2020-2021 Medical College of Wisconsin

[TheDataKing]

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Good luck to everyone applying!

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[Severedbox53]

Does anyone have any ideas about the Why Us essay?

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

Does anyone have any ideas about the Why Us essay?

Look through their website and find stuff that interests you.

 

[deleted1040408]

Question about the "I have overcome a significant hardship" checkbox. Would overcoming a speech impediment count for this question?

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

Question about the "I have overcome a significant hardship" checkbox. Would overcoming a speech impediment count for this question?

Sounds more like a challenge/adversity essay than a challenge. Not a hardship. I personally wouldn’t

 

[deleted1040408]

Sounds more like a challenge/adversity essay than a challenge. Not a hardship. I personally wouldn’t

MCW doesn't have a challenge/adversity, just "significant hardship." So just leave that one blank in your opinion?

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

MCW doesn't have a challenge/adversity, just "significant hardship." So just leave that one blank in your opinion?

Yes, leave it blank.

 

[RobotApplicantBender]

What are the prompts for MCW?

 

[deleted1039724]

What are the prompts for MCW?

have they been released yet?

 

[Bada Bing]

have they been released yet?

I haven't had any communication from them. I expect next week will be crazy with secondaries

 

[sputniksweetheart]

secondary received! @TheDataKing

Explain how your unique background, identity, interests, or talents will contribute to the MCW learning community and how MCW will uniquely prepare you for your future goals.

Recount a time when you made a decision you regret. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?


regional campus essays

Describe your motivation for pursuing a primary care focused, community-based medical education program. Focus on how a MCW regional campus educational experience will prepare you for your unique future career in medicine. Include the influence of key experiences with rural or medically under-served communities.

Describe the community in which you envision yourself ultimately living and practicing medicine. Address the benefits and challenges of life in your specified community.

 

[GroundDigger]

secondary received!

Explain how your unique background, identity, interests, or talents will contribute to the MCW learning community and how MCW will uniquely prepare you for your future goals.

Recount a time when you made a decision you regret. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?


regional campus essays

Describe your motivation for pursuing a primary care focused, community-based medical education program. Focus on how a MCW regional campus educational experience will prepare you for your unique future career in medicine. Include the influence of key experiences with rural or medically under-served communities.

Describe the community in which you envision yourself ultimately living and practicing medicine. Address the benefits and challenges of life in your specified community.

Word/character count?

 

[sputniksweetheart]

Word/character count?

each 2000 characters

 

[lysine1234]

secondary received! @TheDataKing

Explain how your unique background, identity, interests, or talents will contribute to the MCW learning community and how MCW will uniquely prepare you for your future goals.

Recount a time when you made a decision you regret. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?


regional campus essays

Describe your motivation for pursuing a primary care focused, community-based medical education program. Focus on how a MCW regional campus educational experience will prepare you for your unique future career in medicine. Include the influence of key experiences with rural or medically under-served communities.

Describe the community in which you envision yourself ultimately living and practicing medicine. Address the benefits and challenges of life in your specified community.

is the second prompt recount a time when you failed or made a decision you regret? I prewrote for failure so wanna be sure before I scrap it...yikes

 

[sputniksweetheart]

is the second prompt recount a time when you failed or made a decision you regret? I prewrote for failure so wanna be sure before I scrap it...yikes

the second prompt is "regret."

 

[GameOfZones]

is the second prompt recount a time when you failed or made a decision you regret? I prewrote for failure so wanna be sure before I scrap it...yikes

Same. Yeah I also prewrote for failure because last year's prompt had that. But based on the wording of this year's prompt I think I'm gonna have to rewrite or seriously modify my existing essay.

I guess you could say I regret prewriting it like that. Smh

 

[vroom14]

OOS secondary received last night. was in my spam folder

 

[sputniksweetheart]

for the regret, are you guys writing about something more personal, or professional?

 

[SiberianIris]

for the regret, are you guys writing about something more personal, or professional?

I'm doing a professional one, but I think it's open ended enough you could have it work either way

 

[luluwild]

I'm doing a professional one, but I think it's open ended enough you could have it work either way

Professional as well

 

[deleted964256]

thinking about writing about my IA for a decision I regret and what I learned from it. would y'all rec to stay away from talking about an IA? i def regret it and learned a lot from it lol

 

[SiberianIris]

thinking about writing about my IA for a decision I regret and what I learned from it. would y'all rec to stay away from talking about an IA? i def regret it and learned a lot from it lol

I think it's probably best to stay away from emphasizing it more. I think the essay would probably be good but you want to stay away from being remembered as "the one with the IA"

 

[deleted964256]

I think it's probably best to stay away from emphasizing it more. I think the essay would probably be good but you want to stay away from being remembered as "the one with the IA"

after some research i think you’re right. might as well to try to find something else i regret haha

 

[luluwild]

So I took Ca$per in May and their website says that it has been delivered to all the schools I selection, but my application status on the MCW secondary site says it hasn't been received... This happening to anyone else??

 

[theoriginalyaga]

secondary received! OOS.

 

[beefeedflowermix]

So I took Ca$per in May and their website says that it has been delivered to all the schools I selection, but my application status on the MCW secondary site says it hasn't been received... This happening to anyone else??

Same here, something similar happened with a different school and it showed up as complete after I submitted, so I wouldnt worry too much yet

 

[AegonTargaryenVI]

Does the Dean's Form have to be filled out even if we didn't matriculate at a med school previously and didn't have any disciplinary actions taken against us?

looking at past years' threads the status for that form goes away once you hit submit, so no if you didn't have either of those situations you don't need to fill it out.

 

[TabbyTuxy]

OOS, secondary was in my spam folder July 12.

 

[dindjarin87]

OOS, secondary was in my spam folder July 12.

