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Ames980 said:
im out of state and just got the email today. maybe they only prescreen out of staters?
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Nope, they screen everyone. WldHokie submitted AMCAS June 2nd, so that might be why the secondary was received already. We'll hear soon enough.
 
Dr. Chiquita said:
Oh, quit complaining, Mr. U Mich secondary with LOR invitation. 😉 Your NW secondary is prolly in the mail. It's me who should be worried about that pre-secondary rejection.
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didn't you hear? EVERYONE gets to fill out the northwestern secondary this year. CHA-CHING$$$
 
CaMD said:
NYMC

So I just got the NYMC secondary and am trying to fill it out. I'm only submitting a letter from my undergrad committee. On the next page it keeps saying I have completed graduate classes and need to fill in names for those recommenders. The thing is, I haven't. Is this a general bug everyone's getting, or is there some mistake in my file I need to rectify?

Thanks! 👍
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yep me too. i just put in "have not completed Grad. courses" and then put N/A for all the slots except for credit hrs. where i put in 0. it accepted that.
 
University of Rochester: 7/22 snail mail
 
If you go to the link on the VCU email, the secondary is there and you can fill it out and submit it online. Hope that helps!
 
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-01/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UIll-Chicago 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
USC 7-16-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UIll-Chicago 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
USC 7-16-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
USC 7-16-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email[/QUOTE]
 
no i didnt cause i didnt apply to dartmouth, but someone on the previous page did and i was just adding 😀
 
does someone who has already gotten the northwestern secondary mind posting the essay questions (if there are any, i'm guessing there are), for those of us desperately waiting?

thanks in advance
🙂
 
calstudent said:
does someone who has already gotten the northwestern secondary mind posting the essay questions (if there are any, i'm guessing there are), for those of us desperately waiting?

thanks in advance
🙂
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NORTHWESTERN...show me love now or forever live a life of misery!!!!!!! 😡

sorry, just had to get that off my chest. yeah calstudent, that link didn't do me any good either, it basically told me to piss off
 
Hi, I was filling out the NY Medical secondary app earlier online, and ran into the same problem with the "grad" part. The form was actually giving me grief about what I entered into the "optional" section, too, as both of my reccommenders were not college-associated. At any rate, someone already answered this question, but here's an official response from NYMC:

In order to bypass the graduate school information page, you must enter ?not applicable? under all graduate school required fields and you must enter ?0? in credits earned and ?0? for course number.

SOOOOOOOOOO::

>>Is anyone having trouble getting in to their NYMC secondary???<<
Mine worked a few hours ago... Now it gives me this error page that says there's a "Parser Error." (wtf is that?!) :scared:
 
wends said:
NORTHWESTERN...show me love now or forever live a life of misery!!!!!!! 😡

sorry, just had to get that off my chest. yeah calstudent, that link didn't do me any good either, it basically told me to piss off
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That's how I felt with U Mich...it'll come....it'll come
 
DrThom, are you reapplying or did you just make a mdapplicant profile? cause when i saw the rejected pre-secondary part i kinda got scarred....if you had to reapply with your stats i might as well just drop dead now 😕
 
Am I the only one who didnt have any troubles with the NYMC? I just filled in the name of my pre-med committee and that was it pretty much. I do get the feeling that that $100 is going to be wasted... oh well...
 
Rugger81 said:
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
USC: 7-16-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
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I'm the earlier poster who got the Dartmouth secondary. It actually came via snail mail. It's not too bad. Just one essay: "Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file."
 
wends said:
DrThom, are you reapplying or did you just make a mdapplicant profile? cause when i saw the rejected pre-secondary part i kinda got scarred....if you had to reapply with your stats i might as well just drop dead now 😕
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MDapplicant profiles are messed up..just take off the word rejected... those are the schools DrTHom is applying to now, and the status of his/her secondaries.. my profile says the same thing b/c the site was intended for folks who had already matriculated at a medical school. soooo..for those of us who are applying..disregard the word "rejected" in front of all those categories.... 👍
 
I was wondering if anyone else had received the U of Wisconsin's secondary? I am a wisconsin resident and i have not received it, so i am starting to get worried :scared:
 
LRmed2003 said:
MDapplicant profiles are messed up..just take off the word rejected... those are the schools DrTHom is applying to now, and the status of his/her secondaries.. my profile says the same thing b/c the site was intended for folks who had already matriculated at a medical school. soooo..for those of us who are applying..disregard the word "rejected" in front of all those categories.... 👍
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Ah, how the grasshopper has learned....

you know, I never got to see your MDapplicants profile.
 
wiscboy said:
I was wondering if anyone else had received the U of Wisconsin's secondary? I am a wisconsin resident and i have not received it, so i am starting to get worried :scared:
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You are denied. They give auto instate interviews unless you dont meet the lower limits...7 7 8, 3.0 or something like that. Don't worry, they moved buildings and will be a little slow this year. I suggest starting on your "why do you want to be a doc" essay.
 
Ok, I am neurotic but I can't help it. Anyone else NOT hear from Northwestern today? Are you sure they aren't screening? Maybe they send those emails over a period of a few days, which is why I haven't heard anything yet?

U of Vermont has come my way though. Does anyone know if they are a screening school? Somehow it feels like I am getting more rejection from the non-screening schools than from the screeners...
 
adamj61 said:
You are denied. They give auto instate interviews unless you dont meet the lower limits...7 7 8, 3.0 or something like that. Don't worry, they moved buildings and will be a little slow this year. I suggest starting on your "why do you want to be a doc" essay.
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So, have you already received their secondary?? or is it only a select few who have?
 
anyone wanna be the bearer of bad news and break it to me that if i haven't gotten a UPitt or USC secondary by now, i'm probably not going to? I'm still trying to cling onto a thread of hope....
 
pushkin said:
Ok, I am neurotic but I can't help it. Anyone else NOT hear from Northwestern today? Are you sure they aren't screening? Maybe they send those emails over a period of a few days, which is why I haven't heard anything yet?

