handwrite or type

[lola]

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do you guys think i should handwrite or type my secondaries next year if i don't get in this year?
thanks for the help in advance!
😀

 

[DW]

I bumped a thread for you that conveys my feelings on this debate 🙄 😛

 

[Allygator89]

TYPE!!!!!TYPE!!!!!

 

[Sweet Tea]

oh god. not again. make the pain stop....

 

[Mike59]

Originally posted by Sweet Tea
oh god. not again. make the pain stop....

I can prescribe you some pain meds for that......but wait.........should I HANDWRITE or TYPE the prescription?😱 😕

 

[lola]

 

[SouthernGirl]

Originally posted by Mike59
I can prescribe you some pain meds for that......but wait.........should I HANDWRITE or TYPE the prescription?😱 😕

And should you use blue or black ink? Fountain or ball-point pen? Staples or tape?

 

[Bob Dole]

t-y-p-e, especially if you have bad/messy handwriting

 

[kiping]

hand write but instead of ink (how common) use your blood-
this shows the medical school that your are truly interested and that you can deal with body fluids😉

 

[DW]

 

[lola]

Originally posted by DW

easy, boy! 😛

 

[Mike59]

Originally posted by DW

Yea, simmer down over there!😛
I wouldn't get that angry unless someone bumped the thread titled "I'm having a NeRvOuS BrEaKdoWn" back up to the top! I'm usually a pretty calm guy, but at that point, I would throw my own head into the monitor, picture that!😱

 

[Sweet Tea]

ahhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! no nervous breakdown!!! *runs and hides*

 

[JM.]

hehehehehehehehehehe
given my often perverse sense of humor - went thread searching - but alas, it is unbumpable, guess mike59's monitor is spared ffor the day...

 

[lola]

how about gay & out. that was a great one 😉

 

[Mike59]

Originally posted by jmwalker
hehehehehehehehehehe
given my often perverse sense of humor - went thread searching - but alas, it is unbumpable, guess mike59's monitor is spared ffor the day...

You're quick to express concern for the monitor, but what about the beautiful head that would go through the screen? Does it not get any respect?🙁

 

[DW]

URMs and gay applicants can handwrite their applications, especially if they're only applying to DO schools 😛

 

[Saluki]

I'd type it, but then, even my closest friends can't read my writing...

 

[lola]

Originally posted by DW
URMs and gay applicants can handwrite their applications, especially if they're only applying to DO schools 😛

you can say that again. don't forget foreign schools too.

 

[Dr.Tong]

Originally posted by lola
how about gay & out. that was a great one 😉

Hey, I tried with that one. It didn't seem to take very well

 

[JM.]

Originally posted by Mike59
You're quick to express concern for the monitor, but what about the beautiful head that would go through the screen? Does it not get any respect?🙁

hehehe, show me a pic and then i will decide if i will mourn the passing of your beautiful head .............

 

[Adcadet]

Should I type out the address on the envelopes I use to mail my secondaries in?

oh wait, I'm done with that part of the application process. Nevermind.

 

[UCLA2000]

Adcom people read TONS of applications.

They don't know the difference between on applicant and the next. All they know is that they have to cut most of them.

Handwritten applications can suggest that you aren't professional and don't take the admissions process seriously.

I'm not entirely sure about this...but is there actually a rule that tells you to wear a suit to interviews? I've seen people come to interviews wearing nice long sleeved shirts and slacks. Saw one guy in a burgandy shirt with no tie.

Remember, medicine is a very conservative profession. You don't want to give adcoms any excuse to cut you.

 

[Gradient Echo]

Amazingly enough, for the Hopkins secondary I hand wrote it and was miraculously accepted!

It was only 4 of about 20 secondaries that I wrote by hand, because the others were computerized or on the internet.

So I'm a living testament that it IS possible to get accepted even with a handwritten secondary.

That being said, if I had to go thru the process again I would type it. I was just too lazy and didnt want to waste money on a typewriter at the time that I knew I would never use again.

 

[lola]

i've gotten interviews from almost all of the schools i handwrote the app for and hardly any of the schools i typed them for. what does this mean? 😛