I just had a question regarding the local GPA, I'm not too sure how it is calculated. It differs from from my AACOMAS gpa which is the only reason I am wondering.incoming M1 here! lmk if i can be of any help throughout this crazy process
if i remember correctly, the local GPA is calculated from your last 60 credit hours!
Yup
How is it? I take it in 3 weeks
Agreed. It's a strange test, but you can't do much to prepare for it. All I did was look through the sample scenarios. I get my results on July 19, so until then I have no idea if I approached it correctly or not.
+1 I set up my application portal on their site as well
Yes. It's offered through AAMC.
I thought it was easier than Casper, but YMMV
Definitely less stressful. But I think I preferred the open-ended answers in CASPer.
Questioned myself on quite a few of them to this point.
You cannot substitute one for the other, and you cannot send either score to a school that does not accept it. DMU "strongly encourages" applicants to take the SJT, but it is not strictly required. That said, it is free and only takes about an hour to complete. You would be ill-advised not to do it. Even a lower percentile score would probably be less harmful than no score at all.
Same. But do we have to do anything else?
Nope, just follow and make sure they don't have any other tasks for you. They're going to mark your materials as received or not received and will let you know if they need anything through the portal - documents link.
Google AAMC SJT. Everything is done through the AAMC's website. It lists the schools on there that want it this year; there are only about a half dozen combined allopathic and osteopathic.
Thank you
Mine still says that, and I got set up my account on 6/25!
+1
Did you receive an invite to pay the secondary fee? Or are you talking about all of your materials being marked as received?
All my materials being marked as received.
I did. It's free and doesn't require any prep so I figured I might as well.
It took me 45 minutes to do. Nothing too crazy.
Mine got complete like two days ago, took them like 3 weeks or something to do it.
When did u submit the portal?
Wondering the same thing -- just took it today
Just got the email as well!
Because it is ‘optional’, I doubt it
I just took it today. The proctoring sucks but if you have good internet, it’s no biggie. It only takes 75 minutes to finish and you get your score back quick. Only thing is that if you register now, your score won’t be sent until probably September.
