Tips on writing secondaries?

[don't you dare]

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Hello!
I finally submitted my primary app! I applied to 23 schools, so I am trying to prepare as much as I can for my secondary essays.
The number of essays I need to write makes me overwhelmed since I want to give my best in every essay.
With that being said, are there ways I can prioritize how I should prepare for my secondary?

Any tips are greatly appreciated! 🙂

Thank you!! I hope everyone is having a great summer 🙂

 

[Lucca]

I prioritized by how common a question was after skimming through the secondaries from last cycle on my school list.

If there’s a school with a longer secondary (Mayo, Duke, Miami, UCSD) on your list then you may also want to prioritize that one.

 

[LAIsTheBestPlaceEver]

I prioritized by how common a question was after skimming through the secondaries from last cycle on my school list.

If there’s a school with a longer secondary (Mayo, Duke, Miami, UCSD) on your list then you may also want to prioritize that one.

I thought Mayo is pretty sure, just two questions. Georgetown asks you to write 1-2 pages of how much you wanna go there O.O

 

[Lucca]

I thought Mayo is pretty sure, just two questions. Georgetown asks you to write 1-2 pages of how much you wanna go there O.O

may have mixed that one up in my mind with another midwest school. I'm not applying to georgetown but yah I've heard they like love letters

 

[CJhooper123]

I prioritized by how common a question was after skimming through the secondaries from last cycle on my school list.

If there’s a school with a longer secondary (Mayo, Duke, Miami, UCSD) on your list then you may also want to prioritize that one.

How quickly should an applicant return their secondary applications? 5-7 days reasonable?

 

[Lucca]

How quickly should an applicant return their secondary applications? 5-7 days reasonable?

the collective wisdom on sdn is try for two-week turnaround. I don’t personally have a good sense for how much this matters. One probably wants to prioritize secondaries for schools that send interview invites earlier in the cycle.

 

[SadAsian]

Every applicant should have a list or spreadsheet with
all the schools applied
when you received a secondary
when they want secondary back
priority note for how much you want school
priority note for how long/hard secondary is
when secondary submitted

this sheet should also include
when letters to school have been received
when secondary received
when file at school complete

Now I do 😉