Are there hidden fees we should know about?

No. And the question itself tells you something useful about this industry.

Our packages are priced to cover the full scope of work most candidates actually need at each tier. We built it that way deliberately. Your consultant should be focused on what strengthens your application — not on whether a suggestion triggers an upsell.

Two exceptions worth flagging. The first is rush work. Medical school secondaries already operate on compressed timelines, and our packages account for that pace. But when a candidate comes to us late in the cycle or needs to turn around materials faster than the standard workflow allows, maintaining quality requires outsized effort and reallocation of consultant capacity. We can provide rush support, but it comes at an additional cost — not as a penalty, but because it genuinely takes more to execute well under that kind of pressure.

The second is specialized services that fall outside standard packages — things like MCAT tutoring, post-interview reflection support, or rejection analysis for reapplicants. These are handled as separate à la carte items with clear, published rates. It wouldn’t be fair to bake those costs into standard pricing for everyone.

The principle is simple: most clients never see an extra charge. When something genuinely falls outside the expected scope, we talk about it clearly and in advance. You’ll never be surprised by an invoice you didn’t understand or agree to.