Supplemental Application Turnaround: Does it matter?

[Gracie_1984]

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So I get the general premise: Apply early apply early apply early or you will die. I got that.

Okay.

My question is: do medical schools look at how long it took you to fill out a secondary? I have had people say that they don't care: they know that different people have more things going on at different times of the year. Some of us have personal issues going on.

I have also had people say that they do care, because if it takes you a month to do the secondary... how excited can you be about the program?

Thoughts?

 

[Spector1]

Well its probably not a "you will die" type thing but considering that a lot of medical schools have already given away their interview slots until nov. or dec. its probably better to submit before they give away those seats.

 

[hexane19]

Anyone still doing secondaries?

 

[NotASerialKiller]

They don't care but you should, finish your secondaries.

 

[medic86]

Anyone still doing secondaries?

I'm still sitting on 3 that I might or might not return. Lol.

 

[neurotroph]

I submitted some of my secondaries 6-8 weeks after receiving them and still got interviews at those places, so no. This question has been asked a million times, and the general consensus is no. And thank goodness for that, because the time it took me to finish them had nothing to do with a lack of interest. Nevertheless, you should get them out of the way ASAP for your own sake. It wasn't fun having to worry about them for weeks on end.

 

[Spector1]

I submitted some of my secondaries 6-8 weeks after receiving them and still got interviews at those places, so no. This question has been asked a million times, and the general consensus is no. And thank goodness for that, because the time it took me to finish them had nothing to do with a lack of interest. Nevertheless, you should get them out of the way ASAP for your own sake. It wasn't fun having to worry about them for weeks on end.

wow you got hella good invites

 

[Gracie_1984]

I'm still sitting on 3 that I might or might not return. Lol.

saaaame.

 

[runningraindrop]

Anyone still doing secondaries?

I freaked out because I still didn't have any invites so I added 4 more schools last week and have submitted 2 of their secondaries