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SECONDARY QUESTIONS

Started by RizKhan
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hey fellow hopeful docs
just wanted to know what type of questions/essays were aksed on your secondaries from all the schools. and did some schools not even have an essay to write on secondaries....I know call me lazy 🙂
thanx and much appreciation

riz khan
 
Why should we accept you into this year's class (asked on tons of secondaries last year)? Explain why you are interested in osteopathic medicine? Why is personal honor important in the medical profession? What community activity had the most significance for you and why? What can you contribute to the student body at this school? Why are you interested in this particular school?
These are some of the ones I remember from secondaries last year. Many osteo secondaries don't give very much space in which to answer these questions, so you must really think about how to phrase your responses. Good luck!
 
Hey thanx for the info!
really appreciate it
it is a cumbersome process and every posssible advantage neeeds to be taken