COMPREHENSIVE
APPLICATION PACKAGE
The application process is one of the most intense things you'll
go through in life--make it count for you! This is our most
popular Advising support program. This package is especially
designed for the fast-paced demanding process of completing
your application. From the first word of your personal statement
straight through to acceptance, we provide unlimited personalized
Advising support including our initial Advising Assessment process,
comprehensive educational preparation strategy with a plan to
meet admissions requirements at selected schools, a personal
and career development strategy, strategic plan for the application
process, development of your primary application essay(s), development
of all supplemental essays, support for collection of your confidential
Letter of Recommendation dossier, selection of schools to which
you will apply, training in interview effectiveness through
mock interview sessions videotaped in person, by phone, or through
videoconferencing. Includes our free instructional materials
on application processes during application. The application
year begins September 1, and runs through August 31, additional
months will be calculated at $240 a month and applied to the
Application Package fee. The total Package Fees can be paid
in advance or billed over a one year period.
Included are:
Development of your application Personal Statement
• Development of your Post Secondary
Experiences,
Awards, Employment lists
Consultation and development of Secondary applications
and essays includes a full and lengthy feedback once
for each secondary received
• Development of a strategy for the MCAT,
GRE and other professional tests
Training to increase your interpersonal skills and effectiveness
in the interview process, including videotaped, videoconference
or phone mock interviews
Appointments without charge and at your
convenience
Establishment of your immediate and long-range specific objectives
Development of a comprehensive educational preparation
strategy including class schedules, academic problem
solving, and study strategies
Development of a strategy to balance family,
work, college, application, and other considerations
Analysis and recommendation on your personal application
timetable, test preparation, and application process
Recommendation for selecting specific schools
for application
Assistance in meeting admissions requirements to the institutions
you have selected
Recommendations on how to select and obtain supportive Letters
of Evaluation
Assembly and organization of your Letters of Evaluation
Lewis Associates carefully monitors the status of your
application upon filing and represents you throughout the admissions
process
• Additional months may be added for a fee.
If you contract within 6 months of your Assessment Report,
the Assessment fee will be subtracted from the Application Package
Agreement.
$2850 • 805-226-9669 or email.
*A $100 Discount is given to Advisees who refer someone
who selects the Comprehensive Application or Preparation Year
packages.
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PREPARATION YEAR COMPREHENSIVE
PACKAGE
Before everything else, getting ready
is the secret to success. -Henry Ford
This one-year package starts anytime during your preparation,
and focuses on developing the skills necessary to become a
successful candidate. Let us keep you focused to make the
right decisions. We start with a comprehensive Assessment
of your strengths and weaknesses as an applicant and develop
your personal strategy. Then, we help you become a stronger
applicant by helping with course selection, time management,
test preparation, and professional shadowing opportunities.
We provide unlimited personalized Advising support including
our initial Advising Assessment process, comprehensive educational
preparation strategy with a plan to meet admissions requirements
at selected schools, and problem-solving.
This package includes:
• Appointments without charge and at your convenience
• Development of a comprehensive educational preparation strategy
including class schedules, academic problem solving, and
study strategies
• Development of a strategy to balance family, work, college,
application, and other considerations
• Analysis and recommendation on your personal application timetable,
test preparation, and application process
• Assistance in meeting admissions requirements to the institutions
you have selected
• Recommendations on how to select and obtain supportive Letters
of Evaluation
Start EARLY to get the edge.
If you contract within a 6 month period of your Assessment
Report, the Assessment fee will be subtracted from your
or Preparation Year Agreement.
$2600 Email
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PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
A comprehensive Assessment of your personal, academic, clinical,
leadership and service history, motivation, strengths, and weaknesses
with an advised strategy of where to go from here. Your first
Assessment Appointment generally takes about one and a half
hours and requires that you provide an official or unofficial
copy of ALL college transcripts including each college where
you have attended. We also need your high school transcript
if you are in your first year in college. Transcripts include
community college, extension , post-baccalaureate, and graduate
classes, etc. Dr. Lewis spends at least three hours developing
your Personal Assessment Report which is then discussed with
you at your hour-long Report Consultation if not in person.
The final Report is mailed to you after your Report Consultation.
For first-time applicants only.
If you contract within a 6 month period of your Assessment Report,
the Assessment fee will be subtracted from your Comprehensive
Application Package or Preparation Year Package.
