Hi everyone. I was verified last Thursday and I still haven't gotten any secondaries. I'm a little worried. Is this normal? Or am I supposed to get secondaries right away like I did with AMCAS.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
Hi everyone. I was verified last Thursday and I still haven't gotten any secondaries. I'm a little worried. Is this normal? Or am I supposed to get secondaries right away like I did with AMCAS.
Thanks for your help!
I have a questions about LORs....some schools state specifically what LORs they want. However, I am an older applicant and have some LORs from my volunteering experiences. Should I send these letters in addition to what the schools are requesting? or does it look bad that I am sending more LORs than what the school requested?
I think you should ask each school individually. Some might take them, others might just shred them if you give them too many.
Did KCUMB, Pikeville/Kentucky Osteopathic, and LECOM Erie release the secondaries, because those are the only 3 I didn't receive them, so if someone post their essay questions, that would be appreciated. Best of luck to all!
Has anyone received a secondary from Touros? Because I have received secondaries for most of the schools I was expecting them from, except for Touro-NV and NY. Thanks!
I didn't get anything from Touro-NV and NY either....
Did KCUMB, Pikeville/Kentucky Osteopathic, and LECOM Erie release the secondaries, because those are the only 3 I didn't receive them, so if someone post their essay questions, that would be appreciated. Best of luck to all!
No go for me on NV and NY either... got CA though!
You can still refer to the founding philosophies of osteopathic medicine. I put the importance of education and teaching others as one of my reasons for DO (since I have a lot of experience with it). Also it's emphasis on rural populations is good too (if that's your thing).
Becuz I wanna touch gurlz.
This sucks then. Spending $300+ for secondaries without really know if you have a chance is too much.
Does getting an email to fill out a secondary/supplemental means they like you and have a chance? Or is it just a way to "scam" you of $50-$70 dollars (in order words, they ask every applicant to fill out a sec/supp regardless of your chances)?
$300 is not even a drop in the bucket compared to the immense amount of debt you will accumulate over your career.
I'm already at $1700 spent for this cycle alone and I haven't even gone to an interview yet. I anticipate the whole process taking $2500-3000. I applied to 19 DO schools across the country and sent in about 13 secondaries. I've already gotten 4 interview invites so it's money well spent already. Even if I don't get another interview invite for the rest of the cycle, it was worth it.
I'd rather spend the money than wonder what if? or worse... reapply next year.
$300 is nothing. Wait till a few more secondaries roll in, and then consider how much it is going to cost you to actually attend interviews. This is an expensive process, for sure. There was a thread towards the end of last cycle where people posted how much they spent in total, IIRC it ranged from $2k-$12k or so. Average was somewhere around 4 or 5k I think.
To answer the OP's question though, I think most schools are very indiscriminate in regards to sending out secondaries. There are exceptions of course (NYCOM only sends secondaries to interviewees, for example), but for the most part don't get your hopes up just because you got these in the mail.
Let's put it this way. Last application cycle I applied to ~20 schools. All of them sent me a secondary but not one invited me for an interview (all 20 were MD schools for what it's worth).
For Western U at Pomona, are the essays to be one page each, or all 4 essays need to fit within one page? The only instructions I see are "Enter your answer to each Essay question. Please limit your comments to one page.
" Thanks in advance!
are most secondaries done online? If not, are you suppose to print them and snail mail them in a big envelope?
I was wondering about Pikeville too, I tried calling but they haven't been good about answering their phone ... Good luck to you too!
I am trying to work on secondaries of the DO schools that I applied to prior to receiving them.AACOMAS said it will take another 2 weeks before they could get my primary out.I want to be ready with my secondary to avoid any more delays but how similar are secondary questions from year to year?Please help.I would also appreciate any suggestion on where I can view previous years secondaries.
I did each one as 1 page. I didn't write that much though.. mostly 1/2 - 3/4 a page for each.