USC undergrad and graduate student here! I started my college career off at Pasadena City College…read more During my time at community college, applying to transfer to a 4-year university, and also applying to graduate school, Andrew and Sarina helped in all the ways they could. They are extremely knowledgable and also patient, which is always hard to find, when helping you understand new concepts or submitting an application. Couldn't recommend them enough!

Can I please give 6 stars? 7? 10? Colleen was a true GODSEND to us. We got started very late, and…read morethought our options would be limited. Colleen immediately got us in track and helped us get all of our applications done in just a few short weeks. And we ended up with 9 acceptances!!! The entire process was positive and stress free. She totally understood what made our son special and unique and formed a very productive working relationship with him. She has remained a tremendous advisor and resource for us throughout the decision process. We feel like she became family throughout the whole process and we hope to keep in touch with her throughout our sons college experience and beyond. We can't recommend her highly enough. She is a SAINT!!

We are so grateful we found CMD Educational Counseling and for the excellent advice and services…read moreColleen Denison provided to us!! My daughter attended a large public high school in Los Angeles and she had very high hopes of attending a top public university in California. This was our first time navigating through the college application process. We were very unsure where to start. After our initial meeting with Colleen, my daughter and I felt reassured that Colleen will be with us every step of the way and we were in good hands!! Colleen exceeded our expectations!! She is so knowledgeable and provided a wide range of advice from helping determine which test (ACT vs SAT) to take, college selections, what activities to list on a resume, how to create the best personal statement and supplemental essays and final school selection. We both were so grateful for Colleens always prompt and thorough responses to our many questions. We always felt that she was there for us. I appreciated how she kept my daughter on track and always kept me updated on the progress my daughter was making on her supplemental essays. She helped set realistic deadlines for all the supplemental essays and applications. She made what could've been a very stressful time of year go very smoothly and stress-free!! I can't say enough about how Colleen has helped us! Even after the applications were submitted Colleen continued to provide support and reassurances to us while we waited for the results in the spring. In the end we were thrilled with all the school acceptances our daughter received and are so excited that she'll be going to her top choice school in the fall! We would highly recommend CMD Educational Counseling!

I haven't been able to write a review since I was in medical school for the past 4 years, thanks…read morefor Shemmassian Consulting! I'm about to become a first year resident, but I remember the anxiety of feeling like I could never realize this dream like it were yesterday. I am a first-gen college grad, and pretty much did everything myself. I didn't have a mom or dad or aunt or uncle in medicine. I didn't go to a school with a strong premed program. I felt I wasn't a strong enough candidate. When I started with Shemmassian Consulting, I was second time applicant. They gave me a complete analysis of my previous application and made a customized plan to help me with my MCAT goals, primary and secondary apps, and gave me insight I couldn't gather anywhere else. I was assigned Erica to consult me, and Dr. Harris. I felt taken care of. They were honest about where I stood and what it would take to get to where I needed to be. They supported me every minute I panic emailed and were so accommodating in times when I had to change things up. I wound up getting accepted to four med schools ! Going through this application process is incredibly draining. With Shemmassian Consulting, I didn't have to do it alone. You don't have to, either! It was worth every cent. Sometimes, you just need someone who can give you a chance. You are good enough, you just need help reflecting that on your application :)

