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2019er here! Check everything again, be patient with yourself and others, and persevere until you are a doctor! I am finally on the road after 3 application cycles, a lot of personal development, MANY essay rewrites and a 3 pt MCAT boost. Don't give in to the neurotic crazy feelings while waiting, just go live and improve! Good luck everyone!
 
So this is what its all been coming down to.
 
:soexcited: THE TIME HAS COME! Good luck to everyone, can't wait to see how this year plays out for us!
 
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Ah, I didn't quite make it. Think it's going to take me a few more days. Oh well.
 
Wasted Energy said:
Ah, I didn't quite make it. Think it's going to take me a few more days. Oh well.
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Yea a couple of days really doesnt matter. Schools dont get apps till July 1st anyways so as long as you are verified by then, its pretty much like submitting 1st day anyways.
 
am i the only one not submitting till june 15th/20th? is that too late?
 
shoopshoop said:
am i the only one not submitting till june 15th/20th? is that too late?
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It's fine. By the 15th, you'll probably still be verified by July 1st (no guarantee, just going off last year's verification times thread) so it's exactly equivalent. By the 20th, you likely won't make the first batch, but being seen in the first few weeks of application review is still super early and is functionally equivalent to submitting today.

Submitting June 2nd is really only useful in that it helps the overly neurotic (like myself) move on from the primary and start looking at their secondary essays. Otherwise I'd still be changing single words back and forth in my PS! :laugh:
 
Probably will submit either today or tomorrow. Just have to enter some last activities and edit out a couple of words from the PS (stupid enter bar counting for two characters...). My CC transcript will be a little bit late as it was sent today, but everything else will hopefully be good.

But yeah, the day we have all been waiting for. Time to start on secondaries... or netflix 😉
 
Mcat done, app submitted! Now onto worrying about lors and secondaries 😵
 
MCAT check, AMCAS verified, and, surprisingly, committee packet received by AMCAS! Now I guess just looking at/thinking about/writing secondaries...this is so exciting tbh.
 
Also I don't really know how to get my school list down to 20 lol. Are you waiting till we get our real score?
 
Glazedonutlove said:
Also I don't really know how to get my school list down to 20 lol. Are you waiting till we get our real score?
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I'm going to get my school list mostly finalized and then I will add the schools to my AMCAS the evening of June 30 JUST to be sure.
 
panda16 said:
I'm going to get my school list mostly finalized and then I will add the schools to my AMCAS the evening of June 30 JUST to be sure.
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Why bother? lol you can just not fill out the secondary if your score is not as high as you're predicting
 
The Real SVB said:
Why bother? lol you can just not fill out the secondary if your score is not as high as you're predicting
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But yeah I see your point, and tbqh I don't know at what point I would not submit to a school, my scores went as well as they could have, and considering Adcoms' uncertainty when it comes to the new scores? *shrugs* *hands over wallet* *cries vigorously*
 
Has anyone actually started writing secondaries..
I have no idea what to say for my biggest challenge, my most stressful time, how I would add diversity to school...😏
 
Glazedonutlove said:
Has anyone actually started writing secondaries..
I have no idea what to say for my biggest challenge, my most stressful time, how I would add diversity to school...😏
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I've got drafts of the ones I plan on reusing a lot: adversity, greatest accomplishment, interest outside of medicine, diversity (ugh, hate this one). I'm not looking forward to writing the "why this school" essays, partly because that requires actual work and research, and partly because I don't even know exactly what schools I'll be applying to yet because no one is responding to my school list thread 🙁
 
Lannister said:
I've got drafts of the ones I plan on reusing a lot: adversity, greatest accomplishment, interest outside of medicine, diversity (ugh, hate this one). I'm not looking forward to writing the "why this school" essays, partly because that requires actual work and research, and partly because I don't even know exactly what schools I'll be applying to yet because no one is responding to my school list thread 🙁
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How are you diverse lanny
 
Glazedonutlove said:
How are you diverse lanny
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Sexual orientation: family members.
If that's not diverse then I don't know what is.

But seriously, I'm a white girl from a well-off family. Grew up in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, went to a great HS and private university. Nothing about me is diverse. I just wrote about how I majored in Spanish and studied abroad in a Spanish-speaking country and want to work with Spanish-speaking communities. I know it's BS but I have nothing else to say.
 
Lannister said:
Sexual orientation: family members.
If that's not diverse then I don't know what is.

But seriously, I'm a white girl from a well-off family. Grew up in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, went to a great HS and private university. Nothing about me is diverse. I just wrote about how I majored in Spanish and studied abroad in a Spanish-speaking country and want to work with Spanish-speaking communities. I know it's BS but I have nothing else to say.
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I guess coming here from a different country makes me diverse...but that's so passive and boring
 
Glazedonutlove said:
I have no idea what to say for my biggest challenge, my most stressful time, how I would add diversity to school
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You just gotta think about it, man..shouldn't be that hard if you look among your life experiences. (Or are you saying you don't have any? 😛)
 
Glazedonutlove said:
I guess coming here from a different country makes me diverse...but that's so passive and boring
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Yeah I feel like a lot of people have that story, but I think if it's well-written enough it could still be a good essay!

I can't decide if I should start adding schools to AMCAS...Right now I just have Mayo as my throwaway school. I guess my MCAT is somewhere between a 33 and a 37 so I am definitely applying this year and not taking a gap year. Maybe I will just add the ones I know I'm applying to, like my state schools and Case. =/
 
Lannister said:
Yeah I feel like a lot of people have that story, but I think if it's well-written enough it could still be a good essay!

