application question please

[vixen]

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did all of you type your AADSAS application? Did any of you hand write them? Also, where'd you find a typewriter that worked well...thanks 🙂

Oh, one more question...for 2003...the applications start being accepted in June, when does the application come out? Thanks 🙂

 

[vixen]

bump

 

[mammasan]

Well, I filled mine out online (like I said in your other post). The app probably doesn't change much so you can prepare for it by looking at this years application. I would spend some time on your personal essay since this is the most important and hardest, all the other questions on the app are relatively easy and straightforward-ie. list community service, manual dexterity etc. If you have a premed committee they are gonna want your personal essay as well, mine met in the spring so its a good idea to write your essay over christmas break and this gives you time to put it aside and comeback and refine it later. Hope this helps.

 

[qdog91]

I did my essay on line and spent about a month preparing it. It seems like you were able to start getting your application together in May.

 

[wasabi007]

hi,

it's easiest to just file AADSAS online because you don't have to worry about buying a typewriter or worry about mailing it. the app for next year should come out in May...you can find it online at: <a href="http://www.adea.org/AADSAS/AADSAS_Main_Page.htm" target="_blank">AADSAS Application</a>

you can start prepping your essay as early as you want...obviously the earlier the better. from what i remember, the most grueling parts of the primary application were the personal statement and chasing your profs down for letters of rec. i HIGHLY recommend asking for letters as early as possible. i had a prof who took a little over 2 months to complete my letter and that was with me bugging him about it all throughout! it almost gave me a heart attack when i was trying to assemble my application packet.

i think you don't really need to buy a typewriter--definitely not for the primary app...and not really necessary for the secondaries either. i tried to find a cheap typewriter when i was doing my secondaries and found that they were about $100!! 😛 so i got a scanner instead...i think you can get them for as low as $10 these days...i know there's one for $19.99 at office depot/max or staples or some store like that...i just scanned in the forms and used the typewriter function on the scanner program and printed the text only as i fed the form through my printer. it takes a little bit of trial and error to align the text perfectly. however, i've found this to be an easy/economical way to complete the applications. 😉 good luck!

-wasabi007

 

[vixen]

thanks guys! 🙂

 

[Regina330]

Print a copy of the internet in May, fill it out with what you want to say, and then file it online in june, using the other as a guide. Worked best for me!

 

[ckrupan]

I bought a almost new typewriter (with a correction tape) at the Goodwill store for $20!!!! It really helped me with all of my secondaries. Or try ebay.