About

a little about us

Since 2006, MedSchoolCoach LLC has been providing medical school application consulting services to over five hundred premed student. We started this company in 2006 when, after successfully going through the process ourselves, dozens of people wanted advice on how to do the same. We found that the advice people were getting from other sources was outdated or incorrect, and often lead them down the wrong path. We saw firsthand the many different places one can falter in the medical school application process. That is why we thought it would be helpful to offer structured services. In applying our experience as premeds, applicants, medical students, admission committee members and now physicians, we were able to give better, more sound advice than almost any other adivsor you can find. Together, our advisors have the experience and credentials to help you get into a great medical school.

Meet Our Advisors

Dr. Sahil Mehta
Sahil graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia University in New York City with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. He was accepted to three of the top ten medical schools in the country and chose to attend the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He trained in medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and has since moved onto train at a Harvard University residency program in radiology. He served as an interviewer for both undergraduate and medical school admissions committees. He also was a top rated MCAT instructor at Examkrackers for three years in the Northeast Region. Sahil also serves as the Senior Editor on USMLERx QMax, an online question bank for medical licensing exams. He has been involved in admissions consulting for years, helping students get into both college and medical school.

Dr. Shailesh Agarwal
Shailesh graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He was admitted to five of the top ten medical schools in the country at the time and chose to attend University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine on a scholarship. He matched into Plastic Surgery, the most competitive medical field to obtain a residency in and is currently in training. He has over six years of experience private tutoring students in the MCAT and has been an integral part of the MedSchoolCoach team.

Dr. Kachiu Lee
Kachiu aspired to become a physician from a young age and was accepted into three combined undergraduate-medical school programs out of high school. She chose to attend Northwestern University’s Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME), eventually graduating Summa Cum Laude in Molecular Biology. She went on to attend Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, serving on the interview committee for future HPME candidates. She also serves as a junior editor for USMLERx and the print version of First Aid USMLE Step 2 CS. She is currently a dermatology resident at Brown University.

Dr. Sam Fuller
Sam graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame majoring in Spanish Languages and Literature and Pre-Professional Studies, and while an undergraduate was a Spanish and Calculus tutor as well as teacher for the Kaplan MCAT program. Sam continued his education at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he graduated in 2009. While in medical school, he served as an interviewer for the medical school’s applicants. He is currently a junior editor for USMLERx Qmax for Steps 1 and 2, an online question bank for medical licensing exams. He is now completing his residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Dr. Amy Yin
Amy graduated from Brown University with a Bachelors of Science in Biology. She went on attend Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She has extensive experience in advising as well as teaching and tutoring across various subjects including dance, financial accounting, and chemistry. She has served as a contributing author to both the USMLERx online question bank and the First Aid USMLE Step 2 CS book. She is now completing her residency at Harvard.

Dr. Praveen Anchala
Praveen graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University. Following his undergraduate studies, he was invited to attend Northwestern’s School of Medicine, which he did. At Northwestern, he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha (honor society). Over the years, Praveen has served as Milton Academy Graduate Council and prep school interviewer and an admissions committee member for the Northwestern School of Medicine.

Dr. Patrick C. Beeman
Patrick spent the first two years of his higher education at a community college. From there he went to the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he studied philosophy and theology, completing a B.A. Summa Cum Laude. He then pursued a post-baccalaureate premedical program while simultaneously completing an M.A. in philosophy at Cleveland State University. He obtained his M.D. at the University of Toledo College of Medicine where he was elected to AOA. He has a strong interest in helping non-traditional students, especially those who come to medicine from a humanities background. An avid writer, he has been a lecturer in philosophy and was previously an Edmund D. Pellegrino Fellow at the Georgetown University Center for Clinical Bioethics. He has two children and is currently a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Wright State University/Wright Patterson Air Force Base serving active duty in the United States Air Force.

Dr. Seema Jeswani
Seema graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She then went onto attend the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine where she worked as an admissions interviewer. She was also the recipient of numerous grants, including the AAAAI Research Fellowship. She is now a resident at the NYU Lagone Medical Center in Otolaryngology (ENT).

Mr. Raj Sarkar
Raj graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering. After college, he obtained a Masters in Biosciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went on to attend the University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey. At Columbia, Raj was intricately involved in the admissions committee, serving as a voting member for four years. He also has experience interviewing for UMDNJ and as an alumni interviewer for Columbia University.

Mr. Jalal Ahmed
Jalal graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering. After college, he participated in research at Cornell Weill Medical Center as well as Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He then went onto attend the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as part of their prestigious MD/PhD program. He has been heavily involved in teaching and private tutoring for the MCAT for the last 8 years, including working for ExamKrackers for three years in New York City. He has also formerly interviewed for the admissions committee for the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Medical Science Training Program.

Ms. Davietta Butty
Davietta graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Science in Biology and English. She worked as a peer writing tutor at the Sweetland Writing Center during her time there. After college, she chose to attend Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and pursue a dual MD/MPH (Masters in Public Health) degree. She worked for two years with the Office of Diversity to increase minority recruitment at Northwestern and is currently pursuing public health research in NYC.

