2014-2015 Case Western Reserve University Application Thread
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be sure to check your spam folder!!! my case secondary was there!
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preach!!
They mentioned on their twitter feed that secondary emails will be sent out gradually and not all at once 🙂
Thanks!
Found it in my spam folder, as well. Thanks to SDN for alerting me to this!!
This may be a rather dumb question, but why does the university track ask for a detailed essay on research when the college track is more research focused?
I am under the assumption that College Track can see all essays, except for the additional info that explicitely states it is only used for UT.
Submitted for College & University
No secondary yet on my end, but actually kind of grateful. Hopefully I'll get to play the catchup/pre-write game this weekend... 
Really looking forward to being free from secondaries.
Really looking forward to being free from secondaries.No secondary yet on my end, but actually kind of grateful. Hopefully I'll get to play the catchup/pre-write game this weekend...
+1 lol. Case is the last one I'm waiting to receive but I still have to finish a couple others this weekend that I've been putting off like crazy :/ So they can take their time 😀
submitted both college & university! might be my biggest reach school, but worth a shot 🙂
no secondary yet 🙁 🙁
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Submitted!! I love how it's 2 secondaries for the price of one.
+1. It's Coming.
More like 8 secondaries when you look at how many questions there are...
How many characters is the Additional Info Essay for University Track?
No character limit as far as I remember
I've done a lot of research, but the second prompt asks us to begin talking about a research project. I am stressing a little bit, because I am unsure, if they mean any project, one that was meaningful to me, the most recent one, etc. Any directions, or suggestions for this one would be great!!!
Agreed, I have several very different projects, so I'm not sure if I should write a little about each or what.
Same, I wonder why this one got routed to spam when none of the others did.
I'm speaking for the College track here, but the goal of the essay is to see how you approach research. As such, I would go with the most meaningful/impactful one, and explain your specific involvement in detail along with the scientific reasoning that guided your experimental design (hit all the points in the prompt). If you have several research projects, you can certainly mention it in the essay as well if you have space, but that should already be in the AMCAS activities section regardless. The number one error to avoid is writing it as a scientific abstract, where it is not clear what your actual role was.
I didn't even think to qualify what my role was because it was my research project and I did it all. I did say things like "I chose this method over that method because...." and other indicators that it was me doing the thinking and man hours behind the project. Am I totally screwed for College Track?
+1
It should be perfectly fine given that you wrote in a style that showed that you were the one doing the thinking and driving the project.
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Okay thank you! I hope they can tell that from my writing. We'll see!
What email address did you guys get your secondaries from?
Wow, thank god I decided to search my gmail for this on a whim. Found the secondary invite in my spam folder, sent four days ago. Thanks Case!
If Case gave you one dollar per secondary essay you complete for them, you could go to McDonalds and buy more calories worth of food than a lot of people in the world get to eat in an entire week.
Just some motivation in case you're upset about having eight essays and needed someone to make you feel like a total d*** for thinking these are difficult.
Just some motivation in case you're upset about having eight essays and needed someone to make you feel like a total d*** for thinking these are difficult.
Not only do I still feel like complaining, but now I'm hungry...
Still no secondary 🙁(
how do you indicate no affiliation (section 3) in the secondary. It would not let you put "none" and consider the section completed
On mine it says the essay is required? The only way out is if you haven't done any research. The prompt is fairly specific in what they want you to include, unlike the most meaningful sections, so I would err on the side of caution and write the essay.
...and I'm halfway done with this thing.
Goodness gracious, this is one marathon of a secondary.
On mine it says the essay is required? The only way out is if you haven't done any research. The prompt is fairly specific in what they want you to include, unlike the most meaningful sections, so I would err on the side of caution and write the essay.
...and I'm halfway done with this thing.
I think people are confused because in the past it WAS optional, even with research experience.
If you have research experience, you should write that essay. Even though you've already talked about it, the prompt is quite specific about what they want you to include.
What are your thoughts on multiple research projects that are very different from each other. Like let's say bench research and then public health research. Should I just pick one? Or write about both?
On mine it says the essay is required? The only way out is if you haven't done any research. The prompt is fairly specific in what they want you to include, unlike the most meaningful sections, so I would err on the side of caution and write the essay.
...and I'm halfway done with this thing.
It says "Optional Scholarly Essay" for University Track for me.
Haha fine fine, I should stop being lazy.
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I've worked in several types of research, all long term, but I chose one specific project because the prompt asked about pretty specific stuff.
I concur with @juliuspepperwood
I'm just choosing the project I was the most involved in ...and I can barely even describe its premise in 3500 characters. Oh, the woes of my absurdly narrow, comically specific research area. T___T
Fair enough, agreed. These questions are tough! The improvement one is throwing me for a loop too... I'm obviously perfect.
Btw, has anyone else not received a secondary? I know Case Western doesn't screen, but I'm just not sure at what point I should maybe send an e-mail to ask.
Edit: I checked my spam folder, and it's not there either :C
Edit: I checked my spam folder, and it's not there either :C
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