I was rejected everywhere because my application was incomplete since I didn't submit secondaries or an MCAT score. Do i still need to rewrite my whole application (activity descriptions, PS, etc) for the upcoming 2015-2016 cycle?
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In my experience, successful reapplicants update everything and don't submit the same app.Is it advisable to reuse my PS?
Ok it was a family health emergency that precluded me from appropriately preparing for the MCAT. Honestly, i should not have submitted my primary application. What exactly should I say to answer that question best? How transparent should I be?I disagree - the primary goes directly to schools from AMCAS, and then the schools decide whether to send a secondary or not. Med schools keep a "file" on rejected/incomplete applicants because reapplication is common, and schools want to see what has changed between app cycles. It's not unheard of for reapplicants to lie, assuming their old app is gone. So it doesn't matter whether schools looked at your app this year or not - they'll look at it next time, when it's relevant to look at it against the new app.
So you're a reapplicant. In my experience, successful reapplicants update everything and don't submit the same app. And you absolutely need to have a good answer to "what happened last cycle?"
Best of luck to you.