Shemmassian Consulting ISN'T WORTH IT! Do yourself a favor and save your money by eliminating him…read moreas the middleman. Shirag bends over backwards sending you referrals, calling dozens of times even as late as 9pm and sending countless emails convincing you to sign up with SAC. Convincing us to trust him, he promised to personally and directly be involved in my daughter's application, but once we signed up, we NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. I honestly can't quantify the amount of involvement he actually had and there certainly was no direct advice. Shemmassian is a great business man that has done an amazing job compiling free information that is out there to market himself as a leading authority in the Medical School Application process but that is all he is - a great business man that knows how to prey on, market to and convince anxiety ridden med school applicants and their parents into signing up with him. He knows exactly how to exploit our fears that the AMCAS application and cycle brings and will say and do anything to make you sign up for a plan. However make no mistake - Dr Shemmassian IS NO MORE THAN A FACILITATOR BETWEEN EDITORS AND RESIDENT DR's that have no time for you. We paid for one of his top plans expecting his direct personal help and advice (expectations and concerns that were made VERY clear via phone conversations and emails prior to signing up) but we literally got zero . Emails I can't show due to word count. Skip SAC and go to Fiverr or Leland because you will find great Editors, AdCom experienced Dr's or both that work directly with you for THOUSANDS LESS. Then all you need to do is pay a la carte for the interview prep from wherever you want. You will seriously save tons of money this way and find equally capable editors and advisors. Don't pay the premium for Shemmassian's name because all you're paying for is for him to be the middleman. And for those of you that still want a comprehensive plan - I would go to Med School Coach. They have A LOT more experienced staff and experienced advisors to work with than Shemmassian does which we didn't realize until it came to interview prep time. Writing Editor - My daughter liked her writing advisor but there was NO direct input on my daughter's content from her actual Dr advisor in terms of "focus on this, write about this, say this not that etc etc" - not even for his own school that he was a supposed AdCom member of (Hopkins). Once my daughter determined the direction of her essays and crafted them, her writing advisor helped her to rephrase things and refine it for grammar, sentence structure and flow. We appreciated the suggestion she did make, the schedule she kept her on and the reminders she provided like updating her AMCAS mid cycle but again her actual advisor had very little input and Shemmassian had absolutely NONE. Interview Prep - Future applicants - buy the interview prep session ala cart. You'll not only save money but also have control on how many hours of prep time you need and which companies you get that help from. Also DON'T PREPAY FOR INTERVIEW PREP FROM ANYONE'S COMBO PLAN (esp SAC) until you get interviews. You don't know how many interview invites you will get and end up wasting money. If you are considering SAC - know that they are seriously lacking in Dr's/staff from higher tiered med schools so if you are prepping for top tier schools avoid SAC completely if possible. Before signing up we made sure to confirm that Dr. Shemmassian had advisors from top tier schools because we wanted to ensure that during interview prep time, my daughter had the experience and knowledge of various advisors from T10 schools to help her with interview prep. However when it came to actual interview prep, my daughter only had her main advisor from Hopkins because there was no one else from those T10 schools that could work with her. We feel like that was a bait and switch situation by Shirag and as a result, she only used 6 hours as it was restricted to one person thereby making it NOT WORTH the price we were conned into paying for the whole plan. In conclusion - Find experienced editors and advisors to help with the med school process but DO NOT USE SHEMMASSIAN CONSULTING! After locking you in, he just moves on to signing up the next cycle's victim's/income pool. My daughter and I regret using SAC instead of any of our other choices because Shirag personally brought NOTHING to the table to help her with AMCAS applications to warrant his EXORBITANT FEES and her "advisor" Dr Wang barely had time for her. We paid a crazy amount of money due to Shemmassian's lies of personal help which we never got and although the writing advisor my daughter worked with was good, SAC itself wasn't worth the hard earned money we disappointingly paid Shemmassian. Daughters Stats - 4.0 Dual Degree B.S and B.A, MCAT 519, Preview 9/9, Publications and Presentations - Several, Thousands of hours of research, clinical experience and volunteer work, 1 Gap yr.

Michelle's services are exceptional. As a medical school applicant, I purchased her "complete…read morepackage," which featured a strategy sessions, material editing, and mock interview preparation. While I would like to have considered myself a strong applicant, Michelle really helped me organize and highlight my application. The name "insider medical" is truly fitting, as she offers perspective that only a physician and former admissions director could offer. She is professional, consistent, and reliable. Her response times are also unmatched. With her support, I was able to receive an acceptance to my first choice, a top 10 medical school. I highly recommend hiring her to help you navigate this opaque and arduous process of applying to medical school.

Michelle definitely puts in her 110% to thoroughly understand each applicant and highlight their…read moreunique strengths in the application/personal statement. Her guidance also helped me to follow a focused, evidence-based approach for my secondaries and truly sell myself as a strong applicant for medical school. I owe a large part of my success throughout this application cycle to her!

I met Ms. Vincent in 2005, when she came to serve as a substitute for my senior honors English…read moreclass. She came in so enthused and ready to share her knowledge with us. Before the day was over she extended an invitation to the class to contact her with any questions regarding the college application process and how to write college essays and personal statements. I jumped on her offer right away and within a short period of time she began assisting me with writing a great personal statement which aided me in getting into my Alma Mater. She later assisted me with my personal statements for Graduate School as well as Medical School. Ms. Vincent over the years has been my go to person, whenever I need to essays because she is the one person I know that is able to bring my best writing out of me. She has been a great help throughout my academic career and I will continue to see her assistance as I continue on to Professional School.

Huge thanks for being the guiding light on my son's journey to Stanford acceptance. Her expertise…read moredemystified the application process, and her encouragement was the confidence boost he needed. We're incredibly grateful for her support in turning this dream into reality! - Chanju L.

