Medical school application cycle planning
Ace Your Application Cycle with Expert Guidance
- Work 1-on-1 with top med school admissions experts who know exactly how your application will be evaluated.
- Our dedicated advisors include former Directors of Admissions who have guided thousands of students to their dream med schools.
- Schedule a free 20-minute consultation to pinpoint your application’s weak spots.
- Choose from flexible advising packages to get personalized guidance, making the most out of your time.
Lock In Your Spot for the 2025-2026 Cycle!
Get Accepted On Your First Attempt
Our advisors have helped thousands of students get accepted on their first attempt with insider tips and insights.
- Learn how to tell your story impactfully in your personal statement.
- Understand not just how to talk about what you did, but how it impacted you.
- Get personalized, customized help to focus on the parts of the application you need most.
- Learn how to refine your answers and presentation to make a lasting impression in your interview.
- Pick the hours bundle that works best for YOU
our advising packages
Spaces are limited—don’t wait! Craft an application that gets you an invitation from your dream med school.
How you can use your hours
Maximize every minute with our flexible advising packages. Whether you need personal statement feedback, mock interviews, or application strategy sessions, your hours are yours to use as you see fit.
how many hours do i need?
Our team will help you assess your application strengths and weaknesses to recommend the ideal package. From quick reviews to in-depth coaching, we’ll help you confidently navigate the application process without wasting time.
everything else you’ll get
Gain entry to our comprehensive knowledge base, weekly Q&A sessions, and detailed guides that cover every step of the application process. Plus, enjoy priority support and feedback from our team to keep you on track.
Who your advisors will be
what you’ll learn
* Discount based on package rate vs 30-min single session rate
Book a Free 20-Minute Call to Identify the Right Advising Package
What’s Included In Our Advising Packages
- Match with an Expert Med School Admissions Advisor
- 1 Advisor who Stays with you from Start to Finish
- Live Advising Sessions of 30 minutes or 1 hour
- Email Access to Your Advisor Between Sessions
- 1 year Access to Mappd Pro
- 1 year access to Live Group Advising Sessions and Office Hours (these don’t count towards your purchased hours)
- All Premed Playbook Application-Focused Books
- Complete Strategic Planning with Periodic Reminders of What to do When
- School List Guidance
- Advising for AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS Applications
- Letters of Recommendation Advising and Guidance
- Guidance for Casper, Snapshot, Duet, and the AAMC PREview
- Personal Statement Feedback
- Experiences/Activities Description Feedback
- Texas Personal Characteristics and Optional Essays
- MD/PhD and Research Essays
- Other Primary Application Essays as needed: Institutional Action, Criminal History, Disadvantaged, Military, COVID impact, etc
- Secondary Application Planning and Feedback
- Interview Preparation with Mock Interviews
- Mock Interview Recordings to Review
- Wait List Advising
- Acceptance Offer Comparison
About Medical School HQ
Dr. Ryan Gray founded Medical School HQ after going through the ups and downs of the premed journey with little guidance. He was determined to make the application process easier for aspiring students.
Over the past decade, he has empowered hundreds of thousands of students through his podcasts, YouTube channels, and books.
Realizing he couldn’t personally support every student who sought his help, Dr. Gray brought together a team of top-tier medical school admissions experts, including former Directors of Admissions and Admissions Officers.
Today, our dedicated advising team offers personalized, 1-on-1 guidance on every aspect of the premed process, including the whole application cycle if that’s what you need.
Prefer To Start With A Single Session?
Get personalized advice in just 30 minutes—build your application roadmap, get rid of doubts, and take your first step toward med school success.
What our Students are saying
Hear from students just like you who achieved their med school dreams with our guidance.
I just received my admission to XXXXX! This is unreal and almost feels like I am dreaming. I want to thank you for all of your help with my application. I cannot overstate how influential your guidance and insight have been with this result and I am eternally grateful for your support!
IM SO HAPPY!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP, IM INDEBTED TO YOU! Truly, thank you so much for all your help. Thank you doesnt do enough.
I want to take a few moments and thank you for all of your very instructive, kind and consistent feedback and support through my applications and it is your wishes, feedback, and most importantly your blessings that have landed me the acceptance!
I got into XXXXX this morning!!!! It still has not hit me that I will be a doctor now!! Thank you for all your help, your words and motivation have brought me to this point.
I wanted to once again express my heartfelt gratitude for your help in providing feedback during my secondary applications. Your guidance has been instrumental in my journey.
Just wanted to share my wonderful news! I received my first medical school acceptance! Thank you for all that you do for us Application Academy!!!
