Medical School Personal Statement Tutoring overview

Having a strong personal statement is a good idea, as it gives you a chance to show interviewers you’re prepared to study medicine. If there’s one thing we can all appreciate, it’s that we all have different strengths. Helping you get the chance to study medicine is one of ours!

We start by giving you some help writing personal statements, important if you’re going through the UCAS Personal Statement application process. Your University application is the first step towards becoming a full-time medical student - so prepare accordingly!

Each unique one-to-one session with one of our personal statement tutors is tailored to you and allows us to identify and develop your weaker areas. One of our senior reviewers will guide you through each tricky step and help you avoid common pitfalls while using their skills and experience to highlight your achievements effectively.  

We recommend most students start with our Personal Statement Review Service: send us a draft and we comment and edit the draft line by line. For some, that level of detailed feedback is enough. If we feel the personal statement has not improved enough after already having our detailed review, we recommend 1-to-1 tutoring for additional support.   

For some students, it’s difficult just to get the ball rolling. There are many things to consider, including appropriate content, structure, and showing your life or work experience in a relevant way. In a “getting started” tutoring session, you can expect a full content brainstorming session tailored to the schools of your choice and their marking scheme. We plan a strong structure around your content and help you get started – giving advice about what stories to share and how to reflect on them to impress examiners. 

What's included?

• One-to-one tutoring sessions in person or online with our senior reviewers with flexible hours - available every day, morning or evening 
• Tailored tutoring session, focusing on areas you want to improve
• Feedback based on the University criteria and marking scheme of your choice
• Brainstorming session about how to begin your medicine personal statement
• Learn how to structure your points effectively
• Review of structure, content and relevance to the field of medicine

• Medical School Personal Statement Review Service

• If you’re applying to university, chances are you’ve already written your UCAS personal statement! Before you submit, find out if it will stand up to scrutiny with theMSAG’s Medicine Personal Statement Review service.  

  Our reviews are carried out by our highly trained team of doctors and medical students. You’ll get a unique line-by-line written report with specific comments. We’ll review your structure, content and quality of writing with a quantitative marking scheme. 

   Each personal statement is reviewed independently by two guides to ensure that you receive the best possible service. Your reviewer will reply within 48-hours (or express 24-hour service). That’s a maximum of two days until you receive your review! 

  In each review, we ensure that you avoid the common mistakes made when writing a personal statement for medical school. We use the experience of our reviewers to highlight your achievements or work experience in the best way. The team’s knowledge of each individual medical school helps to tailor your statement towards your target schools based on their admissions criteria.

What's included?

• Quick and efficient 48-72 hour turnaround
• Detailed line-by-line personal statement feedback
• Feedback on content, grammar, and structure
• All statements reviewed by two expert editors
• Marked against marking schemes of the medical school of your choice 
• Need it ASAP? 24-hour express service available