Specialty-Specific Mentorship and 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 and match process updates.
With Matchpal, you’re not just getting advice; you’re getting guidance from those who lived and breathed the residency journey themselves.
Relevance and Timeliness
Our advisors are in the trenches, experiencing the residency process firsthand, working directly with rotating students, and serving on interview committees.
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.
Longitudinal Relationships
We believe in building lasting connections.
From your second or third year of medical school until the day you match, your resident advisor will be providing continuous support, insights, and encouragement at every stage of your journey.
What Sets Us Apart?
- Early Career Planning: 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 various 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.
- Relevant and Practical Insights: Do not let non-physician advisors or advisors decades removed from the residency match process be the source of your information.
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
Single Advising
Session
$149
| • One hour of general advising |
| • Paired with experienced resident mentor from your specialty |
| • Optimize rotation performance, discuss networking and research, enhance your application strategy, and more |
| • Specialty-specific, near-peer, and personalized to your academic background |
| • Good value |
3hr Advising
Bundle
$399
| • Three hours of general advising |
| • Longitudinal partnership with experienced resident mentor from your specialty |
| • Optimize rotation performance, discuss networking and research, enhance your application strategy, and more |
| • Specialty-specific, near-peer, and personalized to your academic background |
| • Great value |
Comprehensive
Advising Package
$1199
| • 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) |
| • Best value |