2017-2018 Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth)

[Lucca]

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1. Please indicate your plans for the 2017-2018 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change subsequently, you need to inform the Admissions Office by email at [email protected].

2. Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file.

Other Questions
3. Pre-Med Requirements (fill-in)

4. Is there anyone in your immediate family who is a graduate of Dartmouth? (Note: You do not need to list yourself if you are a Dartmouth College graduate.) Please list below with class, relationship, and school affiliation (i.e., Dartmouth College, Geisel School, Thayer School, Tuck School).

Good luck to everyone applying!

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[xialmos]

Can any successful applicants provide some guidance as to what they wrote about for this prompt?

"Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file."

Should I approach this from a diversity standpoint, or about why I chose dartmouth?

 

[mas13b]

Did you receive a secondary already?


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[Nalsjewels]

I wrote sort of a mix...why Dartmouth was a good fit for me and what I could offer the school that was fairly unique.

Can any successful applicants provide some guidance as to what they wrote about for this prompt?

"Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file."

Should I approach this from a diversity standpoint, or about why I chose dartmouth?

 

[xialmos]

I wrote sort of a mix...why Dartmouth was a good fit for me and what I could offer the school that was fairly unique.

Thanks, boss!

 

[enchantediris]

Received the secondary this morning! Note: You have to do it all in one sitting because there is no "save" option.

Writing Prompts @Lucca
1. Please indicate your plans for the 2017-2018 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change subsequently, you need to inform the Admissions Office by email at [email protected].

2. Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file.

Other Questions
3. Pre-Med Requirements (fill-in)

4. Is there anyone in your immediate family who is a graduate of Dartmouth? (Note: You do not need to list yourself if you are a Dartmouth College graduate.) Please list below with class, relationship, and school affiliation (i.e., Dartmouth College, Geisel School, Thayer School, Tuck School).

 

[loopas]

Thanks for posting the prompts. Do you know the word/character limit? Thanks!

 

[assortedtoffee]

Thanks for posting the prompts. Do you know the word/character limit? Thanks!

There doesn't seem to be one. I could post very large (50,000+ character) documents in both of the text boxes for the answers.

 

[DrivenAndDangerous]

Received secondary 10:30am EST. Good luck everyone

 

[Gutsy]

For courses that is planned to take before Aug 2018, does anyone know how we could indicate in the app? I'm a non-trad working full time and plan on taking biochem next summer but course numbers are not out yet...

 

[TrilliamClinton]

Did anybody else get a secondary before they were verified on amcas?

 

[BrandonP]

Did anybody else get a secondary before they were verified on amcas?

I too received a secondary without having my app verified.

 

[neurophilic]

I too received a secondary without having my app verified.

+1

 

[DoctorCakes]

+1

Did anybody else get a secondary before they were verified on amcas?

 

[pediatricneurotrauma]

.

 

[lexington251]

+2 but I'm verified

+3, verified as well

 

[DecisionTime2017]

How long is everyone going for the questions? They seem to be suited to fairly short answers to me.

 

[TheBiologist]

How long is everyone going for the questions? They seem to be suited to fairly short answers to me.

paragraph, I gave really straightforward answers. they were straightforward questions

 

[leturbinator]

Secondary recieved!

 

[neurophilic]

How long is everyone going for the questions? They seem to be suited to fairly short answers to me.

couple paragraphs for the first and 3 short ones for the second

 

[Wingardium Leviosa]

not verified yet but received secondary at 9:38 today!

 

[Welshman]

not verified yet but received secondary at 9:38 today!

Same!

 

[Kingsmen2018]

Secondary received! for the "2. Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file." would it be appropriate to fill in a "why dartmouth" paragraph?

 

[DecisionTime2017]

Secondary received! for the "2. Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file." would it be appropriate to fill in a "why dartmouth" paragraph?

I'd imagine so.

 

[xialmos]

For what its worth, I've read that Dartmouth has quite the diverse group of matriculants. I opted for a diversity essay. When it comes down to it, most of these schools offer the same things (of course, on different levels).

 

[Skier Girl]

For the first question about plans for the upcoming year, I will be in school and also continuing my research and volunteer activities. Should I list the courses I will take as well as the activities I will be doing? Thank you.

 

[DrivenAndDangerous]

For the first question about plans for the upcoming year, I will be in school and also continuing my research and volunteer activities. Should I list the courses I will take as well as the activities I will be doing? Thank you.

This is what I did.

 

[Kingsmen2018]

For what its worth, I've read that Dartmouth has quite the diverse group of matriculants. I opted for a diversity essay. When it comes down to it, most of these schools offer the same things (of course, on different levels).

