Post Secondary Rejections

[mafunk]

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In other thread I read about a student with an extremely low MCAT who received numerous secondary apps. For those who have been through an app cycle, how many schools did you apply to? How many secondaries did you recieve? Of those how many actually accepted you?

The reason I ask, is that some folks are saying that secondaries do not necessarily indicate interested in the student and may be just a way for schools to get more money. I'm just wondering if the anecdotal data supports this claim.

 

[AACmd]

I pretty much received a secondary from every school I indicated on my primary.

Some took longer than others but I got the feeling that it was pretty much automated.

 

[D0cHopeful]

I pretty much received a secondary from every school I indicated on my primary.

Some took longer than others but I got the feeling that it was pretty much automated.

Last year, I had a 22Q on my MCAT and I received a secondary from every school I applied to. No interviews, no acceptance :-(

 

[ziprasidone1]

In other thread I read about a student with an extremely low MCAT who received numerous secondary apps. For those who have been through an app cycle, how many schools did you apply to? How many secondaries did you recieve? Of those how many actually accepted you?

The reason I ask, is that some folks are saying that secondaries do not necessarily indicate interested in the student and may be just a way for schools to get more money. I'm just wondering if the anecdotal data supports this claim.

It's very true that the majority of schools do not screen and immediately send you a secondary application. I'm sure lots of applicants can confirm that we have received secondaries often immediately after our primaries have been verified. Some schools screen GPA/MCAT... check each school's admissions website

 

[drgioiadds]

Some schools auto screen for minimal gpa requirements, but most do not.

 

[CopToEM]

The reason I ask, is that some folks are saying that secondaries do not necessarily indicate interested in the student and may be just a way for schools to get more money. I'm just wondering if the anecdotal data supports this claim.

I don't think there's any data out there that supports this but I can promise you that if SDN is any indication then it's certainly true. Those schools who are known to provide secondaries to all applicants without screening do just that - regardless of interest. That's all there is to it.

 

[gmcguitar4]

It is completely for the money. They are a teaching institutions first and a businesses second.