Withdraw Pre II, considered re applicant next year?

[Moose97]

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For personal reasons I have to withdraw my applications. I will be applying again next year. There are a few schools that I haven't heard anything from. If I withdraw before an II or R pre-II, would I be considered a re-applicant next year?

 

[AllBleedingStops]

Yes.

 

[teenyfish]

Yup, pretty sure you'd be a re-applicant. The only place you might have some leeway is if you didn't submit secondaries, as I know a few schools differ on the definition of "re-applicant" in that case.

 

[Wahkoon]

For personal reasons I have to withdraw my applications. I will be applying again next year. There are a few schools that I haven't heard anything from. If I withdraw before an II or R pre-II, would I be considered a re-applicant next year?

Yes. To my knowledge, once you submit your primary you will be considered a reapplicant regardless of whether you complete secondaries or receive interviews. However, you may not be considered a reapplicant to a specific school if you didn’t submit a primary to that school during a previous cycle.

 

[Catalystik]

For personal reasons I have to withdraw my applications. I will be applying again next year. There are a few schools that I haven't heard anything from. If I withdraw before an II or R pre-II, would I be considered a re-applicant next year?

If you withdraw, you will not be a reapplicant to schools you didn't list on the AMCAS primary application. You will be a reapplicant to any school you did list, whether or not you sent in the Secondary application.

 

[965978]

If you withdraw, you will not be a reapplicant to schools you didn't list on the AMCAS primary application. You will be a reapplicant to any school you did list, whether or not you sent in the Secondary application.

Will schools get upset over re-applicants who are complete this year but did not send in a secondary last year (but did send a primary last year)?

 

[Catalystik]

Will schools get upset over re-applicants who are complete this year but did not send in a secondary last year (but did send a primary last year)?

While I cannot speak for every school, logically, most would not waste any angst, having so many Complete applicants to worry about. For very small or focused schools that might have the capability of watching applications closely, it would have helped to "smooth the waters" had you formally withdrawn your application with a quick note asking to be removed from further consideration, rather than passively failing to send in the Secondary as a signal of 'no further interest.'