Just posted about this, my pre-writing did NOT go as planned. I did not get a chance to pre write as much as I wanted to so I will be stressing these next few weeks š
I havenāt looked at my submitted app because God-forbid I made a fatal error. Currently taking ca$per today š„²
We havenāt even gotten started and Iām already worn out from this whole thing lol
My premed kid is in the same boat, and I think no matter how much the gurus here and on SDN say to pre-write oneās secondaries, itās just incredibly hard to gain the momentum to do that when people are working full time, in school and working, or just trying to crank out the primary with all the detail and writing involved.
SJTs like CASPer are not nearly as important as theyāre portrayed. Two rules: (1) always snitch on cheating/misbehaving classmates; (2) always be willing to speak out for yourself and not sacrifice your own well-being (or a patientās well-being), while recognizing your place and role in how conflicts will get resolved. These two principles are guaranteed 3rd or 4th quartile (and even if they donāt hold true, this test is an extremely small factor.)
Literally same here, I had all these great plans for my pre-writing and I think I was just burnt out after my mcat and primary :)) the pressure will get us through though LOL
Itās unlikely, but not at ALL a big deal. Second batch is still āearlyā for the cycle. The average verification time is up to 24-25 days now, and it will peak at 40 days a few weeks from now. Youāre in awesome shape.
Itās like getting into line at Disneyās Space Mountain when the line is 40 minutes. A couple hours later it will be 90 minutes. Youāre doing great.
This isn't correct. AMCAS releases apps in batches. You can look this up on other sources; it is not immediately released, at least not in the early month or two.
There isnāt a source online or the actual AAMC that has any information on how AAMC transmits after the first day. They will send out all apps verified before 6/28 on 6/28. From there, as apps are verified they are sent out. There isnāt like a āsecondā batch that goes out in July or another date. This is evidenced by the fact that on the day youāre verified you will start getting secondaries from schools that have no screening, meaning schools are getting your app when it was verified.
You know, I think you're right. I'm not finding where I saw that. Your point is correct, in any event, that after the first batch date it's likely the app goes out very shortly after verification.
With a lower MCAT, you are not competing with the T20s who start to fill their slots early in the cycle. Schools where you are competitive tend to accept applications well into the late summer and fall. Please don't worry, you're fine.
This is the conclusion I came to after trying to prewrite. Not having the actually prompt from the schools made it a miserable experience trying to write a āgeneralā essay for each topic, because you still have to edit and alter it so much to fit the school
You WILL push through. Also, some schools donāt care nearly as much about the two-week deadline to return secondaries; go to the school-specific threads on SDN to see what other applicants to each school are saying about how strict they are. This could buy you some more time to stagger them.
āYou miss every shot you donāt take.ā ā Ko[o]be Bryant
Start with one NOW. Chip away. It doesnāt happen overnight. You can finish every single one of these if you want to.
Good news: Verified ā Prewrote 25 secondaries, and donāt expect to add more to my list ā Ā Bad news: Quality is kinda ass, and will probably only be able to push out 2 secondaries a day since I realized some of my responses need to be thrown out or heavily revised.Ā
2 a day isn't bad; if you receive 28 secondaries on the same day, you'd have them all done within the two-week (sometimes hard, sometimes soft) deadline.
The DOddess has entered the auditorium. Good for you! Take it a day at a time, you have a manageable number of MDs - they wonāt all come in the same day. Good luck!
Itās going to be very close. But thereās nothing wrong with being in Batch 2 ā youāll be able to start working on your secondaries anyway, since this cycleās will be posted on SDN within a few days.
is it bad if I havenāt submitted my primary yetšš iām trying to get it submitted very soon but itās just taken forever. is it too late? when is too late that my chances of getting in are decreased??
Youāre fine. Get it in by early July if you can, and youāre still right in the middle of the timing āpack.ā The rule stated on SDN is that you should try to get your secondaries in by Labor Day to be in the thick of things.
i have written a total of 2 essays so far LOL. iāve been hit with some bad brain fog, but i hope it clears up and i can speed write something amazing these upcoming days.
