have you received any secondaries yet?

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Yale's, WashU's, and Baylor's are all available for submission online. I don't know that any school has started sending out emails about secondaries though.
 
George Washington has its online. But I have not gotten e-mails yet either.
 
Columbia's is also up today. I don't think any schools have started sending emails yet though.
 
they don't even know that we applied to their school until June 24 at the earliest, right?
 
they don't even know that we applied to their school until June 24 at the earliest, right?
Correct and so Columbia's will be the first e-mail you get in your inbox if you applied there.
 
they don't even know that we applied to their school until June 24 at the earliest, right?

Evidently this is true, but I swear my understanding from previous years was that schools starting sending out secondaries prior to the big data dump - the idea being that they are given your very basic info as soon as you submit the AMCAS.

I guess that either wasn't the case, or things are different this year. Frankly, I have enjoyed the break from the madness - got verified the first week, and have been taking it very easy...July should be tons of fun!
 
Evidently this is true, but I swear my understanding from previous years was that schools starting sending out secondaries prior to the big data dump - the idea being that they are given your very basic info as soon as you submit the AMCAS.

I guess that either wasn't the case, or things are different this year. Frankly, I have enjoyed the break from the madness - got verified the first week, and have been taking it very easy...July should be tons of fun!

I still don't know how bad it's really gonna be, but it should be nice that they come in more or less one by one rather than all at once. I guess it'll depend on how many schools we applied to (25 for me). Not gonna lie, I'm scared.
 
so for schools that dont screen are we gonna get the secondaries right when they get the application?! if that's the case im kinda screwed applying to over 30 schools :smack:
 
so for schools that dont screen are we gonna get the secondaries right when they get the application?! if that's the case im kinda screwed applying to over 30 schools :smack:
No, Columbia's is the only one that came for me on the first day. The rest will trickle in after that as schools are still dealing with finalizing their current class.
 
so for schools that dont screen are we gonna get the secondaries right when they get the application?! if that's the case im kinda screwed applying to over 30 schools :smack:

yeah I would like for secondaries to trickle in instead of coming in an entire bunch.
 
I still don't know how bad it's really gonna be, but it should be nice that they come in more or less one by one rather than all at once. I guess it'll depend on how many schools we applied to (25 for me). Not gonna lie, I'm scared.

I am embarrassed to say that my primary apps stand at 27. I am already eliminating schools based on a personal ranking, and for any with really bad secondaries I will just punt them. I wasted my money - I only feel super strongly about 10 or so schools on my list...

I don't want to do more than 15 of these damn things. I applied to too many schools...got carried away.
 
I think I applied to too many as well, but I'm gonna try to do all the secondaries. The ridiculous thing is that people are telling me to add more! Not gonna happen.
 
I would say that you should fill out all the secondaries you get. I was very surprised by which schools I actually enjoyed come interview time. I applied to 19 I think, and my two favorites going into the process were totally different than my two favorites coming out. So if you have already applied to a ton I would do as many as I could until you have an acceptance in hand. Good Luck.
 
i'm not asking this to be mean; i really am curious. why would you apply to schools through AMCAS and not fill out the secondary? especially if you're on SDN and well informed prior to applying-- it's not like schools' requirements or secondary prompts should come as a complete surprise after you submit the primary. someone want to enlighten me?
 
before the AMCAS system schools used to virtualEval the letters to indiv med schools. some schools sent them out all at once so people had them in as they picked primary schools. people picked more schools than they would have applied to, just in case (or so they didn't have to keep asking their undergrad committee). also, many people are not on SDN until later in the season. most people I know do not know what a MSAR is until they get on this site.
 
i'm not asking this to be mean; i really am curious. why would you apply to schools through AMCAS and not fill out the secondary? especially if you're on SDN and well informed prior to applying-- it's not like schools' requirements or secondary prompts should come as a complete surprise after you submit the primary. someone want to enlighten me?

It is a fair question.

I am finding that filling out secondaries is much more of a grind than I anticipated - I have 3 of them sitting on my computer right now and I haven't made a dent in them. I am pretty burned out from doing the primary, the essay, and all the other crap we have to do.

So now I intend to "pick and choose" the secondaries I will fill out from the 27 schools I applied to. There are my state schools, and then there are about 10 more schools that I will fill out no matter how much I dislike the secondary - I will grit my teeth and push through on them. After that, I have decided to be much more selective in how many secondaries, and their fees, I will take on.

