Reapplicant stigma if didn't send secondary

[MDPedigree]

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People all the time say being a reapplicant hurts you in the process. Would it still hurt if you are a reapplicant to a school but did not send in the secondary the first time around? Towards the end of last cycle I kind of panicked and added a lot of schools to my AMCAS but did not send secondaries to all of them. I have substantial improvements to my app this year (higher GPA, MCAT, Hours, Pubs, LOR's etc).

 

[mscandy]

You are still considered a reapplicant as long as you submitted the primary.

 

[21Rush12]

Whether it will or won't, you can't change it. You have substantial improvements to your application, so focus on those if you're ever asked. They'll want to know what's different about you the second time around.

The lower success rate for reapplicants doesn't take into account the ones who reapply with no changes or with sub-threshold GPA/MCAT. Your job as a reapplicant is to show them that you have accomplished something that merits reviewing your application all over again.


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