secondaries

After reading through the Letter Requirements for many DO schools, I've noticed that some of them point out that they require at least two letters of Recommendation: either 2 from science professors and 1 from a physician, or a committee letter and a physician. The DO I shadowed sent his letter...

For many secondaries, prompts asking about a time you failed or a challenge you overcame are quite common. I was wondering if it was okay to use academic failures from high school (such as failing everything freshman year of high school and being expelled then having to go to another school and...

Starting a bit early, but since UTDell starts offering secondaries in June, I figured why not. School: Secondary/Interview/Accep/Rejec: Notification date: Method of notification: Residency: TMDSAS/AMCAS mail-out date: Application complete date: GPA (science, overall) MCAT (Bio/Phys/CARS/Psysoc):

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Applying to medical school is a long, grueling process. Every single component of the application matters. However, it’s your secondaries that can have a big impact on getting your foot into the interview door. Here are some tips on how to strategize your secondary essays. Timeline Strategy...

It’s no secret that the medical school application process is a long and difficult road. Applying to medical school can take from nine months, up to a year! So when should you begin? How does the process work? To start off SDN’s Admissions Prep week, here’s an outline of the 3 main phases of...

If you get a speeding ticket (not a misdemeanor) after your primary has been verified and you've submitted all your secondaries, how should you proceed? Inform each school? Inform AMCAS?

Hi I applied to University of Arizona Tuscon, Phoenix, and Scottsdale Mayo Medical and received secondaries to all of them. I wasn't really expecting to get into medical school this round (ehich is why I only applied to 3) and I'm surprised medical schools bothered with my application at all...

Yes, another thread asking for advice about what to write for those secondary diversity essays... In terms of demographics, I'm nothing special (22, white, female, middle class, parents still married, grew up in suburbia). I've brainstormed a few topics, but I'm not feeling too compelled about...

I am an author in an article that was recently accepted for publication. However, the date of publication is TBD right now. One of my secondaries asks for any updated info and I thought this would be a good one to add. Does anyone know how I can cite this accepted but unpublished article?

OK so, I finished most of my secondaries and I had one of those thoughts. So... IDK if you've ever heard of this but I went to one of the UCs for undergrad and they have a thing where they admit some students through a program where you do your first semester of college technically in the...

Should I talk about my cultural competency and family like this in my secondaries about diversity? Am I answering the question convincingly? @Goro has said that the goal of diversity is to write about what makes you cool, unique, different, not necessarily about your socioeconomic background...

Hi, Sorry for beating a dead horse--seen plenty of posts regarding the "diversity question" but I find myself coming up short. Here are my ideas--I was wondering if someone could tell me if they're crazy or work at all. (Btw am 22 year old white female, grad 2016, just completed "service year")...

So, I'm having quite a hard time writing the notorious biggest obstacle I've faced secondary. I was born in Eastern Europe and have moved quite a few times in my life, and while these moves were not easy, I don't think I can write a good essay about it, especially since I've talked about moving...

Hey, so I'm wondering others' opinions on a topic I'm considering writing on for some of the 'additional comments' sections of secondaries. Essentially, I'm a Bio major and English minor, and my science GPA is a 3.7 from mostly A/A-'s, however, my cumulative GPA is a 3.6 because I found my...

So I'm a little more than halfway done with my slate of secondaries, and I've noticed that I've been switching back and forth between two "challenge" essays I've prewritten from school to school depending on how I'm feeling about them at the moment. In order to streamline the process, I'm...

hey all! i'm starting to get antsy. i've turned in nearly all of my secondaries, and i've been watching the school-specific forums and seeing people get II's already. the self-doubt is seriously sinking in... what if i don't get any interviews?? how have others coped with this feeling...

I just wanted to clarify if I should list this when schools ask about my activity in study abroad stuff. I participated in a student exchange program for one semester between my own undergrad and a much more distinguished one in the northeast. I've had some people call it a "study inbroad" or...

I am in the process of working on my secondaries essays. On the question of why do you want to come to our medical school or how does their mission reflect my values, etc.... Many school always stress their focus on doing community outreach and serving the underserved populations and this is...