I can't decide if I should start adding schools to AMCAS...Right now I just have Mayo as my throwaway school. I guess my MCAT is somewhere between a 33 and a 37 so I am definitely applying this year and not taking a gap year. Maybe I will just add the ones I know I'm applying to, like my state schools and Case. =/
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I'm from Illinois too! Are you applying to all 6 of our schools lol. I'm leaving out siu
 
The Real SVB said:
Hoffman Estates or Lake Forest? Maybe Winnetka?
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Haha Winnetka is close, my suburb as a whole is not nearly as wealthy as Winnetka but the side of town that I live on is pretty much equivalent to those nicer towns.
 
Glazedonutlove said:
I'm from Illinois too! Are you applying to all 6 of our schools lol. I'm leaving out siu
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Yep same, applying to all six except SIU! I've just added Rush, Rosalind Franklin, Loyola, and UIC to my application. I'll probably end up applying to Chicago and Northwestern regardless of what my chances are (they're zero, btw, especially at Chicago) just because I really want to stay in Chicago...but I'm afraid to add them at this point lol.
 
Lannister said:
I just wrote about how I majored in Spanish and studied abroad in a Spanish-speaking country and want to work with Spanish-speaking communities. I know it's BS but I have nothing else to say.
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Glazedonutlove said:
I guess coming here from a different country makes me diverse...but that's so passive and boring
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HEHE this is when I feel really good about myself for doing a history/political science major and being politically active on a variety of fronts 😀
Instant topic for diversity essays and tough times essays
 
Lannister said:
Yep same, applying to all six except SIU! I've just added Rush, Rosalind Franklin, Loyola, and UIC to my application. I'll probably end up applying to Chicago and Northwestern regardless of what my chances are (they're zero, btw, especially at Chicago) just because I really want to stay in Chicago...but I'm afraid to add them at this point lol.
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Yea I was wondering whether to waste money on Chicago or northwestern along with doing their secondaries...
So far, I have those, schools in ny just because, and other mid tiers all over. Meeting an advisor on wed and hopefully she can help me cut down my school list but probs not.

I would be really happy to go to uic, rosy Franklin, or rush tbh
 
The Real SVB said:
HEHE this is when I feel really good about myself for doing a history/political science major and being politically active on a variety of fronts 😀
Instant topic for diversity essays and tough times essays
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Can my psych major add diversity lmao
 
Glazedonutlove said:
Yea I was wondering whether to waste money on Chicago or northwestern along with doing their secondaries...
So far, I have those, schools in ny just because, and other mid tiers all over. Meeting an advisor on wed and hopefully she can help me cut down my school list but probs not.

I would be really happy to go to uic, rosy Franklin, or rush tbh
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Agreed. If I don't get into Case, any school in Chicago is my second choice, idc which one. It would actually be a really hard choice for me to choose between a top-tier school in another state and like Rosalind Franklin.
 
Okay I am officially adding all six IL schools + Case to AMCAS. Can't wait to be woken up at 7AM by an angry call from my mom demanding to know what I spent $259 on in the middle of the night.
 
Man it would be a dream to get into case 🙄

I'll add them tomorrow. Today was the most unproductive day ever...think I'm recovering from the roller coaster of yesterday
 
Glazedonutlove said:
Man it would be a dream to get into case 🙄

I'll add them tomorrow. Today was the most unproductive day ever...think I'm recovering from the roller coaster of yesterday
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I know right, seriously why can't Case give their undergrads an advantage, other schools do. And they're building an awesome new med school building right across from Cleveland Clinic, it looks so nice. Every time I go to volunteering I have to look at it and try to come to terms with the fact that I will probably never step foot in that building.
 
Lannister said:
I know right, seriously why can't Case give their undergrads an advantage, other schools do. And they're building an awesome new med school building right across from Cleveland Clinic, it looks so nice. Every time I go to volunteering I have to look at it and try to come to terms with the fact that I will probably never step foot in that building.
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Omg I almost went to case for undergrad but their financial aid sucked and it was kinda far
 
Glazedonutlove said:
Omg I almost went to case for undergrad but their financial aid sucked and it was kinda far
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Really?? Everyone I know here, including me, says they came here for the financial aid! I got a merit scholarship that covers half my tuition. It's still expensive though.
 
Lannister said:
Really?? Everyone I know here, including me, says they came here for the financial aid! I got a merit scholarship that covers half my tuition. It's still expensive though.
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oh lol I applied as international so wasn't eligible for any of that :/ good times
 
Glazedonutlove said:
oh lol I applied as international so wasn't eligible for any of that :/ good times
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Weird, I actually have a friend who's an international student and he got a huge merit scholarship. I don't understand how they determine all that stuff.
 
hey maybe I should write about my struggles dealing with that **** for my biggest challenge secondaries

deleted, think I'm giving away too much info lol 😀
 
Lawper said:
While @Lannister and @Glazedonutlove are talking about Case Western, I request one of you (or both) to make the rest of the 2020ers some of these delicious, mouthwatering snacks for all to enjoy and ease this application stress. :hungry::hungry:

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Ugh dude I wish. Being gluten-free stinks, doughnuts are high up on the list of "things I would murder someone to be able to eat again".
 
and actually I bake when I'm stressed, I made chocolate truffles and a cake the day before receiving mcat percentiles lol
 
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