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Dive into the world of the most bizarre supplemental essays! From indifference to astrology to the quirks of social media, discover how to tackle these oddball questions with wit and wisdom.

Should you answer the optional or additional information secondaries? If you ask certain advisors, they will tell you not to write anything unless you need to explain some red flag in your application. I would say that I partially agree with this take, but I also don't think it's that simple, so I came up with an "Order of Operations" to help pre-meds decide whether it was worth answering these troubling secondary prompts.

Many students apply to 30+ medical schools in order to play the numbers game, and this fact is no secret to the medical schools themselves.‍ The medical schools aren’t stupid; they know they’re not your only choice. But it’s your job to convince them that they’re the best choice for you, which hopefully has a reciprocal effect.‍ With about 47% of medical schools asking the “Why Our Medical School?” essay question, you’ll want to make this essay a focal point in your secondary writing.‍ This article will help you better conceptualize this popular medical school secondary essay prompt and complete the essays in both an efficient and compelling way!

USC Keck replaced its "charitable donations" secondary prompt with a question that asks pre-meds to "name three things they don't care about at all." This replacement is more interesting, but it's also a lot more challenging. We're here to provide a breakdown of this new prompt, including the do's and don'ts and several examples of good and bad responses, to help you come up with something authentic and compelling.

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If you’re working ahead (which you should be), you’re probably already pre-writing secondary essays, including the challenging “Why our medical school?” question. We’re here to help with that. Savvy Pre-Med will be publishing a multiple-part series to provide you with a “cheat sheet” for answering “Why our medical school?” in your secondaries and interviews. Our goal is to provide a list of five noteworthy aspects of each medical school program (including links) to help you expedite the process of researching, writing, and formulating interview answers. Today we’re covering all the Texas medical schools!

If you’re working ahead (which you should be), you’re probably already pre-writing secondary essays, including the challenging “Why our medical school?” question. We’re here to help with that. Savvy Pre-Med will be publishing a multiple-part series to provide you with a “cheat sheet” for answering “Why our medical school?” in your secondaries and interviews. Our goal is to provide a list of five noteworthy aspects of each medical school program (including links) to help you expedite the process of researching, writing, and formulating interview answers. Today we’re covering all the California medical schools.

If you’re working ahead (which you should be), you’re probably already pre-writing secondary essays, including the challenging “Why our medical school?” question. We’re here to help with that. Savvy Pre-Med will be publishing a multiple-part series to provide you with a “cheat sheet” for answering “Why our medical school?” in your secondaries and interviews. Our goal is to provide a list of five noteworthy aspects of each medical school program (including links) to help you expedite the process of researching, writing, and formulating interview answers.

You probably have plenty of questions about medical school secondaries, and there’s a good chance that we’ve answered them somewhere in our archive of articles. This comprehensive guide will point you in the right direction for whatever secondary essay task or question you’re currently facing. Hope it helps you navigate this daunting task!

That’s right - for a new RFUMS secondary essay, you have to create your own superhero. But that’s the easy part - the harder task is figuring out a problem that your superhero can combat in your current city or town. Sure, it’s a little inconvenient that RFUMS is asking for secondary essay material that will be difficult to repurpose for other schools. BUT on the bright side, it’s only 150 words, and it lets you showcase a cause you’re passionate about and what you value most about your hometown. What are the do’s and don’ts of answering this RFUMS secondary essay? Are there some good examples you can follow? Don’t worry - I got you covered.

In response to the growing concern over systemic racism, certain medical schools, like Miller School of Medicine - University of Miami, added new secondary essay prompts last cycle (2020-2021) that specifically addressed the problems of inequities and how to solve them. Let’s take a look at Miller’s new prompt and consider some good and bad approaches to answering it in your secondary essays.

Other than the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest news topics in 2020 were police brutality, systemic racism, and the need for greater equity in the United States. The medical school admissions world has joined this conversation, notably through a slew of AAMC webinars and events that focus around the concept of equity in healthcare and medical education. Certain medical schools, like Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, added new secondary essay prompts last cycle (2020-2021) that specifically addressed the problems of inequities and how to solve them. It's likely that these prompts will be featured again in 2021-2022. Let’s take a look at these new prompts and consider some do’s and don’ts about how to answer them in your secondary essays.

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On Game of Thrones, “Winter is coming” is a catchphrase used to warn characters of impending doom. But in the case of medical school admissions, “Summer is coming” would be far more apt. Summer means you'll be getting secondaries soon, and you better not underestimate them!

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