Add the email to your contact list! I've been doing this to try and avoid pertinent messages landing in my spam.

 

[DrLlamaCake]

Here I was sitting confused why I didn’t get a secondary....turns out, MCW sent the invitation to the school email I used TWO YEARS AGO when I first applied. I in no way linked this application to that old email, good thing I still have access to it

 

[GameOfZones]

Add the email to your contact list! I've been doing this to try and avoid pertinent messages landing in my spam.

Better yet, set up a filter so that any emails that are defined as spam still show up in your inbox. i did this with my gmail account. i do get other junk showing up in my inbox as a result, but its better than constantly checking the spam folder to see if you missed anything

 

[Med16484]

Might be a stupid question lol but which campus is their main one?

 

[Hellogoodbye90]

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Might be a stupid question lol but which campus is their main one?

Milwaukee I’m pretty sure. Does anyone know what the regional campus is?

 

[premed1996]

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Milwaukee I’m pretty sure. Does anyone know what the regional campus is?

Green bay and central wisconsin

 

[ParaMagic1]

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Milwaukee I’m pretty sure. Does anyone know what the regional campus is?

Might be a stupid question lol but which campus is their main one?

Milwaukee (actually Wauwatosa if you want to be specific).

Regional: Green Bay and Central Wi (Wausau)

 

[Med16484]

So I took Ca$per in May and their website says that it has been delivered to all the schools I selection, but my application status on the MCW secondary site says it hasn't been received... This happening to anyone else??

Happening to me, I'll give it a few days before contacting them

 

[thegreatdalmuti]

Same. Yeah I also prewrote for failure because last year's prompt had that. But based on the wording of this year's prompt I think I'm gonna have to rewrite or seriously modify my existing essay.

I guess you could say I regret prewriting it like that. Smh

So I just realized the prompts were not the same and also pre-wrote my secondary on last year's prompt and (unfortunately) wrote about a failure. I submitted mine yesterday. This is probably a rejection because I didn't answer the question, do you think? sad times

 

[AegonTargaryenVI]

So I just realized the prompts were not the same and also pre-wrote my secondary on last year's prompt and (unfortunately) wrote about a failure. I submitted mine yesterday. This is probably a rejection because I didn't answer the question, do you think? sad times

Was it a decision that led to a failure? I had mine pre-written as a failure essay too but I shifted the wording a bit so I make it clear I made a poor decision a regretful one and that happened to result in a failure. Don't get why they tweaked it randomly

 

[2021Hope]

No secondary for me. My MCAT is this Saturday, does anyone know if they require the MCAT prior to sending secondaries this cycle?

 

[lumya]

Anyone just applying to the Milwaukee campus? My entire app is all about urban health and I feel like it would be kinda disingenuous to write about experiences with rural communities for the regional campus essays, but also don't want to make it look like I'm trying to avoid doing the other two essays.

 

[premed1996]

No secondary for me. My MCAT is this Saturday, does anyone know if they require the MCAT prior to sending secondaries this cycle?

I dont take the MCAT until August and I got mine on Saturday! Hang in there, im sure its coming

 

[deleted1009115]

Anyone just applying to the Milwaukee campus? My entire app is all about urban health and I feel like it would be kinda disingenuous to write about experiences with rural communities for the regional campus essays, but also don't want to make it look like I'm trying to avoid doing the other two essays.

I’m just applying to Milwaukee. I have rural connections, but not in Wisconsin, and I’m not super interested in their three-year programs. There are plenty of reasons someone would just apply to the main campus!

 

[MisterMukwa]

Anyone just applying to the Milwaukee campus? My entire app is all about urban health and I feel like it would be kinda disingenuous to write about experiences with rural communities for the regional campus essays, but also don't want to make it look like I'm trying to avoid doing the other two essays.

I'm only applying to Milwaukee, and I grew up in a rural background in the midwest. Don't worry about it.

 

[luluwild]

Was it a decision that led to a failure? I had mine pre-written as a failure essay too but I shifted the wording a bit so I make it clear I made a poor decision a regretful one and that happened to result in a failure. Don't get why they tweaked it randomly

I did the same thing! Changed it to a decision that I regretted that resulted in a failure.

 

[luluwild]

Happening to me, I'll give it a few days before contacting them

Let me know what you hear if you do contact them. Just checked mine again and still no update of my casper score

 

[Tirade]

Let me know what you hear if you do contact them. Just checked mine again and still no update of my casper score

+1. I’m guessing it will take a couple more days

 

[ParaMagic1]

In state,
Secondary received: 7/13
Submitted: 7/13
Marked complete: 7/14

 

[nettiktac]

Received a secondary today, OOS with no MCAT yet, so it seems like they are sending them to people without MCAT scores. I'm also under the 90 credit minimum requirement as of right now.

My portal also says that they have not received my CASPer yet but the CASPer site said results were delivered so that seems to be a widespread issue.

 

[eatfresh]

Received a secondary today, OOS with no MCAT yet, so it seems like they are sending them to people without MCAT scores. I'm also under the 90 credit minimum requirement as of right now.

My portal also says that they have not received my CASPer yet but the CASPer site said results were delivered so that seems to be a widespread issue.

Yea I contacted them about that CASPer issue, because I already took the CASPer test on June 4, but it wasn't appearing in my portal. I emailed them about this discrepancy and they were able to fix the issue and show my score as received on my portal.

 

[deleted1058452]

Received a secondary today, OOS with no MCAT yet, so it seems like they are sending them to people without MCAT scores. I'm also under the 90 credit minimum requirement as of right now.

My portal also says that they have not received my CASPer yet but the CASPer site said results were delivered so that seems to be a widespread issue.

I think they have to retrieve it or something because RWJMS does something similar where they match your Casper score to your app after submission