Scattered
Hours in a spreadsheet, thoughts in your notes app, contacts in old emails. Nothing connects.
For pre-med students, first year through applying
Pre-med is four years of experiences. Don't rebuild them from memory.
Log your clinical hours, research, service, and courses as you go. See what each experience shows about you, spot the gaps while there's still time, and write your application from a record you actually kept.
Built by people who've been through it: an admitted applicant, a medical student, and a resident physician.
- Free to start
- Private by default
- No admissions scores
Sound familiar?
You know the checklist. Nobody shows you how it fits together.
Volunteering, clinical hours, research, grades, the MCAT, letters. Every pre-med hears the list. What's missing is a way to connect each piece to the application you'll write years later.
Forgotten
The patient you'll write about is vivid today. Three years from now, the details are gone.
Unclear
You did the work, but what does each experience actually show about you as a future physician?
Found too late
Gaps tend to surface right before you apply, when there's no time left to do anything about them.
How it connects
One experience, from first shift to finished story.
MedPlan links what you did, what it meant, and what it shows, so every hour counts toward the application you'll eventually write.
Log it
Add each experience with your role, dates, and hours. Completed and planned hours stay separate, so your totals are always honest.
Reflect on it
Write a private journal entry while it's fresh, with prompts if you want them. It stays linked to the experience.
See what it shows
Connect your records to the core competencies medical schools describe, like service orientation or teamwork. Plain labels, never a score.
Write it
Flag the experiences that mattered most, then draft your most meaningful essays and personal statement with your journal beside you.
Your path
Freshman year to application day. Start where you are.
MedPlan is built to be used for years, not the month before you apply. Early on it keeps your record; later it shows the gaps; at the end it helps you write.
- Record as you goAdd courses, hours, and reflections while they are fresh, not years later from memory.
- Rehearse earlyPractice the application long before it is due. Findings show what is still missing.
- Close gaps with time to spareTurn findings into goals with review dates while you still have terms ahead.
- Apply from a full recordWhen the time comes, your experiences, journal, and dates are already in one place.
What to do in your year
Freshman: Start the record early.
The habit matters more than the amount. A few minutes after each term or shift adds up to years of detail.
- Set up your portfolioAdd your school, your first courses, and any activities you have started.
- Log as you goRecord hours after each shift and write a short reflection when something stays with you.
- Take a first rehearsalSee the shape of a full application now. Empty sections are expected; you have years to fill them.
Sophomore: Build depth and spot the gaps.
You have enough on record to see patterns, and plenty of time to act on what you find.
- Keep your record currentUpdate courses each term and hours each month so nothing needs reconstructing later.
- Choose your most meaningful experiencesFlag the experiences that mattered most, then pick up to three to write about for your primary application.
- Rehearse each termTake a snapshot and turn the findings that matter to you into goals with review dates.
Junior: Close gaps while there is still time.
This is the year to act on what your rehearsals have shown, before application season arrives.
- Compare your snapshotsRehearse again and focus on findings that are still open from earlier snapshots.
- Put the big dates in your PlanAdd your MCAT plan and when you will ask each recommender as milestones.
- Check your competenciesLook for competencies with little recorded evidence and set goals for them.
Senior or applying: Pull it all together.
Your record becomes your source material. Use it to write, check, and track the final steps.
- Do a full rehearsalReview every section. Mark what is uncertain instead of guessing.
- Confirm letters and datesCheck where each recommender stands and keep deadlines in your Plan.
- Write and trackDraft your personal statement with your journal beside you, then track each school's secondary in Secondaries.
Gap year or post-bacc: Use the extra time well.
A gap year or post-bacc program is time to strengthen your record on purpose.
- Bring your record up to dateAdd past courses and experiences, including hours, so the full picture is in one place.
- Rehearse to find gapsTake a snapshot and set goals for the months ahead.
- Log the new workRecord new coursework, jobs, and experiences as they happen.
Reapplying: Build on what you have.
Your record is still here. Start from it, add what is new, and focus on what you want to strengthen.
- Review your recordRead through your portfolio and add everything that has happened since you last applied.
- Rehearse and set goalsTake a fresh snapshot and turn the findings you care about into goals.
- Keep loggingRecord new experiences as they happen and rehearse again before the next cycle.
Already a junior? Start now. Seeing a gap a year ahead still leaves time to act on it.
Find the gaps early
See the gaps while you still have time to fill them.
Practice the application long before it's due. Take a snapshot, and MedPlan shows where your record is thin: an experience you haven't logged, a competency with little evidence, or a meaningful experience you haven't written about yet.
- Findings, not scores. Each finding says why it appeared and which of your records it looked at.