I may catch my stride, or second wind, and do more secondaries than I am now thinking. But I doubt if I will do many more than about 15 at this rate...so with 27 primaries, I clearly over shot the mark.
 
also the money spent on primaries <<<<< money saved on school's financial aid/not getting rejected
 
also the money spent on primaries <<<<< money saved on school's financial aid/not getting rejected

yeah, i keep forgetting about this. thank the lord for FAP... i upped my school list from about 12 to 18 once i got FAP, since now all my apps are free. i mean, i spent $155 on primaries but that's a drop in the bucket.
 
haha now im feeling like an idiot with 36 under my belt.
anyone else taking the long list and cranking out essays already? i feel like the 08-09 prompt thread is extremely handy...
 
haha now im feeling like an idiot with 36 under my belt.
anyone else taking the long list and cranking out essays already? i feel like the 08-09 prompt thread is extremely handy...

i'm totally impressed with you if you're doing this already. i can't seem to motivate myself at this point... i guess i'll have 18 secondaries a-waitin' come end of june/beginning of july. alas.

but i am totally enjoying my time off 😀
 
youre just posting all over arent you?! trying to get to 900...sheesh.

and essays? hells ya im working on them now! i work in a lab and im waiting for god darn HPLC water to arrive, so my experiments are all backed up. just sittin here at my desk...writing outlines and drafting essays. its quite the life
 
i'm totally impressed with you if you're doing this already. i can't seem to motivate myself at this point... i guess i'll have 18 secondaries a-waitin' come end of june/beginning of july. alas.

but i am totally enjoying my time off 😀

This is my current state of mind - I am burned out - I am enjoying this brief respite - I need to get it in gear, though, and follow through on key secondaries.

July will be busy, that's for sure.
 
haha now im feeling like an idiot with 36 under my belt.
anyone else taking the long list and cranking out essays already? i feel like the 08-09 prompt thread is extremely handy...
I applied to 46 schools and I've got rough drafts/brainstorming done for all of my essays and 3 secondaries completely done so far.

however, 8 schools that I applied to screen to I may not get all 46 :xf: haha

those 08-09 threads are AMAZING and I'm def glad I found SDN when I did so that I can work on these secondaries when I have time (now) and don't have to wait for all of them to come in later when I won't have too much time to work on them

but good luck to us all, no matter how many of your secondaries you get done hehe 🙂
 
FML,
we already knew we were long-list buddies. no need to shout it from the hilltops!!

youre done w 3 already?! **** kid...i call dibs on entering into a domestic partnership with FML!!!
 
i'm totally impressed with you if you're doing this already. i can't seem to motivate myself at this point... i guess i'll have 18 secondaries a-waitin' come end of june/beginning of july. alas.

but i am totally enjoying my time off 😀

This is my current state of mind - I am burned out - I am enjoying this brief respite - I need to get it in gear, though, and follow through on key secondaries.

July will be busy, that's for sure.

Exactly how I'm feeling. I did around 6 right now, but then I'm just going to chill until late June. It's going to be a busy June/July.
 
FML,
we already knew we were long-list buddies. no need to shout it from the hilltops!!

youre done w 3 already?! **** kid...i call dibs on entering into a domestic partnership with FML!!!

i want everyone to know!!! haha plus I wanna see if anybody else is close to me or am I really the craziest mutha****** on the planet :laugh:
but I'm pretty sure Elijah has like 40 something too

oh and we could totally get married... i'm a girl 😛

Exactly how I'm feeling. I did around 6 right now, but then I'm just going to chill until late June. It's going to be a busy June/July.

word. I think I'll still have half of my secondaries still to go by the time july rolls around... and hopefully no one will radically change their secondary...
 
haha marriage?! i was reading that thread about how surgeons have the highest divorce rate in specialties, second is psychiatry i think.

plus idk if im too close to my parents; studies show that kids that arent too close are incapable of forming intimate relationships =P
 
to all who say they aplied to too many, thats a good thing, better too many than too less...
 
So what is the general consensus about when most secondaries start coming in? Do they come beginning of July, or do most start coming middle/end of July like 3rd/4th week? Assuming you submitted right at the beginning and are already verified? I'm asking because we were planning on doing a week trip as a combination vacation/looking at certain states to see how areas/schools are. We can't go in August because I have summer school, so if I had to miss a week in July, would you recommend the beginning or more towards the end? Thanks.
 
