2024-2025 Iowa

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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)

Good luck to all applying!
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[ClashRoyaleKing]

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.

 

[CheeesyBoi]

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.

Do we know how rigorous their screening process is?

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

Do we know how rigorous their screening process is?

I think just MCAT. MSAR says they will send to those with greater than 500 and subsections 123 and greater (phew, my 123 CARS).

 

[Big Slime]

I'm seeing Carver requires 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities courses. I feel like that's absurd.

 

[deleted1125342]

I'm seeing Carver requires 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities courses. I feel like that's absurd.

Where did you see this??

 

[Big Slime]

Where did you see this??

Application Process

medicine.uiowa.edu

Luckily I think humanities is pretty broad. I just made the cutoff haha.

 

[Strattera]

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.

Same!

 

[Iron Man23]

OOS Secondary Received

 

[AppleDestroyer]

OOS Secondary Received

Are the questions the same as last year?

 

[Iron Man23]

Are we required to give them our social security at this point?

 

[Iron Man23]

Are the questions the same as last year?

yes the same

 

[ribonucleoprotein]

what do they screen for??

 

[AppleDestroyer]

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)

 

[AppleDestroyer]

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)

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?

 

[AnonymousBunny]

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?

 

[BlueTuba15]

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?

 

[CheeesyBoi]

Anyone else still waiting on a secondary?

 

[ribonucleoprotein]

Anyone else still waiting on a secondary?

+1

 

[AppleDestroyer]

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.

 

[palmtree13]

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.

summarized what i did, like writing bullet points under a job on a resume

 

[saran_wrap]

+1 OOS secondary

 

[AppleDestroyer]

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.

 

[deleted1125342]

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.

My LoR packet from my uni was imported the day my secondary was sent. n = 1 though.

 

[AppleDestroyer]

My LoR packet from my uni was imported the day my secondary was sent. n = 1 though.

And were they verified on the same day? Mine are all listed on the schools portal but they say "Pending Verification by CCOM"

 

[deleted1125342]

And were they verified on the same day? Mine are all listed on the schools portal but they say "Pending Verification by CCOM"

I took 5 days (incl weekend) for me from pending verification --> complete.

 

[saran_wrap]

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.

Mine also says that they are pending

 

[deleted1194271]

anyone oos still waiting for secondary

 

[prelk]

+1 OOS

 

[kitchencabbage]

did anyone else pay the fee but it doesn't show it on the portal that it was paid?

 

[CheeesyBoi]

+1 OOS

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

OOS secondary right now

 

[flimbo]

+1 OOS

 

[Zirah]

+1 OOS

 

[AnonymousBunny]

did anyone else pay the fee but it doesn't show it on the portal that it was paid?

me, although maybe it just takes time to process? it's just the $60 that we pay after the "primary" part right

 

[kitchencabbage]

me, although maybe it just takes time to process? it's just the $60 that we pay after the "primary" part right

yes, I emailed they said it takes a few days to process in the system!

 

[mweather36]

has anyone OOS still not received a secondary?

 

[mlg2215]

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.

 

[kitchencabbage]

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.

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

 

[CheeesyBoi]

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.

If it makes you feel better I got my email for eligibility on July 2 and did not receive a secondary until July 18

 

[GoofyGoober2]

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.

 

[BlueTuba15]

Does research (even if not translational research) count as healthcare experience?

 

[Decaying_Isotope]

Does research (even if not translational research) count as healthcare experience?

If its clinical research where you interact with patients

 

[jrlybob1]

got the primary screening email 07/02 and just got the secondary this morning.

 

[BlueTuba15]

If its clinical research where you interact with patients

What about basic science research that may be translational in nature?

 

[saran_wrap]

What about basic science research that may be translational in nature?

unless you interact with patients in some capacity, I would say probably not

 

[premedbunny]

+ OOS secondary today. Verified 7/12

 

[beetle12]

+ OOS great tie. Secondary received yesterday (7/30) verified 7/17

 

[deleted1194271]

does anyone's application show pending for LORs?

 

[jrlybob1]

does anyone's application show pending for LORs?

yes, and i submitted my secondary 7/23