secondaries amcas

Hello! I had some questions for how to go about answering secondaries. Is it bad if I reuse activities I have mentioned in my activities list/personal statement in these secondary questions? I would go into more detail or include another situation/story but will it look bad? For ones like this...

Hi y'all! Albany's secondary is "Tell us about a community with which you identify and how you are involved with it," and I was wondering if I could talk about being a part of the mystery shopping community? I know it is completely unrelated to medicine and kind of left field, but it was one of...

Here is the basis of my diversity essay. Please provide any feedback, thank you guys so much for helping, I truly do appreciate it! My essay talks about how growing up as an immigrant shaped who I am. I moved around a lot and had to learn how to connect with people even when I felt out of...

Hello everyone, I'm currently working on pre-writing my diversity secondaries and would greatly appreciate some thoughts on my considered topics: 1. I have been a classically trained amateur pianist since I was 5 years old, and since then, music has been a huge part of my life. Throughout...

I am currently working on pre-writing some of the common secondary essays (to use as a template to build from). I had an idea for the diversity essay and the adversity (and possibly challenge) essay. Could someone let me know their thoughts on these topics I was thinking of using? Diversity: 1...

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...

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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...