So what is the general consensus about when most secondaries start coming in? Do they come beginning of July, or do most start coming middle/end of July like 3rd/4th week? Assuming you submitted right at the beginning and are already verified? I'm asking because we were planning on doing a week trip as a combination vacation/looking at certain states to see how areas/schools are. We can't go in August because I have summer school, so if I had to miss a week in July, would you recommend the beginning or more towards the end? Thanks.

I think some start coming in 6/24 or 6/25 and then more come in later throughout July.
 
I think some start coming in 6/24 or 6/25 and then more come in later throughout July.


So basically, chances are that there are going to be some secondaries coming in no matter when I go in July. I guess I'll just have to get a big head start and deal with it. Hopefully they trickle in slowly like others are saying. :scared:
 
ahhh i wish all the schools screened applicants then i would be more motivated to do the secondaries when i get them =)

good job on starting them already those of you who did, I have about 20 schools that dont screen but cant get myself to write anymore essays after all the primary application stuff!
 
So basically, chances are that there are going to be some secondaries coming in no matter when I go in July. I guess I'll just have to get a big head start and deal with it. Hopefully they trickle in slowly like others are saying. :scared:

i am also trying to plan a vacation (really need it at this point) i was thinking end of july or august but it seems like we'll be missing something at anytime, and i cant plan it too last minute either cuz i need to book flights a head of time =(
 
ahhh i wish all the schools screened applicants then i would be more motivated to do the secondaries when i get them =)

good job on starting them already those of you who did, I have about 20 schools that dont screen but cant get myself to write anymore essays after all the primary application stuff!

I wish all the schools screened, too.
 
I realized how foolish I was applying to about 30 schools after finding out the average secondary fee. I'm going to have to rank the schools now and pay as I go since it's waay to much money for me. As for secondaries, I'm working full time and I come home exhausted so I'm just taking it easy until next week...
 
I realized how foolish I was applying to about 30 schools after finding out the average secondary fee. I'm going to have to rank the schools now and pay as I go since it's waay to much money for me. As for secondaries, I'm working full time and I come home exhausted so I'm just taking it easy until next week...


Uh oh, maybe I should have thought about that before applying to so many. So... how much are they? 😕
 
Uh oh, maybe I should have thought about that before applying to so many. So... how much are they? 😕

It seems it's anywhere from $70-$125 for each secondary depending on schools.
 
i want everyone to know!!! haha plus I wanna see if anybody else is close to me or am I really the craziest mutha****** on the planet :laugh:
but I'm pretty sure Elijah has like 40 something too

oh and we could totally get married... i'm a girl 😛



word. I think I'll still have half of my secondaries still to go by the time july rolls around... and hopefully no one will radically change their secondary...

lol i got 45 i think me and you win in this contest...though i dont think its something you want to win:meanie:. I already did all my secondaries except VCU, and vandy...i figured ill get screened out of there anyways so i lost interest in doing these. Maybe ill add 2 more schools just to top you..........😛
 
lol i got 45 i think me and you win in this contest...though i dont think its something you want to win:meanie:. I already did all my secondaries except VCU, and vandy...i figured ill get screened out of there anyways so i lost interest in doing these. Maybe ill add 2 more schools just to top you..........😛
whoa 😱😱😱
you're done already?!?!

puts my meager drafts to shame😳

you win😀
 
whoa 😱😱😱
you're done already?!?!

puts my meager drafts to shame😳

you win😀

lol well like 10 of the schools im applying to have no secondary prompts....and they are not finalized...ive written them all and gone over them a time or two but thats it...ive lost interest in doing them until the real thing gets here. Besdies i cant win until i add 2 more schools!! 😛....whats wrong with us applying to so many schools anyways 🙂
 
lol well like 10 of the schools im applying to have no secondary prompts....and they are not finalized...ive written them all and gone over them a time or two but thats it...ive lost interest in doing them until the real thing gets here. Besdies i cant win until i add 2 more schools!! 😛....whats wrong with us applying to so many schools anyways 🙂

Ahh, but you can't possibly have more than 46 bc after that your primary application will self-destruct into cyberspace and you'll never be able to apply to med schools again :meanie:

and what is with all the hate? you're done with your secondaries and I'm cruising along just fine.... I think they're all just jealous 😀
 
i need to take a break but i already feel behind, not even verified yet!!

so how elaborate are you guys making your answers to the essay questions? some of them have like 5000 word limit bibliography 😱

as much as i wished the PS limit could be extended, i wish all secondaries were as limited as GW (limit 5 lines max) 😛
 
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