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Please email admissions if youre missing your secondary and you've been verified a long time ago. I got my secondary five min after I emailed them. Good luck!
 
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shadysensei said:
@everyone
Please email admissions if youre missing your secondary and you've been verified a long time ago. I got my secondary five min after I emailed them. Good luck!
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Emailed admissions yesterday and they said it'll come within the next few weeks. Did not receive anything. Submitted first day. I think you either got a great admissions officer or it was a coincidence.
 
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RedDevilz99 said:
Emailed admissions yesterday and they said it'll come within the next few weeks. Did not receive anything. Submitted first day. I think you either got a great admissions officer or it was a coincidence.
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i feel like its kinda not fair theyre sending secondaries not in order of people who submitted their primary
 
RedDevilz99 said:
Emailed admissions yesterday and they said it'll come within the next few weeks. Did not receive anything. Submitted first day. I think you either got a great admissions officer or it was a coincidence.
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Yeah it could be one heck of a coincidence! I would still try to email in case they really are manually pushing these secondaries through.
 
finally got an email to claim my account. do i just wait until the actual secondary portal gets emailed to me now?
 
For the question, "Please provide a narrative or timeline to describe any features of your educational history that you think may be of particular interest to us. For example, have you lived in another country or experienced a culture unlike your own, or worked in a field that contributed to your understanding of people unlike yourself? Or, have you experienced advanced training in any area, including the fields of art, music, or sports? This is an opportunity to describe learning experiences that may not be covered in other areas of this app or AMCAS application. It is not necessary to write anything in this section. Also, use this section to explain any impact that COVID-19 may have had on your education/research/volunteering or employment plans. (2000 characters) (Optional)"

Does this only apply to in college? What I did advanced training in a musical instrument, for example, until COVID-19/college?
 
Is anyone having trouble with the payment portal?


**Edit*** resolved, problem was a VPN I was using, website is fairly clunky compared to the other schools
 
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redtrain21 said:
I still haven’t gotten it, was gonna reach out to admissions but it seems like they will just tell me to wait based on what the other person said.
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yeah i had reached out and they told me I should receive it in the next weeks
 
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malpacca90 said:
For question #4 about educational history and additional training, would it be appropriate to talk about something from high school? I was a competitive swimmer for 12 years and stopped briefly before college + I also played the flute for a long time in middle school and high school, and I was wondering if those things were fair game to discuss
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I am also wondering this! I have several experiences in other countries related to service/medical experiences in high school. I know they say it's not necessary to write anything which makes me feel like it would be okay to talk about experiences in high school? I just don't want it to hurt my app
 
goldenretriever99 said:
I am also wondering this! I have several experiences in other countries related to service/medical experiences in high school. I know they say it's not necessary to write anything which makes me feel like it would be okay to talk about experiences in high school? I just don't want it to hurt my app
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+1 also wondering this!
 
Has anyone gotten a complete email? I already had everything else received before submitting the secondary and now its been a couple days...
 
steffiswims said:
Has anyone gotten a complete email? I already had everything else received before submitting the secondary and now its been a couple days...
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yes i got one a few days after submitting the secondary. I think it says on their site it can take 3 days or so
 
chilly_md said:
2024-2025 Boston University Secondary Essay Prompts: (Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 are REQUIRED)

