Questions, answered.

It's a 20-minute conversation, in person or by video, about where you are and where you want to go. We look at your classes, grades, MCAT plans, and experience, and you leave knowing your biggest gaps and most important next steps. There's no pressure to sign up for anything.

Any time, but earlier gives you more options. Freshmen and sophomores usually join the Ascent Journey membership. Students applying in a given year do best starting by early spring, before applications open in May. We also help students who come to us mid-cycle.

No. We work with students online everywhere in the U.S. and internationally. In Utah and Idaho, we can also meet you in person.

Yes. Parents are welcome at the free strategy session. See our page for parents for how we keep families informed.

Medical school application packages range from $2,950 to $11,950 for one application cycle. The Ascent Journey membership is $1,950 a year or $185 a month, and single services start at $250. Every option is listed on our pricing page.

Yes. Any package can be split into up to 4 monthly payments, interest-free, or you can save 5% by paying in full. Longer monthly plans are available through PayPal Pay Later, subject to PayPal's approval.

Yes. Our Ascent Access Scholarships range from partial discounts to fully covered packages, based on need. Apply here.

For application packages, programs, and memberships, you can request a refund within 14 days of enrolling. We refund what you've paid, minus the value of services already delivered at our single-service prices, and your free strategy session never counts against you. Single services are fully refundable before work begins. Monthly memberships can be canceled anytime before the next billing date. After 14 days, payments are non-refundable, but we'll always work with you to pause or adjust your plan.

Yes. Anything you spend on the in-depth diagnostic or single services counts toward a package if you upgrade within 60 days.

Every student has one lead advisor who knows their whole file. Our work is physician-led, side by side with specialists, and physician mentors join for mock interviews, specialty conversations, and essay feedback.

It depends on your package, from monthly to weekly check-ins, in person in Utah and Idaho or by video anywhere. You can also message us between meetings.

Clients hear back within 24 hours, often within a few hours, and same-day during deadline crunches. When a big deadline is coming, we set up a plan to be as reachable as possible.

Yes. We build an experience plan with you, connect Utah and Idaho students directly through our established and growing network, and help with outreach and applications anywhere. Positions are decided by each employer or organization, so we can't guarantee placement, but we make the search much faster and more effective.

Yes: one-on-one tutoring, an 8-week bootcamp, and a 15-week semester program, in person or online. We assess how you learn, then combine our in-house materials with official practice exams and question banks purchased in your name.

No. Every word you submit is your own. We coach, question, structure, and edit, and we never write your essays. Application services ask you to certify that your essays are your own work, and we take that seriously. We help you find your story, organize it, and say it clearly in your own voice.

No. No one can ethically guarantee admission to medical school. What we guarantee is a real plan, honest advice, and our full effort. Our Everest package includes two-cycle protection: If an Everest student isn't accepted, for any reason, we continue full Everest support through one additional application cycle at no extra cost. That includes guidance through any gap year, post-bacc, or special master's program in between. Request it within 60 days after your cycle ends. It applies to the original student and covers our services only, not tuition or application and test fees. It is not a guarantee of admission.

We count every student we've guided through a medical school application, including students in the current cycle, so nothing is left out. See exactly how we count on our results page.

Yes. Pre-med is our founding pathway, and we also guide pre-PA, pre-dental, pre-vet, pre-PT, pre-OT, pre-pharmacy, nursing and CRNA, and pre-optometry students. Each pathway is led by practicing professionals from that field, with its own packages and pricing. See all pathways.

Yes, through our International Pathway. We guide the admissions process. We don't provide visa or immigration advice, but we can introduce you to independent immigration attorneys.