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Please add your own "worst secondary prompt" to the list!
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I know its been lamented before, but I just can't hold it in.
The "Why our medical school?" essays are horrible.
I just submitted mine from Iowa last night. What could they possibly be learning about their applicants from this question? It seems to me that it could easily be rephrased as:
"We have a huge inferiority complex and are afraid that we're a safety school for you. Are we?
(Please check one of the following boxes.)
____ Yes
____ No"
Either that or:
"Make us feel good. Sorry, kneepads are not provided. Please be quick, we have other applicants with whom we'd like to spend some 'quality time.'"
This prompt is so weak. I think I wrote a pretty decent response, but I resented every minute of it.
Please add your own "worst secondary prompt" to the list!
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I know its been lamented before, but I just can't hold it in.
The "Why our medical school?" essays are horrible.
I just submitted mine from Iowa last night. What could they possibly be learning about their applicants from this question? It seems to me that it could easily be rephrased as:
"We have a huge inferiority complex and are afraid that we're a safety school for you. Are we?
(Please check one of the following boxes.)
____ Yes
____ No"
Either that or:
"Make us feel good. Sorry, kneepads are not provided. Please be quick, we have other applicants with whom we'd like to spend some 'quality time.'"
This prompt is so weak. I think I wrote a pretty decent response, but I resented every minute of it.