Shemmassian Academic ConsultingReviews of shemmassianconsulting.com

The Shemmassian Consulting team helped me get into my DREAM medical school! I give them my highest recommendation. Here's my story as a reapplicant: My confidence was shaken when I applied the first time and did not receive a single interview - I wanted expert advice on how to improve my application and sought support from SAC for my second application cycle. Dr. Shemmassian immediately identified multiple areas of improvement for my application during our initial call. My consultant, Dr. Song, was meticulous in reviewing my materials, responsive to my many questions, and constructive in his feedback for my essay drafts and interview practice. He reassured me when I second-guessed myself and provided insight to the admissions process. I went from zero interviews in the first cycle to 8 invitations, multiple acceptances, including my top choice! Thank you to Dr. Shemmassian and the entire team for being a part of my journey and celebrating my interviews and acceptances. I am so grateful for your invaluable support.

As an international student, medical school is an almost unattainable goal. With Shemmassian consulting I managed to secure more than 8 interview invites and more than 5 admission offers. Faculty, deans, students complimented my application and the way I showed my story. I couldn’t have achieved this without Lauren and Dr J, who were always present for me, whether I sent in edits at 2 am or on a weekend. They not only supported me with their incredible knowledge and skills, but they also helped me believe I was good enough when I felt like I didn’t have what it took to get to medical school. I will forever be thankful for their patience, kindness and support during what would have otherwise been an impossible journey.

I reached out to Shemmassian Academic Consulting for medical school interview coaching and advice after researching various other similar organizations. What stood out to me was the expertise and resources offered by this program. All coaches have been through their share of interviews and understand how the process works. I was able to receive outstanding support in traditional, MMI, and acting scenarios. In addition, the Shemmassian Academic Consulting website has a comprehensive list of example questions and scenarios that helped in my preparations. Coming into my mock interviews I was extremely nervous, but that was soon placated by the warm and supportive environment of the sessions. The sessions are set up for YOU. The format of the sessions are flexible, depending on your comfort level and areas of concern. It was extremely helpful to have someone experienced work with me and workshop my responses - I felt wholly prepared for my interviews! I cannot recommend Shemmassian Academic Consulting enough, particularly over competing organizations! Most importantly, Shemmassian Academic Consulting recognizes that every applicant is different and the "one size fits all" approach does not work. What sets this organization apart is the attention to YOU as an applicant. Your application is thoroughly reviewed and the sessions are set up to provide comprehensive support to all parts of the application. I am more than satisfied with my experience with Shemmassian Academic Consulting and highly recommend this service to anyone else going through the process of applying to medical school!

I loved the interview coaching that I received from Galen! He asked a broad variety of mock interview questions and gave very thorough feedback on each of my answers, along with great strategies to approach more difficult or curveball questions. He also gave great general tips on how to nail virtual interviews, and he answered all the questions/concerns I had very clearly. He truly cared about my success on the upcoming interview for a top choice school.

Mentors are experienced and give concrete advice that was helpful for me as someone who is not especially strong with interviews. Gave me a plan of attack and a baseline for me to start practicing independently. Mentors were supportive and kind as well.

It went great! The admissions consultant who I worked with (Galen) was extremely helpful, providing me with specific, detailed suggestions on how to improve every question we went over in my mock interview. Plus he helped with "general" "tips based on my own concerns about my interview style. Overall I really got the "feel" for what interviewers are looking for based on his feedback, and because of this I believe I'm much better prepared for my interview!

I enjoyed Shemmassian Academic Consulting's service in applying to medical school very much. As a non-traditional applicant who spent prior time in research, I was assigned a primary advisor (MD-PhD) who is a good fit for my background - who understands my research and knows how to highlight my research experience while focusing on why I would like to become a physician at this point of my time. The service provided by Shemmassian Academic Consulting is very professional. My consultants are very knowledgeable and responsive to my drafts. They improved my drafts tremendously, and I am very happy about the final documents I submitted to medical school. They are also very compassionate and encouraged me frequently during the waiting period of interviews.

I used this site for everything during my application process for Medical School! It helped me with filling out my application, writing my personal statement, interviewing and writing a thank you email after the interview. I found them from a simple google search of "how to fill out medical school application." I am so thankful they popped up, because the website provided everything that I was looking for. Had it not been for these resources, I do not think I would have been accepted into medical school! I would not have known that I shouldn't answer the questions straight forward, and that I should tell more of a story and relate it to medicine. I am beyond thankful for the website, emails, and YouTube videos because they really contributed in part to my success! I can say I easily spent 49+ hours reviewing all resources over the course of 6 months. I had one interview so far and was accepted 10 days later. I have more schools still reviewing my application and look forward to seeing what will be in my future. Nonetheless, I am thrilled to be accepted into medical school!!!