Shemmassian Academic ConsultingReviews of shemmassianconsulting.com

This is a huge help throughout the application process, especially the secondary applications! It makes them much more manageable. The interview prep was also very valuable. It was a good way to get extra practice and constructive feedback.

I decided to consult SAC because I was anxious about the med school admissions process. I did not know how to approach the personal statement and MMI. SAC allowed me to make great improvement on my personal statement by giving detailed, concrete suggestions. Not only did they improve the flow of my writing, but they also addressed higher order concerns, such as the overall message I was trying to convey. After consulting SAC, my personal statement gave a far more compelling argument for why I want to pursue medicine. Additionally, I found the mock MMI very helpful because it allowed me to practice actually making a decision during difficult ethics questions, instead of just weighing both sides. Overall, I highly recommend SAC, especially to those struggling with the personal statement or interview.

"I am writing as a mother of a student that just got accepted to Touro University California. I am truly Grateful and Thankful for being introduced to Shemmassian Consulting. Without their help we would have less or no chances for an acceptance. It was really challenging going through the process one more time and getting re-accepted to a Do School. Most importantly the team was really supportive and treated us as a family member during that stressful year. The major key points that played a huge role were Interview preparation and personal statement. Dr. Shemmassian himself consulted with interview preparation and his team - Dylan and Selden -revised Personal Statement to perfection along with constant communication with any help. I am advertising Shemmassians consulting services to all parents and future students to make an application process less stressful and more successful. Thank you again for being there for us !"

Hello, my name is Christopher Ringheanu, and I'm here to tell you about the incredible experience I had with Shemmassian Consulting, as well as why you should strongly consider their services for assistance/support with your application process. For reference, I was accepted to the University of Southern California, Wake Forest University, and the University of Texas at Austin. I chose to attend UT Austin and am currently a freshman here now! Of course the most integral part of Shemmassian Consulting is your individual consultant, mine being Akash Patel, so I'd like to pinpoint two things which made our partnership a great one. 1. Akash acted very professionally, advised me in the important areas of my senior year and college app process, and was a huge help with every essay I wrote. But perhaps more importantly, he was an outlet for me to talk about the overwhelming stresses of the entire journey. The pressure of making my essays perfect, comparing myself to the standards of top tier universities, and the insecurities of whether or not I’d get into the college of my dreams (and whether or not that college was even the one I wanted to attend). So many ups and downs, but I felt that I truly had someone in my corner at all times with Akash. He was extremely personable and a great individual to share this journey with. 2. I feel that Akash understood what I truly wanted out of the admissions process, even when no one else really did. I always desired to attend UT Austin, but I was so conflicted based on the desires of others who are supporting me and also an integral part of my journey. Akash and I had many conversations about how to balance everything, steps to take in order to gain clarity on what I truly wanted out of this process, and reassured me that the most important thing is that I end up going to a university that I will be truly happy attending. It all worked out in the end. I am doing extremely well here. My parents see it, my older brothers see it, and most importantly I FEEL it. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, good luck with your endeavors, and strongly consider choosing Shemmassian Consulting!

Shemmassian Academic Consulting has been incredibly valuable throughout my entire medical school application process. My advisors have continuously worked with me to highlight my strengths as well as improve upon my weaknesses both with writing and interviewing. This personalized attention has made all the difference.

Our son used the Shemmassian over the last two medical school admission cycles. Though his first attempt was unsuccessful, Sid and Jammie from Shemmassian gave frank, honest feedback that as a parent it's sometimes difficult to give. It was also the best decision to get him working with professionals who know and understand what strengths need to be highlighted and what weaknesses need more work. It certainly is a long process, but the team kept him on schedule and focused. They prepped him for interviews and made sure he stressed what made him stand out. Could not be happier with the outcome!!

I had a fantastic experience commissioning SAC to review my personal statement and application for internal medicine residency. My reviewer (who was herself an accomplished physician at a highly reputable institution) gave me detailed and incisive edits and comments in a very short amount of time. SAC clearly improved the quality of my application and I would highly recommend the service to anyone else.

Shemmassian has a great website, but they don't actually provide many of the services at the level described. The MCAT tutor did not realize that he was supposed to share his screen using the whiteboard that was mailed. The tutor only wanted my daughter to read the book (which the website says is one of the reasons students don't do well on the MCAT). The tutor was not able to answer my daughters questions and just asked her to read back to him what the book said. He laughed at my daughter and made her feel stupid. This tutor was eventually replaced with a much better one, once my daughter reached out. The advisor did nothing. She did not help create the list of colleges my daughter applied to. She reviewed my daughters list, asked her to make a spreadsheet, suggested a few useless changes (one school already on the list, some state schools that take very few out of state students) and then told my daughter that since she didn't know anything about my daughters connections she guessed the list was ok. Her advisor did not have her pre-write her secondaries which according to the site is key to being prepared. At the end of May she just told her to start working on the most common questions. It was a crazy dash to write all of those secondaries at the last minute. This advisor was eventually replaced, but when I first reached out about the issues, I was told everything was fine. The second advisor told my daughter he would have had her apply to different schools. When my daughter was getting interview prep, they thought she was interviewing with a DO school in Oklahoma instead of an MD school in Florida. No one seems to really pay attention or care about the customer.