I saw on MSAR they mentioned invites being sent late July!
mine was!
i would just put the response.
I meant that the majority of my clinical experience was in the ER stocking shelves. But like the other guy said above, I've had some other experiences that have informed my views on patient care
I doubt it matters! Mine was taken on a nice camera and still ended up blurry once submitted to the website 🙁 Hopefully that's only an issue on our end though!
That's the way I approached it.
You could certainly approach it like a diversity essay, but I think the way the prompt is posed gives you leeway to answer it in other ways too. If you can talk about how you're contributing to the community/bringing educational benefits with your research experience, I'd say go for it!
I had a research experience that was cancelled which I figured I could mention. Would this be the time to mention a lower MCAT score than expected due to circumstances? I got a 510 which isn't something to complain about but my date had been pushed back a few months and I had gotten little sleep the week prior as I had been going to protests. I do not want to sound like I'm complaining or making excuses though.
Yeah I agree that you should talk about the research experience but leave out the part about the MCAT. Protests are important, but to a med school that will just sound like an excuse.
wow that's kind of tragic. I honestly hate when schools send secondaries to everyone, even when they already KNOW you automatically won't meet XYZ cutoff. like just tell me now instead of forcing me to spend my time and money on nothing.
that's horrifying lol. at least my application won't even be read until August because that's when I'll have my MCAT score 😢
Me too but committee letter
I did Arial, 12pt, single page.
I'm doing 1.25 spaced, cambria, and 12 pt. font just because it fills up the page nicely. Do whatever you think will look good as long as the font isn't crazy!
brevity is the soul of the wit
Why not write about the stuff that was pushed back? Those things would have made you stand out more than you do now, and posting it also shows that you had some plan for what you would presumably be doing right now, rather than just sitting at home.
That's what I was planning to do. Any thoughts on the heading? Are you going to repeat the prompt or have a title or anything? Or address it like a letter to admissions?
You would only have a former name if you have legally changed your name. Usually this would be in the case of marriage, or maybe a gender transition if you want to put your dead name.
I'm the opposite. I hated having to double space my writing in college (so inefficient!) and love the way single spacing looks.
When were you complete?
+1
Submitted secondary 7/12, complete 7/15 (my MCAT score released 7/14).
