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2024-2025 Iowa Secondary Essay Prompts (first 3 questions required)

1. We understand you may be applying to multiple medical schools. Please explain your reasons for applying to the Carver College of Medicine. (1500 Characters)
2. Describe a personal characteristic, challenge, or experience that makes you unique. How will this influence your contribution to a dynamic healthcare system that advocates for all peoples? (1500 Characters)
3. Please list and briefly describe all medically related experiences (paid/volunteer) you have completed during the past 5 years. Do NOT forecast future hours. Please include experiences listed on your AMCAS and also provide any additional experiences NOT listed on your AMCAS. (175 Characters Each)

Optional Questions:
4. If you are a reapplicant to the Carver College of Medicine, how have you strengthened your application? (1500 Characters)
5. If you are not currently in a degree-seeking program, please indicate what you will be doing from the time you complete this secondary application to the start of medical school. (1500 Characters)

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I received an email saying they have received my primary and are in the process of screening to see if I will receive a secondary.
 
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I'm seeing Carver requires 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities courses. I feel like that's absurd.
 
medcarrot said:
Where did you see this??
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Applying | MD Program

General Information How do I apply to Carver College of Medicine? 1. You must file an application to our school with the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). 2. If your application meets our minimum qualifications, we will extend you a secondary application. 3. All application...
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Luckily I think humanities is pretty broad. I just made the cutoff haha.
 
Are we required to give them our social security at this point?
 
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Here are the secondary prompts! They are the same as the one's from last year @wysdoc

1. We understand you may be applying to multiple medical schools. Please explain your reasons for applying to the Carver College of Medicine. (1500 Characters)
2. Describe a personal characteristic, challenge, or experience that makes you unique. How will this influence your contribution to a dynamic healthcare system that advocates for all peoples? (1500 Characters)
3. Please list and briefly describe all medically related experiences (paid/volunteer) you have completed during the past 5 years. Do NOT forecast future hours. Please include experiences listed on your AMCAS and also provide any additional experiences NOT listed on your AMCAS. (175 Characters Each)

Optional Questions:
4. If you are a reapplicant to the Carver College of Medicine, how have you strengthened your application? (1500 Characters)
5. If you are not currently in a degree-seeking program, please indicate what you will be doing from the time you complete this secondary application to the start of medical school. (1500 Characters)
 
andy1788 said:
Here are the secondary prompts! They are the same as the one's from last year @wysdoc

1. We understand you may be applying to multiple medical schools. Please explain your reasons for applying to the Carver College of Medicine. (1500 Characters)
2. Describe a personal characteristic, challenge, or experience that makes you unique. How will this influence your contribution to a dynamic healthcare system that advocates for all peoples? (1500 Characters)
3. Please list and briefly describe all medically related experiences (paid/volunteer) you have completed during the past 5 years. Do NOT forecast future hours. Please include experiences listed on your AMCAS and also provide any additional experiences NOT listed on your AMCAS. (175 Characters Each)

Optional Questions:
4. If you are a reapplicant to the Carver College of Medicine, how have you strengthened your application? (1500 Characters)
5. If you are not currently in a degree-seeking program, please indicate what you will be doing from the time you complete this secondary application to the start of medical school. (1500 Characters)
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For question 3, should we just summarize what we wrote about in the activities section in AMCAS or should we just explain what our responsibilities were?
 
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For question 3, I have some extracurriculars doing portraiture for patients at a hospital--this would not be considered medical, would it? Also what about health fairs through clubs?
 
Iowa provided an example MSTP CV in their secondary and it has references at the end. This is the first I'm seeing references on a CV. Is this common practice? Should I have references on mine?
 
How are y'all writing question 3? Are you just summarizing what you did, what you learned from it etc.? It's not a lot of characters so I'm struggling on what to focus on.
 
andy1788 said:
How are y'all writing question 3? Are you just summarizing what you did, what you learned from it etc.? It's not a lot of characters so I'm struggling on what to focus on.
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summarized what i did, like writing bullet points under a job on a resume
 
Are anybody else's letters of rec still marked as pending? It's been a little over a week for mine so I just wanted to make sure this was normal.
 
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Are anybody else's letters of rec still marked as pending? It's been a little over a week for mine so I just wanted to make sure this was normal.
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My LoR packet from my uni was imported the day my secondary was sent. n = 1 though.
 
andy1788 said:
And were they verified on the same day? Mine are all listed on the schools portal but they say "Pending Verification by CCOM"
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I took 5 days (incl weekend) for me from pending verification --> complete.
 
I got the email that my primary was being screened to see if I was eligible for a secondary on July 5. My GPA and MCAT are well above what I would assume the cutoff would be (3.87 and 522 respectively), but I haven't gotten a secondary yet. Not sure if they screen beyond these stats. Is it safe to assume I'm not getting one or should I reach out? I'm OOS if that matters.
 
mlg2215 said:
I got the email that my primary was being screened to see if I was eligible for a secondary on July 5. My GPA and MCAT are well above what I would assume the cutoff would be (3.87 and 522 respectively), but I haven't gotten a secondary yet. Not sure if they screen beyond these stats. Is it safe to assume I'm not getting one or should I reach out? I'm OOS if that matters.
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it took a while for my secondary to come after getting that email, they only screen for a 3.0 and 500--so maybe reach out
 
mlg2215 said:
I got the email that my primary was being screened to see if I was eligible for a secondary on July 5. My GPA and MCAT are well above what I would assume the cutoff would be (3.87 and 522 respectively), but I haven't gotten a secondary yet. Not sure if they screen beyond these stats. Is it safe to assume I'm not getting one or should I reach out? I'm OOS if that matters.
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If it makes you feel better I got my email for eligibility on July 2 and did not receive a secondary until July 18
 
Got the email they were screening my primary on July 5th just got the secondary a few minutes ago OOS. They do a holistic screen so it takes time.
 
Does research (even if not translational research) count as healthcare experience?
 
got the primary screening email 07/02 and just got the secondary this morning.
 
+ OOS great tie. Secondary received yesterday (7/30) verified 7/17
 
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