I graduated with an MASW from the University of Chicago in 1968 and worked in Social Work for 20…read moreyears. Due to a variety of factors, I left the Social Work field in 1988 and went into real estate. Twenty years later, in 2008, my wife and I began to work as volunteers at a Joni-n-Friends summer camp for Families with People with Special Needs. I realized a reactivation of interest in Social Work. That and an introduction to the Enneagram, a Myers-Briggs predecessor by 1500 years, I also got interested in going back into clinical practice with a new perspective. BUT, I had to get licensed. So, last summer I dusted off cobwebs and began the pre-licensing process. Your site was extremely valuable. Your questions were very similar to the actual test questions. I especially liked the fact that they questions gave rational and helped think in the modality of the test. I also appreciated the fact that there were ready tabs to access the background and support material. When I was in graduate school, the DSM had a category "ego dystonic homosexuality", i.e. it was a treatable classification if the person thought they needed to be treated and Dialectical Behavior Therapy hadn't been invented yet. So, the readily accessible background info links to update my knowledge base were very helpful. The first time I took an untimed test, I scored a 68%. I knew I wasn't a hopeless case, I was close to what I needed but close doesn't count. However, your study rationale and the quick links gave me a fantastic boost. The next time I took the test (timed and untimed), I scored in the 90s. I KNEW I COULD DO IT ! I also realized that I could take the 170 questions in 2 - 2 1/2 hours. That told me that I could approach the actual test with confidence that I could do it in the allotted 4 hours. The testing site issues a dry erase tablet and marker. You can't write anything on the board until the exam begins, but once it does, you can. I had two mnemonic devices to help me. First, I hadn't used the DSM IV and wanted to quick way, especially under pressure, to remember the major categories. For that I constructed the following poem. Benjamin BUTTON gulped his MED (Button began old and became young: DSM 1 - youth; DSM II - dementia; DSM III - medical) But DRUGged himself CRAZY in a MOOD instead (DSM IV - sub abuse; DSM V - psychotic; DMS VI - mood disorders) ANXIOUSly his BODY did an interesting FAKE (DSM VII - anxiety; DSM VIII - somatoform ; DSM IX - factitious) DISSOCIATEd itself from SEX and CAKE DSM X - Dissociative; DSM XI - Sexual; DSM XII - eating) Then went to SLEEP on an IMPULSE, tis true (DSM XIII- sleep; DSM XIV-impulse) And ADJUSTED his PERSONALITY just for you. (DSM - XV - Adjustment; DSM - XVI - Personality) Sometimes, poems work for me. Make up your own. First, I go through the exam and answer all the questions I can with little or no analysis, conflict or reasoning out the probably answer. I answer 1/2 the questions and check the time. If I've answered 85 questions in 1 hr (more or less), I know I'm on track. I take a 10 minute break. Then I answer the rest of the questions. During this time, if I've answered a question that I was "hesitant" about or skipped a question, I just marked it After going through the 170 questions, I took another break and then came back to the marked questions. In my case during the exam, there were approximately 50 questions that I had marked and 10 of those were unanswered. I was fairly confident that I had a good grasp and easily answered a 120. If on the questions that I had a grasp of, I got 90% right, that was 108. A passing score of 75% of 150 would be 112. If on the 50 I had questions about, I got 25% right, that was 12 and then I'd have a possible score of 120 and that works. As it happened, after I completed the exam, took the survey and pushed the final button, I got the message I wanted "PASSED". I was told I needed 104 on this exam and I had scored 118. Although I used a couple of different exam prep sites, your site was the most efficient and correct (I had one exam site that I had to challenge a number of the question answers and was then told I was right and they changed the answers. That site did marvels for my confidence and ego from a different perspective). I would say, without hesitation, that your site was THE most helpful. Thanks again for your site! Sincerely, Jack Given, ACSW AND LCSW

The test questions on SWTP are most like the ones on the ASWB clinical exam and the rationales were…read morevery helpful....I passed on my first time using this (mostly) and some other test prep materials...... #yougotthis #nostress #justpositiveenergy #LCSW

It is worth every penny to have an outside expert overseeing the college application process. We…read morehave had all three of our kids use Mosaic--and would do it all over again!

I have been a client of Julie since 2007…read more She has helped me achieve a well rounded and polished resume and application that has helped me stand out among other applicants in competitive areas. Her attention to detail, kindness, and willingness to work with you step by step is rivaled by no other. From prep school, college, graduate school, and successfully matching into the residency of my dreams Julie has been there all the way. I have and will continue to recommend her to friends and family