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Poll: What is the greatest number of secondaries you'd be willing to fill out?
2? 5? 10? 15? 20+?
Let me know! I'm curious.
2? 5? 10? 15? 20+?
Let me know! I'm curious.
most have about 2 essays...plust after you do 10, they start repeating themselves, so you can tweak them a little bit and reuse.REALLY? You would fill out 30 secondaries with 3-6 essays each?
I sure hope I could say the same....
most have about 2 essays...plust after you do 10, they start repeating themselves, so you can tweak them a little bit and reuse.
Other schools like GT and GW dont have any essays...they just want your money.
they might...but I know alot dont.GW doesn't have any essays on their secondary? Nice...What is on the secondary besides essays?
GW doesn't have any essays on their secondary? Nice...What is on the secondary besides essays?
maybe it was drexel and BU??? Lol idk I looked at the secondary prompts months back.GW asks you to write why you chose to apply to their med school. The space is limited to a short paragraph (about 100 words or so).
they might...but I know alot dont.
They just have the traditional...convicted of a felony? Misdemeanor?, etc.
but was it worth it??? how high up on your list was MCW pre app season?I got so tired and sick of writing essays after my 30th secondary.i completed about 32 secondaries total.
I did 18, but to be fair, a decent number of them (Harvard, Penn, NYU, etc) utilized the "give us more money" secondary, so all I had to do was send in an extra check along with an optional address update...lol. So I maybe only had 13 or so that required actual essays writing.
GW doesn't have any essays on their secondary? Nice...What is on the secondary besides essays?
I plan on filling out any that I receive. As soon as AMCAS is turned in, I'm going to get a head start on those essays with the "Secondary Prompts" thread from last year. I have never understood why people withdraw pre-secondary - why did they apply there in the first place?
I filled out 20+ secondaries and it was a lot of work but I would rather apply to that many schools and have a better shot at getting in somewhere than applying to the fewer and not being accepted anywhere.
I filled out 20. I applied to 22 schools but withdrew from two pre-secondary since I really couldn't think of a response for the "why this school?" essay, even after reading the website etc.
If I had to do it again (luckily I don't) I probably wouldn't have bothered with some of the top top tier schools. I have tons of experience but my stats are average, and looking back I didn't have a realistic shot at some of the schools I applied to. Waste of time and money-I could have saved at least 700 dollars. Everyone says it's better not to wonder "if only I had applied" but seriously, be realistic. Someone on another thread put it best-yes there are exceptions to the rule but you won't be the exception, you'll be the rule.