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Anyone else feeling this already?


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Hahaha yes. 2 down for me......??? How many to go.
 
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Nope.
 
I do. I just want to get this over with already. 3 down and quite a bit left to go.
 
No, because I'm still waiting for my DO letter writer to write the damn letter :(
 
Nope. Look at them and have no desire. Have a 3 day weekend coming up, keep telling myself that those are the days! Still waiting on a DO to shadow, time to start personally visiting offices. Also waiting on my pre-med committee, they said the letter will be done "within a few weeks". So I'm not the only thing holding myself back!
 
NeuroLAX said:
:rolleyes: This is how I was. You have quite a bit on your plate!
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Yea, my plan is to write most of them this weekend. It's supposed to be 108 degrees outside so I won't be leaving my apartment for any reason whatsoever.
 
Night Hawk said:
This, if only med school applications were tax deductable lol
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This. So much this.

But ya, I just want to get all of these secondaries in ASAP so don't have to look at another prompt for at least (?) a few months.
 
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HalfListic said:
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While I'd be lying if I said I don't want more, those essays are kicking my butt! It takes me so very long to write anything on them and it always sounds like crap to me. I am NOT good at writing. lol
 
MedPR said:
Yea, my plan is to write most of them this weekend. It's supposed to be 108 degrees outside so I won't be leaving my apartment for any reason whatsoever.
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Sheesh, where do you live? I'm in southern Utah right by Arizona and it's been triple digits every day for the past few weeks. Summer has started.
 
dudeliness said:
While I'd be lying if I said I don't want more, those essays are kicking my butt! It takes me so very long to write anything on them and it always sounds like crap to me. I am NOT good at writing. lol
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haha, I hear ya. I don't enjoy it either. I had a lot pre written so now I just have a bunch of paragraphs that I mix and match for the different essays...

I am very ready for the essays to be done with and the interview season to begin!

I think Im going to rent an aston martin to drive to each interview. Then, when I arrive to the school, I can speed up to the front doors and do some donuts in the parking lot for a few minutes, so they can see what they're getting with choosing me. I bet they'll be pretty impressed ...
 
HalfListic said:
haha, I hear ya. I don't enjoy it either. I had a lot pre written so now I just have a bunch of paragraphs that I mix and match for the different essays...

I am very ready for the essays to be done with and the interview season to begin!

I think Im going to rent an aston martin to drive to each interview. Then, when I arrive to the school, I can speed up to the front doors and do some donuts in the parking lot for a few minutes, so they can see what they're getting with choosing me. I bet they'll be pretty impressed ...
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Hahaha yes! Show up in a white tux too...
 
Only thing that would make that suit better is a cain.
 
What schools have released their secondaries besides the A.T. Stills?
 
Im done with the two I've got. Anxiously checking emails every hour or so for any more....ugh. On the bright side I'm going to look at suits for interview season!
 
hopefulMD9 said:
Im done with the two I've got. Anxiously checking emails every hour or so for any more....ugh. On the bright side I'm going to look at suits for interview season!
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Nice! New suits are da bomb! I already got my interview suit so I have no fun activities to look forward to besides secondary essays
 
dudeliness said:
Nice! New suits are da bomb! I already got my interview suit so I have no fun activities to look forward to besides secondary essays
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Getting the secondaries is definitely a rush....filling them out is another story haha
 
For those of you who are having trouble with secondaries, I would focus on the secondaries by WesternU at Pomona. They have 4 essays and overall, they pretty much cover everything. I have been making small tweaks to their secondary essays for nearly every other school's secondary.

ex.
-Why our school?
-Why DO?
-Experience serving underprivileged areas?
 
michow87 said:
For those of you who are having trouble with secondaries, I would focus on the secondaries by WesternU at Pomona. They have 4 essays and overall, they pretty much cover everything. I have been making small tweaks to their secondary essays for nearly every other school's secondary.

ex.
-Why our school?
-Why DO?
-Experience serving underprivileged areas?
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You received their secondary already?
 
ddd15 said:
Is the secondary for MSU the same as last year?
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Yes...did your heels in! Its a beast...

