Medical School Admissions Consulting
If you are considering applying to medical school, we provide personalized advising, mentorship, and application help. Scroll down to meet our med school advisors.
Whether you need start-to-finish med school application assistance, comprehensive career guidance and mentorship, or just help on the medical school personal statement or interview preparation, we will devote ourselves to your success.
Please call or email anytime and one of us will provide a free 20-minute consultation. There is no obligation, and it will give you an opportunity to see if we are a good fit for you.
If you are considering applying for entry in 2026, check out one of our most popular blog posts: the Medical School Application Timeline.
Call 626-768-2154 or e-mail info@prehealthadvising.com
Some of the medical school application areas that our consultants advise applicants on include:
- Planning – Guidance for premedical students on prerequisite coursework, extracurricular activities and gaining clinical experience.
- MCAT – Advice on when to take the exam and what your score means.
- Strategy – Develop a personalized timeline for applying to med school, explain the application process and provide answers to questions about the application process.
- Schools – Assistance determining the number of med schools and specific schools to apply to based on your application.
- Personal statement – Guidance on developing the theme, structure and content of your personal statement. Review of drafts of the statement with feedback on content, style, tone, grammar and syntax.
- Primary Application – Provide help with AMCAS (M.D.), ACOMAS (D.O) and/or TMDSAS (Texas medical schools) medical school applications to ensure that they are completed thoroughly and accurately.
- Secondary application – Advice about completing short answer and essay questions.
- Letters of Recommendation – Guidance in selecting letter writers, obtaining letters and the process of submitting letters to M.D. and D.O. schools.
- Interview – Discussion of the interview process and preparation for interview day. Practice interviews conducted via video conference or in person in the Los Angeles area.
- Resume/cv – Provide advice about format and content of your cv. Proofread and provide written feedback for drafts of the cv.
- Career planning – Information on specialties and your medical career.
- International Schools – In addition to helping with U.S. medical school applications, we provide assistance applying to Canadian, Caribbean and other medical schools outside the U.S.
Please call or email anytime for a free 20-minute consultation.
Meet our Medical School Admissions Advisors
Susan Joan Mauriello, M.D.
Senior Consultant
M.D. - USC Keck
M.B.A. - Columbia University
B.A. - U. of Pennsylvania
Dr. Mauriello founded and ran an admissions consulting company for seven years before beginning her studies at Keck. While in med school, Dr. Mauriello interviewed applicants and served as a voting member of the school’s admissions committee.
M.B.A. - Columbia University
B.A. - U. of Pennsylvania
Dr. Mauriello founded and ran an admissions consulting company for seven years before beginning her studies at Keck. While in med school, Dr. Mauriello interviewed applicants and served as a voting member of the school’s admissions committee.
Cassandra Ciglar, EdD
Senior Consultant
EdD - U. of New England
M.A. - U. of Oklahoma
B.S. - Oklahoma State
Dr. Ciglar has over ten years of experience in higher education and is the former Executive Director of the Office of Prehealth Professions and Advising at Northeastern State University. She has extensive experience advising applicants to medical school and PA programs, as well as dental, veterinary, optometry, and other health programs.
M.A. - U. of Oklahoma
B.S. - Oklahoma State
Dr. Ciglar has over ten years of experience in higher education and is the former Executive Director of the Office of Prehealth Professions and Advising at Northeastern State University. She has extensive experience advising applicants to medical school and PA programs, as well as dental, veterinary, optometry, and other health programs.
Carleen Eaton, M.D.
Founder
M.D. - UCLA
B.S. - UCLA
Dr. Eaton, founder of Prehealthadvising Admissions Consulting, is a graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine and has advised hundreds of successful applicants to medical, dental, veterinary and other health programs. She is also the author of Getting into Medical School for Dummies.
B.S. - UCLA
Dr. Eaton, founder of Prehealthadvising Admissions Consulting, is a graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine and has advised hundreds of successful applicants to medical, dental, veterinary and other health programs. She is also the author of Getting into Medical School for Dummies.
Raagini Suresh, M.D.
Admissions Consultant
M.D. - UCSF
B.S. - Wayne State University
Dr. Suresh served as a student member of the UCSF medical school admissions committee, reviewing applications and interviewing candidates. Using the insights she gained through attaining admission to a top-ranked medical school, Dr. Suresh has guided other applicants to achieve similar success.
B.S. - Wayne State University
Dr. Suresh served as a student member of the UCSF medical school admissions committee, reviewing applications and interviewing candidates. Using the insights she gained through attaining admission to a top-ranked medical school, Dr. Suresh has guided other applicants to achieve similar success.
Hannah Skolnik, D.V.M.
Admissions Consultant
D.V.M - UC Davis
B.A. - Columbia University
Dr. Skolnik is a graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2021 and completed her B.A. in Environmental Biology at Columbia University where she worked as a peer mentor, guiding many students to apply successfully to pre-health professions.
B.A. - Columbia University
Dr. Skolnik is a graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2021 and completed her B.A. in Environmental Biology at Columbia University where she worked as a peer mentor, guiding many students to apply successfully to pre-health professions.
Recent Medical School Blog Posts
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Medical School Application Timeline for 2025-2026 (for applicants starting medical school in fall 2026)
The medical school application process takes nearly a full year to complete. Therefore, excellent planning and organization are essential. The med school application timeline below lists the steps and schedule of the application process to help keep you on track.Staying on schedule is especially important because most medical schools have... -
New Medical School for 2024 – Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University
As you formulate your list of schools, there’s a new med school to consider – the Thomas Frist Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University. The Frist College of Medicine is an allopathic (MD) program that will matriculate its first class in July 2024. -
Tips on Writing an Effective Personal Statement: Have I got the M.E.A.L. Ticket for You?
You have spent years completing challenging courses prerequisites, volunteering countless hours, and gaining experiences in your desired field of study. Yet, the only thing between you and submitting your admissions application is THE personal statement. Regardless of your health profession of choice, medicine, dentistry, PA, OT, PT, nursing, or veterinary medicine,... -
Five Secrets to an Authentic Interview
You put together a fantastic application packet. You spent countless hours studying for the MCAT and achieved a superb score. Your work and experiences demonstrate your dedication to community service, volunteerism, and compassion for caring for others. You toiled months on the personal statement, with multiple revisions, until it was...
Dr. Eaton's Book
Dr. Eaton is the author of Getting into Medical School for Dummies, part of the popular "dummies" series of books.