As you can see, our senior advisors are MD’s with experience on admissions committees. We do not employ PhDs, JDs, MBAs or anyone else who is not immensely familiar with the application process. This provides us with a unique perspective of having gone through the process just a few years earlier as applicants, while serving on admissions committees or as interviewers to understand what the process of medical school admissions entails. We know exactly what schools are looking for in applicants and the hurdles you will face while applying.

We believe that physicians should help future physicians get into medical school. Our advisors come from a variety of educational backgrounds and can help your application portray its strengths based on your own unique experiences. Simple steps can be taken to turn a terrible application into a superb one. We hope to be able to provide you with enough coaching so that you don’t fall into the traps that many other applicants do, and so that your application can shine in the eyes of an admissions committee. Simply put, we will help you get into medical school no matter your situation.

How We Compare

We understand hiring an advisor is a costly and relatively unknown proposition. Further, there are many admissions consulting companies which can provide you with varying degrees of guidance in your medical school application process. You should take a few simple steps in assessing who you are going to work with.

Firstly, you may find many companies online that have a physician’s name attached to them whose credentials are great, however to work with that physician you will pay upwards of $500/hr. To work with people they employ, you will get a more reasonable cost, but you will also be getting an editor who is not a physician and who does not have medical or admissions committee knowledge. You may also find sites that are run by PhDs or MBAs. The medical school admissions process is unique – you need someone who understands it to help you through it.

Secondly, you want to work with someone you can trust and who will not just be your advisor, but your mentor. We pride ourselves on always being available for our clients, day or night. We take the time to get to know them as an applicant and a person. There is no better testament to this than when we are invited to their celebration dinners when they get their acceptances to medical school (it’s happened, on more than one occasion!)

Finally, work with someone who knows the process inside and out. They should understand who you are and who you want to be. Remember, our advisors are MD’s with experience on admissions committees. This provides us with a unique perspective of having gone through the process just a few years earlier. We know exactly what schools are looking for, and the hurdles you will face while applying. We were in your shoes not long ago! We look forward to calling all our clients colleagues in the near future.

Who We Are Not

We are not a generic application editing service that has no experience in medical school admissions. We have been through the process ourselves and only have MDs working to make your application better. We provide individualized service to all our clients. We genuinely want to try to make your application better. Our advisors also DO NOT actively serve on the admissions committees of any medical schools. We believe this practice would be completely unethical. Any active involvement in the application process by our advisors is prohibited.

FAQ About Our Services

• Who will work with me on my application?
• You will be assigned to one main senior advisor who will be your contact point through the entire application. He/she will provide you with all general advising and work with you through the majority of the application. However, one of our strengths is that we have a wide array of great advisors who have expertise in different admissions fields. As such, you may at any time work with another advisor on parts of your application (essay editing, interview preparation, etc).
• Who are the adivsors?
• Our advisors are physicians who have experience on admission commitees as well as senior level medical students who also have medical admissions commitee experience. You can find out our full list of advisors here.
• What if I do not like my advisor?
• We understand that not everyone works well with everyone. Part of our appeal is that we have multiple advisors who can help you at anytime. If you ever feel like you are not “clicking” with your advisor, simply let us know and we’ll assign you a new one!
• What is your refund policy?
• Our promise is that we will try as hard as possible to get your application perfect. If you feel that you are not getting the services you want, we can refund any unused portion of our packages at anytime.
• Do you help with the application to Caribbean medical schools as well?
• Yes, any of our packages can include help through your Caribbean medical school application and interview.
• What is your success rate?
• We get this question all the time! We work with a variety of students in many different parts of their application. Because the main factors in your application remain your GPA and MCAT, two things out of our control, we do not keep statistics on every student we work with. However, we do keep statistics on those who sign up for the Gold Package and you can find those on our Gold Package Page. You can also see the extensive list of acceptances from our previous clients at the Class of 2011 Acceptance Page
• Will your advisors write my essays for me?
• Absolutely not. We will help you come up with ideas, edit for content and grammar while making sure what you put down on paper makes you stand out, but we will never write your essay for you. If there are companies out there that offer to do that, we suggest you be very careful in hiring them. After all, one of medicine’s foremost tenants is to be ethical!
• What is the typical turnaround time on edits?
• Typically, we will have an edit back to you within 48-72 hours during buisness days. Often, we can get them back to you within 24 hours. On rare occasions, additional time may be needed for more comments.
• How do I talk with my advisors?
• We provide our services in-person in locations where we have advisors. However, about 95% of our advising is done remotely. We utilize email, webcams and phone conversations to get the job done. The best way to reach your advisors is usually through email. If you need to talk to them, you can schedule a meeting at anytime.
• Can I talk to some references or students who have used you in the past?
• Absolutely. We have a long list of prior clients who would love to share their success stories with you. Simply contact us and we will get you their names.