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yeah secondaries are starting to get me too. i'm applying to 19 DO schools and planning to submit every single one of them.
*~*~* Official Secondary Application Thread 2013-2014 *~*~*
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yeah secondaries are starting to get me too. i'm applying to 19 DO schools and planning to submit every single one of them.
Just got the VCOM secondary email.
I was under the impression they did. Haven't had time to open the secondary and look. I know they will only take a D.O. Letter and want 24hrs of documented D.O. Shadowing. Need to research more into that to see if it is a hard core requirement.
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no vcom for me!
Maybe it doesn't go out all at once? I'm confused on which schools gave a secondary right after you apply. I know tcom does because I got the secondary email 2 seconds after I applied. Also I know lmu-dcom apparently has one on their website. But I don't know of others who do that. I guess vcom, because I haven't taken the mcat yet and received the sec
did RVU screen heavily? a few SDNers didn't receive secondary last year.
maybe they screen very heavily and haven't gotten to my primary yet. otherwise, i would've received a rejection.
Well you wouldn't receive a rejection yet bubba. It will take a thorough process for them o decide that unless all of your numbers are below their limit. If I recall, you have decent numbers so you'll most likely get a secondary. Good luck!
The worst part about these is making sure they are almost flawless... I keep questioning myself as to whether my word choice was the best it could possibly be, but then the clock keeps ticking and more people are submitting while i'm still editing.
If all goes down the drain, I'm applying to only Non-essay schools next year haha 😎
Btw, someone should make a list of schools that screen before the secondary... NOT COUNTING schools that just send them to bare minimum requirements, but actual reviewing of the apps and then screening.
If all goes down the drain, I'm applying to only Non-essay schools next year haha 😎
Btw, someone should make a list of schools that screen before the secondary... NOT COUNTING schools that just send them to bare minimum requirements, but actual reviewing of the apps and then screening.
if it comes down to reapplying next year, you'll have all the essays ready
RVU's secondary is a beast
I feel like for some of us who already submitted quite a few secondaries can copy paste most of these RVU ones since they are very general prompts.
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So I've noticed a lot of variation with how many letters schools want. Do they want the specific amount of letters? I ask because my school handles this and they upload all my letters to interfolio when I give them a list of my schools. Should I be telling them the specific letters I want uploaded then, they usually sell the committee letter and the rest of my letters.
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Can anyone share how they are formatting their CV? Right now I have Education, Professional Experience, Activities (Including shadowing and volunteer), Honors & Awards (Took this straight from the AACOMAS), and Hobbies & Interests.
For non-trad students that went back to school to take their prereqs and not for a degree, should I put "Pre-med" or something or just leave it blank?
University of Nevada – Las Vegas
January 2012 – present
***Should I put anything here?****
University of Illinois at Chicago
▪ Bachelor of Science, Finance and Management
Also, are there any sections that I am missing? How detailed do I have to be when I put the shadowing and volunteering section in?
****I graduated about 6 years ago and I was involved in a few clubs during my undergrad - should I include that or is that too far out now?
For non-trad students that went back to school to take their prereqs and not for a degree, should I put "Pre-med" or something or just leave it blank?
University of Nevada – Las Vegas
January 2012 – present
***Should I put anything here?****
University of Illinois at Chicago
▪ Bachelor of Science, Finance and Management
Also, are there any sections that I am missing? How detailed do I have to be when I put the shadowing and volunteering section in?
****I graduated about 6 years ago and I was involved in a few clubs during my undergrad - should I include that or is that too far out now?
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Mine is:
Education
Course Assistance (did lot of tutoring/teaching)
Extracurricular Experiences (clubs)
Healthcare Related Experiences (shadowing, hospital volunteering)
I don't have a hobbies section because this is a resume I gave my LoR writers and not for schools so I didn't think it was appropriate.
So my dad got fired from his job, I do not think I will be able to send out the amount of secondaries I would like to. Going to have to start hunting for another cna shift or 3.
Do you guys think it is ok to answer the CCOM/AZCOM secondaries with the same responses? I mean at least in regards to the second question of why you.
Check secondaries thread
Why does Touro-NV's secondary application only give you room for 3 volunteering experiences? Wtf
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I thought it said you can use extra sheets if needed....
I just noticed that. How do you insert a new page into the PDF?
Also why do they want us to literally just rehash what we wrote on our primary?
I don't know how to insert into the PDF. I printed mine and then scanned all the sheets together when I was done so it was a whole new doc and will send it that way...
And I felt like that with a couple of my secondaries...all that stuff is on the primary so why do they need it twice? It feels sneaky like they're trying to catch us not putting the same thing?
Meh, it's irritating me regardless. But at least there aren't any essays.
How soon should you fill out secondaries?
I got one yesterday, but I'm retaking the MCAT in 2 weeks (July 26) and I don't want to fill them out until after I take the test. Is that too late?
I got one yesterday, but I'm retaking the MCAT in 2 weeks (July 26) and I don't want to fill them out until after I take the test. Is that too late?
I'm in same situation as you. I decided to do secondaries after MCAT (7/25) bc if I do poorly on MCAT .. Submitting Secondaries early really wont matter ... What is your plan?
This is actually a retake for me.
This was for listing work experiences, but for volunteering experiences it didn't mention that we could use extra sheets. I listed only three.
From the class thread, these appear to be the prompts for this years VCOM-CC secondary:
Describe the top three reasons you have chosen osteopathic medicine as your professional choice in becoming a physician (Please use your own description and not one that widely describes the profession).
Professionalism and the ability to gain respect in the community in which you live is of utmost importance as you embark upon a career as a physician. What three professional qualities do you feel a Student Doctor must be able to demonstrate as he/or she makes the transition into the study and practice of medicine. How will you demonstrate those qualities as a medical student at VCOM?
Please describe a volunteer or service activity that played a large part in your decision to become a physician.
Describe the top three reasons you have chosen osteopathic medicine as your professional choice in becoming a physician (Please use your own description and not one that widely describes the profession).
Professionalism and the ability to gain respect in the community in which you live is of utmost importance as you embark upon a career as a physician. What three professional qualities do you feel a Student Doctor must be able to demonstrate as he/or she makes the transition into the study and practice of medicine. How will you demonstrate those qualities as a medical student at VCOM?
Please describe a volunteer or service activity that played a large part in your decision to become a physician.
Just received Westerns secondary!
Was there an essay for DMU's secondary?
No DMU for me... Anyone else get it?
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no DMU for me
prompts same as last year? which campus?
There were just short answers and "describe your experience" type questions.
That is basically what I did. It asks for the name of the physician/DO you shadowed and also asks if you have experience with a family practice physician.
I added after my shadowing experiences that my personal care providers are usually DOs.
Now I got dmu.
