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For a small group of pre-meds, military medicine has been on their minds for years, possibly due to a family history in the armed forces, and some are even active duty already.

Are you a Central Valley or California resident who’s dedicated to the underserved and looking for a local osteopathic school for your list? Well, we’ve got some good news for you. There’s a new osteopathic medical school, and it’s the first program of its kind in the Central Valley.

Imagine if a medical school ignored your MCAT and GPA when evaluating you and granting you an interview?

“They all sound the same!” When you’re researching different medical schools on your list, in search of those “Why Our School” reasons for your secondaries, the schools can easily blend together.

There is a newly accredited MD school with a very long name: Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center Medical School.

“The only constant is change.” You’re probably familiar with this phrase, but you probably don’t know how it relates to the University of Michigan Medical School.

“What are they looking for?” Pre-meds find themselves asking this question a lot as they complete their secondaries.

“What are they looking for?” Pre-meds find themselves asking this question a lot as they complete their secondaries.

Why so much focus on secondaries? Well, we’ve seen students struggle with secondaries year after year, and we recognize their potential to undermine someone’s entire application.

The personal statement is a cruel beast - but what kind of beast?

Writing secondary essays is a daunting project for any pre-med, but what if all your schools required you to submit a video project instead?

Yep, you read that correctly: a secondary application video. If you didn’t already know, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) encourages its medical school applicants to submit a two-minute video for its secondary prompt:

Everyone knows that frustrating interview question that asks you to “Describe yourself in three words.”How can you capture your personality in three words? It feels impossible to be unique yet so succinct at the same time.

“It’s alive!” Pre-meds might find themselves repeating Dr. Frankenstein’s catchphrase as they work on UCSD Medical School’s secondary essay. There’s no doubt; it’s a bonafide monster.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still function.”Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) secondaries test pre-meds for Fitzgerald’s version of intelligence by presenting an ethical dilemma, which involves competing ethical priorities at odds with one another.

Loma Linda is one of the rare medical schools with a religious affiliation (Seventh-day Adventist). Although other schools have a religious bent (see: Georgetown and Creighton), no other school’s secondaries have as much ideological commitment to the Christian lifestyle.

Half the battle with secondaries is generating reusable content, and Touro Medical School (California) is the perfect place to start for hopeful osteopaths. By completing Touro’s longer prompts, you can prepare yourself with most of the needed material for other DO secondaries.IN TERMS OF GEN

Who wouldn’t want to go to medical school at UCLA? Top-ranked, exceptional match list, nearby beaches (not that you’ll have time to frequent them during medical school). There’s a reason UCLA gets nearly 10,000 applicants each year.

Most of the time, the secondary process feels endlessly redundant. Reiterating your volunteering and work experiences. Listing your honors and awards. Writing yet another buzzword essay about diversity or leadership.But sometimes a school will throw you a curveball, and if you’ve been lulled into complacency, it can be tough to nail such a tricky pitch. But never fear. The Savvy Pre-Med is here to coach you back into hitting form.