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No ties here
I have family in Colorado Springs
I would think earlier in the application process is usually always better in the case of most medical schools. As long as you think you'd be prepared in time.
MSAR says they send secondaries to "applicants meeting the baseline requirements" so it's probably like the classic 3.0, 500 screen or similar. Altough this post:
is a little confusing. I doubt they had 34% of their primary applicants fail that screen, so it's possible MSAR is incorrect. Either way, what we do know is that there's no hope at all for an II without a secondary.
It’s also possible that a lot of people who submitted their primary apps decided not to submit a secondary, for whatever reason. I’ve done that for some schools
I'm sure it's possible for a portion of people, but the primary app is still an investment of $40. Granted they send out secondaries late, but I still doubt it accounts for more than say 5% or that number, which still leaves almost 30% getting screened out. Which I guess isn't impossible it just still seems a little high to me. I mean if I made the screen their standards can't be that high haha
You’d be surprised about how many people don’t care about that $40. At places with unusually “difficult” secondaries (they aren’t that difficult if you ask me, but they’re more work than your typical secondary), like Miami and Duke, apparently only about 50% of people who receive the secondary actually submit it.
Was gonna reference Miami. You are so right! Unless specifically stated (e.g., for wake forest, you must have a 507 or greater), most MD schools that screen will probably screen out applicants with <500/3.00. For Colorado, there’s prob a lot of people who were like “Colorado seems cool and is in my stats range” but they’re prob on the east or west coast and by the time they’re pumping out essays for 30 schools they’re like ok yeah Colorado is very far away....nvm (that was almost me, but then I submitted!!)
Wow that honestly surprises me. Well betters the odds for the rest of us I guess
Yeah, I'm with you. I definitely submitted all my secondaries because I'm not the type of person who likes to just waste $40 on something for no reason. But, different strokes for different folks.
It's better than wasting another $100+ on the secondary fee if you only realize something after sending the school your primary though. I'm definitely on the more frugal side myself so even though it hurts to have the $40 go to waste, I've (thankfully) noticed that I shouldn't submit a few of my secondaries and saved the extra fees.
I agree. I guess I just tried to make all of those decisions/realizations before adding the schools to my primary. I still applied to too many schools though and wish I would have saved my money, but hindsight is 20/20.
Trust me, I did too 🙂 I have a huge very detailed spreadsheet (also applied to too many schools) and thought I was sure of all my decisions but once I received so many secondaries, I allowed myself to be more selective (for example, not submitting to a school that has an $80,000 oos tuition).
Definitely ridiculous 🙁
Michigan State OOS is like this too, crazy
The cost scares me too. It’s one of my top choices for sure but I’d rather go to a cheaper school if I have the option, unless Im getting one of those NHSC scholarships.
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Oregon is close to Colorado? How close? Haha, Im just messing with ya. Congrats!
LOL! Thank you...
I have a really low uGPA (-3.2) so I wanted to make sure I’d get in somewhere. I just want to be a doctor 🙂
