Twenty-five years of experience advising medical school applicants provides me with unparalleled expertise. I know the intricacies of the medical school admission process, am a premed expert, and have in-depth knowledge of what medical schools are seeking that will benefit you.

The applicants I advised in the past 25 years achieved an acceptance rate to medical school of over 95%, many to the nation’s leading medical schools. In the 2014-2017 application cycles, clients were admitted to a range of schools, including those listed below and many others. Schools awarding significant merit scholarships to my clients are noted with asterisks. 

Baylor

Boston University

Brown

Carle Illinois College of Medicine (new engineering-based medical school)

Case Western

Columbia

Cooper

Cornell (both MD and Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program with Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering)

Dartmouth

Dell (Texas)

Drexel

Duke* 

Einstein

Emory

Georgetown

Harvard

Hofstra

Jefferson

Johns Hopkins

Loyola

Mayo

Medical College of Wisconsin

Michigan State

Mt. Sinai

NYU* (both MD and MD-PhD)

Northwestern (both MD and MD-PhD)

Ohio State

Oregon Health and Science

Rutgers

Rush

Stanford (both MD and MD-PhD)

SUNY Upstate, SUNY Downstate

Temple

Tufts

Tulane

University of California-Davis, University of California-Irvine, UCLA (both MD and MD-PhD), UCSD, UCSF

University of Chicago-Pritzker*

University of Cincinnati

University of Kansas

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota*

University of Missouri

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh (both MD and MD-PhD)

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Texas-Houston (MD and MD-PhD program), University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, University of Texas-San Antonio, University of Texas-Southwestern, Texas A&M (MD-PhD)

University of Vermont 

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin

Vanderbilt*

Washington University (both MD and MD-PhD)

Yale

Comprehensive knowledge of all components of the medical school admission process, from the primary application to secondaries to interviews to letters of intent, equips me to guide you. I have read and refined thousands of essays and conducted hundreds of mock interviews to help students reach their goals.

Extensive experience advising applicants through each step of the medical school application process has given me insight. I will help you thoughtfully devise the best medical school application possible, while assessing your strengths and weaknesses as an applicant.

I devote my undivided attention to helping you craft the best application. I take on a small number of clients to maximize your results. I am dedicated to your success and want to help you get into medical school.

I teach you how to assess and highlight what makes you a distinctive medical school applicant.

As the former director of two post-baccalaureate premedical programs I have extensive experience with nontraditional applicants; I understand this population well and provide expert guidance to these applicants.

Liza Thompson has developed in-depth knowledge and expertise in premedical advising and the medical school application process in a career spanning 25 years. As a medical school admissions consultant, she offers clients her vast experience, giving them the information, guidance, and results they seek. Her credentials are listed below:

• Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College
• Pogue Fellowship recipient for graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Master's degree in education, with a focus on at-risk premedical students
• Former director of Johns Hopkins and Goucher Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Programs
• 25 years of experience advising medical school applicants
• Former representative for post-bac programs in the Northeast to the National Association of Advisors in the Health Professions
• Former member of the National Membership Committee of the National Association of Advisors in the Health Professions
• Former member of the Johns Hopkins Premedical Education Committee
• Extensive knowledge of individual medical schools and what each is seeking from applicants
• Observed medical school admissions committee meetings at an array of medical schools