amcas

My AMCAS was verified two weeks ago but still no secondaries, when do they get sent out? And do they come to my email or do I have to check the AAMC website? Thanks!

Hello, I'm a California resident! 3.65 sGPA, 3.7 Total GPA, 515 (127, 128, 130, 130) MCAT. (It's really sad, my total GPA would be closer to a 3.8 if I just took Spanish at a community college. It TANKED my GPA, such a bummer) I have 2000+ hours of clinical experience (working as an EMT...

Anyone willing to take a look at my activities list for grammar, sentence structure, and overall clarity? I'd really appreciate it! Willing to trade and take a look at yours as well.

Hello! General question about the application process: So I submitted to a throwaway school for verification on June 17th (wish I had submitted earlier). I assume my application won't be verified until first or second week of July. My question is, is there any advantage to adding the other...

I am down to read personal statements or work/activities lists and provide feedback related to content and delivery if that's of use to anyone. Feel free to PM me.

Hi, I was filling out the AMCAS application and was confused on how to list my published abstracts. I have four published abstracts that were presented at an international conference, BUT I was not the presenting author. Additionally, the abstracts have several associated authors (10+), so I am...

Hi all, so I have 2 of the 3 available most meaningful activities already selected, but I have a third one that I would like to check but am not sure if it would be a good idea to or not. So I became an EMT in the fall and due to work and school, hadn't gotten a position until May. At this...

In the activities section of my AMCAS app, I would like to list my participation in several clubs and student organizations. Although I don't really have a specific number of hours for these clubs (a lot of the meetings and events were rather informal and related to planning and networking), I...

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Title says it all. Reading through the AMCAS handbook it seems pretty clear that you can add letters after submission, but can you change which schools you want letters sent to before your letters/application have been sent to schools? Thanks for any help.

Hi there, I may have done this for more than one school by accident, but in the section of the AMCAS primary that asks you to check the boxes for what letters to send to each medical school applied to, I checked "ALL" for all of them, since they are all good letters and they will all be...

So, I already applied to MD schools and am in the process of applying to DO schools. I had 9 LOR's submitted to Interfolio and it turns out that 7/9 of them have my AAMC and AMCAS ID numbers in the actual letter. Considering that the AACOMAS application cycle is well on its way and that it took...

Many medical schools love insane amounts of volunteering, whether clinical or non-clinical. I do the typical box-checking stuff to meet the 100-200 hour "requirement" to make myself a better applicant, but I've only recently started and I will be applying next cycle. However, I also founded an...

Hello, I want to list a few of my hobbies and interests on my application, but I am not sure what to write under organization name since there weren't associated with any organization. I plan to list multiple hobbies in one entry (crossfit, chess, archery) which I started at different...

Hi All! I'm finishing up my research experience essay for AMCAS, and I was wondering about the formality and structure of it. I've summarized my research experiences clearly and succinctly. Are we supposed to present this as a formal essay? Are we expected to begin with an introduction and end...

Hi, I recently saw the following on my AMCAS application after I submitted it: Submitted to AMCAS – On Hold. I have no idea what this means, and AMCAS doesn't explain it on their website either. It doesn't say financial hold, or transcript hold, or anything like that. It just says "On Hold"...

Hi all! Has someone been in this situation and knows if AMCAS will fix it or send it back? D: I am really stressed about it possibly delaying my application. I submitted June 1, but I realized I accidentally put the wrong year for one summer's worth of courses. It was between freshman academic...

I had to send in a transcript kind of last minute. It should have been delivered there June 1 and I still haven't gotten an email that they have received it. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there whose transcript was delivered June 1 or later has already been marked as received? Thanks!

I am wondering how often a school’s secondary changes from year to year. If I can find their prompts for the last few years and they haven’t changed is it pretty safe to say that they will be the same this year? Would love to start some essays early but also don’t want to waste time writing the...

