According to the U.S. News and World Report, UCDSOM is ranked #37 for primary care and #47 for research. This medical school campus is unique in that they have seven student-run clinics: Paul Hom Asian Clinic, Clinica Tepati, Imani Clinic, Shifa Clinic, Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic, Bayanihan...
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Temple University has several campus locations in Pennsylvania. The school emphasizes hands-on, collaborative learning, community service, and the intersection between research and clinical care. It is one of the top ranked research-oriented schools. Temple also features a “simulation center”...
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I am struggling with what to write for my proudest accomplishment:
1) my MCAT score
2) Graduating Summa Cum Laude
3) My upcoming marriage
4) A bodybuilding competition that I won after months of training
I feel that 1 and 2 are generic and will not help me stand out. But I worry about...
Ranked in the top ten for research, Yale School of Medicine requires that each student complete a thesis, based on their own research interests, to graduate. For this purpose, the first two years of the curriculum are flexible and student-directed. Based on the school’s goals as well as their...
Quick reminder! We’re hosting our annual, 1-hour webinar, Secondary Application Strategies for Essays That Score Interviews, on Wednesday, July 20th at 5pm PT/8pm ET. The webinar is free, but registration is required. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to highlight your competitive...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Please don't quote if possible. Just edited this down a bit but I'd still like to protect my anonymity. Also sorry for the millionth post of this kind, but I didn't want to stick my personal story into someone else's thread and my story is pretty specific to me.
So I won't be applying until...
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Just got my secondary from Geisel today (pre-verification!) and of course, the first thing I did was peruse SDN for tips, and found that they really like non-trad / quirky students.
I need help with my "additional info" essay.
I'm currently an international student, undergrad at a...
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I've heard differing opinions on whether it's appropriate or not to write about pre-adolescence/adult events for your adversity essay? I understand to stay away from early-childhood events. But what about childhood and onwards?
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Edit: Consensus...
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I will be out of the country from July 3-July 19th without electricity or access to my email. My application was verified June 8th. Will this mess up my timeline of applying early if I am unable to submit or write secondaries during this time? When do secondaries typically arrive?
So I'm perusing through the supplemental applications of the schools for which I've submitted my primary and I notice a lot of questions that I very clearly and specifically addressed in my work/activities. For example, I'm working on one supplemental that asks:
" Are you currently volunteering...
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I'm planning out my secondaries and I know that one of the common questions is concerning the biggest challenge you have faced.
In high school I was raped and struggled for years to come to terms with the trauma that occurred to me. I sought out therapy, got an emotional support dog...
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