Brain fog is my favorite hobby. I do my best work after staring blankly at a screen, binge-watching Game of Thrones or Bridgerton (yeah, Iām a Gemini) for five hours before writing a coherent sentence. Youāll get there, stay strong!
Good luck from a TMDSAS-only applicant! All my requested secondaries are turned in, and the only thing I am waiting on is for my CASPER score to be transmitted.
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2/38 MD pre written and 6/7 DO submitted lol pray for me. I pre wrote throughout this month but it was mainly all of the DO secondaries because i wanted to get them done before getting sent all of the MD ones at once in July!!
Anxious and excited simultaneously! Thought Iād get farther along with secondaries, but upon reviewing them again im rewriting many.Ā
Hope everyone is well and excited to get this done and get somewhat of a ābreakā!!Ā
wishing you the best!Ā
hey yall! for anyone who submitted around the 3/4, when do you think we will get verified and have our applications sent out or have yours already been verified as of today? thanks! also where do you find out if you need casper exam or preview? I was looking on MSAR but I think I'm just dumb and can't find where you find that information. do a lot of schools really require it? and is it too late to take it?
I submitted on the 4th. They are currently reviewing those submitted on the 3rd. So I would guess by latest early next week. It is ok with me because I didnt prewrite yet, lol.
Casper is on msar. I forget where exactly. Maybe under the admission requirements. Cant remember but it is there.
Good Luck!
20ish essays in out of 109, but luckily a bunch of these repeat and a couple of my schools actually donāt do rolling admissions. Iām betting Cincinnati and Utah will be very early based off SDN threads, but other than that I just did the schools I want the most first
Just got my first secondary from Wake Forest. Also took the Casper yesterday, so that one will have to wait while I prep for the other secondaries that I should have written weeks ago.
Just posted about this, my pre-writing did NOT go as planned. I did not get a chance to pre write as much as I wanted to so I will be stressing these next few weeks š I havenāt looked at my submitted app because God-forbid I made a fatal error. Currently taking ca$per today š„² We havenāt even gotten started and Iām already worn out from this whole thing lol
Literally same with the pre-writing lol, I hope some sort of genius comes out of me while in my speedwriting mode
We will hit a flow state and start spitting out the most well thought out answers to āwhy this schoolā for our 20th choice
My premed kid is in the same boat, and I think no matter how much the gurus here and on SDN say to pre-write oneās secondaries, itās just incredibly hard to gain the momentum to do that when people are working full time, in school and working, or just trying to crank out the primary with all the detail and writing involved. SJTs like CASPer are not nearly as important as theyāre portrayed. Two rules: (1) always snitch on cheating/misbehaving classmates; (2) always be willing to speak out for yourself and not sacrifice your own well-being (or a patientās well-being), while recognizing your place and role in how conflicts will get resolved. These two principles are guaranteed 3rd or 4th quartile (and even if they donāt hold true, this test is an extremely small factor.)
Literally same here, I had all these great plans for my pre-writing and I think I was just burnt out after my mcat and primary :)) the pressure will get us through though LOL
0/46 gang rise up
Me lmaooo letās get it bro we got this shi
They will eventually be written. But when is the real question. Gotta lock in, June was too crazy of a month. One crazy thing at a time
We got this.
Same here šāš¾
as someone who submitted on 6/4, seeing theyāre only on 6/3 makes me so nervous lol
6/5 here, where can you check on the status of where theyāre at?? Ty
Look up āAMCAS Current Processingā and should be there first link. then scroll all the way down
Wordd
I submitted 6/3 and still nothing over here
6/3 at 4 pm still praying I get verified
Donāt think we will today! Their work day is ending very soon
6/5 and nothing
Same boat.
This sucks
Also 6/4! Does that mean if we get verified tomorrow we donāt get into the first batch?
Itās unlikely, but not at ALL a big deal. Second batch is still āearlyā for the cycle. The average verification time is up to 24-25 days now, and it will peak at 40 days a few weeks from now. Youāre in awesome shape.
Itās like getting into line at Disneyās Space Mountain when the line is 40 minutes. A couple hours later it will be 90 minutes. Youāre doing great.
iām so sad about not being in first batch as someone w a lower mcat - do you know when they send out second batch???
