Official 2008 Secondary Questions Thread

[gujuDoc]

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I have a question about Columbia's secondary...when they ask you for your science GPA do you think they mean just Science like aacomas...or the BCPM like Amcas... I know it seems trivial...but there is a .2 difference between the two for me🙂... calc II and stats and I didn't get along so well🙂

Mel🙂

I'd probably use AMCAS GPA to be consistent.

Try to PM LizzyM and see her advice as an adcom member on this issue.

 

[doinmybest5840]

Does NYU screen before sending out secondaries? Has anyone gotten a secondary from them yet? What about Mt. Sinai?

Just curious. Thanks!

I applied to both of those. I haven't heard from either yet.

 

[87138]

On the EVMS secondary, they say they want two photos, and tell you to affix them to the top left corner of the application when you print it out. But it's a very small area . . . are you supposed to affix two rectangular photos to fit the square or what?


Also, there's a "recommendation form" on the site:

http://www.evms.edu/admissions/docs/recommendation.pdf

I'm not sure I understand their verbiage . . . if you have a committee LOR, do you still need to fill this form out?

 

[mvenus929]

Anyone submit the Johns Hopkins secondary yet? When I clicked 'submit', the page refreshed (maybe?) and gave me the same page. I clicked 'submit' again, and it did the same thing. I checked my email and now, I have 4 'you have submitted your application' messages from JHU! Now, I'm sure I only clicked it twice...

I didn't have any problems. It just brought me through this big maze of pages before it let me officially submit.

As a side note, that secondary was a pain.

 

[badasshairday]

Bump. I've only received one response and I want more opinions if y'all have any.

About that U of Cinnci prompt for the gap year. I didn't see that prompt in the secondary! I am graduating in December, so maybe that is why... Was that prompt on the page that asks you things like if you have been convicted of a felony or traffic violation or academic probation type stuff?

 

[whiterose]

Ok so this is my secondary question:

In your own words, explain your motivation for seeking a career in medicine.

I've already addressed this in my PS..should I repeat myself? Or should I give more general reasons without giving specifics? There's also no word limit so I'm not sure how long it should be (i.e. the length of a PS or a few paragraphs or just one paragraph?)

Any advice would be really appreciated.

 

[mshheaddoc]

1000 posts = thread is closed.

Please refer to this thread for part 2 of this thread 😀.