Hello everyone, I just found one thread asking about this and it was years ago. I know it usually says its before 5:00 pm that the score gets released, but, from experience, when did your guys' scores come out in the day? Also, on aamc everyone sees " no mcat scores available at this time"? I...

hello, I took a summer class at a different institution than my home one last summer. When I entered all of my course work, this class showed up at the very bottom of my coursework on the printable version of the AMCAS, even at the bottom of my future coursework. I thought it should show up next...

*Asking for a friend* On my unofficial transcript, my college lists AP classes with a grade system of (P) for pass and (X) for fail. So this means they list the scores of the AP exams I did not pass with an X, instead of leaving it out altogether. I got a 3 on my AP Statistics exam, which meant...

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So I'm an uber driver and am wanting to include this in my work/activities section. However, I'm not sure what to put as contact info? I mean, I'm technically my own boss. Any thoughts?

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Hi everyone, I want to apply to possibly get fee assistance for my AMCAS application. I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not I will be unable to submit my application before I get accepted if the fee assistance is under review. Also, does anyone know how long the review takes? Thanks!

Dear SDN, Hope y'all are doing alright. I am on hold with the AAMC but I fear I will not get through to them in time to have this question answered, so I thought I could turn to SDN. If I submit to 9 schools tonight that is $140+$40+$40+$40 ect. If I submit a few more once I have the money...

What is the best way to document coursework for a bachelor's degree for which I didn't actually do any coursework specifically for the bachelor's degree? I was able to repurpose undergraduate coursework I had done previously as prerequisites for a professional degree program plus some of the...

hi all, been reading through the other threads but still can't gauge where i'm at, so if you could help thank youu applied last cycle with 508 mcat, 400+ combined hrs shadowing (2 diff drs), 1000+ hrs hospital volunteering at 2 diff places, 3.9 cGPA, 3.8 sGPA, various leadership and ECs, 2 yrs...

Hi all, I know this question has been asked in various forms but I've searched all over this site with no clear answer to my particular question: Should I claim "disadvantaged status" if I presently consider myself disadvantaged, but may not have in the past? I qualified for FAP and definitely...

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Dear SDN, This week has come with some bad news. I realized that 1) Due to financial constraints I will be able to apply to max 9 schools. FAP not an option. 2) My cGPA will appear a full point lower than I thought. My school transcript says 3.6, but because I have so many A+s in my last...

Before I get into this I want to say please forgive my ignorance, I have a 3.6 cGPA but given that I have many A+s in my last two years, my AMCAS calculated cGPA is 3.53. For all intents and purposes will I be judged as a 3.53? Lets say I get in somewhere - when the medical school reports...

Hi All! I am filling out the "coursework" section and have run into a problem. When I was in high school, I took some community college courses during the summers. I understand the parameters for entering these courses under the "CC" school attended. However, I also got credit for one of these...

Hello everyone, I think what I understood from the AMCAS tutorial is that a class I took in Fall 2015 would be in the 2015-2016 year and a class in winter 2016 is still in the same year: 2015-2016. (Please correct me if I am wrong) Also, at the University of Michigan we do fall, winter...

Hey guys! I was wondering if someone can help check my school list? I currently have ~40 schools and I wouldn't mind applying to that many because I will pre-write essays and I have FAP. I want to get in in the first cycle, which is why I am applying to so many (also because of my MCAT lol). My...

Hi all, hopefully, this is a relatively simple question to answer. I took Dual Enrollment classes during junior year of high school (2013-2014), and then took transient student summer classes at the same college (2016). In the AMCAS application where it says "dates attended" do I put 2013-2016...

The advice I see most commonly is to apply broadly. Getting into med school is very challenging and it would be foolish to apply to fewer than say 14 schools. I know 14 is the "average" but I'm using SDN wisdom to set the stage for my question to the SDN community. I will be relying entirely...

Hi all, I'm applying this cycle. I will be taking the MCAT on June 1st, and my goal is to submit my primary application by June 10ish. I currently have about 65 hours of shadowing (pediatrician, psychiatrist, internist) that I've done over the past 1.5 years. There is an ER physician I know...

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