secondary application

Make sure your secondary writing time is uninterrupted. First and foremost, congratulations on having pummeled through the past few years as a premed, beasting the MCAT, shadowing in hospitals, doing research, volunteering about a bagillion hours, and successfully submitting your primary...

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So on one of the secondary applications, the question states "briefly describe why you wish to enroll at the University of ***" and I'm having a tough timing answering the question. It's research-oriented (which isn't really my strong suit) and one of the top pediatric programs in the county...

Take your time and do your best. Since the number of secondary applications that you receive can be overwhelming, you may be tempted to take a few shortcuts. Some shortcuts are warranted while others are just too risky to consider using. To ensure that you are one of the “lucky” few who receive...

Just a quick reminder that our webinar on secondary essay strategies, Secondary Application Strategies for Essays That Score Interviews, will air live next Wednesday. There’s still time to register – sign up today! Who: Med school applicants who want a leg up on their secondaries When...

Hey all! I'm currently working on my secondary application for USUHS and was wondering if anyone affiliated with military medicine could read through it and give me some feedback. I appreciate it. Thank you!

Long-time lurker but first-time poster here. I was hoping to get some feedback about an idea for my diversity essay. I'm not part of any UR group, come from a middle-class background, parents are immigrants from Asia, I'm heterosexual, etc. so no potentials on that front. Other potentially...

Think your photography skills aren't important? Think again! Many medical schools include an “optional” essay in their secondary applications. Obviously, this “optional” essay is not required. The essay prompt sometimes emphasizes this point. Often, it will include the stipulation that you...

Hello all, I recently have been inundated with secondary applications and I have quick question. I have come across various essays that ask me to explain a challenging experience and how I overcame it. I have went through an illness during my sophomore year of undergrad that hurt my grades...

Revise, revise, revise! As you start to work on your secondaries, one of the things that will become clearer and clearer is that you’re working within some VERY tight character limits! How can you build on the character-count-wizardry you got going during your primary app? We have some tips...

Hey everyone, So I'm currently registered to take my MCAT on July 22nd, but I can barely score anything above a 500 on my practice tests. My advisor told me I should push back my test to August 20th so I have time to improve my score, and still apply this year,but I also don't want to apply so...

Received a secondary app from WashU; one of the questions asked me to describe a time when I failed or was unsuccessful. My two initial ideas were either to write about the extensive difficulties I had in lab trying to get my experiment off the ground, or to write about an experience I had in...

I pretty much have only seen people talking about getting passport-type photos... But I am planning on just uploading a selfie of me at work in which I am smiling. Looks friendly and recognizable. Also, 330 kb. Any reason not to do it? There is nothing professional about it, and even quality...