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?

Need more convincing? (Read what others have said about our service)

The average applicant contributes between $60-$95, 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.

 

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 English and 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.

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

Consult Preference

Curbside $70.00 USD Full Consult $90.00 USD Critical Care $105.00 USD

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.