secondary app

Currently have 2 diversity essays, and I'm trying to determine which one to use. 1. Growing up in a large yet tight-knit African immigrant family and the ideals passed on to me. I have 30+ cousins, most of whom I’m really close with in proximity, some live a few minutes away from me, and we...

Regarding entering pre-requisites on a secondary application, when the school requires one or two courses but I have taken more, should I only enter the required amount or should I enter all the courses that fit within that category?

Hello Everyone! I was hoping for some insight regarding the diversity prompt and have looked through many threads and the SDN Secondary prompt website. There is considerable nuance there seems for this, and just wanted to run by the ideas with you before proceeding to get some advice or...

Hello everyone, I am working on prewriting secondaries right now but I am torn on the topic for my adversity essay. I am mostly stuck between two options. 1. Hospitalization and its aftereffects when I was a teenager. I had to be hospitalized with a serious life-threatening injury when I was a...

I received basically all my secondaries within a week of each other in mid-august - and I'll be submitting most of them (apart from the ones that had hard deadlines) mid-late september. Would it be bad that it's been more than a month? I'm working full-time at the same time.

Hi Medical School Applicants! I will be hosting office hours on Wednesday July 5 from 6-8pm PST / 9-11pm EST on our Cracking Med School Admissions website. Come prepared with your questions about secondary applications! Please note that I will not be reading essays during office hours, but if...

Hi all - I hope everyone is doing well! I am struggling on what topic to pick for my overcoming a challenge prompt. As many, I've faced so many challenges in my life and all are meaningful to me in different ways. One challenge that I struggled with a lot in college and impacted some of my...

Hi, I am currently in the process of applying for a dual degree program at the medical school I was admitted. While looking at the graduate degree (non-MD) prompts, I noticed that they were identical to the secondary questions I had previously filled out and submitted for their medical school...

I forgot to completely write all the prerequisite coursework I have taken for biology, chemistry and physics etc. in the secondaries "pre-requisitions" requirement. The courses can be found in my AMCAS transcripts, but should I email admissions to let them know which course number they are to...

Can I put down N/A?

I received seconadary invite from Reno(by invite only,???? does that mean they send invite to all applicants? I also got request from florida state(screened), louisville, louisianna. Per MSAR these schools either screen for secondary or selected applicants are sent secondaries.. What is the...

I know this has been asked before, but I have a slightly more specific question. I noticed that some schools just ask "Do you have any additional comments to add" while other schools are more specific "Do you have any additional comments to add such as X, Y, Z..." For the ones that specify...

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