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off topic but I love your katara pfp she encapsulates how I am feeling rn so well lol
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proteinfolder
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thanks! using avatar to cope during secondary season lol
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Did you figure out how to navigate this? I am in a similar situation and was wondering if anyone contacted the school yet?
I actually did something similar to you but the opposite (talked about sports in the first optional then some music/arts and other stuff in the hobbies). I'm by no means D1 level or a musician though, but sports and music were both touched on in my primary as well.
They do have access to your transcripts, so I did not include lab courses (which were separate courses). Also there is not enough spots to put labs
Per the UM admissions "Thank you for your interest in the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A low CASPer score may not exclude you from an interview, but with 11,000 applicants it will not help. "
I have a ton of research experience and like a lot I can write about each activity. It says "briefly" but then it's 500 word maximum, so how brief are people doing? I'm struggling with this one.
wellllll I might just not apply here then lol
chantheman98
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The way I approached it was to give a 150-250 word recap that highlights the most compelling/interesting bits without getting too technical. Agree its weird but if you look at past threads I would not worry about not using all 500 words.
so 100ish words per research experience like if I have 4?
spectroscopy12
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Does applying with a significant other help?
proteinfolder
Full Member
It can’t hurt. Some school requirements can fluctuate even throughout the same admissions cycle
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firelilies2
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yes! how long has this been taking for people?
proteinfolder
Full Member
Did you ever find out whether or not you could substitute a quarter of ochem for the second quarter of biochem?
proteinfolder
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For anyone who may have this problem in the future:
toooblivious21
Full Member
Hello! Does anyone know where I can find a list of student organizations at Miami Miller? I can't access the Student Organizations tab on their website because their security certificate expired for the page apparently.
Dreaming_of_dreams
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I got past it by clicking on the button that says something along the lines of "tell me the details" and then "visit site anyway"
Let me know if that doesn't work.
toooblivious21
Full Member
yes that worked, thank you!
firelilies2
New Member
Update- they emailed me and said that their tech team is trying to fix the Letter of Rec issue. Seems to be universal
heads up for everyone because it seems to happen every year. make sure your LOR and picture are checked off in the portal. Someone late last cycle hadnt noticed that the LORs werent marked off and their application wasnt looked at until I gave them the appropriate contact and they ended up fixing it. They ended up getting the interview and acceptd but it def could have been avoided
mango4tango2
New Member
Not sure if this has already been answered, but any advice on what to do if your experiences for #3 and #4 have overlap? For example, I was a volunteer at a hospital, so this could count as both a clinical experience (#3) and a volunteering experience (#4).
I didn't include my clinical volunteering under the volunteering section. I figured if they've read about it once in the secondary they get the picture lol
mango4tango2
New Member
Makes sense, thanks!
but doesn’t only one of them say to describe? I was going to put them on both, and only describe for the clinical one
The secondary document attached says that each time you are asked to include a chronological list, you also need to include a brief description
oh wow glad I didn’t submit yet then!
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I'm sure a bunch of people missed it tbh I almost did but I read the document like three times to be careful
Dreaming_of_dreams
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Honestly I am not sweating it too much. Most of the information is in my primary application anyway.
I do still think that is weird that they didn't emphasize adding the description for the second question.
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yeah I thought it was strange that they specifically asked for a description in the first but said to list it in the second. I included one activity that wasn’t in my primary because I didn’t do it for too long and it wasn’t that significant :/ oh well
This secondary is brutal...
+1
completely missed that too lmao it's weird they didn't write it in the question specifically
Secondary submitted 7/19. They don't send a complete confirmation, do they? I saw all green checkmarks. No way to check if Casper is in either it looks like.
The only confirmation I got was right after I pressed submit. I see all the green checkmarks too and it says application complete so I think we're good!
Pushed through and wrote it in one day because I knew it would take a week or more if I allowed it to lol
I did the same thing lol.
no. only use as many words as necessary to get your point across/answer the question
Whend you submit
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7/8
did u get an email
Mine says this too and there’s no email, basically just saying it’s been reviewed.
No email! Just a sign that they're reviewing apps 🙂
JDkelsoTurko
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anybody that applied to the mph program get scored yet?
