Built by Applicants,
for Applicants.
We’ve walked this path ourselves—and now we’re here to help you succeed on yours.
Mission Statement
Our Mission
To help you become a doctor.
Asclepius Advising welcomes all applicants and specializes in:
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Non-traditional applicants
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Working adult (career-changer) applicants
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Re-applicants
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Applicants who’ve previously struggled in their academics or test-taking
We know that the admissions prerequisites are daunting. Just getting to the point of applying can be exhausting; the cycle itself seeming a bottomless pit where effort and word count can turn into radio silence.
No one can change the pit. But there's a difference between throwing applications into it hoping they flutter down somewhere vs mapping the pit, properly targeting your application, finding your best strengths, and sending them with confidence.
Asclepius clients do not mass-apply based on numbers; the apply broadly based on values, competitiveness, and "I would go here if given an A." Our clients outperform their peers with similar numbers and backgrounds. This is not by accident but practice and research.
Our Process
Why Applicants Choose Asclepius
Learn more about our high-agency process designed to help you stand out at every stage.
1) Clients work with dedicated senior advisors who have continuity - never junior staff looking to make some side cash.
They have strict limits on client load and never take on more than they can give substantive and valuable advising.
2) Our advisors have a powerful blend of multicultural education, STEM research, ethics study, and personal professional medical experience. This experience provides them with excellent technical and interpersonal skills. This bleeds into their advising, leading to effective materials that tell a holistic story with a holistic application.
Likewise, our advisors are themselves building non-traditional career niches in different traditional fields. This personal mission guides their advise to ambitious applicants.
They have strict limits on client load and never take on more than they can give substantive and valuable advising.
2) Our advisors have a powerful blend of multicultural education, STEM research, ethics study, and personal professional medical experience. This experience provides them with excellent technical and interpersonal skills. This bleeds into their advising, leading to effective materials that tell a holistic story with a holistic application.
Likewise, our advisors are themselves building non-traditional career niches in different traditional fields. This personal mission guides their advise to ambitious applicants.
Asclepius Advising was created as a passion project to help select applicants elevate themselves to top programs. Our applicants are not 525 MCATs with 3.92 GPAs - most are perfectly average.
We know that many applicants have "the same" experiences (MA, scribe, CNA, EMT). However, Asclepius believes firmly that the most diverse thing is the individual and within every "usual" experience are unique stories, encounters, and lessons. Applicants work with their advisor to find these and integrate them convincingly into their materials.
We believe in selecting schools, not settling for them. This means careful targeting, career discernment, and reflective holistic messaging for competitive materials and interviews.
We know that many applicants have "the same" experiences (MA, scribe, CNA, EMT). However, Asclepius believes firmly that the most diverse thing is the individual and within every "usual" experience are unique stories, encounters, and lessons. Applicants work with their advisor to find these and integrate them convincingly into their materials.
We believe in selecting schools, not settling for them. This means careful targeting, career discernment, and reflective holistic messaging for competitive materials and interviews.
There's no point in writing an application, if you don't know how it'll be read or whether the program you're applying to is right for you. Our advisors study (un)official data, employment outcomes, and more in deciding whether an application or school is worth it.
We have invested significant time and resources to learn how admissions committees and readers actually evaluate and score your application.
We know how work experience, academic issues, reapplicant status, and more, are evaluated and how applicants can wield them to their advantage.
Our aggressive use of data and study of evaluation means that we don't waste an applicant's time and money and we don't rob them of their authentic voice.
We take time to explain our thinking and writing; our clients regularly report "hearing you guys [Michael and Julien] in [their] head" while editing on their own.
This speaks to the depth and quality of our coaching and the high-agency mental voice we seek to foster in every applicant.
We have invested significant time and resources to learn how admissions committees and readers actually evaluate and score your application.
We know how work experience, academic issues, reapplicant status, and more, are evaluated and how applicants can wield them to their advantage.
Our aggressive use of data and study of evaluation means that we don't waste an applicant's time and money and we don't rob them of their authentic voice.
We take time to explain our thinking and writing; our clients regularly report "hearing you guys [Michael and Julien] in [their] head" while editing on their own.
This speaks to the depth and quality of our coaching and the high-agency mental voice we seek to foster in every applicant.
Asclepius Advising supports applicants through every stage of their professional journey, whether they’re applying to post-baccalaureate programs, medical school, law school, or residency.
We can guide clients not only through their first essays but through each transition in their careers. This long-term work helps us see their goals evolve and tailor strategies that grow too.
Our clients come to us to strengthen their sense of agency in uncertain cycles that can feel alien or all-powerful. To become high-agency, they become open to being misunderstood, open to failing, and open to working without immediate rewards. With agency, applications become authentic and confident without seeming egotistical or worrying over weak points.
Today’s professional world is competitive not only with other people but also with AI. Our process keeps the focus on human creativity and voice. We use AI carefully and in line with school policies, treating it as a tool to help reflect and organize ideas, not as a substitute for authentic writing or thought.
Beyond guiding applicants, we mentor them. We’re transparent about every step of the drafting process so clients don’t just finish their materials—they grow as writers and thinkers. By the end, our clients leave with strong personal statements and secondaries, and a new confidence in their ability to communicate who they are and what they stand for.