I want to mention an element of my PS in one of my secondaries without repeating the entire story. My phrasing will different if I assume the reader already knows what I am talking about rather than if they are hearing about this for the first time.

Hi, I'm taking my MCAT on August 24th (late i know but mostly focused on DO). I heard schools won't look at your app till your MCAT scores are in, so I will most likely submit my application in the last week of August. Question- does that mean I won't need to have my recommendation letters in...

So I am a re-applicant, and I had two questions: 1. For schools I previously applied to: If the school asks the "additional information," or "is there anything else you would like the Committee to know," question, would this be a good place to talk about how I improved my application (in my...

I wrote a few essays for a few different schools and had my friends whoa re also applying look over them and got positive feedback with some minor edits. I then sent the essays to my mother who vehemently disliked two of the ones I thought were pretty good. Would anyone be willing to look over...

[Shortened] My questions: Do I obtain this letter myself & upload it to the secondary (as one school has implied)? Do I have the school submit the letter to AMCAS, then forward it to each school? (& will this letter count towards my letter limit at the school?) Who actually has to write this...

Hello everyone! I'm currently working on my secondaries for Pritzker and I'm pretty far under the word count (~250/ 550). While I've seen similar threads in which applicants were advised "quality over quantity" but I don't have many people to assess whether my essays are quality enough...

Especially on shorter secondaries. Do you guys like them? Or do you often end up rolling your eyes at them? I sort of just want to get straight to the point with my secondaries, but I get that may not be super engaging or enjoyable to read.

So unfortunately, I have already submitted a couple secondary applications before reading that these schools DO NOT accept online courses for pre-requisites (University of Miami Miller and John's Hopkins). All but one of my pre-reqs have been satisfied through AP or through in-person...

Just looking for some general advice on writing secondaries. If there is already some big thread about it, will someone please post the link? I couldn't find it. Looking for: What to never say/topics to never touch What makes a good passion/adversity/diversity/advocacy essay Do they want us to...

Hey all. I've been getting started on my secondaries and we all know the famous "diversity question". Wondering if anyone can give insight about how wise it would be to talk about the intricacies of growing up a gay guy in a family with strong religious and eastern asian cultural values? Could...

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Hi guys! I was just wondering everyone's opinion on how much one should change their secondary answers based on how conservative the school is? I am quite liberal and so many of my secondary answers include life stories, volunteering etc that is of a more liberal mind (eg volunteering at...

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I realized that I cleared my spam folder this morning without looking at it (about 80 messages). Obviously secondaries are just starting to go out, but I noticed some comments in years past about secondaries ending up in their spam folder (I have Gmail, by the way). I can't tell if that is no...

Regarding the question that a lot of secondaries have that says something along the lines of "if there's any additional information that you would like us to know, please write about it here" - I know this is where a lot of people will write about any dips or fluctuations in their GPA. Would...

Hello all, long time lurker on these forums. -I was just wondering where secondaries get sent to. Is it just our email that we used for AMCAS? I haven't been sent any emails from any schools or anything, I believe I clicked do not advertise to me on my MCAT. -When are secondaries getting sent...

Some schools ask to explain any fluctuations in my academic record or provide them with additional information. I got a 511 the first time I took my MCAT, improved it to a 522 the second time. I think I didn't do so well the first time because I studied really hard to get a good grade, and ended...

Has anybody received secondary applications yet? I have applied to 30+ schools and I worry that I am going to receive all secondaries at once and not be able to complete them all. Does anybody know the earliest possible day that people have received them in the past? Does anybody know how soon...

Anyone else stressing hard over these or am I overthinking them? How heavily are these weighed by schools? It really annoys me how we have to complete these before being able to submit to certain schools :/ My main application is literally waiting to be submitted

I'm looking through old essay prompts for the schools I'm applying to just to try to get a jump on things, and some of the questions are pretty straightforward but a lot of them are really open-ended and I'm not sure where to go with them. Are there any things we should avoid talking about? Is...