Lewis Associates Medical School Advising

Advising Services Lewis Associates specializes in personal, effective and professional premedical advising and placement for traditional and non-traditional applicants. We will meet the needs of all pre-applicants and applicants. Please contact us for further information. Invest in your future to increase your chances of getting accepted into your top choice medical school. Dr. Cynthia Lewis provides invaluable assistance that helps each individual applying to medical school. Lewis Associates is now the only pre-med advisor with Video Conferencing* at no extra cost! Call 805-226-9669 for more information. Click on the services below to read a detailed description; email us or call 805-226-9669 to order.
Advising Packages Comprehensive Application Package -$2850 Preparation Year Comprehensive Package -$2600 Personal Assessment -$350 Personal Assessment for Re-Applicants -$400 Interview Package -$720 Hourly Advising -$220/hour 5-Hour Advising Block -$1025	Essay Support Packages: AMCAS I -$960 AMCAS II -$720 AACOMAS -$480 VMCAS -$720 AADSAS -$720 CASPA-$720 Secondary/Supplemental -variable Medical or Dental Residency -$720 2-Day Rush Service - add $180 to each package
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. Email us to order* • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 AMCAS II The original package focuses on that crucial Personal Statement alone. $720 • Email us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 AMCAS "short" Essays for disadvantaged status, felony conviction, addressing the question of prior medical or other health professions school attendance. $240 • Email us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 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 us to order • Call us 805-226-9669 *Video Conferencing available for advisees with compatible operating systems and hardware. Call 805-226-9669 for details.