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Hi everyone, I'm a Canadian with low stats, and I'm planning to send in my primaries as soon as I get my MCAT rewrite score back. cGPA: 3.44 MCAT: 506 (127/126/127/126) in 2023, rewriting this month (expected to have a decent score of above 515, have been scoring low 520s in FLs with an...

2025-2026 MU-COM Secondary Essay Prompts (Questions 5,7,8, and possibly 9 & 12 require a short essay) 1. Are you applying for the Early Decision Program? 2. Are you a current student in Marian’s Biomedical Sciences graduate program? 3. Have you had the opportunity to connect with someone from...

Hi all, I currently work as a Laboratory Scientist in pharmaceutical drug development, it’s not patient facing as we develop assays and test samples that come from clinical trials handled off-site. All of our science is based around drug development and part of my responsibilities are to...

So, "hypothetically" if there were a new DO school opening in a MAJOR Metropolitan city (like, the #1 big city in the US, voted as such by Conde Nast for 8y running) in the coming years, what factors would make it attractive to potential students? Obviously the newness brings questions for...

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I just wanted to make sure that if I can reuse the same essay or at least the foundation of it for the CCOM and AZCOM secondary “why do you believe AZCOM can provide the osteopathic education…” ? I’m worried because they are affiliated with the...

Hello everyone! So I have already applied to AMCAS and have been pushing off my MCAT bc I haven't felt prepared. I am taking it in a few days, but l'm not very confident. I'm assuming l'll get a 498-500 range. I just give up, l've been studying for months and need to just take it. I want to...

Hello everyone! So I have already applied to AMCAS and have been pushing off my MCAT bc I haven't felt prepared. I am taking it in a few days, but l'm not very confident. I'm assuming l'll get a 498-500 range. I just give up, l've been studying for months and need to just take it. I want to...

I am planning to submit my apps and would like to know how much material I can reuse from last year, if I only had submitted a primary, but not secondaries? Last cycle, I had submitted my primary but withdrew prior to submitting secondaries due to personal reasons and it being late in the cycle...

Mid to late 20's nontrad Texas resident. I care more about getting in anywhere rather than any tier. Primary care interest and want to work with underserved populations, with a service oriented application. For those reasons I think I'll try TMDSAS and the only OOS schools I'll apply to will be...

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I was just accepted to a DO school, but I am waiting to hear back from 20 other MD schools. The acceptance requires that I send a deposit and sign an agreement to attend within a few days. If I accept this agreement, but get accepted to an MD school and say yes to that one too, what will...

Hello, I applied to 28 MD, submitting my secondaries 2-3 weeks after receiving them, so I was finished around early-mid August. I was planning on applying to 3-5 DO schools to have more options, since my stats are mid. Honestly, I was more focused on the 28 MD at the beginning of the summer and...

I graduated 2021 with a psyc major and bad grades. my cGPA was 2.395 year 1, 2.418 year 2, 2.591 year 3, and then 2.844 at graduation. There's slight upward trend but the higher semester GPAs I got in my last 2 years weren't enough to un-anker myself from my extremely poor performance early on...

Hi guys, any advice would be much appreciated! little lost. so took the MCAT 05/29/2022 somewhat blindly (didn't study properly for it & had to wing it -- scored 489 this time I studied a lot more for it, still not as much as I probably should have/not properly (noticed I didn't take FL...

Hi Medical School Applicants! I will be hosting office hours today, Tuesday May 9, from 8-10pm EST / 6-8pm PST on our Cracking Med School Admissions website. She has lots of strategies and tips to share about all primary medical school applications: AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS. Ask her...

Hi Med School Applicants! The TMDSAS, AMCAS, and AACOMAS all opened this week. Exciting! We know that the medical school application process can be a daunting process. That's why we are here to help every step of the way. Dr. Rachel Rizal will be holding virtual office hours this week (5/9)...

Hello all, I am excited to be entering my fifth year of advising medical school and residency applicants! I have helped numerous folks successfully enter medicine or their desired specialty. I offer comprehensive services - primary and secondary application editing, interview preparation and...

Hi everyone! I am applying this cycle and currently working on my secondaries. I am referencing MSAR for my schools and noticed a few things Some specify that they PREFER committee letters, while others say "Accepted" for committee letters, letter packet, etc. I am still waiting on a LOR...

