PASS ProgramReviews of pass-program.com

Dr Francis’ genuine care comes through in making sure his students understand the material for the long term as well as gaining the confidence and practice needed for their short term struggle, passing their tests. No matter there background and past circumstances! You do feel part of the PASS program team, that includes not only your classmates, but also the instructor supporting and invested in your success…in contrast to the feeling of cog in capitalist wheel in other commercial test prep programs.

This program helps me to actually think and which then translates into critical analysis for board questions. This was not a scheme but an actual vital resource. No cute memorizations or shortcuts but actual knowledge. I wish I would have done this sooner.

I cannot say enough about the benefit this program has given me... it was more than step preparation. I saw how 1 attending, who chose to save a resident on academic probabtion, not only saved that student, but "empowered" a beast of a physician. Then a ripple effect occurred as said student paid it forward, leading to thousands of students being personally taught by a doctor who treated them as an equal, rebuilt them, and then we get to watch them blow away attendings. Almost every morning, a student will zoom call in. They have just cleared a hurdle...and we celebrate with them.. Less than a month ago, a former student did a zoom call and told her story. She was unable to pass step1, was dismissed by her school . She said that, "Dr. Francis called her dean to keep her, saying, Give me a chance to save her..I can save her." Prior to coming here, I have never seen nor heard of any academic organization calling a medical dean to petition on behalf of a student... nor believed that the dean would take their call... but I have seen it happen several times here. Something is different. Coming from a Caribbean school where more than half of my colleagues are eliminated, it felt like academia was trying to eliminate anyone who might lower step 1 pass rate before they can test. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful my school accepted me, but I was afraid in constant fear of being pushed out. Sorry for the tangent, back to the zoom call. This former passprogram student managed to passed step1, did a little better on Step 2, and just roled over a 600+ on step3; 350 is passing on step3. She was just accepted into cardiology... tears of joy for her and excited for my turn. We see former students do this every week; the broken rise and become successful. We watch it happen over and over again. They were in worse situations than I could have imagined. Listening to these stores light a fire in me and begin to believe in myself again. Thank you Dr. Shah for the seed you planted in this man who continues to fight for struggling students and has changed the life of thousands of medical students Prior to PassProgram, i had some setbacks with academics, my physical health, and life situations. However, My situation was manageable..., but I didn't manage it well I kept thinking that i could do it by without a program, but the multiple situations kept slowing my progress and I was never ready to write the exam. A colleague in London recommended passprogram to me saying, "It is what we should have done the last semester of basic science for step prep." I didn't think it could really make that much of a difference. I had paid 3 tutors to help me prepare for step 1 and made limited progress... and paying for 14hrs to medical students to tutor me was more expensive than the 160hrs we spent with Dr Francis in 5 weeks. Eight hours lectures/day taught by a comedian. The time flew I stopped studying and passprogram tutors and my colleagues, would reach out to me and kept bringing me back to pass for morning questions. This program, the environment and support of this community is why I am still moving forward... I love that we get taught how to practice medicine... we are taught to see how systems link and the common patterns of disease. How to organize our mind... how to read vignettes so the exam writers can't jerk you around with answer choice.... Looks like I repeat myself to some degree below about another recent students experience... gonna leave it. Gotta get back to the books I absolutely love the testimonies after morning questions.. those that had been dismissed by their school and the way Dr. Francis fought for them. He rebuilds their confidence and organizes their mind... they tell their journeys and they match into residencies that their dean tells them no way because she failed step1 3 times... then they get 14 interviews and match, the tutors fight for you too... I don't know that I love champaign... but I am grateful for passprogram, it's environment, and the way Dr. Francis is so dedicated to his students...always building them and class is like being taught by a stand up comedian. I have never laughed so hard. .. then he ties it in or teaches how to blow away the attending by foundational knowledge and how to extrapolate it... How to think bigger than the text book answer...to question the text book. Look for potential financial agendas Grateful for the lessons learned here and exemplar treated struggling students as an equal... as he too was in a similar situation. If you are broken, distracted, struggling, or studying alone... This place helped me regained my footing, focus, and moved forward again. Wishing you all the best chasing your dreams. You can do it: the greater the battle, the sweeter the success. Thank you Dr. Francis Thank you tutors and colleagues

A huge thank you to Dr. Francis he truly changed my life! The pass program not only teaches you how to succeed in taking board exams but it also teaches you how to think like a doctor and how to impress your preceptors! I have been with the program for my step2 and now I am back to take step3. I achieved a 26 point improvement between my step1 score and my step2 score and regained my confidence which helped me fulfill my dream of matching into OBGYN residency, all thanks to Dr. Francis and his team of amazing tutors! Now, I highly recommend all medical students to just go attend the class and see for themselves how much more organized they will become and how their scores will boost so high!

Pass Program always does well especially with Dr. Francis' leadership and the admins who reply promptly! <3

The PASS program was exactly what I needed to be successful on my retake of USMLE Step 1. After failing on my first attempt, my self esteem and desire to pursue medicine were almost non-existent. The PASS program was sent to me by three different people, and I am glad that I made the decision to sign up for it. There are different enrollment options to fit everyone’s schedules and deadlines. I enrolled in the 5-week live-online course and attended morning questions for the program duration. Upon completion of the program, I continued with additional morning questions and tutoring sessions to focus on the PASS methods and on topics that I wanted to reinforce prior to taking my exam. These supplemental sessions were an integral component of my success. Every tutor was phenomenal- patient, knowledgeable, supportive. Throughout the entire program, Dr. Francis made so many connections with content, and he also had a way of motivating me and making me realize that I am more than capable. He has this uncanny ability to make you truly understand the content of the course, specifically physiology, which was something I struggled with during medical school. The structure and organization of the course are based on notes as well as patterns/clues to answer questions. Having this knowledge base and structure saves time on the real exam and gives you time for those tougher questions that will inevitably show up during your prep and on test day. With that being said, you have to do the work and be committed to the program and process. The lecture days are long. However, the reward of going into an exam feeling empowered to answer the questions the test writers give you is beyond worth it.

Thanks Dr. Patel for an awesome intro to the program, answering all my questions and the advise

it was an amazing journey, good environment, very professional personel, Dr Francis is an excellent professor he has all the patient of the world to make you understand medicine. can't say enough, i wish soon i can take the test an be one of those giving testimony a day after morning question.