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Hello, I have a question about submitting the AMCAS app packet. So I know I am submitting my application to October 15th deadline schools tonight. But I also have the schools that I want to also apply to for November and December days as well. I was wondering whether submitting the application...

Hey everyone, So a bit of neuroticism. When I submitted my AMCAS, I didn't make a separate activity for my publications but instead listed them (without a link, just the title and author list) under the description of my research activity on my amcas. Is this possibly going to now get...

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Hi everyone! I've been complaining about how I never learned Spanish in high school so I decided to finally do something about it so I don't ever have regrets. My first question is, do you/ someone you know have the experience of going from zero to fluent in a language you just started...

How many have you juggled at one time? Feel free to share what makes some of them (if any) "Most Meaningful Experiences" :)

If you scribe for only 1 provider regularly over a long period of time. Assuming they wouldn't be bothered to be contacted. Not like an ED scribe who scribes for several providers. Further: Is the organization the company that is contracted by the clinic and is named on your paycheck or is it...

Submitting your AMCAS application is the first step towards a long and difficult med school admissions process. There are many different components of the AMCAS that must be completed: working on your personal statement, taking the MCAT, developing an activities list, asking for letters of...

Hi! I am new to SDN. I received my new MCAT score yesterday. I applied this cycle with my old MCAT score, and I added the "addl MCAT intent date" on my AMCAS application. I took the MCAT in August, and I submitted secondaries in late July and in August. Do I need to contact each school that I...

If you get a speeding ticket (not a misdemeanor) after your primary has been verified and you've submitted all your secondaries, how should you proceed? Inform each school? Inform AMCAS?

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I am a Biology major with a chemistry/psychology double minor and my AMCAS has already been verified. I want to drop the psychology minor. Can I do this since my app has already been verified?

I was looking through my works and activities section and I realized I said I worked with "mammalian and mouse cell lines" It makes me seem like I am not aware that a mouse is a MAMMAL!!! I seriously revised my application so many times and I don't know how I didn't catch this!!! Aaaah feeling...

I'm a first year Neuroscience student. I don't know when to take the MCAT; I have seen in various med school videos that I should take it in the Spring/Summer time of my junior year of college. The application timeline really confuses me. Can someone please clarify when should I take the MCAT...

Hey everyone! I wanted to get your input on what materials I should get and how to study while being a full time student. I was planning on getting the Kaplan full set with the flash cards + AMCAS materials and go through that with khan academy. Is that okay? Also, does anyone have any advice...

Hi everyone! I know there have been several threads started on this topic, but I wanted to know the answer for my specific case. I was wondering whether my volunteering hours from high school would count towards the total number of hours in the AMCAS application - the experience section? I am...

So I have already submitted my primary application, but I am worried about one of my activities that I wrote about. It was volunteering with individuals with mental disabilities. I used an individual's first name to talk about my experiences, which weren't at all medically related. I didn't...

Advice on what I should do? I know I can no longer edit this on AMCAS since I've already been transmitted, but would it be advisable to tell the schools?

I'm reapplying this cycle and trying to submit my primary in the next couple days. I know I'm asking pretty late but is there anyone that would be able to go over my PS with me?

The title pretty much says it all. I've already emailed them, but I was hoping for some insight on how much this will delay/prevent receiving secondaries. Any advice or experience you've had would be great! EDIT: App has already been processed too.

I'm not sure if I've articulated my challenge sufficiently, and would love to get some second opinions!

Hey everyone, submitted my AMCAS and wanting to start practicing for interviews! Would love to set up a weekly time to Skype so we both can have practice answering interview questions. Feel free to personal message me so we can set something up:)

So I'm trying not to panic... But I submitted my AMCAS and only included one "return", rather than two, between each paragraph. When printing the PDF, there was a small gap between paragraphs which makes it readable, so I figured that approach was fine. But the plain text makes it one block of...

Amcas requires the letter author's address in the application. Is this their home address? Or their office? I'm assuming it means their home address but I want to be sure, and I can't find an answer in the help manual.

So, I applied ED to an MD school and, at the time of submission, I had three LOE already into the system and one that had been created but I wasn't sure if the professor was ever going to get around to writing the letter or not. Rather than assigning the letter to the school only to find out I...

I'm an Kansas resident, but I have family and have lived in Texas for a significant part of my childhood. I wanted to apply via TDMSAS, but have been struggling to finish my Optional Essay and Personal Characteristic Essay. Would it still be too late to apply to Texas schools? For reference, my...

I'm trying to figure out how to add some courses in. I have read through this section of the manual, but this is still unclear. I have lots of courses like this on my transcript: HumAnatomy & Physiology IIw/Lb Credit: 3.0 Grade: A HumAnatomy & Physiology IIw/Lb Credit: 1.0 Grade: A One is...

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I am about to submit my AMCAS app and I have only name one most meaningful experience. I just cant write anything great about my other experiences, and I dont really want to force it. I am just wondering if it is okay to only have one most meaningful experience on my app? please help; I need to...

Well aware this has been asked and answered, but my situation is a tad different. I volunteered in a hospital toward the end of high school for a considerable amount of hours, stopped when I began college, then resumed toward the end of college at the same hospital, where I continue to...

Hello, How does AMCAS know what GPA conversion scale to use, if my grades are all from U of T?

Hello, I am in the process of filling out an AMCAS application form and I have reached a point where I have taken a course in the winter (Winter 2017) but I have not received a grade yet because I deferred its final exam to be written at the end of the Summer session (August). After I write the...

So I participated in this one committee within a club I was also in where I served as a Financial Director and our primary goal was to organize this benefit concert for this charity to help impoverished youth in third world countries. I don't know if I should put this as Leadership since I did...

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So I understand this topic may have been talked about on SDN forums but I wanted to make sure based on my situation. I'm a nontraditional and I volunteered at this hospital in high school about 7 years ago. I got around 50 hours from that. Fast forward to now, I finished college and I just...

Hi all, Should I apply now without this last grade (with an sGPA of 3.36) to make sure I'm on the early side, but exclude this final grade from my sGPA? Or, should I wait it out and hope I get my new transcript processed by the end of June and submit by 6/30? Any advice is sincerely appreciated!

Hi guys, I don't know if this has happened to any of you, but I was sent a verification email yesterday around 3 PM, and then again just a few minutes ago. Now it looks like I was processed 6/13 instead of 6/12. This probably won't hurt me much in the end, but what would warrant AMCAS sending...

Female. Michigan Resident. GPA: 3.71 sGPA: 3.59 MCAT: 510 Over 2 years research, one publication in the works (later this year) ----> 2 projects under two different doctors Volunteering at free Clinics ----> ~140 hours Nursing Home Volunteer ----> ~ 30 hours Shadowed Two doctors ----> ~ 20 hrs...

Applying to MD/PhD schools this year, just about to submit AMCAS, but I am bit stuck on what to include in my Significant Research Experiences essay. I have two major recent research experiences, both with LORs from the PIs. This includes a PI I worked with during my postbac thesis research, and...

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