+1 oos secondary

2026-2027 Secondary Question:

Q1) How will your lived experiences, your background, your identity or that which makes you unique contribute to the diverse community and learning environment at UMass Chan? (200 word limit)

Q2) Describe a specific situation in which you persevered through more than usually challenging circumstances. What did you learn from that experience that you have continued to use? (200 word limit)

Q3) Describe your role in a project that identified a problem, studied it, launched a solution and tested its effectiveness. (200 word limit)

Q4) Describe a situation where you learned something important about yourself that you did not previously know. How did you use that insight to change your approach in the future? (200 word limit)

Q5) Please describe an example of your personal and/or professional experience with and understanding of systemic inequity, exclusion, or lack of representation in health care in the United States. How did you arrive at this understanding? (200 word limit)

Q6) If you have previously applied to medical school, describe how you have strengthened your candidacy. If you have not previously applied to medical school please enter "N/A". (200 word limit)

Q7) Please discuss any part of your application that you believe requires further explanation such as low grades or scores or gaps in time that are not explained elsewhere. (optional). (200 word limit)

bruh why did they have to change it so much :( well at least my procrastination for writing these secondaries kinda paid off

 for this prompt: Describe your role in a project that identified a problem, studied it, launched a solution and tested its effectiveness.

does the project need to be like an academic project, research etc? or is it more open ended to include something like a general problem in a team ?

Is anyone having trouble paying on the portal? Also how long does it take to see letters uploaded from amcas.

Yeah, I’m getting an error code when I go to submit my payment

I'll probably send an email soon

Yeah, I’m writing one now. Tested it out on a different browser and computer and I’m still receiving a 404 error code.

has anyone been able to pay? im stuck on that screen too.

Payment portal still down, tried all listed browsers +edge

thanks umass....sob

will you still get a secondary if you havent completed the preview yet

getting this as well

still haven't been able to submit

Payment is back up, able to submit

Can confirm it is

have people yet to receive the secondary? i got verified in June

waitlist from previous cycle, oos, still not getting secondary... anyone else experiencing the same issue?

im OOS WL and reapplied have not gotten my secondary

I took it as more open ended

what did you all say for the AI attestation at the end

Lurking because I am bored- I said yes and i got an A last cycle.

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no bs? how are they even detecting this lol

I mean i dont think they care and just want you to be honest. I was scrolling previous years sdn threads and a lot people said yes and still got II's

Anyone having issues logging in? I was able to login successfully earlier today but now i cant login and the temp passwords dont work :/

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Anyone sill not receive a secondary yet? I was verified in June, OOS. I am worried I was screened out.

so I can say yes and not be flagged or anything

I mean its ultimately up to you. I honestly did use ai for grammar and flow so I said yes. But I would say just scroll through last year's thread to give yourself some reassurance.

Does UMASS prescreen?

https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/7011/download?attachment

This does say they do but did you take your preview yet. I already got my score back so that's probably why I got the secondary.

I did, and got my score back also. I am just confused, is it cause I am OOS and have a lower MCAT?

same here! oos verified june 30

do you have to take the preview before getting the secondary?

Not sure, I am basing this off other schools like Washu. They waited until i got preview to send the secondary.

haven’t gotten one- OOS

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same! oos. verified june 6

OOS - received secondary 7/7, prior to PREview score known.

yes

same here, WL'd last cycle and still no secondary received for this cycle! there's no way they're still pulling from the WL...?

anyone having issues resetting the password? it asks for dob but I cant even type it in

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For those who graduated in 2025, did you submit a resume/CV? It says if you completed coursework over a year ago to attach one- it's technically been over a year, but just barely

I didn't

Doing another check-in, has anyone who was waitlisted last cycle gotten the secondary yet? I wonder if I should reach out

i could be remembering wrong but i thought it was optional

do they screen for secondaries? haven't gotten one yet and was verified 7/6

yes, i'm pretty sure they do based on their website and MSARS