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Yes, if you see the picture as sideways, we will see your picture as sideways. If you submitted your app then you'll have to contact our office so that we can give you an "Application Extension" in order for you to go back in and fix the pic. If you haven't submitted then you can just reupload a new photo. Email: [email protected]
This happened to me either with Case or another school. I just simply re-uploaded the same picture file and it went from sideways to right side up.
I cropped my picture to make it a little smaller, reuploaded it, and it went from sideways to normal.
Is this is a new question?? I don't see it on the previous year's secondary??
It was mentioned above that the prompts are on the website.
oh i was just going to do 3500 since that's what it was last year
Thanks for your response.
Since the website says, "if you are applying to both the University Program and the College Program, the research response will default to the College Program required response" and the UP research essay is 3500 characters, it should be the same, right? Does this mean we only have to answer the research question once and it'll send to both colleges?
Mine for CCLCM was over 3500 and was accepted
Both programs will see your response to this essay.
Thank you for your response! Do we just have to write one essay then or two different Additional Information Responses for the two colleges?
Just one.
I've asked our CCLCM colleagues to update this and will pass it along when I hear back.
It can absolutely be an ongoing project. Just make it clear in your response that this is an ongoing project and perhaps give some insight into what you're finding since you're results of the research project aren't final yet. We don't expect pre-meds to have fully completed projects, especially if you're working in a lab that has a longitudinal project. We can't and won't hold that against you.
Our secondary platform won't put a hard stop on the character limit. However, we do ask that you stay within the parameters. Although a few extra characters here and there isn't a tragedy. That said, applicants often wonder why it can take a long time to hear back from us. The truth is, we have A LOT of reading to do and it takes time to read through an application when you factor in the essays, experiences, and letters of recommendation. If applicants are writing short novels in their essay responses, it can really slow the down the review of applications.
No, you're fine.
The character limit for this essay is 3,500. It will be updated on the secondary platform in the next couple of days. Again, don't worry if you've already submitted and your response may have been slightly over 3,500 characters.
Are we able to email admissions and cut down on the essay if we submitted the CCLCM version before the cap was announced? Mine is way over 3500 and am worried about being substantially penalized for it.
No. Each program will evaluate your application separately! The decision by one program does not influence the decision by the other program.
Our secondary has an additional optional essay for "anything not already mentioned or captured in your application." This would be an appropriate place to put something like this.
I have to assume that you indicated these multiple projects in the Experiences section so we'll get to read a little bit about them there. If you are applying to CCLCM, then I would recommend the project that you did the longest and/or had can share the most results. If applying to the University Program only, then choose your favorite project, the one that was most challenging or you learned the most from or did the longest. I hope this helps.
I'll have to look into this. We (admissions) cannot edit directly the essay responses. Again, you're not going to be penalized for this. On our end we don't see a character count for the essay responses when screening.
Ok! Thank you for your help!
I'd say that it is up to you. I'm going to assume that you also listed them in the experiences section, right? If so, we'll also be reading about them there too. It may not be necessary to reiterate them but, again, up to you.
If it makes your decision any easier, I'm leaving it blank. They have enough essays to read. #adcomsarepeopletoo
Is there a gap year prompt? I haven’t gotten my secondary yet.
Yeah this is the prompt:
I was thinking of using my adversity essay because it shows an additional aspect of me
