[NAAHP Advisor] A Guide to Secondary Applications (Essay Prompts)

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An Advisor’s Guide to Secondary Applications
Abigail S. Charneski, BS. Tyler J. Muskey, BS, and John C. Norcross, PhD
The Advisor (2025) 45 (1): 06.

Abigail S. Charneski, Tyler J. Muskey, and John C. Norcros are with University of Scranton.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Drs. Mary F. Engel and Gabriela Jakubowska to this study.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Abstract:​

Medical school aspirants submit a primary application and subsequently a secondary application to nearly every institution to which they apply. We conducted a systematic review of the costs, response lengths, and most common questions of the 2023-2024 secondary applications for all AAMC and AACOM accredited medical schools. Of the 222 schools, 97% required a secondary application, which cost between $30-200 each (mean = $83, SD = $32). Secondary applications requested between 1-38 questions with an average of 5.1 questions (SD = 3.5). The most frequent categories of questions included why an applicant was applying to that institution, how an applicant contributed to or interacted with diversity, how an applicant overcame adversity, what applicant plans were for the upcoming year, and an optional query to expand on their application. Of the 32 categories of secondary questions, only 20 were asked by 10% or more of medical schools. This study can assist advisors in better preparing their students for completing secondary applications.

Also please read

Write Your Secondary Essays First | SDN

Most advice to applicants focuses on the personal statement and description of work or activities required to complete the initial centralized application

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