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Applying to Medical School or Residency Match? 

Medfools can help with your personal statement!
Need help reading over your pre-med personal statement,or essays for your application or Secondaries? Do you need help with your NRMP Residency Match Personal Statement?

The Fool has completed Medical School, has been part of the Admissions Committee and Interview Committee at a major CA public medical School, as well as  a residency selection committee at a large training program. In addition, The Fool has read over one thousand Med School and residency application essays and helped many students in their applications for residency match!Unlike other “professional” services who charge hundreds of dollars 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? 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! 

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? 

Remember that your contribution 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 personal statement essay. 

Residency Personal Statement

Curbside Consult $70 

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. Please do not expect a revision if your essay is ready for the curbside consult. 

Full Consult $90

The Full Consult is for applicants who are non-native speakers of Englishand who have had their essay read by a friend for most grammar issues. The essay has all the major ideas in it already. This is also 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. You will recieve an opportunity to revise your essay. 

Critical Care Consult $105

For applicants who have written an essay and know that the essay still needs significant work including helping with the style, paragraph formatting, content, and length. This is especially helpful for International Graduates who are non-native speakers, and feel the essays likely need significant editing. 

Step 1: Contribute via PayPal:

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.

Consult Preference

Step 2: Send your essay below

Upload Personal Statement

Email your Personal statement to us 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) Note: Please send your file as Microsoft Word (preferred) or plain text documents. 

Step 3: Await your revisionThe 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.

More Testimonials:

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personal statement by incorporating your feedback. “

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“I am really grateful to you for your comments and providing me a different insight into my personal statement. I am going to practically rewrite it. ”  

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personal statement by incorporating your feedback. “

” Great advice… really hit home for me… I think you’re right on all points. I’m a very frank and honest person myself, so I really appreciate your candor. I’m gonna make the necessary changes asap, and if you don’t mind, I’ll send you a revamped PS as soon as I’m done for your [second] opinion.” 

” I found your advice on my original PS to be VERY helpful and eye-opening… so much so that I wrote a brand new PS! “

Thank-you for all your assistance! You have transformed my personal statement to look like a work of art. I really appreciate it. ” 

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” Thanks so much for your revisions. I agree with all of them. I knew its was too long after finishing it, but it was hard for me to pick parts to edit 
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the message I was trying to get across. Thanks again, I’m definitely 
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” I found your advice on my original PS to be VERY helpful and eye-opening… so much so that I wrote a brand new PS! ” 


“Thanks for the comments! It gave me confidence that the essay is ‘ready to go’…will definitely take your editing advice”