<p>Secondaries:</p>
<p>If you go on the “student doctor network” (SDN) forums you can find threads sorted by school. People will post the prompts. So, right now the prompts given in 2009 are at the beginning of those school specific threads. Many (most?) schools do not seem to change the prompts dramatically, or even at all, from year to year. You can look at the prompts the summer before you apply and even if you do not actually write the precise answer (though some people do) you can at least come up with topics for each, determine how the various prompts overlap etc. </p>
<p>A student might have 30+ secondaries to complete and some have 10+ short answers required.</p>
<p>SDN forums are also a bit over the top and intimidating to a newcomer. I learned a great deal there doing research on my DDs behalf (parents almost never post there, so it is mostly just reading and learning). Like CC is it a self selected high achieving group overall.</p>