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Does anyone have a solution to avoiding these essays from becoming one big paragraph? Kills my vibe man
 
Spaghettisaurus_rex said:
Does anyone know if it would cause problems to change my amcas to apply for the MD/MS program after already receiving the secondary? I decided I want to apply when researching the school but I already sent in my primary, so I'm not sure if they would have sent me a different secondary.
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I’d email admissions saying this.
 
Waiting on secondary still... what is appropriate for "describe yourself"? A diversity essay? Adversity essay? Something else?

I'm going with a what makes me unique approach for the "Tell us one thing about yourself that would help the Admissions Committee determine if you should be admitted to our program."
 
limeyguydr said:
Waiting on secondary still... what is appropriate for "describe yourself"? A diversity essay? Adversity essay? Something else?

I'm going with a what makes me unique approach for the "Tell us one thing about yourself that would help the Admissions Committee determine if you should be admitted to our program."
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So I'm obviously a mere mortal here but I opted against plugging any diversity/adversity/other essay in that part because it seemed a little disingenuous in comparison to what the prompt could be. I ended up going with what my personal statement would have been had it not been medicine-focused, explaining the central line of motivation through the activities the ADCOM will see listed on other parts of my application. Not that a plug-and-chug piece wouldn't work either, I just figure they're going to see a million of them.
 
meepdog said:
So I'm obviously a mere mortal here but I opted against plugging any diversity/adversity/other essay in that part because it seemed a little disingenuous in comparison to what the prompt could be. I ended up going with what my personal statement would have been had it not been medicine-focused, explaining the central line of motivation through the activities the ADCOM will see listed on other parts of my application. Not that a plug-and-chug piece wouldn't work either, I just figure they're going to see a million of them.
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Thanks🙂
 
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I guess I messed up taking the CASPer yesterday instead of sooner ;/. I know other schools I could submit their secondary despite not having CASPer done yet. Has anyone actually tried submitting their application without having CASPer results yet? I know other schools would still let you submit and still consider you for interviews etc. but won't make anything final. All my secondaries have been less than 1 week turn around looks like this one will be 2-3 weeks minimum just because of CASPer?
 
Phogetful said:
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I guess I messed up taking the CASPer yesterday instead of sooner ;/. I know other schools I could submit their secondary despite not having CASPer done yet. Has anyone actually tried submitting their application without having CASPer results yet? I know other schools would still let you submit and still consider you for interviews etc. but won't make anything final. All my secondaries have been less than 1 week turn around looks like this one will be 2-3 weeks minimum just because of CASPer?
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The “complete” button on the bottom of that page won’t be click-able until everything is received.
 
I didn't take CASPer until July 7th. Is that why I'm still waiting on a secondary? Or did they screen my MCAT score? (507)
 
Phogetful said:
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I guess I messed up taking the CASPer yesterday instead of sooner ;/. I know other schools I could submit their secondary despite not having CASPer done yet. Has anyone actually tried submitting their application without having CASPer results yet? I know other schools would still let you submit and still consider you for interviews etc. but won't make anything final. All my secondaries have been less than 1 week turn around looks like this one will be 2-3 weeks minimum just because of CASPer?
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Did you get your secondary before having CASPer taken? I added this school on Monday and haven't gotten a secondary. Forgot to send my CASPer scores to them until now, so I'm wondering what the delay is.
 
DarklingThrush said:
Did you get your secondary before having CASPer taken? I added this school on Monday and haven't gotten a secondary. Forgot to send my CASPer scores to them until now, so I'm wondering what the delay is.
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My primary was transmitted day 1, and casper delivered in mid-June, and I haven't gotten a secondary yet. They're just sending them out slowly.
 
opobs said:
When were you verified? No way a 507 would screen you out.
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Submitted May 31st, verified June 11th. I'm glad you don't think my MCAT is the problem! But I wonder what could be... all my letters and scores and transcripts are in and verified- except CASPer. But other people have secondaries without CASPer scores...
 
