amcas 2018

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I have a PhD. Kind of a silly question maybe, but is it pretentious to put Dr. in front of my name in the AMCAS application? I asked a friend and he said entirely ok to do so but I am mixed about it. Thoughts?

I just graduated college and am applying to medical school this year, so I will be taking a gap year. I most likely will be starting a job mid-late July, which is about the same time I will be submitting my AMCAS application. Should I just wait until the secondaries to put the details about my...

I have two questions about the "Is the author associated with a school?" step when adding a LOR in AMCAS: 1) Does "school" here refer to any school I have attended, or to any school to which I am applying? 2) If "school" refers to any school to which I am applying, then does this particular...

I had IB coursework from high school brought over to my undergraduate institution, of which included credits for 3 of the core biology courses. I ended up taking these classes at my institution anyways because I believed not all medical schools would accept IB credits as suitable replacements...

As someone who has gone through this process I can advise the following. If you're transcripts are not in as of May 26th 2017 then request a transcript from your school NOW!. Use EXPRESS mail delivery. Usually FedEx. Send it to the following address: AAMC ATTN: Transcripts AAMC Medical School...

I am applying for the 2018 cycle and am listed as an author on 5 separate abstracts for an upcoming conference (June 24-29, 2017) and will be presenting a poster as well. I do not know how to go about listing these on my application since the abstracts are not necessarily published anywhere and...

Hello SDN community, Some background before I dive in: I'm a white male, 26 y/o applicant AMCAS cGPA/sGPA 3.49/3.3 TMDSAS cGPA/sGPA 3.41/3.26 511 MCAT CP (128, 87%) CARS (124, 49%) BB (130, 97%) and PS (129, 92%) MPH Epidemiology - 4.0 GPA (Basically the "upward trend") Extensive...

Hello all, I've been hearing from all over the place that I should submit AMCAS as early as possible to beat the long wait. However, I will only be taking my MCAT July 27th (late, I know :( ). This is because I am taking 3 pre-requsite courses that only finish mid-June. As you can imagine, I...

Let’s face it: it’s hard to get accepted to medical school. If you’re premed, you already know that – that’s why you’ve spent so much time and energy during your college years studying, doing research, volunteering, getting clinical exposure, and doing everything you can to make sure you’re...

I know this has been answered before, but those threads are old and I want to find out if anything has changed. With regards to LoR, in the 2017 AMCAS Instruction Manual it says: "In all cases, you must provide your letter author(s) with your AAMC ID and AMCAS Letter ID numbers to ensure that...

Can someone give me some advice on the MD application process? I am planning to apply for the 2018 cycle. I haven't taken my MCATs yet and wanted to know when was the latest time I could take them to submit my application in the beginning of the cycle. Thanks:)

I chose my MCAT date this past summer based on the cutoffs listed in the MSAR, however I have since observed that for some schools (mostly my reaches) an MCAT from May 2016 will be expired for matriculation in 2019. I have been told that retaking a good, "unexpired" MCAT can give a negative...

OK guys. I just applied to dental schools. BUT I am just curious and want to know what kind of chances I would have at medical school if I did just as well on the MCAT, got new (possibly better) LORs, and rewrote my personal statement. Take where I am at now and push it to the 2018 AMCAS...