2019-2020 Albert Einstein

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sundayko said:
Secondary received, OOS md/phd
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+1. They give 3000 characters for all of these questions, should we be using even a significant portion of that? I'd think just a few sentences explaining why I have a W, for example, would suffice. Not sure tho.
 
Am I the only one that had a lot of trouble with their portal? When typing information in, it seemed like my cursor would sometimes jump around on its own. Never seen something like that before. Also, there's no way to save intermittently so when I accidentally hit the back button on my mouse, it deleted everything I'd already done.
 
2020NonTrad said:
Am I the only one that had a lot of trouble with their portal? When typing information in, it seemed like my cursor would sometimes jump around on its own. Never seen something like that before. Also, there's no way to save intermittently so when I accidentally hit the back button on my mouse, it deleted everything I'd already done.
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I feel your pain. Its done, but it hurt (the lack of intermittent saving especially!).
 
gemcattini said:
How are we supposed to answer the following, since they seem like the same question as I am doing the same work?
  1. I have taken off at least a year since college graduation (3000 characters)
  2. I plan to take time off from school this year while I apply to medical school (3000 characters).
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If you have graduated before this year, the first question applies. If you just graduated the second question applies.
 
Did anyone else not receive a confirmation email after submitting the secondary?
 
For the question about listing presentations for MSTP applicants, would it be ok for me to list posters that I was co-authored on, but didn't present because I couldn't attend the conference?
 
almostthere2024 said:
same, I submitted AMCAS 6/1 and haven't received one
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Maybe they are also sending them out based on when LOR were received? I was verified 6/27 but my LOR were uploaded until 7/5 so it's not like they didn't have my primary the first day
 
texasvandy said:
If you have graduated before this year, the first question applies. If you just graduated the second question applies.
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I graduated a few years ago, but from the way they phrased the latter part of the second question, it sounds like it applies to me too?

I plan to take time off from school this year while I apply to medical school. (Answer “yes” if you are not a full-time student this year.)
 
shwa12 said:
I graduated a few years ago, but from the way they phrased the latter part of the second question, it sounds like it applies to me too?

I plan to take time off from school this year while I apply to medical school. (Answer “yes” if you are not a full-time student this year.)
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Agreed that this is strange given this question as well "I have taken at least a year off from school since college graduation."

I graduated last year but am taking 2 gap years so given their wording, I would answer yes to both question but my explanation would be the same. Not sure if they want me to copy-paste the same response
 
caffeinatedMD8 said:
Agreed that this is strange given this question as well "I have taken at least a year off from school since college graduation."

I graduated last year but am taking 2 gap years so given their wording, I would answer yes to both question but my explanation would be the same. Not sure if they want me to copy-paste the same response
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Yeah, I'm having the same dilemma. I emailed them this morning, so I'll keep you posted on what they say!
 
caffeinatedMD8 said:
Agreed that this is strange given this question as well "I have taken at least a year off from school since college graduation."

I graduated last year but am taking 2 gap years so given their wording, I would answer yes to both question but my explanation would be the same. Not sure if they want me to copy-paste the same response
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This is how I see it: first question is asking, “what did you do in the gap year after you graduated,” second is asking, “what are you doing in the upcoming year while you apply to school.” You might be doing the same stuff so if that’s the case just quickly explain that you’ll be continuing with whatever you were doing. If not than say what’s coming up!
 
Why Einstein or Diversity for this anything else question? I feel like diversity fits better but idk
 
shwa12 said:
Yeah, I'm having the same dilemma. I emailed them this morning, so I'll keep you posted on what they say!
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I answered the two differently, as in "what am I going to be doing during the 2019-2020 year" and "what have I been doing since undergrad". For some people, those might cover the same activities, but for me, the latter has a lot more.
 
should we explain grade trends in the "anything else" section? or might that better fit in the explanation for W grades? Also would like to know if we should talk about diversity in the anything else section
 
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