Straight answers, from a doctor who'll put his name on them.

I'm Jonathan Kelley, DO — an emergency medicine physician in Phoenix, and the person behind everything you'll read here.

I built Preceptorly, I write and review the content, and my name is on it. Not a content team, and not an anonymous "admissions expert" — just a physician who's accountable for what you read.

Why I built this

I've spent a lot of time teaching medical students at Midwestern, mostly procedural skills and ultrasound. Precepting is just the word for the doctor who shows you the ropes, and it's honestly my favorite part of the job. I like helping the people who are a few steps behind me on the path.

Over time I kept noticing the same problem: premeds have almost nowhere to get an honest answer. The internet is full of invented "acceptance odds," stats with no source, and companies happy to tell an anxious 21-year-old a "percent chance of getting in" that nobody can actually calculate.

That never sat right with me. These are good people making a big, stressful decision, and they deserve straight information — not guesswork dressed up as fact.

So I built the tool I wish they had. Something that tells you where you actually stand, points you toward what matters, and is honest about what it doesn't know. No fake odds. No made-up numbers. No promises I can't keep.

What "Reviewed by Jonathan Kelley, DO" means

Every guide and every school page here has a real byline and a "last reviewed" date. When you see my name on something, it means I held it to one simple test:

Would I put my name on this and hand it to my own student?

If not, it doesn't go up. If a number can't be traced to a school's own official data, it's not on the page. If a stat is out of date, we date it and fix it. And if we get something wrong, we correct it quickly and in the open — here's exactly how we source and check everything. That page is the standard the whole site is held to.

A little about me

• ·Jonathan Kelley, DO — emergency medicine physician
• ·I work full-time in the ER in Phoenix with HonorHealth, and I'm the medical director for two of HonorHealth's emergency departments
• ·Medical school: Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ (Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine)
• ·Residency: emergency medicine at Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix
• ·About four years out of residency, and still on the floor every week
• ·I teach at Midwestern — mostly procedural skills and ultrasound
• ·Founder of Preceptorly

I'm earlier in my career than a lot of people who sell admissions advice, and I think that's a good thing. I'm a working doctor who still remembers this process clearly, still teaches, and built this to be the honest resource I'd want my own students to have.

The lines I don't cross

Short version — the full Editorial Standards has the details:

• ✓I never invent a number. No fabricated stats, success rates, or user counts.
• ✓I never give admission odds. No honest tool can, and anyone who claims to is selling you something.
• ✓I never write your essays. I'll push your thinking, but the words stay yours.
• ✓I never fake a testimonial or a screenshot.
• ✓I never promise you'll get in. I help you prepare and see clearly — nobody can honestly guarantee the rest.

Find a mistake? Tell me.

I'd rather fix something than be right. If you spot a figure that looks off — a stat that doesn't match a school's own page, a broken source, anything — email me at jon@preceptorly.ai and I'll check it against the original source and correct it if you're right.