Struggling with Secondary Questions

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Hey everyone, I recently took my second MCAT and received a 504 so I'm going all in this time around.

I've applied to 15 schools last week + a throwaway school last month so my app could be verified with my 498 MCAT score from last year.

So far I've received 4 secondaries (one from the throwaway school which I don't plan on filling out) but struggling with the standard questions:

"Why this school?" and "Why DO?" etc.

Answering them is not the problem, it's that I feel like I'm sounding super generic and it's impeding my progress even though my answers are all honest.

I know if I am honest and sincere nothing I say will turn them away in disgust nor blow them out of the water but I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to move past this hurdle?

Thank you all and best of luck!

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

You should be answering with experience.

 

[xnnsx1]

Hey everyone, I recently took my second MCAT and received a 504 so I'm going all in this time around.

I've applied to 15 schools last week + a throwaway school last month so my app could be verified with my 498 MCAT score from last year.

So far I've received 4 secondaries (one from the throwaway school which I don't plan on filling out) but struggling with the standard questions:

"Why this school?" and "Why DO?" etc.

Answering them is not the problem, it's that I feel like I'm sounding super generic and it's impeding my progress even though my answers are all honest.

I know if I am honest and sincere nothing I say will turn them away in disgust nor blow them out of the water but I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to move past this hurdle?

Thank you all and best of luck!

I've always wondered, are the supplementary questions you have to fill out before it can be sent to the schools the same as the secondary questions?

 

[Goro]

I've always wondered, are the supplementary questions you have to fill out before it can be sent to the schools the same as the secondary questions?

Yes