Services

Guiding You Through The Steps Of Your Medical School Journey.
Knowing your dream destination is a good start, but a clear view of the path ahead, with an understanding of the critical milestones along the way, is the key. Over the course of their respective careers in medical school admissions, Dr. Weiss and Mr. White have guided thousands of promising candidates along their medical school journey. MSA offers the following services to its members through a one-time fee and hourly based consultation.

Mapping Your College Journey

Building the foundation for medical school

  • Choosing “your” undergraduate school
  • Planning premedical course work
  • Optimizing your extracurricular activities, including community service, humanities and other pursuits
  • Either clinical or basic research is a great asset
  • Some type of clinically related experience on a sustained basis is very important
Applicants may want to reinforce their chances through summer programs that expose them to clinical and/or research experiences

  • Summer Internship Program
  • Pipeline program
  • IRTA Program at NIH (if they are about to graduate or have graduated)
Academic Programs

  • Post-baccalaureate programs, as needed
  • Special Masters Programs, as desired
  • Academic enhancement programs
The benefits of research in your profile

  • Is it necessary?
  • The benefits of getting a paper/manuscript published

Applying to Medical School

Understanding the timeline

  • The Primary Application
  • The Secondary Application
  • The Interview

Mastering the MCAT

  • Registration, orientation
  • Preparing for the MCAT

Choosing Medical Schools

  • Creating a balanced list
  • Matching your skills and future goals to the curriculum

Putting Together Primary Applications

  • Timing, planning a strategy
  • Crafting a compelling Personal Statement
  • Completing the Work and Activities Section
  • Entering Course Work, GPAs

Preparing Letters of Recommendation and Secondary Applications

  • The Ideal Letter of Recommendation
  • Optimizing Secondary Applications
  • The Committee Letter (critically important)

Crushing the Medical School Interview

  • Prep, Practice, Follow-through