Get Into Residency

Dr. Freedman and her MedEdits colleagues know what specific criteria residency admissions committees use to evaluate applicants. Because of our residency leadership, medical student mentoring, and teaching experience, we have an inside understanding of what applicants should accomplish academically, clinically and extracurricularly to obtain the residency match they want and how to communicate this information effectively through their written documents and interviews.Our experience working privately with applicants also gives a unique understanding of applicants’ misconceptions and common mistakes. There is nobody in the residency admissions consulting arena with MedEdits’ depth of expertise.

Who are MedEdits Consultants?

MedEdits consultants are all experienced academic medical educators who pride themselves in providing support to, and working with, students. All of our consultants have served on residency admissions committees and have made pivotal decisions about applicants’ fates or have advised medical students to successfully obtain residency positions. Dr. Jessica Freedman, our company’s founder, has hand selected each consultant to ensure that he or she upholds MedEdits ideals by offering the most up to date guidance, based on knowledge and experience, with professionalism and warmth.

Our consultants do more than just edit documents and review application materials. They immerse themselves in each client’s candidacy to understand his or her story and path comprehensively, which allows them to offer the best advice. Every consultant has served a similar role in formal academic medicine–and excelled at it. Each consultant takes on a limited number of clients to guarantee that she can offer clients the attention they need. Clients will have the chance to review their consultant’s biography before hiring her.

A Team Approach

Because each MedEdits consultant and professional medical editor has a unique set of experiences, clients benefit from our pool of expertise. The medical admissions process has many nuances, and our team of experts are from different geographic areas and have worked at many outstanding medical schools and institutions throughout the country. We collaborate frequently, and this team philosophy offers a greater benefit to the applicant than if we each worked alone and in a vacuum. Our team, as a whole, takes great pride in the work we do, and this applicant-centered view defines our commitment to the clients we serve.

Whether you choose Dr. Freedman and MedEdits for mentoring, admissions consulting, mock interview or editing services, we help you achieve success.

Dr. Freedman also understands the unique concerns of United States and non-United States citizen international medical graduates. Whether you choose Dr. Freedman and MedEdits for mentoring, admissions consulting, mock interview or editing services, we help you achieve success.

 

Specific Residency Admissions Services Offered:


Comprehensive Advising



We work with applicants to develop comprehensive residency match strategies that lead to success.

MedEdits assists residency applicants by developing a personalized plan to help them match with the program of their choice. We will discuss a time line for completion of tasks, specialty choice, elective rotations, the number of programs to which applicants should apply, selection of faculty recommendation writers, personal statement topics, and how to downplay any candidacy weaknesses and highlight strengths.

Every MedEdits consultant is invested in the success of his or her clients and develops a personalized consulting strategy based on each individual’s needs. We ensure that an applicant’s individuality is highlighted and that they are not “over-packaged.” A career in medicine is a lifelong commitment and she embraces the philosophy that applicants should not simply do what is necessary to “get in” but should enjoy and learn from the process.

We understand the unique concerns of each applicant. Consultants work with applicants seeking residency matches in the most competitive specialties such as dermatology, orthopedic surgery, and radiation oncology yet also understands the issues facing international medical graduates. We start working with residency applicants as early as their first year of medical school.


Document Tutoring and Editing



We help you create documents that highlight your strengths.

Your MedEdits consultant personally evaluates each document submitted to us. A member of our professional editorial staff also reviews each submission. Every MedEdits client therefore benefits from his or her consultant’s medical admissions expertise and receives a professionally edited document. This offers a distinct advantage over the single review offered by competitors.

Your written application materials must distinguish you from other applicants and are used by residency admissions committees as a primary screening tool that determine if you are invited for an interview. Applicants are often put in the rejection pile because their documents seem mundane or ordinary. Although grades and USMLE scores speak for themselves, the personal statement and written descriptions of extracurricular activities and accomplishments are crucial. Sometimes applicants do not spotlight their accomplishments by failing to embellish and highlight them adequately. Any flaws in your background must also be presented strategically. We will thoroughly review your application and make comments and suggestions on how best to present yourself to admissions officers.

Residency Personal Statement Edit and Review

Our team has read thousands of residency personal statements and admissions essays. It is imperative that the personal statement be distinctive, well written and intriguing. We work with each applicant, drawing out their unique voice or personal story, to promote them in an intelligent, professional, organized, and original manner. The admissions officer who reads your essay has read hundreds of others so it is crucial that your essay stand out. One of the most common mistakes applicants make is to write an essay they think is original but, in reality, is commonplace and trite. At MedEdits, we weed out such story lines and make suggestions for change and improvement.

ERAS® Application Edit and Review

Your written application to medical school must be outstanding. There is a common misconception among applicants that the written application is less important than the personal statement. When deciding if an applicant should be granted an interview, the admissions committee may spend the most time reviewing extracurricular activity descriptions. Because our team has read hundreds of medical school applications, we know how to make yours impressive. Applicants are often put in the rejection pile because their documents seem mundane or ordinary.

Letter of Intent Edit and Review

It is essential that you communicate effectively with your first choice program. You must express your interest in the program and illustrate your excellence and outstanding achievement. Writing a compelling letter of intent is an art, and we will guide you to give you the best chance of acceptance.


Interview Preparation



We prepare applicants to be confident and articulate in residency interviews.

MedEdits provides interview coaching and mock interviews. We have an inside understanding of the different styles of interviews and the answers that residency admissions committees are seeking. MedEdits consultants helps applicants formulate answers to difficult questions including those about flaws in the application. We will tell applicants what to expect on interview day, the best time in the process to interview and will coach applicants about proper interview etiquette. We provide applicants with personalized feedback after mock interviews. We will also discuss the best post-interview strategy including how to write a compelling letter of intent.

MedEdits consultants tailor mock interviews to suit each applicant’s needs and specialty choice. We are comfortable with all interview styles and can focus session(s) depending on each applicant’s needs. Dr. Freedman is the author of The Residency Interview, a best seller on Amazon.