Secondary Applications

Pre-Med & Medical School
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<p>The whole med school application process is very new and unfamiliar to me. So, I figured I would get a quick education through this CC forum.</p>

<p>My daughter is already receiving notices to submit secondary applications from a couple of med schools. I know this is part of the process. What I am wondering is does everyone that submits an application get asked to submit a secondary application, or does some amount of filtering take place even at this early stage? I am looking for a general answer here, but if people can comment on specific schools based on experience, I guess I would encouraged that as well.</p>

<p>The cynical side of me sees this as a easy way for some schools to just get more application fee money, but you got to do what you got to do.</p>

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<p>We are currently talking about this in the 2013-2014 applicants and parents thread in the pre-med topics section.</p>

<p>The short answer though is that the vast majority of schools do not pre-screen secondaries since the secondaries contain application fees and the more people filling them out the more $$$ so your cynical side is spot on.</p>