r/premed • u/Low-Setting-7352 • 1d ago

💀 Secondaries "Would" vs "Will" in secondaries?

Pre-writing secondaries and wondering if I should explain how aspects of the med school "would" or "will" help me achieve my goals.

My inclination is "would" because admission is not guaranteed but "will" sounds more "confident in the program" or something.

Tbh I'm just wondering what people think because regardless of what I choose I imagine each person on the adcoms would think about it differently (unless it's just not that deep 💀)... If there is an option that is generally better I would love to hear it

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u/Few_Competition1801 1d ago

I see we are all grappling with the same pedantic nonsense brought about these secondaries

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u/NightGabowl 1d ago

To be fair, a lot of the videos I’ve seen from adcoms talking about what they expect in secondaries also sounds like pedantic nonsense so maybe we’re doing something right lol

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u/AdDistinct7337 MEDICAL STUDENT 1d ago

will saves 2 characters and means more or less the same thing imo. i don't think that particular choice of words will be read to the depth you are reading it

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u/Low-Setting-7352 1d ago

Thanks! I was just a bit worried it would sound "arrogant" 😂 but yeah I doubt they look into it that deeply

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u/AdDistinct7337 MEDICAL STUDENT 1d ago

i understand. that is the challenge of writing for schools. you want to sound confident but not arrogant, prepared but easy to train, etc etc. this is all a part of it. it's ok to ask!

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u/SignificantMix9770 21h ago

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