Shemmassian Academic ConsultingReviews of shemmassianconsulting.com

I had a great experience with Shemmassian Consulting for interview prep. My advisor helped me practice with both traditional style questions, as well as MMI, which I did not have previous experience in answering. I found it really helpful to walk through the questions and the coaching session made me feel a lot more confident on how to approach a wide variety of questions that may come my way. I would definitely recommend this service to everyone to ease some of the interview nerves during the application cycle by feeling a lot more prepared going into them! Thank you!

Interview prep exceeded my expectations! The person I worked with was friendly, answered all of my questions thoroughly and clearly has a lot of experience with interview prep and admissions processes. He gave clear advice on how to answer interview questions and we worked to create strategy that works for me. I would definitely recommend interview prep to others. I walked away with a clear and easy method for answering MMI style questions and got a really good look into how admission committees evaluate their interviewees, two extremely valuable things to know going into interviews! Our session helped me build confidence about my interview skills and my ability to succeed in medical school in general.

Several years ago, I would have never imagined that I would be accepted to my dream medical school, Harvard Medical School. As an international student, I was always discouraged to apply due to the low acceptance rate and challenging process. However, the Shemmassian team always believed in me and supported me throughout the whole process despite all of the obstacles. When I first took the MCAT, I was discouraged, but after receiving guidance from an amazing tutor at Shemmassian, I was able to raise my score significantly the second time around and be ready to apply. I cannot express how grateful I am for the amazing support and guidance I got from the Sehmmassian team to help me achieve my dream, one that I never knew was possible.

This experience was so helpful for so many reasons! I just Shemmassian Academic Consulting for my interview prep. My interviewer, Itay, was so knowledgeable and gave great feedback. I would absolutely recommend it to any of my friends!

The editing of my personal statement, W&A descriptions, secondary essays, update letters, and other essays in my med school application was extremely helpful. Although I always thought I was a good writer, SAC showed me how to do so in the way medical schools want applicants to write their essays. For me, having a trusted person (who understands the application process) edit and comment on drafts of my essays was completely worthwhile. Nearly every sentence I wrote had a suggestion for improvement. Because of them, I got into one of my top choice med schools during my first application cycle.

I opted for the "primaries plan" and had a wonderful experience. Especially helpful was the fact that my advisor and application reviewers were selected based on my personal academic/extracurricular background; I was not assigned random individuals with merely generic knowledge. It was fantastic to have the guidance and encouragement of two individuals who fit my interests! The edits/suggestions I received on my personal statement and activity sections were insightful and detailed. My advisor also assisted me as I crafted a tailored school list based on my student status (Canadian student applying to both Canadian and American medical schools). Throughout the process, my advisor offered guidelines pertaining to application timelines, letters of rec, and more. In addition to the support of my advisor, Dr. Shemmassian was also very responsive and helpful. I am so pleased to have been accepted to a Canadian medical school and two medical schools in the US!

I consider myself a decent to good writer but sometimes it's hard to remove myself from the framework of my one thoughts and pick the relevant information that is worded nicely. Having the second set of eyes that knows how to orient my essays in a medical school application context was extremely helpful. Especially in that busy time period around June it was great to have quick turnaround in my feedback and my consultant and I were able to get into a good workflow. I can only imagine what my application would have looked like if I didn't have the extra help.

Shemmassian Consulting is amazing. My advisor was very supportive and painstakingly edited all of my primary and secondary essays down to the minute details to optimize my application. He kept me accountable throughout the process, ensuring that I wrote and revised my essays in a timely manner. He was very quick with his edits and responsive with his emails, but did not "hand-hold" me throughout the process, which led me to become a better essay writer overall, which will certainly help me in the future when applying for residency. I was able to gain acceptance to a solid MD school which I definitely wouldn't have been able to without his help. 10/10 recommend!