A few AMCAS questions

[jsh52]

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1) I will be submitting my AMCAS without MCAT scores (taking it June 16). Will the schools I list to send the app to see the rest of my app? Or is my app not released to them in any way, shape, or form until my MCAT score is reported?

2) When can I have my references start sending in their LORs? As soon as the application opens?

3) I have a lot of different teaching experiences I could put in the work/activities section. Should I put them all under the same generic activity (and name it "Teaching Experience") to save space?? Similar to abstracts--I have multiple. Can I put them all in ONE block and just list/explain them?

Thanks 🙂

 

[NickNaylor]

1) Not sure. I think it gets submitted, but your application won't be considered complete until your MCAT scores are received by the school.

2) When it opens.


3) If you can adequately explain multiple activities in one slot, then I would combine them. Just make sure you give adcoms a full picture of these activities so that they can fully appreciate them. IMO you don't want to sacrifice complete explanations of activities under any circumstance.

 

[gravitywave]

^ ^ yep. schools might get your app, they might not, but they won't look at it until all the parts are there. they'd still send you secondaries in the meantime, tho. or you could just find the secondary prompts on SDN, work on them, and then wait to add schools to AMCAS until you've seen the MCAT scores. secondaries then come in and you turn them around the same day. minimal delay and you've targeted your application much more wisely.

👍 to the new quote, Cole. the juxtaposition with the avatar is just bizarre though

 

[jsh52]

Thanks, guys! 👍

 

[NickNaylor]

^ ^ yep. schools might get your app, they might not, but they won't look at it until all the parts are there. they'd still send you secondaries in the meantime, tho. or you could just find the secondary prompts on SDN, work on them, and then wait to add schools to AMCAS until you've seen the MCAT scores. secondaries then come in and you turn them around the same day. minimal delay and you've targeted your application much more wisely.

👍 to the new quote, Cole. the juxtaposition with the avatar is just bizarre though

Fixed, though now with a new username.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

Fixed, though now with a new username.

what's with that btw

 

[NickNaylor]

what's with that btw

Tired of getting identified by random people at medical school stuff. It weirded me out.

Plus I'm ridding myself of the trollolololol persona. I will try and play nice. 😍😍😍