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[quote=Anonymous]Happy to help! I’m a 21 y/o (M) junior pre-med coming from an Asian background so super overrep. I’ve been in their Premier MD program for about 2 years, so I’ll just share my honest experience because I was super skeptical going in looking at price tag.
I originally thought it would just be basic advising + MCAT stuff, but it’s way more integrated than that. Everything talks to everything else — advising, MCAT, research, shadowing, and apps — which matters way more than I realized. Will break it down based on services I have used and u can ping me if u wanna learn more…

Pre Med Advising:

My main counselor is a former adcom at Johns Hopkins. He actually went line-by-line through my current ECs and straight up told me which ones were low-yield for med schools. For example, I was about to commit to a random volunteering role just for hours, and they basically said, “This won’t move the needle — here’s why.” Instead, they helped me reshape something I was already doing (clinical volunteering) into a more longitudinal role and showed me how med schools evaluate continuity vs. raw hours.
We also planned my coursework around MCAT timing. I didn’t realize how much course sequencing matters (like taking biochem + physiology before certain MCAT sections), and they helped me shift my timeline so I wasn’t fighting myself.
MCAT support:
This was honestly the biggest upgrade from self-studying. My tutor is a 523 scorer herself and doesn’t just teach content — we tracked error types (content gap vs. logic vs. timing vs. passage misread) in a shared doc. Every practice test gets dissected. I used to plateau in C/P and B/B, and once we identified recurring reasoning errors, my scores started climbing instead of randomly fluctuating.
She also helped me build a realistic study schedule around my semester instead of the insane “study 6 hrs/day” plans that never work during school. I got to a 516 score and was like the happiest day in mah life!

Research + shadowing:

This is where my parents and I were completely lost before. We dont know any professors or physicians who would take me. 
The research mentor pairing was insane as I was paired with someone from genomics, which was my area of interest. We have been working for 6 months, and have already submitted my initial drafts for IJMS and SJMR. Lets see what happens there 🙂
I did their IM guaranteed shadowing….and Dr Hasssan is a real deal. We did 10 hours of patient interactions, role pays, SOAP notes and I actually started feeling like a freakin Doctor LOL….the 30 hours of shadowing experience is amazing and also something that adcom do value a lot instead of some random pre-recorded online course, which I think is no longer considered for shadowing hours from 2026
Application prep (way earlier than expected):
Yet to begin. Plan is to get going next week so wil update this thread with more deeds..

Some Concerns
Is it cheap? Definitely not. But my mom convinced me and dad by saying that compared to retaking the MCAT or applying twice because I didn’t have a cohesive app, it will be worth it for me.
You have to be really specific about what you are looking for in their intake process. They have a large team of former adcoms but everyones personality is super different. So be sure to tell exactly what you are looking for. Rematch is a pain in a**
They have an internal platform that tracks all your progress. This means your tutor, counselor, research mentor everyone knows where you stand. Which can lead to higher accountability. I am not usually that kind of guy so its a newer exp for me, 
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