Secondary Applications

Just so you know, applying for dental school is never really over. When you think you have done everything you can, something is bound to come up.

The one thing I was not prepared for was the fact that some schools require secondary applications BEFORE they even look at your application. There are not many, but unfortunately I chose to apply to 3 schools that have this requirement. Other schools ask for secondary applications after reviewing your AADSAS application, guaranteeing you that will have an interview if and when you fill it out.

And, what type of information do these secondary applications require? On the whole, not much, but one in particular asked me to recount my volunteering and shadowing experiences.

I literally blew my top when I saw this. The AADSAS application requires this type of information, and this school was going to make me write about it again? Not only that, but require that I give the contact information of the people who supervised me?

My response: Sorry, but could you kindly please go fuck yourself? I am not going to waste my time with an additional requirement with no interview guarantee, butthole.

As for the others, they took all of about 15 minutes to finish. Still stupid, but a lot less painful.