Alwaysbehopeful, this is so brave of you! Thank you.
I finished most of my primary in June, then procrastinated my personal statement until August. Gah.. that was a terrible idea.
I guess I didn't think about the takes-a-month-to-verify part. Haha. But now I am in the middle of secondaries, which feels good, and I hope to have them done by October. Right now...
Complete at University of Rochester and SUNY Buffalo.
Submitted secondaries to Penn State, UVermont, Dartmouth, Mayo (just the fee).
Working on secondaries for UWashington, Albany, Loma Linda.
Waiting on secondaries from Wake Forest, Loyola, UNevada, OHSU.