required quick turnaround times on secondaries?

[Dulcina]

i saw that someone received a secondary on the 18th, and it was due on the 1st.

Is that normal, for schools to give a limited amount of time to return the secondary?

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[amph119]

I think for schools that receive a ton of applications it may be. I know Northwestern does.

 

[Dulcina]

I think for schools that receive a ton of applications it may be. I know Northwestern does.

haha darn, that was the one school i was referring to =P

 

[Kaydubz]

Almost all my schools don't have time limits. Exceptions are OSU, UConn, Wustl, Northwestern, and some of those might be more or less stringent than others.

 

[Lshapley]

Loyola was the only one I had with a time limit. IMO, turning your secondaries quickly is important. I believe many applicants will sit and prepare their AMCAS, and submit this early, but will procrastinate on the secondaries, perhaps because they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of them.

 

[DrJD]

Michigan State has a time limit as well...

 

[schismal]

Almost all my schools don't have time limits. Exceptions are OSU, UConn, Wustl, Northwestern, and some of those might be more or less stringent than others.

Note that UCONN doesn't really have a deadline, if you email them and explain the delay.

 

[Caesar]

OP,

speaking generally every secondary has a time line of "As soon as you can possibly get it done without forfeiting any quality". That being said some schools do have specific time windows for turning them in, and a few really don't care. If you want to take the time to remember the rules for all of them than you have more super human powers than I will. I'd just try to do the ones with specific dates first and the rest next but all of them ASAP.

Good luck to you

 

[chad5871]

VCU gives you 60 days I think. EVMS only gives you 30 days. Northwestern only gives you like 2 weeks.

 

[yuiness]

If you want to take the time to remember the rules for all of them than you have more super human powers than I will.

Maybe it would be helpful to make a list of all the schools and their secondary turn-around rules?

Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – ??
Cornell – ??
Dartmouth – ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??
Georgetown – ??
Mayo – ??
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – ??
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – 2 weeks
Pritzker – ??
St. Louis University – ??
University of Maryland – ??
UPenn – ??
University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – ??
Vanderbilt - ??
Virginia Commonwealth University - ??
Wake Forest - ??
WashU – ??
Yale - ??

 

[dshnay]

Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – ??
Cornell – ??
Dartmouth – ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??
Georgetown – ??
Mayo – ??
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – ??
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – 2 weeks
Pritzker – ??
St. Louis University – ??
University of California Irvine – 30 days
University of California San Francisco – ASAP or 30 days
University of Maryland – ??
UPenn – ??
University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – ??
Vanderbilt - ??
Virginia Commonwealth University - 45 days
Wake Forest - 21 days
WashU – ??
Yale - ??

 

[azuldelcielo]

Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – ??
Cornell – ??
Dartmouth – ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??
Georgetown – ??
Mayo – ??
Michigan State University – 2 weeks to pay fee, 2 weeks after payment to submit secondary
Mount Sinai – ??
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – 2 weeks
Pritzker – ??
St. Louis University – ??
University of California Irvine – 30 days
University of California San Francisco – ASAP or 30 days
University of Maryland – ??
UPenn – ??
University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – ??
Vanderbilt - ??
Virginia Commonwealth University - 45 days
Wake Forest - 21 days
WashU – ??
Yale - ??

 

[Dulcina]

Loyola was the only one I had with a time limit. IMO, turning your secondaries quickly is important. I believe many applicants will sit and prepare their AMCAS, and submit this early, but will procrastinate on the secondaries, perhaps because they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of them.

haha i already feel overwhelmed by the 4 I got, and my amcas JUST got verified!