(to be more accurate, I dont know for sure what last years was, but its the same as whats been posted on SDN in other threads)
 
dudeliness said:
Sheesh, where do you live? I'm in southern Utah right by Arizona and it's been triple digits every day for the past few weeks. Summer has started.
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St. Louis, Missouri! Heatwave this week apparently. It was 109 today :thumbdown:

michow87 said:
For those of you who are having trouble with secondaries, I would focus on the secondaries by WesternU at Pomona. They have 4 essays and overall, they pretty much cover everything. I have been making small tweaks to their secondary essays for nearly every other school's secondary.

ex.
-Why our school?
-Why DO?
-Experience serving underprivileged areas?
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Thanks for that. I'll start there :)

HalfListic said:
Yes...did your heels in! Its a beast...

(to be more accurate, I dont know for sure what last years was, but its the same as whats been posted on SDN in other threads)
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Ha, sucks for all you MSU applicant ;)
 
MedPR said:
Ha, sucks for all you MSU applicant ;)
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For real! I actually decided not to apply here because of the evaluation forms I'd have to get my letter writers to fill out. Coupled with the 80K tuition = not worth it. Plenty of other great schools.
 
HalfListic said:
For real! I actually decided not to apply here because of the evaluation forms I'd have to get my letter writers to fill out. Coupled with the 80K tuition = not worth it. Plenty of other great schools.
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Yeah I couldn't make up my mind if it was worth it or not so I ended up applying. Hopefully I didn't waste $32 and don't even fill out the secondary. Lol
 
dudeliness said:
Yeah I couldn't make up my mind if it was worth it or not so I ended up applying. Hopefully I didn't waste $32 and don't even fill out the secondary. Lol
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Wasting $32 is better than wasting the secondary fee.. and better than wasting the ~30-40k difference in tuition per year.
 
MedPR said:
Wasting $32 is better than wasting the secondary fee.. and better than wasting the ~30-40k difference in tuition per year.
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Yeah but I'd also rather pay the secondary fee and waste ~30k per year in tuition if that was the only school that accepted me this cycle just so I wouldn't have to apply another cycle. Lol
 
dudeliness said:
Yeah but I'd also rather pay the secondary fee and waste ~30k per year in tuition if that was the only school that accepted me this cycle just so I wouldn't have to apply another cycle. Lol
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I'd be surprised an OOS got into MSU and nowhere else. Not like it's easy to get into MSU.
 
MedPR said:
I'd be surprised an OOS got into MSU and nowhere else. Not like it's easy to get into MSU.
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Ok you got me! I was just playing devils advocate, and trying very hard to justify my $32! Ha ha ha!
 
Every time I see the title of this thread I want to say, "I know that feel bro." lol
 
dudeliness said:
Ok you got me! I was just playing devils advocate, and trying very hard to justify my $32! Ha ha ha!
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Maybe MSU will give you a nice scholarship :)
 
I see that some people already have secondaries form MSU. Does this mean if your app is released already but you don't have a secondary yet that MSU isn't going to send one and that you are rejected?
 
PAStudentCanada said:
I see that some people already have secondaries form MSU. Does this mean if your app is released already but you don't have a secondary yet that MSU isn't going to send one and that you are rejected?
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Yes


JK, no...while I always act anxious and ready to move to the next step, its mostly in jest...this is a long process. We'll be getting secondaries for weeks so sit back, pre-write and go golf or something. You should know if you hit the minimum cutoffs for Amy given school and that's all a secondary usually is. ;)
 
HalfListic said:
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JK, no...while I always act anxious and ready to move to the next step, its mostly in jest...this is a long process. We'll be getting secondaries for weeks so sit back, pre-write and go golf or something. You should know if you hit the minimum cutoffs for Amy given school and that's all a secondary usually is. ;)
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Thanks. :)
 
dudeliness said:
Every time I see the title of this thread I want to say, "I know that feel bro." lol
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Ahahaha. I love it when people say that.

hopefulMD9 said:
You received their secondary already?
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I am a reapplicant and for the most part, secondary essays don't change from year to year. You can easily go to the school specific area, check a previous year, and find the secondary that way.
 
CCOM, coming alive and sending out their secondary! Woot.

Ill update the secondary thread if it's not already
 
Anybody else have their phone hooked up to their email? Everytime I receive a new email I get pumped up thinking its another secondary....but NOPE! Just emails from banana republic or volunteer stuff ugh!
 
hopefulMD9 said:
Anybody else have their phone hooked up to their email? Everytime I receive a new email I get pumped up thinking its another secondary....but NOPE! Just emails from banana republic or volunteer stuff ugh!
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haha, yes... Or at my computer, it makes a noise when mail comes in. Instantly check every time
 
Just emailed AACOM and they said all the DO secondaries have been sent out. If you haven't gotten one, consider it a rejection.






















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