Passport Admissions is a San Diego based admissions advising company. Our team of experts is dedicated to one thing: helping you stand out. We believe that:
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We’re extremely passionate about what we do, and we feel blessed to be able to work with such unique students every day. The Admissions Process is Needlessly Complex
The admissions process is needlessly complex. We’ve seen legions of overwhelmed students (and parents) come through our doors, and we know that mastering the admissions process can become a full time job for most students (what, you
’ve got studying to do?) We’re here to help each student we work with decipher the admissions code and get back to the things they love.
2. There Are Too Many Rumors
It’s hard to know what to believe about the admissions process. Whether you’re applying to college or medical school, there’s too much hearsay, conjecture, and rumor built into the admissions process. We’ve heard them all, and we’re here to help you figure out what’s true and what’s not (don’t necessarily believe what you read on an internet message board!)
3. Most Applications Are Boring
Most applications are boring. It’s not that most applicants set out to be boring, but because they just follow the crowd, they end up looking identical to the rest of the applicant pool. We’rehere to change that by challenging students to do remarkable things and by helping them figure out what makes them unique.
06/01/2026
Secondary prompts vary by school, but most are asking some version of the same things.
Why this school. What perspectives you bring. A challenge you have faced. What you are doing in your gap year. Those four cover the majority of what you will see across your list.
Knowing that going in makes pre-writing a lot more manageable.
05/30/2026
Secondaries do not all arrive at once, but they do come in waves.
Between late June and mid July you could be looking at 30 plus schools worth of essays landing in your inbox.
Knowing which ones to tackle first makes the difference between staying on top of it and falling behind. Here is how we think about it.
05/28/2026
Today's the day! 🎉
This is the moment you've been working toward. Submit early, get verified sooner, and keep your momentum going.
If you have questions or need support as you navigate the application process, we're here. Drop a comment or DM us!
05/27/2026
Not getting a secondary is rarer than you think, but it does happen.
Most schools send them to everyone, so if you never receive one from a school you applied to, it may be worth paying attention to.
05/25/2026
Sadly, getting a secondary is not a sign a school is interested in you.
Most schools send them automatically, no screening, no signal, no indication of where you stand. They trickle out from late June through mid-July. It is just how the process works.
Do not read into it. Just write the essays.
05/23/2026
Not all pre-med experiences follow the same timeline, and getting the order wrong can cost you more than most students realize.
Volunteering, shadowing, and clinical experience each have their own rhythm. Knowing when to start each one, and what to avoid along the way, is the kind of thing that's easy to get wrong if nobody walks you through it.
05/22/2026
Most pre-med students are leaving easy wins on the table when it comes to their coursework.
This is the kind of strategy advice that actually changes how you approach undergrad.
05/22/2026
The primary is step one. Secondaries are where schools actually get to know you.
Secondaries start dropping June 26th and trickle in from there. Most ask some version of the same themes: challenges you have faced, what perspectives you bring, why that specific school, what you are doing in your gap year.
This is not a formality. It is the rest of your application.
05/20/2026
Your school's pre-health advising office is not a guaranteed path to shadowing opportunities.
The quality of pre-med support varies wildly from school to school. But there's usually something on campus that's more reliable, more connected, and more underrated than most pre-meds realize.
05/19/2026
There's more flexibility in your pre-med major than most students think.
The prereqs still have to get done either way. But the path to med school doesn't have to look the same for everyone.