We can guide clients not only through their first essays but through each transition in their careers. This long-term work helps us see their goals evolve and tailor strategies that grow too.
Our clients come to us to strengthen their sense of agency in uncertain cycles that can feel alien or all-powerful. To become high-agency, they become open to being misunderstood, open to failing, and open to working without immediate rewards. With agency, applications become authentic and confident without seeming egotistical or worrying over weak points.
Today’s professional world is competitive not only with other people but also with AI. Our process keeps the focus on human creativity and voice. We use AI carefully and in line with school policies, treating it as a tool to help reflect and organize ideas, not as a substitute for authentic writing or thought.
Beyond guiding applicants, we mentor them. We’re transparent about every step of the drafting process so clients don’t just finish their materials—they grow as writers and thinkers. By the end, our clients leave with strong personal statements and secondaries, and a new confidence in their ability to communicate who they are and what they stand for.
At Asclepius Advising, we don’t just advise; we elevate.
Our Team
Meet Our Founders
The folks behind your admissions success.
Role:
Michael is Asclepius's Chief Advising Officer. His duties include application planning and quality control, as well as interview and waitlist/no-response management.
Current Activities:
Michael is a Tulane MD-MPH student. In his MD, he is the research coordinator for the McSwain trauma research group. His MPH studies focus on health economics and administration.
He is a 2025 Fellow in the Frederic Bastiat Fellowship at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Lastly, Michael is the coach for Tulane's Ethics Bowl team, a Tulane-renowned dinner host, and a competitive jiu-jitsu athlete.
Background:
Michael comes from a medical family spanning nursing and MD medicine. Michael graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Chemistry. He completed advanced chemistry research in machine chemical testing and predictive chemistry
Michael is Asclepius's Chief Advising Officer. His duties include application planning and quality control, as well as interview and waitlist/no-response management.
Current Activities:
Michael is a Tulane MD-MPH student. In his MD, he is the research coordinator for the McSwain trauma research group. His MPH studies focus on health economics and administration.
He is a 2025 Fellow in the Frederic Bastiat Fellowship at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Lastly, Michael is the coach for Tulane's Ethics Bowl team, a Tulane-renowned dinner host, and a competitive jiu-jitsu athlete.
Background:
Michael comes from a medical family spanning nursing and MD medicine. Michael graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Chemistry. He completed advanced chemistry research in machine chemical testing and predictive chemistry
Applying after graduation, Michael was unsatisfied by his results and resolved to pursue more fitting programs. After careful research of resources and geography, Michael entered a post-bacc at Case Western Reserve University. There, he was a major research asset and community leader.
After completing the program, Michael reapplied confidently and received over 2x the standard amount of interviews and several acceptances to dream programs. He selected Tulane and hopes to pursue a top trauma surgery or emergency medicine program afterwards.
After completing the program, Michael reapplied confidently and received over 2x the standard amount of interviews and several acceptances to dream programs. He selected Tulane and hopes to pursue a top trauma surgery or emergency medicine program afterwards.
Role:
Julien is Asclepius's Chief Executive Officer. His duties include business operations, application edit coaching, and professional discernment.
Current Activities:
Julien is a 2029 JD candidate. His legal interests are biotechnology law, federal insurance policy, and entity formation.
He is an 10+ year advocate for ultrarare genetic disease (AGU) and gene therapy development with Rare Trait Hope Fund.
In his spare time, Julien organizes trivia, cooks Cajun delicacies, and trains in jiu-jitsu,
Background:
Born to an immigrant medical student at Tulane, Julien pursued pre-med at Whitman College. After studying the physician job market more closely, he transitioned to pre-law and foreign culture studies. He graduated with a BA in German Studies and a minor in Politics.
Julien is Asclepius's Chief Executive Officer. His duties include business operations, application edit coaching, and professional discernment.
Current Activities:
Julien is a 2029 JD candidate. His legal interests are biotechnology law, federal insurance policy, and entity formation.
He is an 10+ year advocate for ultrarare genetic disease (AGU) and gene therapy development with Rare Trait Hope Fund.
In his spare time, Julien organizes trivia, cooks Cajun delicacies, and trains in jiu-jitsu,
Background:
Born to an immigrant medical student at Tulane, Julien pursued pre-med at Whitman College. After studying the physician job market more closely, he transitioned to pre-law and foreign culture studies. He graduated with a BA in German Studies and a minor in Politics.
Julien got his start with medical apps with family members and friends. Over several years, he has engaged with domestic and international candidates from a variety of backgrounds and GPA/MCAT to pursue and attend dream programs. His experience is the origin of one of Asclepius's kernels of wisdom: "The most diverse thing is the individual."
Julien applied in the 2024-25 JD cycle, but was dissatisfied with his cycle results and decided to reapply for 2025-26. He is already fielding great interest from top programs and looks forward to helping others with their own law journeys.
Julien applied in the 2024-25 JD cycle, but was dissatisfied with his cycle results and decided to reapply for 2025-26. He is already fielding great interest from top programs and looks forward to helping others with their own law journeys.