Med schools have access to old application?

[plexwriter5]

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I was wondering if med schools have access to my old (2003) amcas application. My personal statement is 80% the same and I was wondering if this was okay. Some parts of the essay talk about my undergradutate experience (how I realized some special value in reconstructive surgery) but I included some experience I had after graduating and while working. If my primary app essay is almost the same, would that have a negative effect? Also, I heard secondary app questionnaires were all the same. If I sumbit the same answers (with some modification), would that be a problem?

 

[virilep]

I was wondering if med schools have access to my old (2003) amcas application. My personal statement is 80% the same and I was wondering if this was okay. Some parts of the essay talk about my undergradutate experience (how I realized some special value in reconstructive surgery) but I included some experience I had after graduating and while working. If my primary app essay is almost the same, would that have a negative effect? Also, I heard secondary app questionnaires were all the same. If I sumbit the same answers (with some modification), would that be a problem?

Well if you applied to that school the first time around, they have a copy of it on file. They don't want to see u submit the same stuff because they want to see your effort and changes you've made. in my eyes, if it might hurt you, why not change it? if you feel you can't improve the content of ur PS, then rewrite it with a different framework but the same content. and the secondaries should be different but can have the same content... ie. different wording. gluck!

 

[2tall]

I was wondering if med schools have access to my old (2003) amcas application. My personal statement is 80% the same and I was wondering if this was okay. Some parts of the essay talk about my undergradutate experience (how I realized some special value in reconstructive surgery) but I included some experience I had after graduating and while working. If my primary app essay is almost the same, would that have a negative effect? Also, I heard secondary app questionnaires were all the same. If I sumbit the same answers (with some modification), would that be a problem?

Do you think your updated PS is strong? Is it stronger than your first one? Would you interview yourself based on it?

The real question is...What have you improved since your previous cycle? Had you reviewed your file with any deans to determine why you weren't interviewed/accepted?

This year you want to be better! Better answers! More experiences!

You improved your PS. You have new experiences to list on AMCAS. GPA? MCAT?

I wouldn't use the same essays for secondaries to schools where I'm reapplying. If you're adding schools this year...you can use your old answers for those, but submitting the same answers to the same schools just seems lazy.

keep the faith.

P.S. APPLY EARLY

 

[mx_599]

I was wondering if med schools have access to my old (2003) amcas application. My personal statement is 80% the same and I was wondering if this was okay. Some parts of the essay talk about my undergradutate experience (how I realized some special value in reconstructive surgery) but I included some experience I had after graduating and while working. If my primary app essay is almost the same, would that have a negative effect? Also, I heard secondary app questionnaires were all the same. If I sumbit the same answers (with some modification), would that be a problem?

Just my opinion:

Call the school in question and ask if they even look at your old application for consideration in conjunction with the new one. I have a feeling they will tell you they don't and that every year is a new one. (I might definitely be wrong...but I am sure some schools are like this) If this is the case, they would never know or care if your writings are very similar. They see thousands of these and probably have new faces on the committees as well.