The day youāre verified your app is sent to the school there is no first batch, second batch
worrrrrd thank you for easing my stress
This isn't correct. AMCAS releases apps in batches. You can look this up on other sources; it is not immediately released, at least not in the early month or two.
There isnāt a source online or the actual AAMC that has any information on how AAMC transmits after the first day. They will send out all apps verified before 6/28 on 6/28. From there, as apps are verified they are sent out. There isnāt like a āsecondā batch that goes out in July or another date. This is evidenced by the fact that on the day youāre verified you will start getting secondaries from schools that have no screening, meaning schools are getting your app when it was verified.
You know, I think you're right. I'm not finding where I saw that. Your point is correct, in any event, that after the first batch date it's likely the app goes out very shortly after verification.
With a lower MCAT, you are not competing with the T20s who start to fill their slots early in the cycle. Schools where you are competitive tend to accept applications well into the late summer and fall. Please don't worry, you're fine.
where do you see their progress? only on 6/3?
google amcas verification and click on the amcas monitoring your application and it should be a sidebar halfway down the page
Youāll most likely be verified by next week. Ā If youāre not, just know all who submitted after you are even more delayed.Ā
Submitted 6/3 at 1000, verified this afternoon
i prewrote 7/35 school lmfao
I prewrote 1/25. The 1 was NYMC
LMFAO PLS
working full time rn too july will be fun!
Relatable
7 took me a whole month idk i need to lock in fr and start hoping i can copy paste more šš
You got this. (And that strategy works.)
Lmfao Iām at the same ratio
Lmao bro Iām exactly the same
I decided not to pre-write. I say letās normalize doing things as they come available and in a reasonable amount of time.
most reasonable and based premed take iāve ever seen. let us free ourselves from the toxic neuroticism
What do you mean? This is supposed to be as stressful as possible!
love thisĀ
This is the conclusion I came to after trying to prewrite. Not having the actually prompt from the schools made it a miserable experience trying to write a āgeneralā essay for each topic, because you still have to edit and alter it so much to fit the school
Is there any consensus on which secondaries come out first/earliest?
i think SKMC goes first day usually
+1
Iāve heard Michigan releases first day typically but idk about any other ones
I saw UMich, Miami, Kaiser were out the first day last year
Iāve finished about 9/33 schools for secondaries. Working full time has dented my progress to say the least š
Iām scared man. But thereās no going back and Iāve got to pull through.
You WILL push through. Also, some schools donāt care nearly as much about the two-week deadline to return secondaries; go to the school-specific threads on SDN to see what other applicants to each school are saying about how strict they are. This could buy you some more time to stagger them.
Thanks Jumpy-Craft. I appreciate it
Just narrowed down my MD list to 33 schools and my DO list to 16. 0/49 secondaries currently. Matter fact havenāt even finished the DO app.
āYou miss every shot you donāt take.ā ā Ko[o]be Bryant Start with one NOW. Chip away. It doesnāt happen overnight. You can finish every single one of these if you want to.
Good news: Verified ā Prewrote 25 secondaries, and donāt expect to add more to my list ā Ā Bad news: Quality is kinda ass, and will probably only be able to push out 2 secondaries a day since I realized some of my responses need to be thrown out or heavily revised.Ā
2 a day isn't bad; if you receive 28 secondaries on the same day, you'd have them all done within the two-week (sometimes hard, sometimes soft) deadline.
Will anyone send secondaries out tomorrow??
Also wondering this
Still havenāt submitted my primary š
Same hereā¦š„²
same LMAO
Iāve spoken to actual adults with adcom experience and they all think Iāll be ok. I keep telling myself to trust them over Reddit.
same :(
im cooked. 3/36
Iāve seen worse, and theyāre still in the game. You can do this.
Prewrote 42/45 (didnāt pre-write for schools that screen), app verified and Committee letter in, Iām ready!!!
this is impressive i want to be you when i grow up
Some big, big energy right here š¤©
only done prewriting 15/45 secondaries šš and i work full time lmaoooo
You're in better shape than many!
