Dental School Coach
Introducing Personal Statement Review
CAAPID | AADSAS | TMDSAS |
Post Bac & Masters | Dental Residency
Write an Amazing Personal Statement that WOWs the dental school adcoms, gets you an interview, and guarantees admission!
Hi there, I am Zia a.k.a the Dental School Coach
I am a UPenn graduate and I have gotten into UPenn, UCSF, UPitt, UMDNJ, and NYU Dental Schools. Now, I help pre-dental students get into their dream dental schools.
Over the last 5 years, I reviewed more than 900 dental school personal statements and 96% of my students got into dental schools including Harvard, Penn, UCSF, UoP, Stony Brook, ASDOH, Baylor, USC -- just to name a few!
Here's What You're Getting When You Purchase Personal Statement Review from Dental School Coach
- Youtube Video Teardown or Personal Phone Call
- 1- on - 1 Brainstorming
- 100% privacy guaranteed
- 3-edits of your essay
- Extensive structure review and recommendation
- Text our consultants as you write
- Grammar edit, polishing & style fixes
- Youtube Video Teardown or Personal Phone Call
- 1- on - 1 Brainstorming
- 100% privacy guaranteed
- Unlimited edits of your essay
- Extensive structure review and recommendation
- Text our consultants as you write
- Grammar edit, polishing & style fixes
Single Edit Personal Statement
For a limited time, we will make "Single Edit Personal Statement" available.
Note: This package only includes polishing and grammar edit. It does not include any brainstorming or phone calls with our coaches. If you need extensive help with brainstorming or storyfying your essay, we recommend 3-edits or unlimited-edits package.
Read What Our Students are Saying About Us
These successful students were in your shoes a year ago. Some of them were stressed because they were not good writers and did not have any clue how to write personal statements.
Here are the top 3 mistakes these successful students were making before they approached me:
Mistake #1: Not starting with a hook
You have 20-30 second to hook an adcom into reading your essay. If you write something generic and uninspiring, you will not gain their attention. Even if you have a great GPA or a great DAT score, you personal statement might become the reason you don't get an acceptance letter. Here's what one of my student wrote before she came to me:
I am different from the average applicant to dental school. At the age of 33, I have already raised my children, lived in a beautiful cohousing community, originated loans, hired and managed employees, and worked in the operating room at a hospital. My path towards dental school was not a result of one defining moment, but through personal experiences, influential people, and my ultimate desire to improve the life of those in the community.
Do you see how uninteresting the example above is?
Now take a look at a storified introduction that hooks adcom right away into reading the rest of the statement:
A terrified girl with a swollen upper lip trudges into the endodontic clinic. She needs an emergency retreat of her root canal due to a poor previous obturation. As the needle pierces her gums, childhood memories of getting root canals without anesthesia flood her body with even greater pain and fear. Her student dentist wipes away her tears and holds her hand tighter. “The worst part is over,” remarks the soothing voice of the resident as she puts away the syringe. She is amazed by how fast the pain goes away. This girl was me three years ago, and it was this moment that I first envisioned dentistry as my career.
Mistake #2: Writing lots of generic B.S. and no specific details/examples/stories
Take a look at what one of my students wrote before deciding to work with me:
My volunteering experience gives me the opportunity of witnessing many dental procedures. The limitless uses of materials to restore teeth and form impression for braces confirm my interest in dentistry. The medical knowledge, which the dentist possesses to counsel patients in preventative actions for oral diseases, is very appealing to me. I am amazed that medicine is also practiced in dentistry through administration of anesthesia. I am truly passionate about dentistry because it revolves around practicing the art of tooth restoration. Thus, dentistry is my career of choice.
Now, let's look at the transformation below after working with me:
Knowing that my grandfather lacked oral health education and had limited dental care during his lifetime, I felt a sense of duty to help those who lack access to dental care. I helped serve the underprivileged by volunteering at the California Dental Association Free Clinic. In particular, I remember a forty-year old Hispanic immigrant named Julio, who was also a low-income father of four. Majority of his teeth was decayed and in need of urgent restoration. After talking to him, I learned that his condition was the result of a lack of access to quality dental care. Due to financial constraints, he could not afford to visit a dentist for a long time. He was grateful that the Free Clinic had given him this opportunity to restore his teeth. Talking to Julio was eye opening, as it inspired me to reach out to the disadvantaged population and educate them about oral health. One day, I wish to provide equitable access to dental care to all.
Mistake #3: Not having proper structure to the essay
If you hire an amateur editor, he'll work on your grammar. If you hire a professional editor, he will work on your statement's structure.
It's plain simple. If your essay does not have a good structure, it will not flow well. You won't believe how many pre-dents come to me thinking that their essay just needs a bit of polishing and I have to completely revamp the essay's structure, because these essays lack substance and proper structure.
If you work with me, the first thing we settle is the structure/flow of your essay. Once we perfect the structure, then we move onto checking style and grammar.
Don't get me wrong, style and grammar are important part of writing a personal statement. But at the early stage, you have to focus on the flow of your essay and perfect it.
Take a look at the structure advice I provided to a student:
- Start with a hook: Talk about your experience as a patient and how it motivated you to become a dentist. Mention that you want to create an impact that your dentist had on you
- transition to your public health internship where you had real impact on people's lives and how you see dentistry as a way to give people a good life. Make sure you tell stories of people you had interacted with. Don't just tell me, show me with examples and stories.
