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Hi guys,
I recently signed up for this free consultation from this online premed consulting company from Road2MD (road2md.com) and I'm wondering if any of you have used this company before and your experiences with it. It seems a bit fishy to me for several reasons and I'm not sure if I can trust the advice I have been given from my consultation.
1) He says he got an MD from UCSF, was on the admissions committee, completed surgery internship and then started working for a biomedical start-up company (which I'm guessing is this consulting firm). However, I did not find him on any residents face page. It doesn't make sense to go through the hassle of getting an MD and then quit in the middle of residency after all that hard work to work with a business and not continue your training. I'm thinking something must have gone wrong (having your license suspended, getting kicked out of residency)
2) There are no set prices listed for various services listed on the website or a place to sign up for a consultation.
3) He put up a testimonial from a "customer" and it feels like the guy was made to testify on his behalf.
4) The guys seems too available to be a physician
5) He seems to be the only one doing all the work even though he put down the name of a partner
6) I was on hold at several UC schools for interviews and I explained they don't accept update letters. He said I should give them a phone call, be super nice, try to get them to like me, and express my sincere interest in the school to get off the waitlist. I guess that makes sense since it's not technically an update letter. I said the person answering the phone is not an admissions officer, so how can they influence the process? He said the people working there have a greater influence than I think and there are people who drop out from interviews. I'm not sure if this actually works b/c that is not how the admissions process is supposed to be. Applicants have priority scores, so any vacancies are filled by the next highest scores, not based the whims of one's emotions. I feel it's equivalent to standing in a long time of people and asking to bypass your turn and be put in the front of the line when others have been waiting patiently. What do you you guys think?
7) I also said I got a 25 and then a 32 on my 2 MCAT attempts and I asked him if he suggests I take a 3rd time to be competitive for the top 20 schools. He said no b/c taking more than 2x is frowned upon. I asked why and he said it looks like you don't care about people and you just want to get into the best school you can. But I see a reason to take it another time b/c I'm not doing well this cycle.
So I'm not sure who to believe. I found this guy on SDN and while there are a lot of good advice here, everything should be taken with a grain of salt, and I'm sure there are people out there who claim to be admissions officers who may not actually be what they seem. Please let me know what you guys think.
Thanks, PP
I recently signed up for this free consultation from this online premed consulting company from Road2MD (road2md.com) and I'm wondering if any of you have used this company before and your experiences with it. It seems a bit fishy to me for several reasons and I'm not sure if I can trust the advice I have been given from my consultation.
1) He says he got an MD from UCSF, was on the admissions committee, completed surgery internship and then started working for a biomedical start-up company (which I'm guessing is this consulting firm). However, I did not find him on any residents face page. It doesn't make sense to go through the hassle of getting an MD and then quit in the middle of residency after all that hard work to work with a business and not continue your training. I'm thinking something must have gone wrong (having your license suspended, getting kicked out of residency)
2) There are no set prices listed for various services listed on the website or a place to sign up for a consultation.
3) He put up a testimonial from a "customer" and it feels like the guy was made to testify on his behalf.
4) The guys seems too available to be a physician
5) He seems to be the only one doing all the work even though he put down the name of a partner
6) I was on hold at several UC schools for interviews and I explained they don't accept update letters. He said I should give them a phone call, be super nice, try to get them to like me, and express my sincere interest in the school to get off the waitlist. I guess that makes sense since it's not technically an update letter. I said the person answering the phone is not an admissions officer, so how can they influence the process? He said the people working there have a greater influence than I think and there are people who drop out from interviews. I'm not sure if this actually works b/c that is not how the admissions process is supposed to be. Applicants have priority scores, so any vacancies are filled by the next highest scores, not based the whims of one's emotions. I feel it's equivalent to standing in a long time of people and asking to bypass your turn and be put in the front of the line when others have been waiting patiently. What do you you guys think?
7) I also said I got a 25 and then a 32 on my 2 MCAT attempts and I asked him if he suggests I take a 3rd time to be competitive for the top 20 schools. He said no b/c taking more than 2x is frowned upon. I asked why and he said it looks like you don't care about people and you just want to get into the best school you can. But I see a reason to take it another time b/c I'm not doing well this cycle.
So I'm not sure who to believe. I found this guy on SDN and while there are a lot of good advice here, everything should be taken with a grain of salt, and I'm sure there are people out there who claim to be admissions officers who may not actually be what they seem. Please let me know what you guys think.
Thanks, PP
