How much time did you spend on your primary in total and when did u submit and get verified?
I had a pre-med committee application thing that had me do a mock-primary in February, so I wrote a rough, but workable, draft of my PS then and solidified my list of ECs then. After that, I didn't look at that stuff again until mid-May when finals were over -- that's when I polished up my PS and wrote my EC descriptions. I didn't necessarily spend a huge amount of raw time on my primary, but I do think the break in between did help me organize my thoughts in the mean time, which meant when I got back to it in May, I was much more ready to put everything down on paper.
I submitted mine around 4PM (not entirely sure, but early/mid-afternoon, in any case) on the first day and was verified on the 24th. My committee letter didn't come in until 8/19, however, so there really was no rush
🙄 If your school also has a late-ish committee, I'd check to see what the general time line is so you don't freak out too early. Just make sure to check for the schools that offer interviews without letters (UMichigan comes to mind), but other than that if your letters aren't going to be submitted until much later, there's really no need to rush your primary (or your secondaries, for that matter).
Congrats on an utterly superb cycle... I've been slightly stalking your progress this past year! Highly doubt I will be in the Stanford boat with you, but I hope you enjoy this additional "pseudogap" year!
Hahah, I'm flattered
😛 There were some truly impressive people this cycle, and it was so much fun to get to meet many of them throughout the process. Good luck with your year and try to enjoy the ride!
Congrats! I assume Stanford matched your other offer$? Don't know if there's a class thread for me yet, '21? '22??
Unfortunately, they don't match financial aid offers, but they did offer maximum financial aid, which is pretty much on par with some of the merit aid offers I had
😛 That, together with their ridiculous TA/research rates (~$20,000 per quarter for 20hrs/week), I figured I'd take the plunge for some California sun!
😀 There's probably some '22 thread that was started by some high school freshman that was immediately shut down by angry posts, hahah. You can make your own!! I'll come visit.
It's going to cost almost 4K in primaries/secondaries, but I really want to avoid a reapp cycle.