- Mention your experience shadowing. Talk about one or two unusual but interesting cases you have seen.
- Talk about your research accomplishments. Mention how your research instilled in you qualities that will make you a great dentist.
- Wrap it up with some concluding statement restating how you will make an impact as a dentist.
So, What's the Dental School Coach Difference?
We provide a video teardown of your essay
If you decide to work with me, I will do a video teardown of your essay. All of my students love it.
The Youtube Review of my PS was an eye-opening experience because it allowed me to experience first hand what Zia’s initial thoughts and impressions were as he was reading my PS for the very first time. Zia was thorough in his Youtube Review, offered specific advice on areas for improvement, and explained why these areas needed improvement.
Arik Amin
Student at Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (got accepted with a low GPA)
We represent your true self
A big complaint against personal statement editing services is that you lose your unique voice when someone else edits your essay.
But it's not the case with dental school coach. IF you decide to work with me, I'll know about your application inside out. Through our 1 on 1 calls, I will learn all the details that we need to put in the personal statement.
My students are always amazed at how I know them more than they themselves do by the end of writing that personal statement.
Muhammed was very helpful with editing my personal statement. A lot of people shy away from being honest, afraid of offending you, but Muhammed gave me the truth about where my personal statement needed improvement. He also sent me a video voicing his editing process, and this was very useful. What I liked most about his editing is that he gave you examples to clarify what he means, and not a lot of people do this. Every time he made a note or suggested I change something, he gave an example using actual personal statements. Aside from that, he was very quick to edit my paper and I am so grateful for all the work he did!
N.T.
Student at University of Iowa College of Dentistry
We Provide 1 on 1 Brainstorming
If you are feeling stuck or don't know where to begin, I'll get on a phone or video call with you and brainstorm essays with you. Together we'll come up solid personal statement ideas!
100% Money Back Guarantee
We will give your money back 100% if you are not fully satisfied. Just let us know why you’re not satisfied within 15 days of receiving the service.
Our entire service is built on helping pre-dental students get into their dream dental school and we do a damn good job at it. So, if you are asking for a refund, we aren’t doing our job right. Don’t just ask for money back, tell us what we can do better.
100% Privacy of your Essay
I am very ethical in how I do business and keep the video tear downs completely private. For paid students, I guarantee 100% privacy of your personal Statement!!!
Here's What You're Getting When You Purchase Personal Statement Review from Dental School Coach
- Youtube Video Teardown or Personal Phone Call
- 1- on - 1 Brainstorming
- 100% privacy guaranteed
- 3-edits of your essay
- Extensive structure review and recommendation
- Text our consultants as you write
- Grammar edit, polishing & style fixes
- Youtube Video Teardown or Personal Phone Call
- 1- on - 1 Brainstorming
- 100% privacy guaranteed
- Unlimited edits of your essay
- Extensive structure review and recommendation
- Text our consultants as you write
- Grammar edit, polishing & style fixes
Single Edit Personal Statement
For a limited time, we will make "Single Edit Personal Statement" available.
Note: This package only includes polishing and grammar edit. It does not include any brainstorming or phone calls with our coaches. If you need extensive help with brainstorming or storyfying your essay, we recommend 3-edits or unlimited-edits package.
Frequently Asked Questions
So, how does it really work?
As soon as you buy the service, we connect you with a coach. She/he will set up a 30 min Skype session with you to brainstorm stories and ideas for your essay. In the same meeting, she/he creates a framework and structure for your essay using your unique stories. This structure is unique to you (and only you).
Then, you get to write the first draft of your personal statement. Once you are done writing the first draft, you send it back to your coach. The coach then reviews the essay in-depth and make suggestions and edits where necessary. She/he also will set up a 15-min phone call to chat with you about writing your second draft.
You and the coach repeat the steps until your essay is submitworthy. If you get three-edits, the coach will do three revisions/edits of your essay, while for unlimited edits, you get to work with your coach until you are fully satisfied with your essay.
Why would I pay for your service when I can get free reviews from SDN? or from my pre-health advisors? or from my school’s writing center?
Compare my services to
- Utilize Pre-health advisor:They are usually pretty shitty and don’t give good feedback. On top of that, they probably have never applied/got accepted to dental school.
- School’s Writing Center: They are a bit more reliable than your pre-health advisor. But, you don’t get to control who you will work with. Often, you will have to work with multiple people to get your draft edited. It creates inconsistencies in your personal statement. Do you really want that?
- Get help from some Random SDN Personality (RSP): You don’t know who that person is and cannot trust him with your personal statement. He may or may not give you useful feedback. He might just check grammar in your essay and tell you that it’s a great draft, while you know how SHITTY your personal statement draft is. Plus, what if he leaks your personal statement on the internet?
- You can beg your friends to check your personal statement. They probably will check it once but then when you go back to them second time, they will make excuses and avoid you.
- You may choose to not accept help from anyone. Think about it before making that decision. Would you really risk writing a sub-par personal statement and get rejected from your dream dental schools? If I were you, I’d ask for help from an expert who can give me some peace of mind by helping me writing a GREAT personal statement.
What's your turnaround time?
72 hours or less from the time I receive your personal statement draft(s).
How can I trust you?
I have helped more than 900 pre-dentals in the last two years. My students got into schools like Harvard, Penn, UCSF, UCLA, USC, UoP, NYU, Baylor etc. Look at my testimonial page to read what my past students are saying about me.
I also have a 100% money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with my service, let me know and I will give your money back.