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I think it's the same format as Rochester, NYU, and a couple of others...
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I think it's the same format as Rochester, NYU, and a couple of others...
Is anybody else having trouble submitting the secondary? It keeps telling me that question #2 (about academic difficulties and poor grades, etc) is required, even though I don't have anything to say in this section...
I just wrote N/A in that section and it didn't give me any problems.
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Yeah mine say the same... I'm assuming it's not a problem ?
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Just received secondary application confirmation email
I think I got the same email (the one that begins, "We have received your second stage application and begun to process it.")
I submitted my application a while ago on 7/24, so I'm assuming this means that the ADCOMs are looking at our apps now?
I think so, I wonder when the first invites will go out. I'm guessing a week or two. It was Sept. 6 last year.
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Is anyone familiar with Maryland's policy regarding "old" prerequisites?
I have heard that they do not accept prerequisites taken more than ten years ago, and now I see that their secondary cuts off the dates for completed prerequisites at 2002. I completed 20 hours of physics in college (with another 4 pass-fail hours and 8 additional hours of mathematical physics in grad school), but all of the undergraduate work was completed prior to 2002. I e-mailed them about this and will see what they say.
I have heard that they do not accept prerequisites taken more than ten years ago, and now I see that their secondary cuts off the dates for completed prerequisites at 2002. I completed 20 hours of physics in college (with another 4 pass-fail hours and 8 additional hours of mathematical physics in grad school), but all of the undergraduate work was completed prior to 2002. I e-mailed them about this and will see what they say.
Is anyone else trying to submit the secondary and getting the notice that they're fixing the payment link and we can't submit until they do? Been getting it since yesterday and just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one...
Uh oh...That's a bad sign!!
Jk...you should probably call their admissions office and ask.
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Thanks... ridiculous that it's already been over a week. how hard it is to fix a link??
Just tried paying and got this instead of the previous message:
500 Error
Oops, something has gone wrong. We have been notified and will be working on a fix. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Go back to the previous page or the home page
Anybody else get the same?
Yeah I tried paying today too and the same thing happened. I've been waiting for over a week to pay for this stupid application...
Payment appears to be up now.
Indeed; I just paid the fee
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oh yea.
oh yea.
IS or OOS, stats?
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Anyone have tips for:
1. not sounding like you're just repeating what you wrote on the activities section of your AMCAS for the first two essays, or
2. writing something really meaningful for the third? Not quite sure what they're asking/looking for...
1. not sounding like you're just repeating what you wrote on the activities section of your AMCAS for the first two essays, or
2. writing something really meaningful for the third? Not quite sure what they're asking/looking for...
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Hope this helps! Good luck to everyone!
Hope this helps! Good luck to everyone!
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You can use activities from your primary, just find something else to say about it, maybe describe from a different angle.
For the third, explain what "being professional" means to you ...eg. exercising good judgement, behavior etc.
Thanks. It's just frustrating that it seems like they don't even read our primaries... :-/
How soon after AMCAS verification did everyone receive their secondaries? I was finally verified last Tuesday and haven't received any word from Maryland. They don't screen, correct?
They do not screen. I was verified before June 25, but since AMCAS didn't send primaries to schools until June 25, you might as well say that I was verified on June 25. That being said, I received UMB's secondary on July 19. That's more than 3 weeks. Relax man, relax.
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Don't worry, just submit the petition. When they say work experience on the secondary, do they only mean paid employment. Can we add volunteering experience?
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Sorry to hear this! Do you have a MD permanent address, MD drivers license, have a vehicle registered in MD, paid taxes in MD last year, are registered to vote in MD? I assume if you put down another state for some of these questions on their form that may be a problem. I believe for some states going to school there does not count. Did the letter say exactly why you were denied?
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I would do it now with your secondary submission. Your chances of receiving an interview and acceptance are much higher if they know you are IS.
I could be wrong but i thought whether you are in state is determined by AAMC's primary. The paper work is just for tuition/tax purposes.
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