I talked about this time i travelled alone to a foreign country when I was still pretty young and how I adapted. Talked about connecting across cultures and how that relates to medicine.
Just wanted to follow up with you: Are you still waiting? I too marked IA (it is completely inconsequential...) I still anticipate receiving the secondary at some point. Not going to reach out to them until august if still no receipt. Just wanted to check in with you to see if the same-boat thing was holding us up.
4000 characters is not enough, in my opinion, to go in-depth about your research (theory/literature review, hypothesis, methods, etc). I also agree it is repetitive. So, I just started with the goal of the project then discussed key results, while emphasizing my role in the lab. Mentioned any papers/posters as well. Wrote less than 1500 characters for each project.
Yep, I'm still waiting. I wouldn't say that my IA is super inconsequential, but it looks like just having it marked flags the application. Lucky us!!! 🙂
Lol mine was def inconsequential....but yah, just flagged it. Yay. Hopefully they do manually review. Although, they get enough applications that they could theoretically just leave us to die.
Usually committee letter packets fulfill any/all requirements for most schools
Oof, got verified 7/15/19. Lemme start mentally preparing just in case...
Hey. So no correspondance from them so far. Hell, even UCLA/Drew hit me up at least. But you're right. With the mess they had going on last cycle in particular and the massive influx of apps, it's possible. Not losing hope but a bit anxious. Thanks for asking...
Absolutely, thanks. What will be, will be. We've got this, best of luck!!Hey we are all in this togetherI hope it will be going well with you!
My stats are below their supposed cutoffs as well. My application was verified on July 18. No Secondary for me atm. I didn't get one last year either but I applied quite late last year. Oh well.
I'm in the same exact boat. I'm really not very interested in research so I chose to spend my time in undergrad doing other things rather than do research to just check off a box.
Yeah, I just honestly did not have time between full-time student, work, and volunteer. I guess I can just put N/A and then the committee will take one look and delete my file haha
I wouldn't put N/A! Dig deeper, write about a big class/lab project. Good luck!
For top schools, yes. Research is absolutely not needed to get in to A medical school, butt it is bar-none a REQUIREMENT for T10 and I might even say T25 schools.
You realize that this itself is an absolute, right? 🙂
I'm shooting to be one of the 3% that did not haha.
That is a good point, I definitely did some pretty long lab reports in the higher biology lab classes I took. The problem is I deleted all that stuff off my computer. Plus I wouldn't know how to get in to touch with the TA haha. Oh well, that's alright.
My rule is to never copy/paste directly. At the same time, it would look suspicious if the AAMC why MD/PhD essay doesn't overlap with this statement of purpose. So, what I did was to briefly write it without looking at my AAMC stuff, then went back to check that I included all of the key points. Don't stress it; it won't make or break. Good Luck!
Are you sure? I always heard that your PGY-1 year is your first year of residency. PGY-1 stands for post-graduate year 1. I could 1000% be wrong though!