dr_of_rock said:
Submitted May 31st, verified June 11th. I'm glad you don't think my MCAT is the problem! But I wonder what could be... all my letters and scores and transcripts are in and verified- except CASPer. But other people have secondaries without CASPer scores...
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I kinda think they're just taking their sweet time about it? They're the last secondary I'm waiting on & I know at least a couple of the schools I applied to screen so I don't think that's the holdup
 
dr_of_rock said:
Submitted May 31st, verified June 11th. I'm glad you don't think my MCAT is the problem! But I wonder what could be... all my letters and scores and transcripts are in and verified- except CASPer. But other people have secondaries without CASPer scores...
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Hmm...I'd give admissions a call and see what's going on.
 
dr_of_rock said:
I didn't take CASPer until July 7th. Is that why I'm still waiting on a secondary? Or did they screen my MCAT score? (507)
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Also took july 7 casper, scores are now delivered 🙂
verified 7/17, no secondary yet
 
DarklingThrush said:
Did you get your secondary before having CASPer taken? I added this school on Monday and haven't gotten a secondary. Forgot to send my CASPer scores to them until now, so I'm wondering what the delay is.
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Yes I did get the secondary before taking the CASPer. I didn't pay to send a score to Albany until the day I took the CASPer cause I wasn't sure if I was going to receive it or not.
 
Phogetful said:
Yes I did get the secondary before taking the CASPer. I didn't pay to send a score to Albany until the day I took the CASPer cause I wasn't sure if I was going to receive it or not.
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Yeah, in retrospect I shouldve held off on sending them my sociopathic tendencies until after I received a secondary. Frankly I thought it was automated and no prior screen lmao
 
imbesrs said:
Yeah, in retrospect I shouldve held off on sending them my sociopathic tendencies until after I received a secondary. Frankly I thought it was automated and no prior screen lmao
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haha now I'm worried I failed CASPER too because I already sent my score over too
 
Anyone else take CASPER WAY ahead of time but it's still not received? I took mine on 6/13 and the scores were sent on 6/18. All other schools received my scores except Albany and one other. Should I contact them or should I just wait for it to show up?
 
How long did it take for you guys to get secondaries once you've been verified by AMCAS?
 
AMCAS verified by min June and received secondary 7/12...still need to do it though! :smack:
 
I did not receive the secondary but I am prewriting. Could someone plz post the prompts. Thanks in advance.
 
ahembearr said:
Anyone else take CASPER WAY ahead of time but it's still not received? I took mine on 6/13 and the scores were sent on 6/18. All other schools received my scores except Albany and one other. Should I contact them or should I just wait for it to show up?
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I also took the CASPER on 6/13 and my scores have been already been marked as received by Albany. Maybe you could double check with them by calling admissions or making sure that you added them as one of the schools that are supposed to receive your scores.
 
ahembearr said:
Anyone else take CASPER WAY ahead of time but it's still not received? I took mine on 6/13 and the scores were sent on 6/18. All other schools received my scores except Albany and one other. Should I contact them or should I just wait for it to show up?
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I took it that day and I'm complete
 
Just to confirm, you can't actually click submit until the app says received for casper?
I know some schools still let you submit but just won't review your app but it seems like Albany does it differently.
 
Just received my secondary, verified 7/2
 
BCB153 said:
Just received my secondary, verified 7/2
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Are the secondary prompts the same as previous years? Also, are the character limits with spaces or with no spaces? I know some schools have limits w/o spaces. Thanks.
 
Minicoat said:
Has anyone else still not received their secondary yet?
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I just got mine yesterday afternoon after waiting for 3+ weeks so I think they're just slow about sending them out in batches - you could try calling admissions and ask
 
On their website it states that they require one full year of orgo with lab. I have on year of orgo lecture but only orgo 1 lab. However, I took biochem lab, do you think that will be able to substitute for orgo 2 lab?
 
Hi, Would it be possible to see what the prompts are for Albany this year? Thanks!
 
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