Half Done With Secondary Apps!

I've officially reached the halfway point with secondary applications. I have two that I am currently working on, but I may get more at any point. I'm still waiting to hear from five schools.

The most time-consuming part of the applications is contacting those I need to write recommendation letters for me. Each application I get asks for a different form to fill out for the professors, then I have to email them with the form and the address it all needs sent to. It will be nice for applicants when they finally get the universal letter service set up.

The applications vary drastically. Some are online while others I have to print and mail in. Some have multiple page-long essays, others have no essays at all. Some cost $25, while others cost $95 to send in. Even within the applications that are entirely online, the sophistication of the website varies drastically. I'm beginning to think that to some extent I may be able to tell how a school is by their secondary application.

Secondary Application Submissions

I've now submitted six secondary applications! Some are much more time consuming than others, but overall they have not been too bad. It has been nice that I've had time between applications and they didn't all come at once.

I'm still (somewhat patiently) waiting on nine applications!

Submitting Secondary Apps

I've been working hard to submit secondary applications as I receive them. I have been able to submit OSU, UM, and Cinci. Within a few days I'm going to be ready to submit UVa. As of now, I have not received any more secondary applications on which to get started. At the rate things have been going, I anticipate I will hear from a few schools this week.

I've added a table to the right side of this page to get quick status updates on which applications I've submitted and received. I'll also use that to post interview decisions and enrollment decisions as I hear about them further down the road.