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[willow84]

I finally got a secondary! 😀

 

[amg_la]

secondary received just now

 

[mcdocky]

Secondary received

 

[silverwind278]

MSTP II! So excited!!!

 

[bluelamin]

MSTP II! So excited!!!

When were you complete?

 

[silverwind278]

When were you complete?

7/23!

 

[UmichAlb]

Received a secondary 8/10, complete 7/25. Good luck everyone 🙂

 

[hebrewBAMmer]

Wow just got a secondary today 8/17 (verified 6/8) -- LizzyM of 67-68 so I'm stunned

 

[neuroyale]

MSTP II! So excited!!!

that was fast! congrats

 

[mscandy]

Congrats to all who got an II!!

 

[sola fide sola gratia]

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[2redpartyhats]

For those who got an II, in or out of state? thanks!

 

[xochitl]

Wow just got a secondary today 8/17 (verified 6/8) -- LizzyM of 67-68 so I'm stunned

hopefully there is still hope for me then.....one of two schools to not send me a secondary....sent primary on 8/4

 

[DBC03]

hopefully there is still hope for me then.....one of two schools to not send me a secondary....sent primary on 8/4

It took me about a month to get a secondary, so keep your chin up. I've heard the CA schools trickle them out.

 

[xochitl]

It took me about a month to get a secondary, so keep your chin up. I've heard the CA schools trickle them out.

Ill just have it ready in case

 

[NarutoMD]

Just got my MCAT score today. Hopefully I will get a secondary here. One of my top choices.

 

[xochitl]

Just got my MCAT score today. Hopefully I will get a secondary here. One of my top choices.

i remember that stressful month lol yours must have been worse with writing secondaries and all

 

[NarutoMD]

i remember that stressful month lol yours must have been worse with writing secondaries and all

Yea, it was a pretty stressful month trying to pre-write most of the secondaries for the schools I want to apply to. But it was all worth it since I got a good enough score for a chance at these mega schools haha. Good luck to you this cycle.

 

[hebrewBAMmer]

hopefully there is still hope for me then.....one of two schools to not send me a secondary....sent primary on 8/4

I'm sure there is. I still have 2 CA schools I'm waiting on a secondary from (UCLA and UCD).

 

[xochitl]

I'm sure there is. I still have 2 CA schools I'm waiting on a secondary from (UCLA and UCD).

when did you send primaries?

 

[hebrewBAMmer]

when did you send primaries?

6/30 (I think that was it, or whatever the earliest date was)

 

[pediatricneurotrauma]

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[DSM_302.0]

Following up on an earlier question I posted. Got a definitive answer from calling the school.

Submitting 6 LORs is fine.

 

[jazzmetal]

Got a definitive answer from calling the school.

I think you should include that in your update as hypothesis-based research. 🙂

 

[DSM_302.0]

I think you should include that in your update as hypothesis-based research. 🙂

Haha! I'm definitely leaving that optional essay blank. I just wrote.... 8? Wahoo MD/JMP/PRIME! About to submit!!

 

[hebrewBAMmer]

Secondary submitted! -fingers crossed-

 

[Jdoxis]

Yo wtf I got a secondary today. I'm a 3.6 512 white dude from bum**** nowhere south carolina. im stunned.

 

[aaronrodgers]

Yo wtf I got a secondary today. I'm a 3.6 512 white dude from bum**** nowhere south carolina. im stunned.

1 step closer to becoming a 3.6 512 white dude in San Francisco, congrats!

 

[NarutoMD]

Yo wtf I got a secondary today. I'm a 3.6 512 white dude from bum**** nowhere south carolina. im stunned.

+1 What an awesome day for me!

 

[jazzmetal]

Yo wtf I got a secondary today. I'm a 3.6 512 white dude from bum**** nowhere south carolina. im stunned.

Hey, congrats! Hope it turns into an interview and you can come visit my beautiful hometown. 🙂
When did you submit your primary?