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Hi everyone So I was verified by AACOMAS recently... I have an issue So I took a bunch of classes in undergrad but AACOMAS has messed up my entire "freshman/sophomore" schedule Does AACOMAS change your designation based on your description of whether you were a sophomore or not? Or perhaps...

Hi everyone Submitting AACOMAS as we speak. I took a course CHMXYZ and I entered it in as CHMXYC One WRONG number I am freaking out. will this delay verification? I apologize, please help!

Hi everyone I applied to US MD schools on July 15 (submitting primary) and I know that's a little late I had to get my MCAT score in and was pleasantly surprised (when I legit thought I did poorly and wouldn't be able to apply this cycle) What should I do to prepare? Relatively low stat...

Mini rant here... But I did pretty well on my mathematics courses in college and I need the GPA boost. But AACOMAS isn't going to count them I mean I know there is nothing I can do but can someone provide some clarification? The courses are Calculus 1, and Statistics Dx

Hello everyone! I submitted my AMCAS last week and am currently filling out AACOMAS I made a horrible error in which I selected -Most meaningful activity as YES And left the description blank I had three most meaningful activities, but I accidentally left one entirely blank. I did not do...

Hey y'all. So I'm a super-nontrad and reapplicant who recently completed 32 hours of DIY post-baccalaureate coursework. Only a handful were upper-division courses (biochem, micro, med micro, physics, genetics) due to the lack of availability of courses that didn't interfere with my work...

This might be a dumb question, but I am a bit of a neurotic pre-med, I can admit and would really appreciate some help clearing this up :) I currently hold two acceptances, but will be withdrawing one of them today. However, this is after the May 15th deadline. I'm a bit confused as to how the...

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I am filling out the application, and one question asks "Do you have a parent or legal guardian who is a physician or is in medical school?" My mother went to medical school before immigrating to the US and obtained an MBBS, but never practiced (in that country or in the US). In the US, she was...

Hi everyone! We have two FREE events this week to help you get into medical school. These events are geared towards premeds who are applying to medical school this year. Medical school applications open in ONE WEEK. Learn how to STAND OUT and ask Dr. Rachel Rizal any specific questions you...

Hello all. I've used SDN for years, but after an unsuccessful app cycle this year, I've decided to finally ask for some assistance. I only applied to a few schools last cycle, but I thought I would just give it a shot since I had AAMC Fee Assistance. In hindsight, I shouldn't have applied last...

First off, thank you to anyone who can help a stressed applicant this cycle!! 24 yo F ORM with a BS in Physiology, cGPA 3.5 and sGPA 3.3 from the University of Washington (graduated 2020). Although it was incredibly difficult to raise my sgpa, I have a very strong upward trend from getting 3.3s...

For future application cycles, I believe the important dates are: 1) AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS opening and submission dates, 2) the MCAT deadline for that application cycle, 3) CASPer, Duet, Snapshot, and AAMC SJT opening dates (the first dates you can take those tests), 4) secondary...

I have the credentials-inc receipts showing that the 3 transcripts were obtained correctly for the 3 undergraduate institutions I have been to, and have checked the status of the orders. Within 24 hours of the orders being complete through credentials-inc, AACOMAS sent me an email stating they...

Hey everyone! Hope you're all well. I'm a new member here and was wondering if I could get some more insight into the US MD application process. So a little background about me: I am a Canadian citizen who attended a Canadian university for undergrad and also currently attending a Canadian...

Hi Everyone, It looks like I will be ready to finalize and hit submit on my AACOMAS application tomorrow evening. Does anyone who recently submitted have any insight on how long it takes for AACOMAS to verify your application, especially in early June?

Hello everyone, I've been doing some research about the AACOMAS process and I would appreciate some clarification about LORs. I know different schools have different requirements for letters but it seems like 1 DO, 2 science, 1 nonscience letter should cover all of my bases. I also would...

TouroCOM NY Campus Preference on AACOMAS “Please denote what your campus preference is: Should you be offered an interview at TouroCOM-NY what campus would you prefer to interview at. Candidates will interview at one campus only and the interview outcome will apply to that campus only.” They...

Hey Everyone, I have been reading many posts about schools with multiple campuses, and as the cycle nears, I wanted to connect and ask you all how applying to schools works where multiple campuses are considered. I have heard different things per school, would be curious to hear how it works...

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Hi everyone. Just curious how to list certain things? I understand we get ten - fifteen slots and three can be most meaningful. Organic research - did it for a bit, had a thesis, defended it and presented at multiple conferences and received several research grants. Should these be listed as...