Good Idea, just copy and pasted mine.

 

[JeneralG]

I realized after submitting that I entered one too many courses over the minimum course requirements. Is it worth calling in to correct this?

 

[DrivenAndDangerous]

I realized after submitting that I entered one too many courses over the minimum course requirements. Is it worth calling in to correct this?

You mean you entered in more courses than necessary? If so, I did this too welp lol. Idk I figured I'd put all courses that fit into the categories. I put all of my orgo and even gen chem in the chem sections...

 

[Jaigantic]

For the second question, is it appropriate to copy an adversity/diversity essay I wrote for another school?

 

[Kingsmen2018]

For the second question, is it appropriate to copy an adversity/diversity essay I wrote for another school?

I mean thats what i did. But what do i know lol

 

[SpoiledMilk]

Anyone having a software issue with Dartmouth's secondary? After submitting the secondary, the pdf summary provided has grammatical errors, ie. many apostrophes in the possessive are missing. For example, instead of my dog's house, it says my dogs house, etc.

 

[leturbinator]

Anyone having a software issue with Dartmouth's secondary? After submitting the secondary, the pdf summary provided has grammatical errors, ie. many apostrophes in the possessive are missing. For example, instead of my dog's house, it says my dogs house, etc.

Yeah! I think this is normal though because I talked to admissions and they said it's fine.


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[leturbinator]

Out of curiosity, does everybody who submit a primary get a secondary?


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[abs5394]

Trying to figure out what to write for the second prompt, it's so open ended. Any ideas on what might be appropriate?

 

[DecisionTime2017]

Out of curiosity, does everybody who submit a primary get a secondary?


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Yes. According to MSAR, Dartmouth doesn't screen.

 

[lickerwhicker]

Is there a word limit for Dartmouth? it doesn't really specify

 

[happypandaquestion]

Is there a word limit for Dartmouth? it doesn't really specify

No, IT says that there is no limit

 

[UnassumingToad]

"Please indicate your plans for the 2017-2018 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job..."

How in depth did you guys answer this one? I gave a brief inscription of my job and volunteer activities, and mentioned two hobbies that I do regularly. I should i stop at job and volunteering? I thought it was good to show that I maintain some balance.

Thanks so much!

 

[Potentia Virtus]

"Please indicate your plans for the 2017-2018 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job..."

How in depth did you guys answer this one? I gave a brief inscription of my job and volunteer activities, and mentioned two hobbies that I do regularly. I should i stop at job and volunteering? I thought it was good to show that I maintain some balance.

Thanks so much!

I didn't go too in depth, because basically all of the activities that I'm going to be doing between now and matriculation are activities that I've written about in my primary. Just wrote a little bit about how I'll be continuing those activities and what I will be doing work wise.

 

[dapperdoc]

Dumb question, but when filling out pre-requisites, when it states college, does that mean the university where it was taken or, for instance, the college of science?

 

[Welshman]

Dumb question, but when filling out pre-requisites, when it states college, does that mean the university where it was taken or, for instance, the college of science?

Indubitably the university awarding credit

 

[AAuaa]

For the second essay, I was planning on using my diversity essay. However, it is about an activity I briefly described in my activities section. Obviously I am coming at it in a different way but would this be ok?

 

[liquidcrawler]

My research mentor did her post doc at dartmouth and they have a whole center dedicated to my research interests. I talk about that in the interest essay and name drop her, her mentor at dartmouth, and some faculty I am interested in working with. Is this a bad or good idea?

I'm also interested in potentially switching into an md/phd, idk if I should talk about that or not.

anyone care to give an opinion on this route?

 

[cke11]

Completed email received, only school to already have my LORs lol

 

[nathan_4]

woohoo! looking forward to this school

 

[fingerscrossed14]

Completed email received, only school to already have my LORs lol

+1

 

[cke11]

accidentally made a couple typos in my essays..... ehhhhh fudge

It's okay, I just realized I made a mistake in two of my other secondaries I added an extra "the" so I wrote "the whole the person" just move on these things happen but triple check!

 

[prerevenue]

anyone care to give an opinion on this route?

Applicant here too. I personally think that already talking about MD/PhD might raise the question of why you don't just apply to MSTP programs right now. I guess imo the strongest MD/PhD applicants are not the strongest MD applicants and vice versa, so why cause confusion for the reader? It's fine to talk about research and wanting to do clinically relevant research bc plenty of MDs in academic medicine do that in their careers, but maybe hold off on mentioning the PhD just yet. My two cents.