2023-2024 Tennessee

[wysdoc]

2023-2024 Tennessee Secondary Essay Prompts: (Heads up - return the secondary within 7 days of your email date! )

1. (optional) List all courses you are currently taking or plan to take within the current academic year (e.g., Fall 2023 and/or Spring 2024).
List course(s), title, and credit hours. (1000 characters) ( I think it's only "optional" if you're not currently a student!)

2. (optional) Any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS primary application? (500 characters)

3. (optional) Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to provide our applicants with an optional essay prompt for the year's UTHSC College of Medicine secondary application. Please use the text field below to share with us how you may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including academic, financial, medical disruptions, etc. It would also be helpful for us to know if any of your planned experiences in shadowing, volunteering, research, employment, or other activities have been suspended due to the pandemic. (2500 characters)

Good luck to everyone applying!

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[G36]

Anyone received a secondary yet? They're supposed to start sending them out late July

 

[cats_and_dogs]

Anyone received a secondary yet? They're supposed to start sending them out late July

Not yet @G36

 

[jsb25]

Nope! My primary was acknowledged, though. Thats it.

 

[volfan24]

I also got primary confirmation on 7/4 and haven't heard anything since. Glad we're all on the same page though.

 

[lolitachiquita]

Is anyone prewriting? Does anyone know if they have reused their secondary prompts?

 

[ineedanswers]

I'm surprised they haven't sent out anything and it is Aug 1st tomorrow

 

[mustafaa2002]

Me too @ineedanswers I thought they'd for sure send it before 8/1. Also, does everyone get a secondary, or just those who are qualified?

 

[ineedanswers]

Their admissions website says that they charge $100 for their secondary too, which is bizarre because all the previous years everyone says it was free

 

[ineedanswers]

I'm guessing no-one has heard a thing?

 

[ACKjp]

I'm guessing no-one has heard a thing?

Nope. Received an email in early July stating they will send secondaries in late July, but nothing so far. Not necessarily complaining, though.

 

[jsb25]

still no secondary as of 8/13 :-/

I guess we are all so eager! haha

 

[Wazuuf]

They apparently took quite a while last year as well.

 

[Wazuuf]

Me too @ineedanswers I thought they'd for sure send it before 8/1. Also, does everyone get a secondary, or just those who are qualified?

They mentioned that it would be a select group of applicants.

 

[onthelongroad123]

haven't gotten OOS secondary here

 

[deleted1170743]

No secondary as of 8/18. Hoping to hear if we won't be receiving one so my hopes won't be kept up.

 

[Kidd_inc]

IS and nothing further as of 8/22 (besides the primary acknowledgment email). Do we know if they've sent any secondaries as of yet? Information seems pretty vague about their planned process this year as a whole.

 

[Pizzazz123456789]

Secondary received 8/22

 

[AortaSorta]

IS secondary received just now

 

[ineedanswers]

IS secondary received!

 

[danbergstellangraph]

OOS received

 

[anonymous4299]

+1 IS secondary received!

 

[Kidd_inc]

IS and nothing further as of 8/22 (besides the primary acknowledgment email). Do we know if they've sent any secondaries as of yet? Information seems pretty vague about their planned process this year as a whole.

... +1 IS received 😂

 

[koopfl1]

OOS received! What do you think the Optional “additional information” essay should include?

 

[Turtleduck99]

OOS. TN ties. Secondary received

 

[anonymous4299]

For IS residents who grew up in TN but completed undergrad in another state, how are you answering the bona fide resident and length of residency questions?

 

[onthelongroad123]

OOS secondary received

 

[Rolltidings123]

@wysdoc Looks like the same prompts as last year:
1. List all courses you are currently taking or plan to take within the current academic year (e.g., Fall 2021 and/or Spring 2022 (sic)).
List course(s), title, and credit hours. (1000 characters, optional)
2. Any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS primary application. (500 characters, optional)
3. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to provide our applicants with an optional essay prompt for the year's UTHSC College of Medicine secondary application. Please use the text field below to share with us how you may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including academic, financial, medical disruptions, etc. It would also be helpful for us to know if any of your planned experiences in shadowing, volunteering, research, employment, or other activities have been suspended due to the pandemic. (2500 characters, optional)

 

[Rolltidings123]

Also of note, the application must be submitted within 7 days of receipt, so don't miss that pretty quick turnaround.

 

[wvsw22]

Anyone received a secondary yet? They're supposed to start sending them out late July

just received mine today

 

[Rolltidings123]

For IS residents who grew up in TN but completed undergrad in another state, how are you answering the bona fide resident and length of residency questions?

Residency Application Guidelines

Established in 1911, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center aims to improve human health through education, research, clinical care and public service. The UT Health Science Center campuses include colleges of Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing...

uthsc.edu

This link has further information about residency requirements. Generally, schools don't consider going to college in another state as forfeiting your Tennessee residency, if that's where you graduated high school and/or that's where your parents live.

 

[wvsw22]

oos received, no TN ties

 

[onthelongroad123]

secondary submitted but no confirmation email

 

[cats_and_dogs]

OOS secondary received, some TN ties, LM ~ 75.

No confirmation email.

 

[deleted1164335]

2. (optional) Any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS primary application? (500 characters)

What is this space best used to answer? Gap year/application updates?

 

[wysdoc]

What is this space best used to answer? Gap year/application updates?

You could use it for that or also something else you want to tell that you didn’t have room for on your personal statement

 

[MissDoctorBae]

OOS secondary received. MS resident with TN ties!

 

[deleted1170743]

IS Secondary Received & Submitted 8/22/23. UTHSC Alumnus.

Update: Secondary confirmation received 8/23/23

 

[Little-Dude]

Anyone heard anything from this school yet?

 

[deleted1164335]

Anyone heard anything from this school yet?

Submitted same day as receiving IS secondary on 8/22, haven't heard anything.

 

[MissDoctorBae]

On their website it says that they won't start sending IIs until October

 

[averybug]

too late to apply here? no ties btw… (ik ab the residency bias)

 

[Little-Dude]

It’s October wooooooo

 

[mustafaa2002]

Has anyone received any word or II?

 

[deleted1164335]

Has anyone received any word or II?

Nothing yet

 

[MissDoctorBae]

just got an application under review email

 

[wannabeatUTHSC]

Anyone else received an “update notification” this morning?

 

[ACKjp]

That email just jump-scared me

 

[ebebebe]

Anyone else received an “update notification” this morning?

+1 under review email

 

[NIZMOJOE]

+1 under review email

+1