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Hello! A little about my application: science GPA: 3.55 overall GPA: 3.69 I have TONS of research/awards/grant funding/volunteer/rec letters (basically I am set on my extracurricular portion of my app) Leadership positions, multiple organizations and affiliations. MCAT: I take it next Friday...

Will any schools offer fee waivers for their supplemental fees if you did *not* receive the AACOMAS fee waiver? I did not apply early enough for the program to be accepted and decided to submit my application without it. I'm not worried about the initial fees but figured it's worth asking...

I submitted on 7/13 but am still waiting for one of my transcripts to arrive while I got an email saying my other transcript is there yet it isn't attached to my AACOMAS app yet. I'm hoping verification won't take too long but I'm worried I'm getting my app in a little late? I couldn't submit...

Title says it all. I have my first draft done but it definitely requires some work. Any free or inexpensive services I should take advantage of when review/rewriting? I graduated college a while ago and my writing seems a bit rusty. Also, its a lot tougher than i thought to put my whole life...

So 19 to sign up. AACOMAS: 4 per letter - (and only need to send each letter once from Interfolio TO aacomas, regardless of how many schools you are applying to??????) AMCAS: $6 for first letter...rest are free??? So assuming I have like 5 letters for each, I shouldn't have a total bill of...

Seems like there is a lot of confusion about it and it costs not a ton but a decent chunk of money? Is it worth it? It looked like AACOMAS also has the ability to send letters straight to them...? Thanks, very confused here so please help me! EDIT: Also applying to MD schools. Does...

I am currently working on the 2017 AMCAS, I am planning to apply to a bunch of MD schools, as is traditional. There is one specific DO school that I really like, and I am curious how much extra work it would be to apply there. I need a letter of reference from a DO, right? I don't have that...

Howdy all, I was thinking that we could make a thread with a list of schools who have their secondaries on their website, so that people who've applied to these schools dont just wait around for nothing. I'd hope that most of these schools would email applicants saying that their primary has...

My application was just verified and immediately I received a rejection from Touro saying I didn't meet the 3.0 requirement. I looked at my GPA calculations and AACOMAS messed up on the transcript entry (I paid for the service thinking that was the safer option) by not factoring out the courses...

Hi All, Quick question. I know that people with lower stats have higher chances of being accepted to newer schools, but how about older schools with newer campuses? For example, if I prioritized NY-COM's new Arkansas Campus over the Westbury Campus, would I have a better shot at acceptance...

Hi All, I was unaware that when one is applying to DO schools, one must send his/her official MCAT scores directly from AAMC to AACOMAS. I know it sounds silly, but I thought that by providing AACOMAS my AAMC ID# that they would be able to see all official scores. I guess not. A few questions...

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Hi, I submitted my transcript already with my courses in progress appearing on my transcript for this Spring as "In Progress." However, on the AACOMAS site, they say not to send in transcripts including in progress courses. (I attached their message in this post). Would this really matter? My...

Hi all, I've noticed that there are plenty of threads from around 2011+ with people listing their stats as underdogs with respective acceptances, interviews, time of verification, etc. I was wondering if someone had made a thread like this for the 2016-2017 application cycle, as those previous...

Hey Everyone,

Hi All, I just had a quick question. I am aware that there are a few new osteopathic schools opening in 2016-2017. My stats aren't stellar, so I want to target some of the newest schools. Are the schools included on the AACOMAS application service (when "selecting programs") the only schools...

If you applied through AACOMAS before and were verified, you can NOT take repeat course at a different undergraduate university for grade replacement. *EDIT* Just to clarify... called back 3x to confirm this (little overkill i know) but this only applies if you use the new carry over feature...

Currently taking a summer class at a different university from where I did my undergraduate degree. I want to submit my app in june but i have heard that if i submit before i get the grade for my summer class, AACOMAS will NOT do grade replacement since it is at a different school... confirm or...

Howdy, Does anyone know if a semester of independent research will count towards the AACOMAS sGPA? How about two semesters of thesis? I'm trying to calculate my AACOMAS sGPA but am unsure if I should add in my A that I received this semester from doing independent research in organic chem. Any...

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Hey all, Currently filling out my application for AACOMAS. In the military status section, it asks for my anticipated military status at the time of enrollment. Since I plan on doing the HPSP program through the Navy, should I list member of reserve? Anybody know how to go about this? Thanks

Hi All, I hope I am posting in the right place - you might see two posts (i accidentally posted in the school specific DO forum - and i can't figure out how to delete it :/ ) But anyway...I was looking through the 2017 CIB and I started noticing that the schools that historically REQUIRE a DO...

With the new application system for AACOMAS, I can't find anywhere that says whether you can add Recommenders through AACOMAS after you submit the application. I know it says you can have letters sent in after, but it doesn't say if you have to put who the recommenders will be before submitting...

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Hey everyone, I am currently scheduled to take my MCAT on May 20. I have been enrolled in a Kaplan course for the last 2 months or so but with school and research and work, I've done only the minimum of prep and review on top of my course. Thankfully, classes will be over on April 28 and that...

In the the process of compiling letter "packets" for my writers and wondering if I should include my disadvantage statement or not? While most of my writers are aware of my economic disadvantages, they are not aware of others. Personally, I'm leaning towards no as there are things I'm a little...

Does anybody know if you have previously applied with AACOMAS and are reapplying if you have to have your letters of rec. resubmitted or do they stay? It just seems like a pain to re ask everyone to re submit their letters for me.

This thread is for this year's applicants (for the class of 2020) who are beginning to work on their personal statements. If you're looking for someone to read your PS, check out the list of volunteers below In the most recent post ONLY!! Link to last years Personal Statement Reader thread...

Hey Guys, So here's a little bit about me: 3.8 GPA/3.7 sGPA/507 MCAT (29-30 on the old MCAT) NYS Resident (NYC); will be graduating in spring 2016 Applied to mostly lower tier MD schools last cycle, no interviews. I obviously did not know much about DO schools and pretty much shot myself in the...

I applied this year to 12 different DO schools. So far, it hasn't been too hopeful. I am going to start working full time pretty soon. In anticipation for my new job and the possibility of me not getting into DO school, I started thinking of ways that I can improve my application's appeal to the...

I hope this isn't a common thread. I have seen discussions about follow-ups to interviews but never secondary applications...

I have already submitted primaries and secondaries to all my schools for this cycle but am thinking about retaking some classes. Should I let schools know that I am going to take a few classes or wait until I get the grades and send them? I won't be done with the courses until March 2016. I...

I have already submitted primaries and secondaries to all my schools for this cycle but am thinking about retaking some classes. With the three classes I plan on retaking, my cGPA would go from 3.25ish to a 3.49 and my sGPA would go from a 3.0 to a 3.25 if I get all As. That would obviously make...

Hey guys, I just received my verification email today and after my AACOMAS GPAs were calculated, I saw them and am pretty sure they're wrong. I have retaken a lot of classes so maybe it was confusing for them to be able to calculate the GPAs (not sure how they do it--pretty sure they have some...