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gobblety_gook said:
Hey guys,

how long did you have to wait after your AMCAS application was processed (verified) to get most of your secondaries? My app was processed on Monday (8.2.04) but I haven't recieved any new secondaries yet...

Thx
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I started getting secondaries the week after I submitted my AMCAS. Well technically 5 days after.
 
BeatArmy said:
Got an e-mail from Maryland late this afternoon. Invitation to fill out online application with a username and password.
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me too, just got it. the application seems to be long but very straight forward and the questions are like Keck's(U$C). They also require a picture attached...
 
can someone please tell me what is on the UVA secondary??

i'm thinking of applying there but want to know what the secondary is like?

a lot of essays or no essays? if so, what essays are there?

I might apply but don't feel like dealing with a bunch of essays

thanks a lot!

please PM me if you can
 
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yancantcook said:
can someone please tell me what is on the UVA secondary??

i'm thinking of applying there but want to know what the secondary is like?

a lot of essays or no essays? if so, what essays are there?

I might apply but don't feel like dealing with a bunch of essays

thanks a lot!

please PM me if you can
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There are three essays. The first one asks "Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? (300 words)", the second one asks "Briefly describe yourself and your medical career as you see it ten years from now. (300 words)", and the third one asks "What do you think will be your greatest personal challenge as a physician, and how will you address this? (300 words)".
 
So, if schools don't start interviewing til Septemer or October, is there really an advantage to submitting secondaries in July or early August, as opposed to late August or early September? Do the schools review all secondaries received during the summer months and THEN decide whom to interview in the first round, or do they review secondaries as they come in and decide then and there whether to interview or not?
 
Originally Posted by pushkin
So, if schools don't start interviewing til Septemer or October, is there really an advantage to submitting secondaries in July or early August, as opposed to late August or early September? Do the schools review all secondaries received during the summer months and THEN decide whom to interview in the first round, or do they review secondaries as they come in and decide then and there whether to interview or not?
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i would say that secondaries should be done as soon as possible, regardless of when a school starts interviewing. they probably review the app's as they recevie them.

HOWEVER: it is somewhat pointless to send in secondaries ASAP to schools with non-rolling admissions. it is well known that the earlier you interview at a rolling school, the better. so...if a school doesn't start to interview until sept/oct, but DOES start accepting people on oct 15, get the secondaries in soon.

early interview at rolling school = good
 
Someone please give me motivation to finish this UChicago secondary...

I've written like half a paragraph on the first question talking about how I convinced a friend to go to college when she wasn't sure...and I can't write any more.

I am out of essay juice....damn secondaries....
 
Originally Posted by DrThom
Someone please give me motivation to finish this UChicago secondary...
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um, how about, "if you don't finish the secondary, i guarantee you won't be accepted."

😀
 
adding U of Hawaii
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
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
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/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
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/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
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
superdevil said:
i would say that secondaries should be done as soon as possible, regardless of when a school starts interviewing. they probably review the app's as they recevie them.

HOWEVER: it is somewhat pointless to send in secondaries ASAP to schools with non-rolling admissions. it is well known that the earlier you interview at a rolling school, the better. so...if a school doesn't start to interview until sept/oct, but DOES start accepting people on oct 15, get the secondaries in soon.

early interview at rolling school = good
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I'm not sure I agree. Early interview at a rolling school, yes, that's good. But rushing to get secondary sent in in late July only to sit in a pile until late August? Where is the benefit in that? Once interviewing has started my point would be moot. But before that, I'm asking, do schools make interview decisions on the applications? Or do they merely review and rank them? Regardless of when I submit my secondaries, my LORs won't go out til early September, since my premed committee is on summer vacation til then, which is why I'm wondering. This can't be all that uncommon, I would think...
 
DrThom said:
Someone please give me motivation to finish this UChicago secondary...

I've written like half a paragraph on the first question talking about how I convinced a friend to go to college when she wasn't sure...and I can't write any more.

I am out of essay juice....damn secondaries....
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Yeah I put off Pritzker till near the end. I only have Pitt, Columbia, and MSSM left now. Pritzker's app was horrible but the upside is that you get a nice feeling of accomplishment after you click 'submit'.
 
im broke....just sent out 4 secondaries, and had to exchange for US currency with ma crap ass canadian dollar....i broke the bank 🙁 , freak man, why dont USC just let us pay online instead of having to print out a form and send money?? and why cant case western fix its online payment thingy??! 😡 😡 😡 , *trantrum ensues*

well, the good news is that i only have mount sinai and the elusive emory to do..... 😳
 
wends said:
im broke....just sent out 4 secondaries, and had to exchange for US currency with ma crap ass canadian dollar....i broke the bank 🙁 , freak man, why dont USC just let us pay online instead of having to print out a form and send money?? and why cant case western fix its online payment thingy??! 😡 😡 😡 , *trantrum ensues*

well, the good news is that i only have mount sinai and the elusive emory to do..... 😳
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*sigh* im getting so sick of being 2ndary-application-poor!! its really starting to be too much... i was looking through the paper this morning and was looking at laptops, and all i could think was 'wow.... that new sony is the cost of 15 applications.....'
 