I am excited to tell you that I just got my third interview invite from XXXXX today! I can’t believe it. I didn’t even know if I was good enough to get one, let alone three – by mid-September. Thank you so much for all of your help and support up to this point; I would not be in this position without it!!
I wanted to thank you for helping me prepare for my XXXXX interview. Even in a 30-minute advising session, I learned so much from you. Thank you for believing in me, and here’s to another potential success story from one of your advisees!
I just received an acceptance with XXXXX! This is so exciting and such a huge relief and so nice to have one of our top choice schools! I also received an interview with XXXXX which brings the total up to 20 interviews! Thank so much, none of this would have been possible without you!
Clear Up Your Application Cycle Doubts
How do I know how many hours I need?
That’s the best part of our new hour-based bundles! It’s completely customized to YOU.
Most students sign up for 10-20 hours. The best thing is, because we don’t have complicated packages, and everything is based on hours, you can add more hours (at a discount) as you go!
Our recommendation is to set up a one-time 20-min consultation call (see above) with one of our team members and find out what may work best for you.
When should I enroll?
We encourage you to enroll early as we can only take on a limited number of students. Our application cycle spots are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and your payment secures your spot.
Most students start working with us 3-6 months before the application cycle opens. That means December-March or so before the application cycle starts. Based on availability, we will be glad to start working with you as soon as you’re ready!
What would each hour bundle look like?
The best part about our hours-based bundles is that they can shaped in any way you want. Take these two 20-hour bundle students:
- Future Doctor J.D. Dorian
3 hours of general premed guidance (including things like building his school list) because he’s a first-generation student without any understanding of the process - 5 hours of personal statement and activity feedback and editing because he had other help
- 3 hours of email support because he needs a lot of reassurance about everything he’s doing
- 4 hours of secondaries because he had some outside help
- 4 hours of mock interview prep because he was nervous about his ability to answer the questions
- 1 hour of discussing different acceptances and financial aid offers
- Future Doctor Elliot Reid
- 2 hours of general premed guidance (including things like building his school list) because she’s a little more familiar with the process
- 7 hours of personal statement and activity feedback and editing because she didn’t have any other help
- 1 hour of email support because she didn’t have many questions and wanted to focus on other parts of her application
- 6 hours of secondaries because she didn’t have any other help
- 3 hours of mock interview prep because she was a little more confident in her abilities
- 1 hour of discussing different acceptances and financial aid offers
You can see that both students covered the same parts of the application, but in different ratios based on each of their strengths and weaknesses. This is why we’ve switched to hours-based bundles.
These are just example scenarios. You can use your time however you specifically need.
Can I defer/delay my hours?
Yes. There are many reasons to defer/delay (pause) working with our advisors.
The most common reason is that a student doesn’t get the score they wanted on the MCAT. In that case, the hours not used from the package will roll over for the next application cycle, and the student can pick up working with their advisor from there.
The work that was already accomplished doesn’t go to waste! The hard work of building a school list, reflecting on their premed journey, and writing essays is still useful for the next application cycle.
Should I wait until I get my MCAT score?
Probably Not.
If you’re taking your MCAT in March or April of the year you are applying and don’t start working on your application with us until April or May, you will be very far behind in the process.
Writing a great primary application takes a couple of months of going back and forth with our advisors and taking time away to reflect. There are also LORs to collect, school lists to build, and so much more!
How does Essay Editing work?
When working with our expert advisors, the “time” that gets used is time you spend with your advisor on calls and time they are reviewing your essays “offline.” We call that “written-only feedback.”
6,000 characters or less uses 30-minutes of time and 20,000 characters or less uses 60-minutes. Most of our students do their essay feedback during their virtual, live sessions. It’s up to you.
What is the difference between this and Application Academy?
Application Cycle Coaching is one-on-one advising with one of our premier medical school application experts, whereas Application Academy is group advising.
If you purchase 1-on-1, the hours that you purchase will be spent with that one advisor. A purchase of 10 hours or more will automatically include Application Academy at no extra cost to you, as a supplement to your 1-on-1 advising.
How do I schedule my advising sessions?
Click the hours bundle that works best for you above. Once you pay your first installment or the whole fee, you’ll get a link to schedule a match call with our team. After a match has been made with one of our expert advisors, you’ll be sent a direct link to their calendar to schedule.
Our advisors offer a mix of daytime and evening hours. Other times are available upon request and mutual availability.
Are my results guaranteed?
Does MSHQ offer a military discount?
Yes! We offer a 10% discount to those who are:
- Active-duty military
- Student of a U.S. Military academy
- Employees of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Veterans or retired military
Please send an email to [email protected] to verify and receive your discount code.