Does anyone have a good way to prepare for secondaries at this point? I would like to just have at least some bullet points written up for some schools, but I feel like I have no way of knowing what each school will ask.
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You can start thinking about your responses but I don't think you should write them yet. Go to the school specific threads from last application cycle and see the prompts.
@AllBleedingStops How long do you think secondaries for 1 school takes to write?
From my experience, I've noticed most of the schools' secondaries include questions like "What is your experience/exposure with osteopathic medicine and why do you wish to be an osteopathic physician?" and "Based on our school's mission, why are you interested in ______ College of Osteopathic Medicine." There's a fair amount of overlap so you could begin brainstorming or writing bullet points regarding how you would reply to these. Other than that, I would recommend you look over your experiences and essays so you can further reference or expound on them if applicable in the secondaries.
It honestly depends on how productive you are. For the first few secondaries, it took me two to three (proofing included) (3-4 hours daily) to draft the secondaries. Due to overlap, by the time that I was on the 5th or 6th set of secondaries, I could finish it in a day. Note that some schools have like 6-7 essays and others have 2-3, so that bears influence as well.