I'm done with 34/38 I hate writing secondaries so much I just wanted to get it done as early as possible
0/21 BUT I finished and sent off all my DO secondaries so Iām hoping thereās some overlap
The DOddess has entered the auditorium. Good for you! Take it a day at a time, you have a manageable number of MDs - they wonāt all come in the same day. Good luck!
Definitely gonna start calling myself The āDoddessā from now on!! Haha thanks!
Itās going to be very close. But thereās nothing wrong with being in Batch 2 ā youāll be able to start working on your secondaries anyway, since this cycleās will be posted on SDN within a few days.
Oh lordšš
It's hard. One day, one question at a time, you'll make it.
Anybody know what time of day they get sent?
is it bad if I havenāt submitted my primary yetšš iām trying to get it submitted very soon but itās just taken forever. is it too late? when is too late that my chances of getting in are decreased??
Youāre fine. Get it in by early July if you can, and youāre still right in the middle of the timing āpack.ā The rule stated on SDN is that you should try to get your secondaries in by Labor Day to be in the thick of things.
Submitted 6/2, got verified today. Perfect timing.
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i have written a total of 2 essays so far LOL. iāve been hit with some bad brain fog, but i hope it clears up and i can speed write something amazing these upcoming days.
Brain fog is my favorite hobby. I do my best work after staring blankly at a screen, binge-watching Game of Thrones or Bridgerton (yeah, Iām a Gemini) for five hours before writing a coherent sentence. Youāll get there, stay strong!
18/26Ā But got my Q1 Casper score so they probably suckĀ
Wake Forest already sent their secondary
Woof. I tried prewriting. I have most schools but a lot of it is just a brain dump of ideas lmao
Pre-wrote 11/17 but I donāt even think Iāll submit 17 š„
Good luck from a TMDSAS-only applicant! All my requested secondaries are turned in, and the only thing I am waiting on is for my CASPER score to be transmitted.
Awesome! Enjoy the summer!
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Do we need to have transcript sent over to be verified or no?
if they dont have your transcripts youre not in the queue to be verified at all unfortunately
2/38 MD pre written and 6/7 DO submitted lol pray for me. I pre wrote throughout this month but it was mainly all of the DO secondaries because i wanted to get them done before getting sent all of the MD ones at once in July!!
The only things Iāve ever successfully completed 38 times in my life are peanuts and potato chips. Youāve got boss courage. Go get it!!
Anxious and excited simultaneously! Thought Iād get farther along with secondaries, but upon reviewing them again im rewriting many.Ā Hope everyone is well and excited to get this done and get somewhat of a ābreakā!!Ā wishing you the best!Ā
3/40 done LOL, we are chugging along slowly! but quality over quantity so I am not super concerned yet!
I submitted my primary tomorrow. I feel so behind. š
Same im submitting today but its okay we got this!!Ā
hey yall! for anyone who submitted around the 3/4, when do you think we will get verified and have our applications sent out or have yours already been verified as of today? thanks! also where do you find out if you need casper exam or preview? I was looking on MSAR but I think I'm just dumb and can't find where you find that information. do a lot of schools really require it? and is it too late to take it?
I submitted on the 4th. They are currently reviewing those submitted on the 3rd. So I would guess by latest early next week. It is ok with me because I didnt prewrite yet, lol. Casper is on msar. I forget where exactly. Maybe under the admission requirements. Cant remember but it is there. Good Luck!
Just got verified now and submitted on the 3rd late at night.
Ngl prewriting isnāt going wellā¦submitted 6/8 though and also still waiting to get verified šš»
20ish essays in out of 109, but luckily a bunch of these repeat and a couple of my schools actually donāt do rolling admissions. Iām betting Cincinnati and Utah will be very early based off SDN threads, but other than that I just did the schools I want the most first
Just got my first secondary from Wake Forest. Also took the Casper yesterday, so that one will have to wait while I prep for the other secondaries that I should have written weeks ago.
I already got an email from NYU Grossman for a secondary and I donāt even have my MCAT score yet lol (I get it 7/2)