  1. *Did you go on to college directly after high school? (Y/N) (if no, explain 1400 characters)
  2. *Are you expecting to go on to medical school directly after completing your undergraduate degree? (Y/N) (Post bac work is NOT considered undergraduate. If attending a post bac program prior to entering medical school, the answer is NO and should be explained.) If you took gap year(s), please use this space to explain what you have been doing prior to applying to medical school. (1400 characters)
  3. If you have spent more than 4 years as an undergraduate, please explain below. (You may skip this question if you have graduated within 4 years.) (1400 characters)
  4. Please provide a narrative or timeline to describe any features of your educational history that you think may be of particular interest to us. For example, have you lived in another country or experienced a culture unlike your own, or worked in a field that contributed to your understanding of people unlike yourself? Or, have you experienced advanced training in any area, including the fields of art, music, or sports? This is an opportunity to describe learning experiences that may not be covered in other areas of this application or your AMCAS application. It is not necessary to write anything in this section. Also use this section to explain any impact that COVID-19 may have had on your educational/research/volunteering or employment plans. (2000 characters)
  5. *Core Competencies: Explain in each box below, how your coursework exemplifies knowledge competency in each subject area. These are broad subject areas. You should list courses, and other pertinent information. (For example, Biology: Intro Bio 101, Intro Bio lab 102, Anatomy 201, summer research in cell biology with Professor Smith; Humanities: Freshman English, History of Civilization, Philosophy 101, English writing tutor 2 semesters). Add text to explain your entries if necessary.
    • Include courses that you have completed or anticipate completing prior to matriculation.
    • For sciences, include both lectures and labs.
    • We will accept your school's definition of lab experience for Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biological Sciences.
    • Use your transcript and university course classifications as a guide. Courses may be listed more than once if the subject matter falls into more than one core competency.
    • Non U.S. or non-Canadian educated applicant must have completed a minimum of (2) two years of academic work at an institution accredited by and located in the U.S. or Canada, which should include study in the core competencies listed.
    • There is no right or wrong answer here. You will be contacted if the Committee on Admissions has any questions regarding your answers.
    • If you have nothing to list under a particular category, write N/A. (600 characters each)
      1. Biology:
      2. Chemistry:
      3. Physics:
      4. Mathematics:
      5. Humanities (including English)
  6. *Why BU Chobanian & Avedisian SOM? Boston Medical Center is the largest safety net hospital in New England, serving primarily people who are publicly insured, people of color, immigrants, and low-income people in the Greater Boston Area. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment? (3000 characters)
Optional Essay: (3000 characters)
Use the space below to provide additional information you feel will provide us with a comprehensive understanding of your strengths as a candidate for a career in medicine. This should include only information NOT already included in your AMCAS or other sections of the Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Supplemental Application. Most applicants leave this blank. Yes, it's really optional.


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questins 2,3 are 2000 characters.
 
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chilly_md said:
Could somebody confirm this? We went through this before once already and now there is conflicting information.

#2 and #3 should be brief answers whether it is 1400 or 2000 anyhow.
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question 1 is also 2000 characters
 
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I have been so swamped with work that I havent finished their secondary and they sent me an email abotu being inactive for too long LMAO
 
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chilly_md said:
Could somebody confirm this? We went through this before once already and now there is conflicting information.

#2 and #3 should be brief answers whether it is 1400 or 2000 anyhow.
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Yep, 2000 characters for 1,2, and 3
 
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Iron Man23 said:
anyone get an email saying their file is complete? submitted Tuesday with everything in, but still haven't received the complete file.
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Hey did you ever get a completion email? I just realized that I also didn't get one and I submitted everything a week ago
 
I just realized I forgot to include the organic chemistry lecture and lab courses I took in the core competencies section, but they’re listed on my transcript. Should I email them or not worry about it? This is my first time making a mistake like this on a secondary so I’m just overly neurotic about it, sorry.
 
auressam said:
I just realized I forgot to include the organic chemistry lecture and lab courses I took in the core competencies section, but they’re listed on my transcript. Should I email them or not worry about it? This is my first time making a mistake like this on a secondary so I’m just overly neurotic about it, sorry.
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I think it should be fine, in the portal it said if there were any discrepancies or questions about your courses they would reach out to you.
 
a little late but got an II IS 8/2 (part of MAMS program though). secondary completed 7/22
 
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BiomedEGR777 said:
heard of this program in passing but never actually looked it up. What is it? like a direct pipeline from masters to md program?
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it's a masters in medical science. basically you take biochem/physio/cell bio etc. to boost your application. It's not a direct pipeline, but MAMS students are viewed in a separate pool and the top performers are invited for interview I heard. They admit around 25-30 students from the cohort each year but no quota according to the dean.
 
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teddy_bear said:
it's a masters in medical science. basically you take biochem/physio/cell bio etc. to boost your application. It's not a direct pipeline, but MAMS students are viewed in a separate pool and the top performers are invited for interview I heard. They admit around 25-30 students from the cohort each year but no quota according to the dean.
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awesome thank you!
 
+1 OOS II! Does anyone know what it means when it says that interviews are conducted in two rounds?
 
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ltg09 said:
+1 OOS II! Does anyone know what it means when it says that interviews are conducted in two rounds?
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it just means we will have 2 interviews.

edit: I was wrong sorry, we just have one!
 
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+1 OOS II! Does anyone know what it means when it says that interviews are conducted in two rounds?
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Where did you get the information about two rounds of interviews, I received my interview invite today, which has just one slot to choose for the interview.
 
sheena312 said:
Where did you get the information about two rounds of interviews, I received my interview invite today, which has just one slot to choose for the interview.
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It’s written on the portal in one of the interview tabs! But I don’t think it means we have 2 interviews, everything I have read about their interview process says it’s only one. And I was also only able to select one slot
 
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ltg09 said:
+1 OOS II! Does anyone know what it means when it says that interviews are conducted in two rounds?
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you only have 1 interview. There are two waves of interview for applicants. First wave will get a decision in December. Second wave in ~ April.
 
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