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This has come up a number of times. Maebea wants to set it straight... http://drslounge.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=345182
"OK, I'll bite. To set the record straight, AMCAS does not transmit to programs the list of schools you have applied to. Duke only knows that you applied to Duke, unless you tell them otherwise. Beginning in March, schools where you have accepted an admissions offer will be able to find out the names of other schools you have accepted offers from. (If a school has put you on a wait list, rejected you, or made an offer that you declined,your name will not be listed.) AMCAS provides this information to schools at that time to allow them to manage their waitlists. (If you have acceptances from Wayne State, Stanford, & UCSF, and have never lived outside California, the admissions folks at Wayne State may figure that you will probably withdraw you acceptance, and they will make plans to offer a position to a waitlisted applicant.) Contrary to what has been posted here numerous times, MD-PhD programs, while tight, do not routinely share information on applicants during the admissions season. It is only in the summer, after all positions have been filled, that programs share their class lists and a national MD-PhD matriculation report is compiled. There is no running database, only static data at the end of process. That static data lists the following: first name, last name, gender, citizenship, self description (race/ethnicity), MD-PhD funding source, undergrad institution, and matriculating program. No information on which programs you applied to or what the outcome of your applications were.
Neuronix, perhaps you could post this information in the sticky at the top of the forum.This issue appears in the forum with a high degree of frequency, and there are always claims by individuals not involved in MD-PhD admissions that programs circulate lists, consult on admissions decisions, etc. This is simply not true. The only way we know where you have applied, have interviewed, or have been accepted is if you tell us. In March, AAMC tells us where individuals who have accepted our offer are holding other acceptances, but nothing more. Do not take my word on this; contact your MD-PhD administrator or Gwen Garrison at AAMC for corraboration."
"OK, I'll bite. To set the record straight, AMCAS does not transmit to programs the list of schools you have applied to. Duke only knows that you applied to Duke, unless you tell them otherwise. Beginning in March, schools where you have accepted an admissions offer will be able to find out the names of other schools you have accepted offers from. (If a school has put you on a wait list, rejected you, or made an offer that you declined,your name will not be listed.) AMCAS provides this information to schools at that time to allow them to manage their waitlists. (If you have acceptances from Wayne State, Stanford, & UCSF, and have never lived outside California, the admissions folks at Wayne State may figure that you will probably withdraw you acceptance, and they will make plans to offer a position to a waitlisted applicant.) Contrary to what has been posted here numerous times, MD-PhD programs, while tight, do not routinely share information on applicants during the admissions season. It is only in the summer, after all positions have been filled, that programs share their class lists and a national MD-PhD matriculation report is compiled. There is no running database, only static data at the end of process. That static data lists the following: first name, last name, gender, citizenship, self description (race/ethnicity), MD-PhD funding source, undergrad institution, and matriculating program. No information on which programs you applied to or what the outcome of your applications were.
Neuronix, perhaps you could post this information in the sticky at the top of the forum.This issue appears in the forum with a high degree of frequency, and there are always claims by individuals not involved in MD-PhD admissions that programs circulate lists, consult on admissions decisions, etc. This is simply not true. The only way we know where you have applied, have interviewed, or have been accepted is if you tell us. In March, AAMC tells us where individuals who have accepted our offer are holding other acceptances, but nothing more. Do not take my word on this; contact your MD-PhD administrator or Gwen Garrison at AAMC for corraboration."