$350 Email
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PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
FOR RE-APPLICANTS
In addition to all the services provided in the Standard Personal
Assessment package, all prior applications with test preparation,
letters, and school selection, etc., are evaluated. We need
all college transcripts, copies of all prior applications, all
test scores, and letters, if possible. This Assessment takes
longer and is more extensive than the Personal Assessment. Includes
free Application Timetable Handout.
If you contract within a 6 month period of your Assessment
Report, the Assessment fee will be subtracted from your Comprehensive
Application Package or Preparation Year Package.
$400 Email
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INTERVIEW PACKAGE
The Interview is the single most problematic part of the application
process, no matter how accomplished a speaker the applicant
is. Gain confidence. Prepare, practice and understand what to
expect under simulated interview conditions including videotaping
in person. Our success rate is equally as high with phone interview
package Advisees. One package includes up to 5 one-hour practice
interviews over a 6 month period. Includes an initial history-taking
consultation and a free Interview Preparation handout. The interview
package can be used for preparation for health professions schools,
residencies, and fellowships.
$720 Email
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HOURLY ADVISING
Dr. Lewis will focus on addressing those issues that are most
important for you to solve. There is a one-hour minimum. Beyond
that, time is billed in 15-minute increments. The first hour
must be paid in advance. 24-hour cancellation notice required.
$220/hour Email
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5-HOUR FLEXIBLE ADVISING PLAN
Save $75! In response to requests from Advisees with varied
needs, this plan allows you to purchase a chunk of Advising
to suit your situation. Use your time for essay editing, mock
interviews or just to ask questions about the application process
to an expert, Dr. Lewis.
$1025 Email
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ESSAY SUPPORT PACKAGES
All packages include: initial history taking consultation (up
to an hour), development of your personal essay outline(s),
and editing until you are happy with the result (our joint
venture). There is no hourly clock ticking. One of our post-baccalaureate
Advisees with a degree in English who turned down Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine in favor of one of his many other acceptances
wrote 22 drafts and cautioned, "believe me when I tell
you that the AMCAS essay is every bit as important as Dr.
Lewis has been telling you. Make it better than best. Really
knock yourself out! This will take a lot of work, but it
is well worth it. Remember, this document gets in the door
before you do. It is your first impression, and if it doesn't
shine, you don't get a second chance."
Begin as early as possible, about six months prior to submission!
All packages include Dr. Lewis' How to Write the Application
Essay brochure used by many Health Professions Advisors
across the U.S.
2-day Rush Service $180
Need an essay fast? Rush Service is now available. Receive your
first edit within two business days after submitting your essay.
The first business day begins 8 AM PST the day after submission.
You will receive our edits via email (embedded and as a Microsoft
Word attachment) before the close of business (5PM PST) 2 business
days later. For example, if you submit on Tuesday at 3PM PST,
you will have your essay before Thursday at 5PM PST.
AMCAS
Now that the electronic AMCAS application includes
the Personal Statement and an extensive Experience section
which allows 15 experiences, we offer two packages:
AMCAS I The most popular package includes
support for the Personal Statement and Experiences sections.
$960 Email
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AMCAS II The original package
focuses on that crucial Personal Statement alone.
$720 Email
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AMCAS "short" Essays for disadvantaged
status, felony conviction, addressing the question of prior
medical or other health professions school attendance.
$240 Email
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AACOMAS
"Less is more." The AACOMAS essay is very demanding
because it is shorter and you must pack so much information
into a short space.
$480 Email
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VMCAS
The VMCAS essay is specialized for veterinary medicine and
needs to focus on specific issues. We do it effectively with
you. Dr. Lewis wrote the first National Association of Advisors
for the Health Professions book on applying to Veterinary
School in 1990.
$720 Email
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AADSAS
The AADSAS essay is specialized for dentistry and needs to
focus on specific issues. We do it effectively with you. Dr.
Lewis directed a Preventive Dentistry program and taught a
Topics in Dentistry course for 11 years.
$720 Email
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CASPA
The CASPA essay is specialized for the Physician Assistant
and needs to focus on specific issues. We do it effectively
with you. Dr. Lewis initiated the first Pre-Physician Assistant
student organization in the U.S. in 1996.
$720 Email
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SECONDARY/SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAY
For each essay, we focus on answering the specific question
for each school with you. One page in length.
1st essay $720; each additional $540; 6th essay FREE!
Half page essay $240 Email
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RESIDENCY
ESSAY
Apply for Medical or Dental Residency with confidence. Create
a statement that expresses your motivation toward your chosen
discipline and how your background and experience lead you
to be a superior candidate for that discipline.
$720 Email
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*Video Conferencing
available for advisees with compatible operating systems
and hardware. Call 805-226-9669 for details.