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Hello fellow stressed out pre-meds, I have been pulling hairs ever since I received an email from the physician I have been working with that he finally finished my LoR, and he insisted that he made it a strong letter. I really want to submit it to the schools I've already sent and got...

Hi I had a question about the challenge secondary prompt. I had quite a bit of a rough time in college with my grades and a a couple of C's and a withdrawal. I know it's no excuse, but I'm a first gen, low SES, also had to work a bit in during COVID which was difficult to improve on my grades...

Hi everyone! I've been struggling to come up with good topics for the diversity essay. I have three possible ones and would love your advice about whether they could work. 1) I've done mountaineering at a fairly high level throughout college. I can talk about taking responsibility, verbal and...

Listen to this episode wherever you get your favorite podcasts, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Summary In this episode, Linda Abraham discusses successful secondary applications for medical school. She highlights the key differences between primary and secondary applications and...

Hello! I got my MCAT score today and I got a 511 (82 percentile;128/127/127/128), however I anticipated a higher score and am now in the position of having to retake my MCAT (unless someone here advises against that). I was aiming for any MD acceptance with some sort of merit scholarship...

The prompt is: What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced? What have you learned from your experiences? edited so I don't dox myself. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hello Everyone I have read it is advised to turn around secondaries two weeks after getting them. This is quite hard, and I am not a great writer. Knowing that I am applying to 30 medical schools and that I can always add more medical schools, I was considering adding medical schools in stages...