You don't have to do anything before April 30th per AAMC guidelines. If you're holding more than 3 acceptances, you will have to narrow down to 3, but schools cannot force you to select "plan to enroll"///Please correct me if I am wrong
Michigan State requires you on April 15th to make a decision that's an MSU policy. Other medical schools may follow the April 30th but some, like MSU, have their own date. I'll try and find the actual link that says this in a sec
When you say make a decision I want to confirm you mean "plan to enroll"? and not commit
Yea plan to enroll. The commit to enroll deadline is something like July 24th.
But medical schools CANNOT see who has clicked "plan to enroll" until after April 30th, so how can this be implemented? I also just went over the PDF included in the acceptance email, and I cannot find anything that says MSU requires "plan to enroll" by April 15th. I think you might have misunderstood something- I have also included the PDF from the acceptance letter. You can also read about it on the aamc website....google aamc traffic rules for applicants
when you make your final decision, it's "commit to enroll." "Plan to enroll" option became available today; you don't have to select any schools. Medical schools cannot tell which individual has selected "plan to enroll." They only see the number of applicants who chose that option to help them decide how many more students they need to admit!
So it was my understanding that you had to select to plan to enroll and narrow it down to 3 schools. But after using the choose your medical school tool today I saw we can only select one school to choose plan to enroll. I thought I was like a checkbox system when you can choose max 3 where you plan to enroll until April 15th. Then would change to only 1 after April 30th. Apologies for the misunderstanding! I also remembered the April 15th date from my interview.
I thought the same, I think you guys helped me clear it up in my head though thanks
I could be wrong, but I heard early assurance gets priority when picking where to go so you’re basically guaranteed the campus you want.
Congrats!! Are you able to post your stats?OmgReceived call at 5:05 PM PST!!! OOS, interviewed 1/13... it’s been a 11 year pre med journey, crying, grateful.... my first MD acceptance
I don’t want to go into specifics, because my stats were not competitive cause very low undergrad gpa from a top public undergrad. But I did a DIY post bacc and a MS degree so upward trend, and I worked a ton of hours along the way- I’m not exaggerating but close to 10,000 healthcare hours, lots of research hours with pub and more on the way, few hundred volunteer hours, and other miscellaneous ECs. Most of my 15 activities I put are post undergrad. I believe I have a very cohesive personal statement and overall app towards the underserved. I am also older so that’s how I spread out my commitments over several (5-10) gap years and worked multiple jobs at a time cause of financial need. Also comfortable with public speaking and believe I interviewed well and got my points across confidently. All this to say... stats are not the be all end all with certain schools! It’s been a very hard journey and I was told many times that I wasn’t cut out to be a doctor just cause of my grades. Sorry my answer is really not straight forward! Best of luck 🙂
Looks like you proved all the naysayers wrong 🙂 .That’s an amazing achievement and I’m so happy for you, congrats and good luck in med school!
I do not know anything for sure but it looks like its usually the Thursday and Friday right before Easter -- so this year it would be April 9 &10? Thats just going off the past few years.
Okay I also saw that from past information but I wasn't sure if anything had been officially released for this year. Thank you!!
I've heard it won't be until late April or May.
Yes there is. I believe the link is posted somewhere earlier in the thread
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*disclaimer-my opinions and not those of the school*
Well do you feel it prepared you since you’ve already taken it? Is there a penalty for extending ? I know some schools do that.
I noticed that they added 3/18 as a decision date (it wasn't there before) so they are probably running a little behind.
okay, thanks for your input.
When did you interview
