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When I sent my photo in, I just included my AMCAS ID in the text of the email and a jpeg of the photo. They sent me an email in less than 10 hours that it was accepted and matched to my app.
Generally yes.just curious, do secondaries include spaces when they say "X characters max"?
The email they sent had this link https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-MED. It looks like you can just create an account on your own since there wasn't any sort of temporary password or pertinent identifying information in the email they sent out. Hope it helps!do they send an email linking to the secondary or do i just go and create an account myself. i havent gotten any emails from them yet.
Seems like the New York City schools like Columbia and Mt. Sinai are having trouble with their email service.
Yup...just got that "you can now access your secondary" email as well.
Followed by the "whoops" email.
Followed by "Your application is complete" email.
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haha. 👍Yea, must be something in the water.
It took them the better part of a month to complete me and I sent mine in June... Patience my friend. 🙂I still haven't received a "complete" email here. I emailed my photo last week, which should have completed my application.
When I preview my completed secondary in the pdf format, my first essay doesn't show up. My second one does, but not the first. Anyone else have this problem?
For those interested, I emailed "Applyyourself" the tech support handling the application with the following question:
On the Columbia Medical School Application there are three short answer questions. As I am NOT applying to the columbia-basset program, I only filled out the first two. However, when I am preparing to submit my application and go to view the PDF of the complete application my second essay (2.Which aspects of P&S are most interesting to you?) is missing form the PDF.
What should I do to ensure that my complete application is submitted?
And received the following reply:
Thank you for your message. Please remember that the PDF preview is an unofficial document and usually not used by the institution. They will pull all of your answers directly from the application, into their databases. You can feel confident that your information will reach them correctly as long as the answers in the online form have been completed. We have contacted the institution regarding updating the PDF mapping and the changes should be made shortly. If your online form is due shortly, you may want to check the pages of your form carefully before you submit it to ensure that your answers were saved properly.
We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing you. Let us know if we can help further.
It took them the better part of a month to complete me and I sent mine in June... Patience my friend. 🙂
WTF is the consensus for question 1? lol. Do you guys use periods? And do you write a paragraph where you talk about why each exp was meaningful? What do they mean by list format? Cuz you cannot give a list, using only commas, and descibe 3 activities while following the normal rules of English writing... I would really appreciate any info on how you guys answered this question.
I know there is a lot of discussion about this question throughout the thread, but I can't figure out what people actually ended up doing. I'm confused about the restraints given in the prompt, and how to follow the rules. Thanks!
i also see only those 2 but i saw it before when i opened the application. i think it's just a website glitch or something like, there are definitely 3 essays.
i also see only those 2 but i saw it before when i opened the application. i think it's just a website glitch or something like, there are definitely 3 essays.
nah i called admissions. they deleted the question about the extracirriculars since that info is already on AMCAS.
nah i called admissions. they deleted the question about the extracirriculars since that info is already on AMCAS.
Is anyone missing question 2. on the secondary app?
This is what I see:
1. What aspects of P and S are most interesting to you?
3. What aspect of the Columbia-Bassett Program has the most appeal for you? Enter your response in essay format. LIMIT WRITING TO 750 CHARACTERS. Do not use return or enter.
I'm planning on applying to the MD program only...
I just wrote out my 760 char. list of activities, so I'm kind of disappointed that I don't have a question on that!
On the "checklist" page, it asks for you to verify if your recommendation letters have been sent .. Can i just go ahead and click yes and submit it or do I have to actually wait till I assign my letters to them from AMCAS? My pre-med advisor haven't turned in the packet yet. As far as I know, from all the schools I applied, only Boston doesn't let you submit their application without turning in the letters first. Thanks 👍
Anyone know?
For the additional info, would it be alright to include an essay I wrote about playing football and how it makes me a better doctor? or is that not what they are looking for
im scared to press submit in case there is a glitch and i need to have that ec essay
well they changed the numbering from 1. why columbia 3. why bassett
to 1. why columbia 2. why bassett
also before i submitted, i sent them an inquiry about the missing ec question. after i submitted i received a reply that said my application was fine with just the why columbia answered. i think you should be good to go.
if we are talkign about the same thing i believe it says under it something about including "other majors" in that space
i dont think they are looking for another essay but hey that's just my .02
Yes, makes sense.
If I was to write about majors and awards in that space i guess that would be alright?
Should I just list it or write it out?
I only put my majors/minors and i used complete sentences ...i didn't put awards because you could have done that on the amcas (i did)
...it is pretty tricky because i was scared that they would think oh they tried to squeeze in extra info and then be like pfftt and throw out the application..so i just stuck to what they briefly mentioned in the description...im sure you could do otherwise but i just didn't want to risk anything with an already weak application lol
ok sounds good. thanks. the ec ques still showed up on the pdf so i wasnt sure.
also, it looks like we cannot email photos anymore? all it says is mail it to the address