Dartmouth: done. $130
Standard, one-paragraph description of self and required coursework information.
Loma Linda: done. $75
NOT Standard. Practically another AMCAS application: 5000 more characters.
But actually pretty cool, they don't pull any punches about the fact that they're a Christian institution and most of the questions are about how your spirituality factors in to your daily life, and how you think it will ultimately make you a better doctor. It was interesting to think how my faith was going to affect how I approached academics, and was, in the end, probably beneficial to all applications I complete hereafter.
I did miss the "Second Secondary" fun title for Albany, alas. Anyway, because Loma Linda's was so surprisingly long, two is all I've got tonight.
Time for midnight donuts.
P.S. The Loyola-Strictch School of Medicine in Chicago asks that you limit responses to 25-30 "lines of text". This would be mildly helpful if the text box they ask you to write that response in wasn't resizable. Sigh.