 

[Jdoxis]

Hey, congrats! Hope it turns into an interview and you can come visit my beautiful hometown. 🙂
When did you submit your primary?

verified June 16, sent my primary to UCSF July 26

 

[jazzmetal]

verified June 16, sent my primary to UCSF July 26

Nice, that's just a bit ahead of my schedule and I have similar stats, so thanks for giving me some hope!

 

[reveries]

Just wondering, have any MSTP reapplicants (or reapplicants in general) received secondaries yet? My primary was verified/sent on July 6th.

 

[Pleides]

Just wondering, have any MSTP reapplicants (or reapplicants in general) received secondaries yet? My primary was verified/sent on July 6th.

Regular MD reapp here. Received a secondary fairly quickly. Verified early June.

 

[CaffeineJunkie]

I'm assuming there's no set amount of time between submitting and getting a secondary? Been about 2+ weeks for me.

Also, does UCSF need letters before screening?

 

[notreallymyname]

Regular MD reapp here. Received a secondary fairly quickly. Verified early June.

Regular MD reapp as well. Received the secondary in early July last year but still nothing yet this cycle. 🙁

 

[Pleides]

I'm assuming there's no set amount of time between submitting and getting a secondary? Been about 2+ weeks for me.

Also, does UCSF need letters before screening?

No letters required pre-secondary. I didn't assign letters until after.

 

[Welshman]

I got my secondary a week after I got verified, verified mid-July secondary 7/24. MCAT 515

Does anyone know how intense the screening is here? Does getting a secondary give you a fairly good chance of getting an II?

 

[hotcheetomania]

I got my secondary a week after I got verified, verified mid-July secondary 7/24. MCAT 515

Does anyone know how intense the screening is here? Does getting a secondary give you a fairly good chance of getting an II?

Yeah, UCSF screens out 2/3 of applicants.

 

[LA_Doc]

+1 What an awesome day for me!

Didn't you just recently submit? Congrats man!

 

[ThisIsFine.]

Secondary submitted!

For those of you who submitted and applied to "MD/PRIME" on the secondary, did you change your AMCAS designation to "Combined Medical Degree/Graduate" or did you leave it as "Regular MD"? I'm not sure what to do since the combined designation on AMCAS only mentions JMP and not PRIME.

 

[LA_Doc]

Finally got a secondary! Took awhile, started to think I might not get one here.

 

[hotrodsduo]

Finally got a secondary! Took awhile, started to think I might not get one here.

Can I ask when you submitted your primary?

 

[LA_Doc]

Can I ask when you submitted your primary?

Yeah! I submitted my primary to UCSF August 3rd I believe

 

[prospy96]

II OOS

 

[hotcheetomania]

II OOS

Oh **** I think you're the first OOS II! When were you complete? And congrats!

 

[prospy96]

Oh **** I think you're the first OOS II! When were you complete? And congrats!

Wow, that's insane! I was complete 3-5 days after I received, mid-july

 

[ksm77]

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[gokfacha]

hi everyone, looking for some feedback here as I'm sure if i should apply or not...
OOS re-applicant with 3.75 cGPA and 3.68 sGPA, 510 mcat that dropped to 508 🙁 . last year i submitted my primary very late and somehow got the secondary for UCSF & UCSD... this year, i applied a month earlier (first week of july, still not great) but i havent applied to UCSF yet. The only reason I'm thinking of adding it now is that i got the secondary to UCLA recently, which i didnt get last year. overall, my application was very very research heavy last year, but after getting feedback from adcoms, ive done over 1000+ clincal hours plus interesting non-clincal volunteer that is geared towards my passion for psychiatry. I'm also ORM racially, but i did go through some challenges that helped me mature significantly.

TL;DR: mcat that barely makes the 10th percentile, but last year got secondary to UCSF & UCSD but not UCLA. This year, made a lot of improvement to application, already received and submitted UCLA secondary, now wondering if i should apply to UCSF again.

You never know if you don't try. GO FOR IT! 🙂