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This package is designed for aspiring medical school candidates who want to craft a compelling and standout personal statement, maximizing their chances of acceptance. This package includes the following, but feel free to adapt based on your unique situation and goals: - Initial Kickoff and Planning Session: Begin with an in-depth kickoff session with your coach to discuss your background, goals, experiences, and aspirations. This session sets the foundation for creating a powerful personal statement. - Personal Statement Brainstorming: Dive deep into your background and experiences with your coach to uncover themes, perspectives, and qualities that set you apart. You'll explore various narratives to ensure your personal statement captures your true essence. - Personal Statement Drafting: Work closely with your coach to draft your personal statement, ensuring it effectively highlights your motivations, experiences, and aspirations. - Personal Statement Editing: After developing your personal statement's narrative, your coach will provide thorough editing and feedback, refining each draft until the statement is polished and ready for submission. Multiple rounds of edits ensure the final product is perfect. To summarize, this package pairs you with a world-class coach who will guide you through every step of creating a standout personal statement. They will offer honest and constructive feedback, ensuring your personal statement showcases your strengths and uniqueness. Ready to craft a compelling personal statement? Let's match you with a great coach who can help you secure that coveted acceptance to a top medical school.
A compelling personal statement that is differentiated, personalized, and thoughtful
A deeper understanding of your motivations, experiences, and aspirations, and how they align with your goal of becoming a physician
An outline and several drafts of your personal statement, refined through multiple rounds of feedback and edits
Confidence that your personal statement will stand out to medical school admissions committees
A polished final personal statement that you can feel proud of submitting and sharing with the admissions team
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
Additional expectations or terms of engagement may be provided by coaches (e.g. expected response times, etc.).
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Joined April 2026
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Medical School Admissions Essay Writing Tutor
I am a senior undergraduate student at Duke University who recently completed the medical school application process, receiving 15 interviews and planning to matriculate at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Many of my interviewers specifically highlighted my personal statement in their compliments, and asked in depth about my secondaries. As someone without any significant X factors or super high stats, I strongly believe that my essays played a significant role in having a successful application cycle. I work closely with students to develop a compelling personal narrative that not only highlights their strengths and experiences but also feels genuine to who they are. My goal is not to impose a formula, but to help you identify the themes that naturally emerge from your journey and refine them into writing that is cohesive and memorable. In addition to my application experience, I have served as a college admissions mentor for high school students and as a biology tutor throughout college. These roles have strengthened my ability to build meaningful one-on-one relationships, tailor my guidance to individual needs, and support students as they grow in confidence and self-awareness. I also bring a strong foundation in narrative medicine. In addition to taking multiple creative writing and narrative medicine classes, as well as helping launch a Humanities in Medicine club, I have read extensively in this field and curated a collection of impactful works that explore storytelling in healthcare, offering you new ways to frame your story with depth and nuance. Having applied to nearly 50 medical schools, I am also familiar with a wide range of secondary prompts and institutional priorities. I can provide targeted guidance on how to approach different types of essays and strategically align your narrative with each school’s mission and values, while still maintaining authenticity.
5h+ of coaching