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Please share the Secondary essay prompts when available and tag a moderator.

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2024 Secondary Questions:
1. Have you previously applied for admission to Penn State College of Medicine?
(y/n)
a. if yes, were you granted an interview?
b. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (Maximum 75 words)

2. Have you, previous to this application year, applied for admission to any medical school other than Penn State College of Medicine? (y/n)
if yes, a. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and (if not indicated in 1b above) explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (Maximum 75 words)

4. Have you attended or participated in any of the following events or programs sponsored by or in conjunction with Penn State College of Medicine? If "yes", please check all that apply.
Please describe your involvement. (Maximum 75 words)

5. Have you participated in the PA Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Primary Care Ambassador Program or any other state AHEC pathway program? (if yes, describe, 75 words)

6. If not currently enrolled in a full-time academic program, please summate your activities from the time of graduation from your baccalaureate program through the time of this application, as well as your plans between now and your matriculation to medical school. (Maximum 75 words)

Personal Statements​

10. Is there a unique aspect of your application that should be considered by the admissions committee? (Maximum 75 words)

11. Explain why you decided to apply to the Penn State College of Medicine. (Maximum 75 words)

12. Write a short paragraph describing a significant experience you have had working in a team setting. (Maximum 250 words)

13. Write a short statement describing how you envision using your medical education to advance care for under-resourced communities or groups that have been historically marginalized or made vulnerable. (Maximum 250 words)


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Does any know if they screen or did they just send secondaries slightly later?
 
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75 words is so funny im sorry
As a non-trad student who graduated 5 years ago, the prompt "everything that you've done since graduation, plus everything you're going to do in the next year" (75 words) is especially hilarious
 
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How are you guys approaching the why us question in 75 words?
Not an expert but I found a couple things I liked/was interested in on their website and wrote like 1 sentence about each + a little intro sentence. Ended up being 74 words lol
 
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Do they screen for fit or something? Or send in waves? I’m OOS with avg states and have not received anything for some reasons.
 
2024 Secondary Questions:
1. Have you previously applied for admission to Penn State College of Medicine?
(y/n)
a. if yes, were you granted an interview?
b. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (Maximum 75 words)

2. Have you, previous to this application year, applied for admission to any medical school other than Penn State College of Medicine? (y/n)
if yes, a. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and (if not indicated in 1b above) explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (Maximum 75 words)

4. Have you attended or participated in any of the following events or programs sponsored by or in conjunction with Penn State College of Medicine? If "yes", please check all that apply.
Please describe your involvement. (Maximum 75 words)

5. Have you participated in the PA Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Primary Care Ambassador Program or any other state AHEC pathway program? (if yes, describe, 75 words)

6. If not currently enrolled in a full-time academic program, please summate your activities from the time of graduation from your baccalaureate program through the time of this application, as well as your plans between now and your matriculation to medical school. (Maximum 75 words)

Personal Statements​

10. Is there a unique aspect of your application that should be considered by the admissions committee? (Maximum 75 words)

11. Explain why you decided to apply to the Penn State College of Medicine. (Maximum 75 words)

12. Write a short paragraph describing a significant experience you have had working in a team setting. (Maximum 250 words)

13. Write a short statement describing how you envision using your medical education to advance care for under-resourced communities or groups that have been historically marginalized or made vulnerable. (Maximum 250 words)


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can you pls post the 7-9 promopts? or is the numbering wrong ? thanks
 
Much of the advice I've received for secondaries thus far is storytelling. However, seems like the short character count here for Penn would make that difficult. Are you guys using a more straightforward approach for answering the 75-word prompts?
 
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can you pls post the 7-9 promopts? or is the numbering wrong ? thanks
it's literally just asking for your phone number and pre-requisite verification. I posted the relevant prompts.
 
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+ @penguindoc2 I just used the Mac suggested password that is a bunch of random crazy numbers and letters. Then I just made sure that it was saved into my computer since I will never remember it lol
Where do you find the Mac suggested password? I still can't seem to create a password. Keeps saying "password does not match the criteria."
 
Where do you find the Mac suggested password? I still can't seem to create a password. Keeps saying "password does not match the criteria."
It just popped up when I clicked on the box to fill in the password- it autofilled.
 
Anyone still having a problem with their password? Even when I just slam my keyboard to create a random password, it says my password doesn't match the criteria. Their helpdesk emailed me saying they fixed the issue, but it still doesn't work.
 
Anyone still having a problem with their password? Even when I just slam my keyboard to create a random password, it says my password doesn't match the criteria. Their helpdesk emailed me saying they fixed the issue, but it still doesn't work.
took me a while but I think they only allow a single special character. I use !! at the end of my password and it kept telling me it did not fit the criteria. Used just ! and it was totally fine after
 
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Anyone still having a problem with their password? Even when I just slam my keyboard to create a random password, it says my password doesn't match the criteria. Their helpdesk emailed me saying they fixed the issue, but it still doesn't work.
Mine also doesn't work. They've been tryna help me fix it but no luck so far.
 
I had the same problem where no matter what i did it would not accept my password. I ended up fixing it by using safari and the recommended password safari gave worked.
 
I had the same problem where no matter what i did it would not accept my password. I ended up fixing it by using safari and the recommended password safari gave worked.
I tried using Safari too. Did the recommended password pop-up? I'm no getting a recommended password :confused:
 
took me a while but I think they only allow a single special character. I use !! at the end of my password and it kept telling me it did not fit the criteria. Used just ! and it was totally fine after
This worked! I just tried rearranging my password and adding new phases a bunch of times. Must've taken 10+ tries.
 
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