Secondary Update

I decided not to submit a secondary application to Pacific Northwest University because they prefer students form the pacific northwest area and they only have a class size of 75. In addition, their secondary application fee is $175.00 compared to $50 for most other secondaries. Why waste my money when I really don't have a chance?

I also did not submit a secondary to Western University in Pamona, California. I decided that I was not willing to live in the Pamona area so why return that secondary and waste more money?

I have not yet submitted secondary applications to Philadelphia College of Medicine's Philadelphia & Georgia campuses.

I did not return a secondary to Pikeville College of Medicine in Pikeville, KY either. I may do that in the next few weeks depending on what colleges I may or may not hear from.

I received word back from Rocky Vista in Colorado; they said I was waitlisted pre-interview so I have little hope for that school. I was also waitlisted pre-interview for Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ. I have no hope for that school either.

Schools I have yet to hear back from after submitting my secondaries are:

LMU Tennessee, Nova Southeastern University Florida, Lake Erie Florida Campus, West Virginia College of Medicine, A.T. Still University Missouri and Arizona campuses.

Lorraine, I just don't know if I can take that kind of rejection...

Ohio University notified me today that they regret to inform me that I am not smart enough and that I don't posses enough Uncle Rico moves to be admitted to their school. Better luck next time! Maybe I will end up selling Tupperware after all.

"This decision is based on our consideration of your credentials with respect to the nature of our program and the extremely large number of highly qualified applicants."

Completed Secondaries

I have completed and submitted secondary applications to the following schools:

Lincoln Memorial University
Midwestern University Arizona
Midwestern University Chicago
Rocky Vista University

First Secondary Submitted !

I submitted my first secondary application to AZCOM (Glendale, AZ).

I am not really happy with Interfolio, the company that processes my letters of recommendation. Apparently they do not deliver the letters electronically to all medical schools as I assumed they did and as they lead you to believe. I had to have Interfolio mail them regular mail and they won't arrive until next week. My secondary application was transmitted to AZCOM electronically.

Everyone should have the ability to send and receive all types of documents electronically these days. It makes no sense to have half of your application accepted electronically but require paper copies to complete it.

This sounds like a government operation.

More Secondaries Today....

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Chicago, IL)

Lake Erie College of Medicine (Bradenton, FL)

Lake Erie College of Medicine (Erie, PA)

Additional Secondaires Today

Midwestern University Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (Yakima, WA)

Received My First Secondary Application

Midwestern University Arizona (Glendale, AZ) sent me an email today saying I meet their criteria for receiving a secondary application. They embedded a link in the email to fill out the secondary application electronically. The cost? $50 more dollars.

I am finally seeing some forward movement.

Progress Is My Middle Name

Ok, so I was tired of waiting for AACOMAS to "process" my application. I finally emailed them today, after office hours, and I get a response several hours later that said my application was verified November 12 (today).

NICE!

All Quiet On The Western Front

Alright, here it is into the fifth week and the application is still "processing". I guess AACOMAS isn't being very generous, it looks like they are going to take every bit of the "three to six weeks" indicated on their website.

COME ON! It is getting to be the holiday season. Show me some CHEER!!!!!

There Is No Such Things As Fast

I did some research on www.studentdoctor.net to see how long other applicants were waiting for their applications to be verified. It appears that it is taking four weeks to have these verified and distributed to my requested schools.

What are they trying to verify? They were sent a hard copy of my college transcript and have already verified that. My MCAT score was submitted electroncially by AMCAS and has already been verified. The rest of my application was submitted electronically with nothing to really verify. What, they want to verify that my personal statement is still personal? HURRY UP!