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2015-2016 Tulane University Application Thread
Started by Ismet
For the secondary questions asking you to list, do you think bullet points are fine?
yeah, I still haven't received it..
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Received the secondary just now.
Are they still doing fee reductions?
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I don't think so. They just started sending them yesterday. They likely had tons of primaries in their possession when they started sending them out and are still in the process of sending them to all the people they have primaries from. I'd wait until it has been at least a week since they've started sending out secondaries and you still don't have one.
You were right, I just got the Secondary eMail
I listed tutoring as a leadership position, and I got an interview (4 years ago).
Being a tutor was a significant part of my app though; I felt it demonstrated the leadership and teaching themes that I thought were important for being a doctor.
It really depends on how close you are, and I don't thing anyone can quantify how close is close enough. There are two things you need to keep in mind when answering this:
1. They could start speaking to you in your second language at the interview. This is particularly true if your second language is extremely common. If you won't be able to have a sustained, specific conversation in this language during an interview without trouble, I wouldn't list it.
2. They likely ask this question because it is a benefit to medical care settings to have people who are multilingual and can explain things to non English speakers. If you don't feel like you could do this at least decently by the time you'd be a student, it might not be a good idea to answer yes.
Thanks! guess i'm leaving spanish off that part. Hopefully if i get an interview, they'll speak Chinese to me lol
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That is what I'm doing. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be (plus it's easier haha)
I feel like it really doesn't matter that much. I always write the whole thing out because I'm rather neurotic about proper form in written communication, but I highly doubt they'd notice or care whether you spelled it out or abbreviated.
For the questions where they ask you to list leadership and hobbies, do they want us to only list them or can we/should we also explain what each experience involved?
I wouldn't write too long of an explanation since the wording asks us to list.
Thanks!
You're welcome! Good luck with your applications!
More of a lecture-based. Unless you decide to skip lecture, of course.
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For the hobbies question, are you all just literally listing your hobbies or writing and explaining a bit about each?
It essentially is listing the same things as AMCAS in some of our cases. I think they're just re-emphasizing the importance of leadership in their program by asking the question. It also gives the opportunity for people to list other leadership activities that weren't on their AMCAS if they filled the 15 activities with more important stuff. And I'm also wondering if putting the leadership positions in bullet form is the way to go. I would think that since the ADCOM has to read through 1000's of these, it would be beneficially to write these as succinct as possible
see your PM's for how Tulane responded to this question via email.
very little enthusiasm or clarification...
I didn't get a PM, what did it say?
Is it discouraged to talk about a service trip abroad that was completed the summer before starting ug?
wow three?
I only did one. I simultaneously talked about my particular interests and simultaneously connecting it to Tulane's opportunities.
I only did one. I personally tend to lean toward providing a very good explanation for a small number of reasons that are really important to me rather than trying to fit in as many reasons as I can.
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Lol this application really makes me feel like the least impressive person ever....
Did you work for Teach for America? No.
Did you study abroad? I did not.
Are you fluent in another language? Nope.
Were you at least a Girl Scout? Negative.
Did you work for Teach for America? No.
Did you study abroad? I did not.
Are you fluent in another language? Nope.
Were you at least a Girl Scout? Negative.
haha +1. My choice of major and minors did not allow me to participate in study abroad at my school. And all of my time pursuing hobbies, as well as activities in the research and clinical world made it hard to be in a lot of clubs. Hopefully they are willing to see past that.
Yes!! I worked almost full-time in college and there was no way I could afford to go abroad and not work for a full semester. I'm conversational in 3-4 languages but not fluent, so I didn't check that I was bilingual, either.
I almost felt like the application was just looking for very specific extracurriculars and if you did something other than those, there wasn't much room to talk about what you did do.
Are there any yes/no questions about SMP or 4+1 masters program?
Submitted! 🙂
I feel like at least half of my secondaries have asked about a ton of qualifications, none of which (or occasionally one of which) I have. I figure, most people probably won't have any either. It sucks having to check no on everything, but I figure they probably have a lot of students that checked no on everything.
I choose to try and give a little explanation for each! Personal preference though probably.
I listed them and then added a description about the ones I didn't already talk about on my primary.
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