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Applying to Medical School or Residency Match? It's not too late!

Medfools can help with your personal statement!

Need help reading over your pre-med personal statement,or essays for your AAMCAS application or Secondaries?
Want a consult for your NRMP Residency Match Personal Statement? Look no further!

Who is the Fool?

The Fool has completed Medical School, and is currently in residency training in a combined Medicine-Pediatrics Training Program. He has been part of the Admissions Committee and Interview Committee for 3 years at a major CA public medical School. In addition, The Fool has read hundreds of Med School and residency application essays.

Also, the Fool has been a part of the residency selection committee at a large training program for the past 4 years, has read >400 Personal Statements, and has helped many med students in their applications for residency match!

Unlike other "professional" services who charge upwards of $60-$350 for their "consulting services", we're not out to get rich, just help people along and give you an honest opinion. Other services claim Harvard trained Essay Readers: When was the last time one of them sat on an Admissions Committee for Residency or Med School?

So what's the catch?

We are asking that you help us out as well: For the price of a large pizza and a side of buffalo wings, the Fool will read your essay or personal statement, and give you an honest opinion! Usually in less than 3 days! There's no set cost! Just toss us a couple of bucks, and we'll help! C'mon, you can't beat that price!

After all, what have you got to lose? You're going to spend thousands travelling and interviewing for the place you're going to spend the next 3-7 years of your life, don't you want the best chance possible?

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The average person contributes between $30-$60, remember that your donation covers the time it takes an MD to carefully critique your Personal Statement, and the funds go directly to running this free and informational website.

Here are suggested levels for contribution, based on the needs of each applicant.

Curbside Consult $30-$45

This is for applicants who are native speakers of English with strong writing skills. You have spent many hours revising your personal statement but would like an opinion from the Fool who has read hundreds of essays. Overall you are confident your personal statement is solid, but need an extra opinion.

Full Consult $50-60

The Full Consult is for applicants who are non-native speakers of English and who have had their essay read by a friend for most grammar issues. Or for English speakers who feel their essay really needs a lot of work (or has "writer's block" and just isn't sure what to say. The writer isn't sure of the content of the essay, and needs help on the essay including content, tone, overall theme.

Critical Care Consult $60-75

For applicants who have written an essay and haven't had much time to put their essay together and know that the essay needs significant work including helping with the style, paragraph formatting, and length. This is especially helpful for International Graduates who are non-native speakers, and feel the essays likely need significant editing.

Due to the overwhelming response and inflow of personal statements, we're going to ask that you please send us a contribution in advance of returning personal statements. Please drop your contribution into the piggy bank, then send us your personal statement.

Step 1: Contribute via PayPal

Use our Personal Statement submission form for faster submissions or Email your Personal statement to Please attach your personal statement in the email. PLEASE remember to spell check your document before submitting it.

(Please name the filename "yourname.doc", also please let us know how you made your contribution, Amazon or PayPal.) Note: Please send your file as Microsoft Word (preferred) or plain text documents. We cannot open WordPerfect documents.

Also, please do not copy or plagarize personal statements in the Medfools Personal Statement Library. This practice is unethical and we will not review personal statements with segments taken from the personal statement library.

Step 3: Await your revision

The Fool tries hard to revise most essays within 72 hours (usually faster), except weekends, holidays. If you have not heard from us in 3 days, please email us to ensure that we received your personal statement. Occasional network or email virus/spam problems may have affected your email.

If you have questions, drop us an email

Note: By submitting your Personal Statements to "The Fool" for revision, you agree that they may be edited, revised, commented on and published in the future in our online personal statements gallery (after being made anonymous) or otherwised published my Medfools.com in any format.

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