How to Write Secondaries

[Clmed162]

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Hello, I'm wondering how secondaries should be formatted. Should these be more straightforward (due to the limited word count) or should I try to incorporate a story/example to "show not tell" like in the personal statement? Thank you!

 

[Goro]

This isn't a question that really requires confidentiality. It is best to ask in the pre MD forum.

 

[GoSpursGo]

I agree. OP if it's OK with you I would like to move this to the regular forums.

Also, this is such a broad question that I don't think we can really give you general advice. It really depends on the specific prompt.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Give a meaningful answer +/- story in a condensed fashion. The main thing is to answer the question in full. The way I did these was I wrote out my answer without a word count and then went back and deleted words/sentences after to pair it down.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Moving out of Confidential Consult to general pre-med

 

[JimKimSlim]

Answer the darn questions in concise and impactful way, since ADCOMs read hundredS of them every week. Get an editor if you can afford one Too.