How do I start pre-writing secondaries?

[IOU11]

I am a first time applicant.

I recently submitted amcas with a throwaway school to get verification going. I am a 6/30 mcat test taker.

I heard it was good to start writing the secondaries ahead of time. Where do I go to figure out what to write?

Thank you!

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[mindlight1]

Go to the beginning of each school's thread...as you start to read through, someone will have posted the prompts (questions) of the secondaries.

 

[Catalystik]

I am a first time applicant.

I recently submitted amcas with a throwaway school to get verification going. I am a 6/30 mcat test taker.

I heard it was good to start writing the secondaries ahead of time. Where do I go to figure out what to write?

Thank you!

Here are the links:
2017-2018 Secondaries (Alphabetical List)
2018-2019 Allopathic School Specific Discussions (A Searchable list)

 

[IOU11]

Thanks so much!

 

[IOU11]

Here are the links:
2017-2018 Secondaries (Alphabetical List)
2018-2019 Allopathic School Specific Discussions (A Searchable list)

Are most secondaries similar for different schools ?

 

[Catalystik]

Are most secondaries similar for different schools ?

No, but there are some themes common to many schools, making it efficient to write a base essay on a theme and then alter it slightly to fit the precise question for a school. Be careful not to send out an essay with the wrong school name in it that you had written for another (happens every year and does not impress adcomms). About 95 % of the prompts are unchanged from year to year.

 

[IOU11]

No, but there are some themes common to many schools, making it efficient to write a base essay on a theme and then alter it slightly to fit the precise question for a school. Be careful not to send out an essay with the wrong school name in it that you had written for another (happens every year and does not impress adcomms). About 95 % of the prompts are unchanged from year to year.

damn...we better all get into medical school...this process is grueling and we not even in yet.

 

[Catalystik]

damn...we better all get into medical school...this process is grueling and we not even in yet.

You haven't even entered the world of stress after all applications are complete and you have nothing to do but wait.