Pre-meds oftentimes make the mistake of not taking the secondary application as seriously as the primary (AMCAS or AACOMAS) application. What exactly is the secondary application? They are supplements to individual medical schools based on what they want. Luckily, there are a few trends that most medical schools follow in … [Read more...]
Medical School Secondaries – How to Write the “Why This School?” Essay
I can guarantee that every medical school will ask you to respond to this essay prompt in the secondary application: "Why This School?" The problem is that your first instinct is to tell the truth, and for 95% of premeds the truth is something medical schools don't like to hear: … [Read more...]
How to Write Winning Medical School Secondaries
It’s secondary application season - wow! When you’re applying to medical school, you’re a small name in a big a pool of applicants. The medical school secondaries are your chance to make yourself the most appealing applicant in the crowd. What are the medical school secondaries? Medical school secondary applications … [Read more...]
What the internet gets wrong about the medical school secondary application
The amount of attention given to something helps you to infer its importance -- If nobody is talking about it, then it must not be important, right? Based on the tiny amount of chatter online relating to the medical school secondary application, you'd think it's not a very important part … [Read more...]
Medical School Secondary Application Essays You Don’t Expect
Every year medical schools send out predictable secondary application essay prompts like, "Why this school?" and "Describe a difficult ethical situation you encountered." Those are the age-old essays prompts that premeds have been responding to for years, and a quick search online will turn up lots of different writing tips … [Read more...]
Maximize Your Chances of Acceptance — Submit Your Medical School Secondary Applications Quickly
You can count on this: The earlier you submit your medical school secondary applications, the higher your chances of acceptance. Medical school admissions is a race, not a meritocracy -- many med schools have the majority of their entering class figured out by August. Even if you're a 35 MCAT … [Read more...]