Specialty-Specific Residency Advising
Navigate the Road to Residency Successfully with Our Expert Resident Advisors By Your Side
At Matchpal, we redefine residency mentorship by pairing you exclusively with active residents advisors in your dream specialty.
Our unique approach ensures you receive the most up-to-date insights into residency selection criteria, match process updates, and specialty-specific strategies.
With Matchpal, you’re not just getting advice; you’re getting guidance from those who lived and breathed the residency journey themselves and have successfully guided countless others in doing the same.
Relevance and Timeliness
Our advisors are in the trenches, experiencing the residency process firsthand, working directly with rotating students, and serving on admissions committees.
That means you stay ahead of the curve with information directly from those actively participating in the residency selection landscape.
Specialty-Specific Guidance
Matchpal goes beyond general advice.
We pair you with a resident advisor in your dream specialty.
This targeted approach ensures that you receive guidance tailored to the specific nuances of your desired field and leave no stone unturned in your own application process.
Longitudinal Relationships
We believe in building lasting connections.
From MS3 until the day you match, your resident advisor will be providing continuous support, insights, feedback, and encouragement at every stage of your journey.
What Sets Us Apart?
- Filling the Gap: Medical schools often fall short in providing complete information, leading students to discover crucial opportunities too late. Our resident advisors guide you early in your medical school career, ensuring you know how to get involved in research, leadership, and effective networking for Letters of Recommendation and away rotations.
Diversity of Experiences: Our resident advisors hail from a variety of backgrounds, including Ivy League, Osteopathic, and Caribbean residency programs. This diversity ensures a broad spectrum of experiences, allowing for a rich and comprehensive mentoring experience that is matched to your own.
- Relevant and Practical Insights: The match changes almost every year, and with it, so does the strategy needed to navigate it successfully. Non-physician advisors (or advisors decades removed from the residency match process) are an outdated source of information. Our team serves on admissions committees and work with students every single cycle. We see exactly what works and what program directors are looking for.
Real-Time Updates: Residency criteria and match processes evolve. With Matchpal, you’ll be in the know about the latest changes, ensuring you can adapt your strategy accordingly.
Our Offerings
Comprehensive Advising Package
$1499
| • 5 hours of advisor contact to be used on any of our services (Advising, Interview Prep, Document Revision, Tutoring) |
| • Longitudinal partnership with experienced resident mentor from your specialty |
| • Optimize every aspect of your residency application |
| • Specialty-specific, near-peer, and personalized to your academic background |
| • 4 complete revisions of Personal Statement or ERAS |
| • Unlimited communication with your advisor (text, email) |
| • Great value |
Unlimited Advising Package
$2499
| • Unlimited advisor assistance with any of our services (Advising, Interview Prep, Document Revision, Tutoring) |
| • Longitudinal partnership with experienced resident mentor from your specialty |
| • Optimize every aspect of your residency application |
| • Specialty-specific, near-peer, and personalized to your academic background |
| • Unlimited revisions of Personal Statement or ERAS |
| • Unlimited communication with your advisor (text, email) |
| • Best value |