on the secondary, you mean? YES, ESSAYS...MANY ESSAYS...but they're not too bad. Just a little tedious. There are about 5 or 6 one-paragrph essays that you need to type on the application.
its online this time - pretty sweet - didn't look like there were more than 1 or 2 short essays (less than 1000 characters or someting (200 words)) - and the md/phd thingie if you swing that way
-jot