The Med Step
Medicine Personal Statement Review
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Feedback and editing support. You stay the author of your statement, we never write it for you.
Priority 1. Reflect on what this taught you about patient care, not just what you did.
Priority 2. Tighten this opening sentence, it costs you 40 characters.
Priority 3. Question 3 repeats a point already made in Question 1.
Illustrative example. Your comments are written about your own experiences.
What we review
Every part of your application answers
Motivation for Medicine
Is your reason for Medicine personal and convincing, or could it be anyone's?
Evidence and experiences
Are your experiences used properly, or just listed?
Reflection
Do you explain what an experience actually taught you?
Understanding of Medicine
Do you show realistic insight into studying and working in Medicine?
Academic curiosity
Is there genuine academic interest beyond naming your A-level subjects?
Personal qualities
Are qualities evidenced rather than asserted?
Structure
Is each point in the right UCAS answer? Do the three work together?
Specificity
Could almost any applicant have written this?
Writing quality
Is it concise, clear and professional?
Overall coherence
Read together, do the three answers add up to one convincing picture?
What your feedback looks like
What your £45 gets you
- Detailed comments throughout your statement
- Feedback on all three UCAS personal statement questions
- Medicine-specific content feedback
- Reflection and work-experience feedback
- Structure and flow across the three answers
- Repetitive or generic content flagged
- Grammar, clarity and phrasing
- Character-efficiency suggestions
- Individual sentence suggestions where they help
- An overall feedback summary
- A prioritised final action plan
- One comprehensive review of your draft
You receive your annotated statement plus an overall feedback summary, ending in a prioritised action plan so you know exactly what to change first.
How it works
Four steps, start to finish
Submit
Paste your three UCAS answers or upload your draft.
We review it
Your application is read in detail against our Medicine framework.
Get your feedback
You receive your annotated statement and an overall feedback summary.
Make your changes
You write the final version, it stays authentically yours.
What we will and won't do
You remain the author
What we will do
- Comment on all three UCAS answers, line by line where it helps
- Tell you what is strong and worth keeping
- Show you where reflection is missing or too thin
- Suggest sharper wording for your own sentences
- Flag content gaps and generic claims
- Help you cut characters without losing meaning
- Give you a prioritised action plan to work through
What we won't do
- A ghostwriting service
- A rewritten personal statement
- A guarantee of an interview or an offer
- A university admissions decision
- A substitute for checking each university's entry requirements
- An AI-generated admissions score
Every word you submit stays yours. This is feedback and editing support, not ghostwriting, and it is compatible with UCAS rules on your work being your own.
Who reviews it
Read by a doctor, not a bot
Ali Raja
Host, The Med Step
Resident Doctor
Ali is a Resident Doctor and the host of The Med Step. He has been through the UK medical school application process himself and now helps applicants cut through the noise with clear, honest guidance on UCAT, interviews, work experience and choosing the right medical schools.
Every review is read and written by a person. No automated scoring, no predicted chance of an offer.
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