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[Detective SnowBucket]

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Didn't read the gap year prompt too well and didn't see they want only 4 sentences so I wrote a whole paragraph. Never been so creative at revising/combining with semi-colons and dashes 😉

 

[deleted972488]

Didn't read the gap year prompt too well and didn't see they want only 4 sentences so I wrote a whole paragraph. Never been so creative at revising/combining with semi-colons and dashes 😉

Mine is 4 fairly long sentences, so basically a whole paragraph.

 

[Detective SnowBucket]

Mine is 4 fairly long sentences, so basically a whole paragraph.

Mine was 8/9 sentences originally lol

 

[907914]

Didn't read the gap year prompt too well and didn't see they want only 4 sentences so I wrote a whole paragraph. Never been so creative at revising/combining with semi-colons and dashes 😉

Commas, hyphins, and semicolons are your friends for this purpose lol I tend to find my average sentence length to be around 20 some words....

 

[fletcher2]

So is there a word/character limit on the research prompt? trying to pre-write, but I have a 5 projects to describe so I'm at like 900 words lol

 

[907914]

So is there a word/character limit on the research prompt? trying to pre-write, but I have a 5 projects to describe so I'm at like 900 words lol

500 words for cclcm

 

[thatguyoverthere]

For the Cleveland Clinic, it says that they require a letter from a research advisor. If I'm submitting a Committee Letter, do I have to ask my research advisors to send their letters separately? Or does a Committee Letter suffice?

 

[907914]

For the Cleveland Clinic, it says that they require a letter from a research advisor. If I'm submitting a Committee Letter, do I have to ask my research advisors to send their letters separately? Or does a Committee Letter suffice?

Is your research adviser's letter a part of the committee letter? If not then it needs to be separate.

 

[thatguyoverthere]

Is your research adviser's letter a part of the committee letter? If not then it needs to be separate.

I submitted my 3 research letters to my health advisor, who compiled the committee packet.

 

[907914]

I submitted my 3 research letters to my health advisor, who compiled the committee packet.

then you are GTG

 

[caffeinatedMD8]

I literally Copypasta'd my entire poster (Except for the results/diagrams - discussion was sufficient) then chunked it all down until it was at <3500 characters, thn went through and made it more coherent.

how technical would you say you made this research essay?

 

[deleted972488]

how technical would you say you made this research essay?

Make sure it's understandable to a wide enough audience. Don't get too technical.

 

[deleted993760]

Make sure it's understandable to a wide enough audience. Don't get too technical.

I made mine technical enough for an educated reader, but with no expectation that they knew anything about the field. I had my mom who works in a field completely unrelated to medicine read it and see if she could understand it.

 

[deleted993760]

I submitted my 3 research letters to my health advisor, who compiled the committee packet.

I have my 3 three research letters in the committee packet so I did that.

 

[caffeinatedMD8]

Make sure it's understandable to a wide enough audience. Don't get too technical.

Thanks! Was your essay split 50:50 between the research and the more reflection part of the question? Or did one part dominate

 

[deleted972488]

Thanks! Was your essay split 50:50 between the research and the more reflection part of the question? Or did one part dominate

I prewrote and last year they didn't have the reflection part, but fortunately, I was under the character limit. So I just added a paragraph at the end for reflection. It ended up being more like 75% research and 25% reflection. I think 50/50 may be more ideal. Depends. I also had a whole PhD's worth of research to summarize...

 

[caffeinatedMD8]

I prewrote and last year they didn't have the reflection part, but fortunately, I was under the character limit. So I just added a paragraph at the end for reflection. It ended up being more like 75% research and 25% reflection. I think 50/50 may be more ideal. Depends. I also had a whole PhD's worth of research to summarize...

Ah, that is definitely different from my situation, haha. Thanks for the input!

 

[Spaghettisaurus_rex]

What are thoughts on talking about a research project I did in high school for the research prompt? It was for my IB extended essay and was a pretty large-scale independent hypothesis driven research project. It was for biology but was related to ecology.

I have a project from university that I did a poster presentation and published in the NEJM that I'm mainly talking about. I just thought the high school one could also be kind of fun to talk about as my first real project but not sure if I shouldn't bring it up because it was high school.

 

[deleted972488]

What are thoughts on talking about a research project I did in high school for the research prompt? It was for my IB extended essay and was a pretty large-scale independent hypothesis driven research project. It was for biology but was related to ecology.

I have a project from university that I did a poster presentation and published in the NEJM that I'm mainly talking about. I just thought the high school one could also be kind of fun to talk about as my first real project but not sure if I shouldn't bring it up because it was high school.

Yeah, I would just focus on the university stuff. I did IB, too!

 

[premedpower8484848]

I am thinking of writing a short 1000-2000 character why case essay for the last prompt for the additional information section. Do you guys think that is a good idea?

