University of Wisconsin Secondary

[premedsoldja]

hey so UW-madison sent me their secondary today and it asked for all of my life activities. I was wondering what you all did, because I was just planning on using all of my AMCAS ones with a few more. Is that what they want us to do because they don't specify adding ones outside of AMCAS? I don't understand why a central application service exists if schools don't use it....

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[premedsoldja]

also does anyone know how many people UW interviews after filling their secondary? (i dont mean to sound anal, i'm just wondering since they screen for secondaries and i dont wanna be turned down here especially since i'm in state)

 

[pike1]

premedsolja-

It's been a long time since I did my secondary, but I think that was pretty much what I did. If you have a unique experience that you would like to spend more time talking about consider doing the optional essay. I feel like this helped my cause in gaining acceptance to UW.

In regards to interviews, I believe that UW interviews nearly all in-state residents that apply. So, I would give it shot and fill out the secondary. I was also an instate applicant. Let me know if you have any more questions about UW. Good luck with the rest of your application process.

 

[kdburton]

hey so UW-madison sent me their secondary today and it asked for all of my life activities. I was wondering what you all did, because I was just planning on using all of my AMCAS ones with a few more. Is that what they want us to do because they don't specify adding ones outside of AMCAS? I don't understand why a central application service exists if schools don't use it....

I got their secondary as well, but as far as I can tell from the MSAR it looks like the deadline (12/1) has passed for turning it in... so i just disregarded it. Correct me if I'm wrong please

 

[DuckHunter]

I agree with Pike - If you check mdapplicants nearly every instate person got an interview (although I'm still waiting, jerks). They were ridiculously late just getting their secondary to me - I submitted all my other secondaries at least two weeks before Wisconsin sent me theirs in late-October. If you really want to go there, just send it in. They were the ones that screwed up by waiting until after the due date to send you their secondary.