The medical school admissions process is like the old Hasbro game Operation: one tiny wrong move, and it's game over. Forster-Thomas provides expert counseling, up-to-date admissions knowledge, and a very steady hand to numerous medical school applicants every year.

Forster-Thomas works with medical school applicants at all stages of the candidacy. Whether you're a college sophomore seeking guidance on the best coursework and internships to pursue, a recent MCAT test-taker looking to get started on your AMCAS essay, or deep into secondary applications, we can help you. We also have extensive experience with non-traditional applicants—from those with learning differences to those looping back to a dream of medical school after pursuing a different career. 

How it works, however, remains the same: We help you distinguish yourself from the other candidates by inspiring you to dig down deep and discover what makes you unique compared to applicants who also have excellent grades, scores, and activities and make the admissions committee remember you when they are discussing candidates. 

Medical School Admissions Consulting Services

We begin counseling applicants at every stage of their path toward medical school. Your dedicated medical school consultant will walk you through each and every step of the application process, from helping you line up all your ducks for an amazing Committee Letter, to ensuring every word of your Activity Descriptions is just right, to spell-checking your actual online application.

OUR COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE begins before your application year. It includes the following standard services (as appropriate to which stage of the process you are in):

• Candidacy Assessment. We evaluate your candidacy and determine what your strengths are, what your weaknesses are, and how to put your best foot forward. 
• School Selection. We advise you on which schools you should apply to…and which ones you shouldn’t.
• Comprehensive Brainstorming Sessions. We help you develop strong ideas for all your application materials, from activity descriptions to your personal statement.
• Professional Editing of your written work.
• Committee Letter/Recommendation Strategy. We ensure that you choose the right recommenders and give them focused talking points to highlight your most important attributes. 
• Interview Skills
• Application Review & Advice
• Waitlist service



THE COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE also includes:

• Course selection Advice: Admissions committees care deeply about the classes you've taken—far beyond their interest in the core prerequisites. We will help you choose wisely when creating next term's schedule.
• Candidacy Building: We won't just strengthen the existing elements of your candidacy, we'll help you build it from scratch—helping you inject leadership into your extracurricular activities via our Leadership Action Plan, choose which activities to add (or subtract) from your plate, and ensure that your activities tell a compelling, organic narrative. This is all about making you distinct from all the other med-school applicants vying for your spot.
• Internship/Research Position Guidance. Medical schools are looking for a certain mix of experiences, including internships, shadowing, and research. How you pursue and apply to these, which you choose, and how you succeed within them are all included.
• Also included are the AMCAS and Secondaries packages described below.

To find out more, request a free candidacy assessment.

OUR TEN-HOUR PACKAGE begins the fall of your application year. It can include any of the standard services mentioned above. While you may allocate the time however you like, candidates often choose this configuration:

Hour 1 -- Process Overview – Do’s and Don’ts 

Hour 2 -- School List and MSAR Requirements 

Hours 3 & 4 -- Personal Statement – these 2 hours will be broken down into four 30- minute sessions 

Hours 5, 6 & 7 -- Secondary Essays 

Hour 8 -- CASPer Review 

Hour 9 -- MMI & Interview Skills 

Hour 10 -- Update Letters & Letters of Intent

To find out more, request a free candidacy assessment.

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