Secondaries ask about gap-year plans?

[Irish Football]

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What percent of schools would you say ask in some form or another for an applicant's plans for the upcoming year?

I have a good job lined up for my gap-year and while I understand that I can send update letters, I would like to include information if possible on my secondaries. I also understand that I cannot write that I have done something if I have not started it yet, but I looked at one school's sample supplementary application and I see that they ask specifically about plans for the upcoming year. Is this common?

 

[tantacles]

What percent of schools would you say ask in some form or another for an applicant's plans for the upcoming year?

I have a good job lined up for my gap-year and while I understand that I can send update letters, I would like to include information if possible on my secondaries. I also understand that I cannot write that I have done something if I have not started it yet, but I looked at one school's sample supplementary application and I see that they ask specifically about plans for the upcoming year. Is this common?

It's common. Maybe 70% of schools ask for this? My suggestion is that you peruse the allopathic 2011-2012 school specific threads to get a better idea of what schools you're applying to require this kind of information. The first page of each thread contains the secondary questions the school asks.

 

[sector9]

What percent of schools would you say ask in some form or another for an applicant's plans for the upcoming year?

I have a good job lined up for my gap-year and while I understand that I can send update letters, I would like to include information if possible on my secondaries. I also understand that I cannot write that I have done something if I have not started it yet, but I looked at one school's sample supplementary application and I see that they ask specifically about plans for the upcoming year. Is this common?

If you have the job lined up and a school specifically asks about your gap year plans, then that's a great opportunity to tell them about the job. The thing you don't want to do is include the job on your AMCAS if you haven't started yet.

I didn't have too many secondaries that asked this question.