The WORST Secondaries ever....

[drlexygoat]

So here goes.... Vent some anger at those 4+ page secondaries who want a $200 money order that have to be notarized by 3 different people.

My vote goes for Duke... so long! At least it was online, though. Enough with the multiple page-long essays!

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[Kashue]

Originally posted by drlexygoat
So here goes.... Vent some anger at those 4+ page secondaries who want a $200 money order that have to be notarized by 3 different people.

My vote goes for Duke... so long! At least it was online, though. Enough with the multiple page-long essays!

Chicago - what a waste of time.

 

[xanthines]

BU- drive-by secondary.

"just give us the money and no one gets hurt..."

-X

 

[Gleevec]

UChicago

UPittsburgh

 

[jay16942]

UCSD- Two page autobiography that should not be a restatement of your AMCAS personal statement... Not only dull and necessarily repetitive of the PS, but also pointless for those of us who haven't saved a small nation.

 

[Kashue]

NorthWestern Question Number 2 - My God!

I think everyone I know bs'd an answer to that question.

 

[darkcity998]

I second UCSD. Tough to make an autobiography interesting.

For some reason, Yale was a tough one for me. Didn't know what else to write about for the optional essay.

 

[darkcity998]

Forgot to add. Stonybrook has 3 one-page essays!

 

[Nor2themax]

Rush Medical College has 14 essays.... and Louisvilles wants your life history including high school

 

[bosco]

Vandy has to be on this also!

 

[PianoGirl04]

UCSD was the only crappy one of all my secondaries (Autobiography? WTF?)...but then, I didn't apply to Davis, Duke, or Pritzker. I've heard those are hellaceous.

I think Boston U had the best secondary, not the worst! No BS, just "send us money...oh, yeah, don't forget your mugshot." Easiest secondary ever!

 

[donuthole]

OMG, UC Davis all the way!!! I thought it was worse than UCSD!! That davis app consumed me!!

 

[Alcon]

USF asks you to explain any grade below a B... Sux.

 

[jlee9531]

BU secondary sucks.

 

[mosfet]

USF is definitely one of the worst

 

[ForensicPath]

Stony Brook and UConn

 

[ewing]

Originally posted by darkcity998
Forgot to add. Stonybrook has 3 one-page essays!

Does anyone know if this is single-spaced or double?

 

[Kashue]

Originally posted by ewing
Does anyone know if this is single-spaced or double?

I did mine single-spaced and my essays ranged from 3/4 to a page. I don't think its length that matters, but content. Take them seriously coz your interviewers do ask you questions on what you wrote on those 3 essays.

 

[Allygator89]

Originally posted by Alcon
USF asks you to explain any grade below a B... Sux.

No kidding. I dont' remember having to do that...

 

[Jsscales05]

USF is definitely the hardest of them all. . .I thought Duke was pretty good because the essay questions were more specific and guided.

 

[Jenuine]

Case Western. There's no topic...it's just a free-for-all. Personally, I think that is absolutely NO FUN AT ALL. Oh well!