Primary Application
Turn Your Experiences Into a Submit-Ready Application
Your primary application has to do more than list accomplishments—it needs to show admissions committees who you are, why medicine is right for you, and how your experiences support that story.
Your advisor will help you build a school list and letters strategy, develop every written component, and adapt your materials for AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS.
You’ll work with one advisor through primary submission, with one-on-one sessions built around a plan you make together and email support between meetings.
Everything You Need for a Strong Primary
From the first planning conversation to a complete, polished submission, your advisor helps you make every section clear, consistent, and memorable. You also get all of the Premed Playbook application-focused books.
Here’s what the Primary Application package includes:
- Deep-dive strategy session, plus reapplication strategy if you’ve applied before
- School list strategy and letters of recommendation strategy
- Personal statement from brainstorm to submit-ready
- Activities section and Most Meaningful essays
- Texas personal characteristics, MD(DO)/PhD, research, and other primary essays as needed
- AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS adaptation
- Situational judgment test strategy for Casper and PREview
- One advisor, one-on-one sessions, email support, and priority scheduling and turnaround
Primary Application Package
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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.
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.
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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!
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Primary Application Package FAQs
What does the Primary Application package include?
The package covers a deep-dive strategy session, school list strategy, letters of recommendation strategy, reapplication strategy, your personal statement, your activities section and Most Meaningful essays, the Texas personal characteristics and optional essays, MD(DO)/PhD and research essays, other primary essays as needed, and situational judgment test strategy for Casper and PREview.
Secondary essays and mock interviews are not part of this package. They’re covered in the Secondary Application and Comprehensive packages.
Can you help with every application service?
Yes. Your advisor can help adapt your materials for AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS so the story and positioning stay consistent across services, including the pieces unique to each.
Will I work with one advisor?
Yes. One expert advisor works with you on strategy and editing through primary submission, so you do not have to re-explain your story at every step.
How often will we meet?
You and your advisor build a session plan together in your first session: what has to happen, when, and where you’ll need the most help.
You can book one live or async (essay review) session per week, and request another if your advisor has the bandwidth. Sessions run 30 or 50 minutes over video, you book them yourself from your advisor’s calendar, and every session is recorded and available in your student portal. Between sessions, you have email support.
Most students finish their primary application within two months of starting. If after three months you still need more time, you’ll be given the option to purchase more time with your advisor.
What if I decide to apply next cycle instead?
We’ll just keep working with you, and you’ll be mostly done for next year. None of the work is wasted. The school list, the reflection, the personal statement drafts, the activity descriptions—all of it is still yours next year.
How do I get started?
Choose your package and check out. Then you fill out a profile (your background, your timeline, how you like to work, and what you want out of an advisor) and we match you from it. The point is fit, not whoever happens to be free that week.
Once you’re matched, you get a direct link to your advisor’s calendar and book your first session yourself.
Pay in full or spread the cost across monthly installments, chosen at checkout in the package builder above. Your spot is held once the first payment goes through, and you start working with your advisor straight away.