loopas Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 has anyone ever tried their service for interview preparation? if so, did you find it helpful for mmi and panel? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCMD Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Any applicant worth his or her salt should not waste time or money on things like these. The vast majority of these and other consulting services are here to take advantage of desperate applicants. Be confident in your application and interview by believing in yourself, not by believing in some consulting company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorena Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's an absolute waste of time and money! It did not help me at all:( they're just after your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kui Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 wow, could you tell us about your experience sorena? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I think she just did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 These services seem very hit and miss - I would at least exhaust all the free services at your school first. Seems like there is always someone trying to get a pile of money out of premeds somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc752 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I used medapplications.com as did a number of my friends who are all now in med school. I ended up choosing it because it was cheaper than the other services I looked at using. I wanted some professional advice, and had heard useful things about it from my friends in med school. Thought it was worth every penny, as they covered all the basics, gave some really great tips, and gave me some really useful (and brutally honest) feedback. If I remember correctly, I did a prep session and then a mock interview. The people I worked with were all in med school. Definitely wasn't free, but I would do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwomedhopeful Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 some components of their website are completely outdated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 some components of their website are completely outdated... I noticed that too - I always find that a worrying sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betweenloveandhate Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I hope you all realize that all of these consulting firms are just there to exploit anxious pre-meds. I unfortunately learned this when I paid around $300 for a not even 1 hour consultation with Astroff consultants, not really sure what I was thinking except I was a nervous wreck, then pretty much got told things I already knew or info that I could easily find on the internet. Too late for regrets now, money's gone. It's obviously not really about the money though, but more the feeling of being seriously ripped off. I've heard many similar stories of other pre-med consultant companies, wish I listened. I admit it is quite hard to get past the fact that sometimes there is no secret way to get to where we all want to be, med school. Just keep believing that hard work pays off in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcar2012 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 We should start a consultation service with people on PM101 and raise money to upgrade the forum! (Or donate it!) MedApplications.com came to my school and spoke to a number of our undergraduates about interview prep and med school admissions. From my experience they seemed very knowledgeable and professional and offered us to get in contact with the speaker for questions down the road. Many of my friends have followed up and have received very valuable advice. I know a lot of my friends in upper years have used their services for applications and interview prep over the last two years with great success. Specifically for all Ontario medical schools. I agree, it is definitely an investment, but for getting some professional guidance in a very competitive applicant pool, it can certainly make a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolelol Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 MedApplications.com came to my school and spoke to a number of our undergraduates about interview prep and med school admissions. From my experience they seemed very knowledgeable and professional and offered us to get in contact with the speaker for questions down the road. Many of my friends have followed up and have received very valuable advice. I know a lot of my friends in upper years have used their services for applications and interview prep over the last two years with great success. Specifically for all Ontario medical schools. I agree, it is definitely an investment, but for getting some professional guidance in a very competitive applicant pool, it can certainly make a huge difference. Cynical moment over here: You can't join literally today with a username with the previous year (intentionally trying to be misleading?) and advocate a buisiness that has been known to come on this site and solicit and expect MeGusta to not be suspicious. You just can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcar2012 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Megusta, that's fair enough. In reading some of the other posts, perhaps the focus should be on eliminating a lot of the misinformation and "opinion" based posts and stick to evidence. I think its important that student groups on campus have access to speakers who can provide information on med school. At least that's the only way we get talks, perhaps your experience is different. Just giving an honest opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Cynical moment over here:You can't join literally today with a username with the previous year (intentionally trying to be misleading?) and advocate a buisiness that has been known to come on this site and solicit and expect MeGusta to not be suspicious. You just can't. I was thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why is MeGusta refering to himself/herself in 3rd person? Clearly due to mental instability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolelol Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why is MeGusta refering to himself/herself in 3rd person? Because megusta is a username, I have a name you **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolelol Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Yeah I know, Me Gusta!. I'm clearly Gusta. What is this I don't even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Because megusta is a username, I have a name you **** You're username? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolelol Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 You're username? LOL NO! Imagine... I think you misread hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolelol Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Obviously, adopting a 3rd person persona for your username is very healthy. Might as well use your real first name (?) so we are not confused between the different people you think you are (schizo?) I am just joking. Rock on, Me Gusta. My psych textbooks used to say that a lot of people don't know the difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder and I'd smirk at the thought of someone using them interchangably yet here I am, on a premed forum of all places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 My psych textbooks used to say that a lot of people don't know the difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder and I'd smirk at the thought of someone using them interchangably yet here I am, on a premed forum of all places Haha that made me chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcar2012 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 It seems the senior members of this forum misuse the modality for personal use. I thought the purpose of this was for objective evidence and help for pre-meds, not social interactions. The sessions for pre-meds at Universities by companies like medapplications.com, help our student groups and are based on evidence and not personal opinion. I think I as well as my peers will stick to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali-oop Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Anyone thinking of using them, do not- they are terrible! They give bad advice (even contradictory to med school websites) and do not reply in a timely fashion- you have to chase them. If you complain formally, they just don't reply. Now even their website is mostly down-very shady business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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