering every question I had. She really took the time to get to know everything about both of my kids so she could help place them with the support she felt would be the best fit for each of them. We worked with the team for over a year and whenever I had a question as a parent, Michelle was there. I honestly cannot speak highly enough about the experience of working with Michelle, Susan, Darlene and Ken. Every one of them is extremely knowledgeable, warm, supportive and excellent at their jobs. Without their guidance and support I do not know if I would be sitting here writing a review about both of my children achieving their lifelong dreams of going to medical school. I know what a daunting process applying to medical school is and having a team behind you like MedSchoolCoach can really make the difference between receiving acceptance letters versus denials. If you have a child applying to medical school, I cannot recommend a better service.