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Just need a little venting time. I SHOULD be able to say that I'm finished with ALL of my secondaries, but I can't submit MSSM!! I'm having a major problem with their payment screen and my payment won't go through. Hence, I haven't submitting their secondary even though it's been finished as far as I'm concerned since Wednesday night. I just want to be done with this portion of the application process. Please, MSSM, fix your website!!!!

Ok, I'm done.
 
DGhiker said:
Just need a little venting time. I SHOULD be able to say that I'm finished with ALL of my secondaries, but I can't submit MSSM!! I'm having a major problem with their payment screen and my payment won't go through. Hence, I haven't submitting their secondary even though it's been finished as far as I'm concerned since Wednesday night. I just want to be done with this portion of the application process. Please, MSSM, fix your website!!!!

Ok, I'm done.
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whoa, if that's your biggest problem you are LUCKY. i think the rest of us are still swamped with secondaries, and still waiting for more to come. can't feel your pain, sorry.

by the way, MSSM said they'd have the problem with their wesbsite fixed by the end of the week.
 
Rugger81 said:
whoa, if that's your biggest problem you are LUCKY. i think the rest of us are still swamped with secondaries, and still waiting for more to come. can't feel your pain, sorry.

by the way, MSSM said they'd have the problem with their wesbsite fixed by the end of the week.
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Yup, that's my biggest problem at this point. Sorry if it seems small compared to what the rest of you are dealing with right now. Guess I was lucky in that all 11 schools I applied to were pretty prompt with secondaries. Good luck to all still waiting on/completing those annoying supplementals! :luck:
 
Nate said:
I had a problem submitting MSSM payment on IE also but then I used Mozilla and it went through, hope that helps.
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I don't have Mozilla on my computer, just IE. Is this something you can download? How would I go about using this browser instead of IE? Thanks for your help.
 
Yay! Mozilla worked and I just got my confirmation email from MSSM! Thanks again Jason and Nate. Having all secondaries out the door is a very good feeling. Hope you all get there very soon. I think I'll go have a glass of wine to toast my accomplishment. 👍
 
Anyone else having trouble accessing UPitt's secondary screen? It just endlessly tries to load for me.....

Have used IE, mozilla, and Opera. No dice for any of them...
 
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Looks like I'm not the only one having issues with Pitt's secondary. It just keeps giving me a blank page. I've tried Mozilla, IE, Opera, and Netscape.

My app is done. Just adding the essay and submitting. I hope I can accomplish this tonight.

Jason
 
Adding Case Western

AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Case Western: 8-8-04/email
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
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/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
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/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
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
UCLAstudent, if you're a cali resident, would applying to state schools like ETSU and FSU be a good idea? just wondering, not picking on you!
🙂
 
DGhiker said:
Yay! Mozilla worked and I just got my confirmation email from MSSM! Thanks again Jason and Nate. Having all secondaries out the door is a very good feeling. Hope you all get there very soon. I think I'll go have a glass of wine to toast my accomplishment. 👍
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for those that successfully submitted MSSM, is it possible to submit if my essay is over their 250 word "suggested" limit?
 
Jason110 said:
Looks like I'm not the only one having issues with Pitt's secondary. It just keeps giving me a blank page. I've tried Mozilla, IE, Opera, and Netscape.

My app is done. Just adding the essay and submitting. I hope I can accomplish this tonight.

Jason
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The site is back up today.
 
BeatArmy said:
Got an e-mail from Maryland late this afternoon. Invitation to fill out online application with a username and password.
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I also got an email from Maryland on 8/6 (AMCAS verified 7/27). They give you your username and PW to login to the secondary in the email.

Good luck!!!
 
nasdr said:
for those that successfully submitted MSSM, is it possible to submit if my essay is over their 250 word "suggested" limit?
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Sorry, can't help you. I reworked those babies a couple of times just so they were within the word limit. I would assume it would give you a problem though.
 
uclakid said:
UCLAstudent, if you're a cali resident, would applying to state schools like ETSU and FSU be a good idea? just wondering, not picking on you!
🙂
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Hi uclakid ... I have no idea about those schools. I did not apply to them. You might want to check out the MSAR since it lists the percentage of out-of-state applicants that each school accepts. 😀
 
UCLAstudent, did you already start on teh Case secondary when you got the email?
 
wends said:
UCLAstudent, did you already start on teh Case secondary when you got the email?
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Wends: no, I hadn't started on the secondary. This is the first time that I have heard from the school. 👍
 
adding UMiami notification of AMCAS review...I suppose it counts, right?


AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
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
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/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
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMiami: 8-9-04/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
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
Those folks at MSU SOM decided that I belong on their "hold for secondary" list, instead of sending me a secondary for my money. FYI. I'm now done complaining.

dc
 
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randallB said:
AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
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
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/email
OHSU 8-9-04/snail mail
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
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMiami: 8-9-04/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
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
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YAY!! I got a secondary from a school that screens! (Ok, so it's not THAT exciting but it at least feels better than getting secondaries from schools that don't screen)
 
I got my OHSU secondary today, all the way up in Canada (go figure). After using the login info, I am wondering if I should somehow incorporate the three muskateers into my essay. :laugh:

Thankfully, I have everything from last year all modified and ready to go, so this baby's going out tomorrow. Woo hoo!

Treg
 
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