 

[deleted972488]

I am thinking of writing a short 1000-2000 character why case essay for the last prompt for the additional information section. Do you guys think that is a good idea?

If it isn’t bs.

 

[premedpower8484848]

If it isn’t bs.

Sorry for maybe asking a dumb question, but what do you mean by bs?

 

[GloballyMed]

Submitted!

 

[hailbate]

Sorry for maybe asking a dumb question, but what do you mean by bs?

He be talkin bout that bull**** my friend

 

[deleted972488]

Sorry for maybe asking a dumb question, but what do you mean by bs?

Like if you have a legitimate reason like “I went to undergrad here and my significant other lives in Cleveland so I’d really like to go to Case” vs. something generic like “The curriculum sounds good.”

 

[premedpower8484848]

Like if you have a legitimate reason like “I went to undergrad here and my significant other lives in Cleveland so I’d really like to go to Case” vs. something generic like “The curriculum sounds good.”

Got it. Thanks!

 

[thatguyoverthere]

Does the CCLCM see your responses to Case Western's questions? I'm wondering because I'm not sure if I can reuse a story for Case and CCLCM

 

[aspiringdoctor87]

Was there a word limit on the research essay...?

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

Didn't read the gap year prompt too well and didn't see they want only 4 sentences so I wrote a whole paragraph. Never been so creative at revising/combining with semi-colons and dashes 😉

*facepalm* i should start reading these prompts more carefully before I submit.

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

*facepalm* i should start reading these prompts more carefully before I submit.

y'all think this is something worth emailing about?

 

[aayz345]

Secondary received. OOS, verified 7/11

 

[deleted972488]

y'all think this is something worth emailing about?

Absolutely not

 

[Dr. Forbin]

Is it worth applying here with only 80 hours of research?

 

[seeinghowitgoes]

Does the CCLCM see your responses to Case Western's questions? I'm wondering because I'm not sure if I can reuse a story for Case and CCLCM

I believe CCLCM app readers can see them all

 

[deleted972488]

Is it worth applying here with only 80 hours of research?

University program, yes. College program, no.

 

[thatguyoverthere]

I believe CCLCM app readers can see them all

I actually called them the other day and they said they don't see each others haha

 

[SnowFun]

Does 300-1000 characters limit for Case secondaries include
spaces or not?

Thank you

 

[texasvandy]

Does 300-1000 characters limit for Case secondaries include
spaces or not?

Thank you

Rule of thumb for character limits - spaces are always included in a limit.

 

[SnowFun]

Rule of thumb for character limits - spaces are always included in a limit.

Got it ... Thank you

 

[honestlyidk]

anyone else having trouble submitting payment?

 

[premed-DC-2020]

Are the questions that are only required for the college program also shared with the university program? Was thinking about using the optional essay to talk about what I am doing next year but only if the University program but only if the university program doesn't see the "please tell us in no more than four sentences what you are doing during this gap" essay.

 

[907914]

College program, no.

You mean to tell me the 80 hours invested in researching different medical schools doesn't count? Bogus. /s

 

[deleted976595]

Wow can they check who has actually applied before they send out emails with the subject line “You Could Be a Great Fit for the CWRU School of Medicine”

Thanks for the heart attack, case

 

[907914]

Just got this recruitment email from Case. Thinking of replying asking for that II.

 

[deleted976595]

View attachment 272331Just got this recruitment email from Case. Thinking of replying asking for that II.

I think they may know something I don’t because they said they received the results of the MCAT I took IN MAY... must’ve blacked out from the trauma taking it a second time caused because I don’t remember it at all...

 

[deleted972488]

Wow can they check who has actually applied before they send out emails with the subject line “You Could Be a Great Fit for the CWRU School of Medicine”

Thanks for the heart attack, case

I got this one and one from USF (which I also applied to already). These med schools are messing with me.

 

[premedpower8484848]

View attachment 272331Just got this recruitment email from Case. Thinking of replying asking for that II.

I just got that email too, but it said "We just received the results of the MCAT that you took in May". I took the MCAT in March, not May????

 

[deleted972488]

I think they may know something I don’t because they said they received the results of the MCAT I took IN MAY... must’ve blacked out from the trauma taking it a second time caused because I don’t remember it at all...

Lol +1. My email also says that... I took it in March...

 

[907914]

I just got that email too, but it said "We just received the results of the MCAT that you took in May". I took the MCAT in March, not May????

Oh yah, didn’t even notice...I took it March too...

 

[texasvandy]

I think they may know something I don’t because they said they received the results of the MCAT I took IN MAY... must’ve blacked out from the trauma taking it a second time caused because I don’t remember it at all...

I think their marketing is detached from application process. The marketing got a list of people who meet the 516+ scores Case is targeting unless someone got this letter with a score below that.