- Turn a finding into a goal. Give it a review date and track the new experiences and reflections you add.
- Watch it change. Take another snapshot next term and see what's still open.
Write it well
When it's time to write, your material is already there.
Write the parts of your primary application that matter most with years of your own notes beside you. Decide what you truly want to say, in your own words.
- Most meaningful experiences. Flag as many as you like, then choose up to three to write about, with a character counter that matches the application's limit.
- Personal statement. Keep several drafts, compare versions, and mark the one you'd submit today.
- Saves as you write. With protection against overwriting newer work from another device.
After you submit
Secondaries, without the spreadsheet.
After your primary application, schools send secondary applications, often many at once and each with its own deadline. Keep every school, prompt, and date in one place.
- What's due next, first. Track each school's status and due date, with a two-week target for each secondary and anything due this week highlighted.
- Paste the page once. Paste a school's secondary page and each prompt is set up with its limit, ready to draft.
- Write once, fit everywhere. Keep strong answers to common questions, with shorter versions for different limits, and start each school's prompt from the one that fits.
- Fees and interviews. Keep secondary fees, fee assistance, and interview dates together.
Everything in one place
Retire the spreadsheet.
Every part of your pre-med record, organized and connected.
Experiences and hours
Clinical, shadowing, research, service, leadership, and more, with completed and planned hours kept separate.
Private journal
Reflections linked to the experiences behind them, with optional prompts.
Most meaningful and personal statement
Choose the experiences to write about and draft your personal statement, with your journal beside every draft.
Competencies
How your record supports core competencies, in plain labels. Not an official score. Not a prediction.
Courses and GPA
Courses by school and term, with a transparent GPA and science (BCPM) GPA. You confirm how each course is classified.
MCAT, letters, and dates
Plan MCAT attempts, keep track of recommenders, and put the big dates in one plan.
Secondaries
Every school's secondary, due date, prompts, fees, and interview in one list, sorted by what's due next.
Illustrations with invented example content.
Why not a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet holds your hours. MedPlan holds your story.
| What you need | MedPlan | Spreadsheet | Notes app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours for each experience | Yes, completed and planned kept separate | Yes | Sometimes |
| Reflections kept with each experience | Yes | No | Sometimes |
| What each experience shows about you | Yes, linked to core competencies | No | No |
| Gaps found while there's time to act | Yes | No | No |
| Essays drafted with your journal beside them | Yes | No | No |
| Secondary deadlines and prompts in one place | Yes, sorted by what's due next | Sometimes | No |
| Private, with export and delete anytime | Yes | Depends | Depends |
Who's behind it
Built by people who've been through it.
We're an admitted applicant, a medical student, and a resident physician. We remember the scattered notes and spreadsheets, and wishing we'd had one place that showed how it all fit together. So we built it for the students coming next.
Honest by design
Your record, not a prediction.
Pre-med is stressful enough. MedPlan keeps you organized without adding to the anxiety.
- No admissions scores. It never predicts admission, ranks you, or compares you with other applicants.
- Private by default. Only you can see your records. Nothing is shared with schools, advisors, or anyone else.
- Yours to keep. Export everything as a readable archive, or permanently delete your account, whenever you choose.
- Your words. You write your journal and your essays. MedPlan organizes them; it doesn't grade them.
Questions
Good questions.
When should I start?
As early as your first year. Every hour and reflection you log now is one you won't have to reconstruct later. But any point is a good point to start.
I'm already a junior. Is it too late?
No. Putting everything in one place and seeing your gaps still leaves time to act before you apply, and your journal is there when you write.
Is it free?
Yes, MedPlan is free to start. You can sign up and begin your record without paying.
Does it tell me my chances of getting in?
No. It never predicts admission or ranks you. It shows what your record can support and explains why.
Does it replace my pre-health advisor?
No. It gives you an organized record to bring to your advisor, so your time together goes further.
Can I import my existing spreadsheet?
Not yet. You can add past experiences and courses by hand, including hours you've already completed.
Who can see my journal and records?
Only you. Nothing is shared with schools, advisors, or anyone else.
Can I export or delete my data?
Yes. Export everything as a readable archive at any time, or permanently delete your account. Backup copies expire within 30 days.
Does it help with secondaries?
Yes. Track each school's secondary, its due date, prompts and drafts, fees, and interview, with an answer library for questions schools repeat.
Does it submit my application?
No. It's where you build and practice your application. You apply through the official services.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. It works in your phone's browser, so you can log hours right after a shift, in light or dark mode.
Your application is being built right now.
Start keeping it. One experience and one reflection, and you're on your way.
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