U of Vermont has come my way though. Does anyone know if they are a screening school? Somehow it feels like I am getting more rejection from the non-screening schools than from the screeners...
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join the club...ive heard nothing and had a tantrum ealier today 😳

lol, we'll get one dont worry....and pyra's going to post the q's when he/she gets back from work today 😍 i love pyra
 
wends said:
join the club...ive heard nothing and had a tantrum ealier today 😳

lol, we'll get one dont worry....and pyra's going to post the q's when he/she gets back from work today 😍 i love pyra
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that's great. we owe pyra.
i also haven't heard from northwestern. i am guessing, potentially, that they will send it to us (hopefully, praying) next week after they receive the first batch.
regardless, i am going to call them tomorrow AM and ask if they screen.
 
I'm pretty sure that Vermont doesn't screen
 
I didn't have any problem with the secondary either. I only had my committe letter to type in, otherwise I left all the others blank, I didn't even type in N/A, and it's not in the instructions.....sooooo......why are you guys typing that in there? Is there some secret instruction I don't know about?
 
wiscboy said:
So, have you already received their secondary?? or is it only a select few who have?
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No I haven't, but we all will, unless your app looks really bad.
 
Um, I also got the email...but I def. didn't get a secondary...and I don't see how the secondary would take 10 minutes unless they got rid of the handwritten essay that they've required since 1838...but hey...who knows...maybe I'm wrong...I just go to VCU undergrad 🙄
 
Here it is I know you all have been waiting.
And only a week to do all this!!!

* Essay #1:
We want to know more about how you came to the decision to pursue a career in medicine. If you believe your AMCAS application's "Personal Comments" essay answers this question, tell us anything more you'd like the Committee on Admissions to know about you and your career aspirations. (Limit your response to this space.)

* Essay #2:
Why do you want to attend Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine? In your answer to this question, include a direct response to the following points:
a. Describe what you have learned about our collaborative curriculum (especially the PBL and PPS segments) and why it influenced you to apply. Also comment on what you feel you can contribute to these sessions.

b. In what ways does FSM's "organ-based" approach suit your learning style? How will this approach help you learn what you need to know to be a successful physician?

c. Comment on any other specific factors that prompted you to apply to Feinberg.
(Limit your response to this space.)

* Essay #3:
Please select a), b), or c) to answer:
a. If, by the time you enter medical school, you have not been (or, will not have been) enrolled as a full-time student in a formal education program for more than 6 months at any time, please list the dates below and describe what you did (or, will be doing) during your time away from formal education.

b. If you have been enrolled in formal education and have spent a semester or more overseas, please describe what you did and its influence on your personal development.

c. If you have been enrolled in formal education but option b) does not apply to you, please describe in detail an out-of-the-classroom activity that has influenced your personal development.
(Limit your response to this space.)
 
SFMDBound said:
anyone wanna be the bearer of bad news and break it to me that if i haven't gotten a UPitt or USC secondary by now, i'm probably not going to? I'm still trying to cling onto a thread of hope....
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I just got a UPitt today. So they are still sending them out.
 
yeah pyra 😍 karma for you!

(northwestern, dont make me go over there and knock sense into you! 😡 send secondary now!)
 
Hey, How long should the temple secondary question response (Why Temple?) should be?

Thanks!
 
Does anyone know when University of Maryland starts sending out secondaries?
 
is anyone waiting to still hear from hopkins for a secondary? i heard they dont screen, but i havent got the brochure or whatever they send by snail mail either......getting worried
 
Thanks Pyra for the NW secondary essay prompts. Gives me something to think about while I'm waiting! You're the best! :clap:
 
Virginia resident here...still haven't heard from EVMS or VCU...and my stats are lil bit above their averages. (btw still waiting on NU and U Mich)
 
hi lubdubb,

i've received invites to complete secondaries from both EVMS/VCU, and i'm an out-of-stater with mediocre stats..so i'm sure you're going to hear soon

or else, try giving them a call

good luck with everything!

LUBDUBB said:
Virginia resident here...still haven't heard from EVMS or VCU...and my stats are lil bit above their averages. (btw still waiting on NU and U Mich)
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yaypoker said:
is anyone waiting to still hear from hopkins for a secondary? i heard they dont screen, but i havent got the brochure or whatever they send by snail mail either......getting worried
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Don't be worried at all. I was and I called them, and they said to just fill out the online form. Later that day the brochure came in the regular mail. It's just a shinier version of what's on their website.

Thanks pyra for those questions!
 
To those interested in the Mayo process....Mayo sends a request for $ to ALL individuals that applied to Mayo via AMCAS and this is NOT a secondary. They will then (after receiving the $) proceed to screen your AMCAS and THEN some applicants will receive a secondary which is a phone interview. After that some of those will be invited for interviews here at Mayo. Good luck!
 
Northwestern finally arrived in my hot little hands this morning... 😀
 
What's up with the NU deadlines, and the essays, I feel like I'm in my english lit class all over again. Oh...and it's just great how my committee letter won't be ready until AFTER my NU deadline.
 
DrThom said:
Northwestern finally arrived in my hot little hands this morning... 😀
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By mail or email?

Edit: I saw it's coming by email. Show me some love, NW.
 
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