what do secondaries consist of?

[AppleseedCast]

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For those who have already applied once before, what do secondaries consist of? Do they ask you to provide more info? write essays? pay money? etc?

 

[armybound]

yes, yes, yes.

depends on the school, though. a lot of them have an essay prompt asking why you're interested in that particular school.

 

[starlight04]

you have a 4.0 from Cornell. omg. 😱👍

 

[AppleseedCast]

you have a 4.0 from Cornell. omg. 😱👍

haha thx

you should meet some of my friends. Your jaw would really drop

 

[armybound]

haha thx

you should meet some of my friends. Your jaw would really drop

a 4.0 and friends?

now I'm impressed.

 

[CTtarheel]

For those who have already applied once before, what do secondaries consist of? Do they ask you to provide more info? write essays? pay money? etc?

secondaries vary WIDELY from a simple form to fill out with demographics and a check to up to 6 essays without word limits.

PS. with your stats you probably applied to too many schools, so i'd just skip the difficult ones!

 

[AppleseedCast]

a 4.0 and friends?

now I'm impressed.

1500 posts on an internet forum and a desperate need to self-verify.... i'm even more impressed

 

[AppleseedCast]

secondaries vary WIDELY from a simple form to fill out with demographics and a check to up to 6 essays without word limits.

PS. with your stats you probably applied to too many schools, so i'd just skip the difficult ones!

I had this general feeling as well, but after all the horror stories I've heard of people with great stats not getting in, I thought better safe than sorry 😀

 

[Tenacity]

a 4.0 and friends?

now I'm impressed.

Yeah. Unfortunately, you're Asian. That means we have to compete for a set number of seats at Ivy League schools.

Oh, and on topic, usually we have to send in letters of recommendation also.

 

[starlight04]

haha thx

you should meet some of my friends. Your jaw would really drop

i bet i know some of them...haha (no, i dont know who you are...)

 

[armybound]

1500 posts on an internet forum and a desperate need to self-verify.... i'm even more impressed

self-verify? obviously my posts have clouded my mind, I don't get what you're saying.

btw what I said up there was sarcasm/a joke.

 

[learss]

For those who have already applied once before, what do secondaries consist of? Do they ask you to provide more info? write essays? pay money? etc?

This is from the Pre-Allo Information thread that is located in this forum.
These are secondary questions from last years cycle:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=293395

Also please buy the MSAR. It is by far the most helpful guide for applying to medical schools. Also contains secondary fees by school.