aadsas question

[masterof]

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my friend has a question, It asks "have you previously or have you applied to any other type of health professional career", answer yes or no. Well, last year he took the mcat, had his application processed on amcas, but never sent his full completed application to any schools. He had one school on his list, but never sent in their secondary so it was incomplete. Technically he didn't "apply" to schools, meaning he never went through the process of interviews/acceptances/rejections, so I assume he should answer "no" to the above question on aadsas?

 

[mtinamer]

Yes, you should say no. Application was never sent, so no profile had been made in the school that you applied.

 

[Dentalman11]

In my opinion, applying means you have a chance of either being accepted or rejected. Since you didn't complete the application, you had no chance of being accepted. I would say no.

 

[Tunaman]

my friend has a question, It asks "have you previously or have you applied to any other type of health professional career", answer yes or no. Well, last year he took the mcat, had his application processed on amcas, but never sent his full completed application to any schools. He had one school on his list, but never sent in their secondary so it was incomplete. Technically he didn't "apply" to schools, meaning he never went through the process of interviews/acceptances/rejections, so I assume he should answer "no" to the above question on aadsas?

He should answer "yes". He submitted and had his application processed with AMCAS. An application was completed, right? Then he technically applied regardless of whether secondaries were submitted. Or he can take the chance of saying no and when they cross-reference his name he turns up a liar....ultimately its your friends call

 

[masterof]

He should answer "yes". He submitted and had his application processed with AMCAS. An application was completed, right? Then he technically applied regardless of whether secondaries were submitted. Or he can take the chance of saying no and when they cross-reference his name he turns up a liar....ultimately its your friends call

Right, but without a secondary from a that school, he never applied.

 

[masterof]

He also said he cannot even "withdraw"his application because it says "you cannot withdraw because your app is either not processed or has not been submitted" Yes the application was processed by amcas, but in order to do that processsing i think you have to put at least one school on it.

 

[masterof]

In my opinion, applying means you have a chance of either being accepted or rejected. Since you didn't complete the application, you had no chance of being accepted. I would say no.

Right, thats what I told him, and what I take it to mean. So its bad if your name and info is in the amcas system?

 

[Tunaman]

These are all opinions of course, wait til monday and call aadsas, see what they have to say

 

[masterof]

it does say AND "If yes, indicate school(s), type of program, year applied, and also indicate if you were accepted and/or enrolled".

so, idk, I think after reading that he should answer "no"

 

[masterof]

In response to Tunaman,

I started doing some research on this to help my friend out. For medical schools, If you don't submit a supplemental application, you are not considered an "official" applicant. How can you apply to medical schools without being an official applicant. That's my reasoning for it.

Anyway I just told him to be truthful in his interviews on why he thought medicine initially, then decided he wasn't doing it for the right reasons, why dentistry was the better decision for him.

 

[Tunaman]

In response to Tunaman,

I started doing some research on this to help my friend out. For medical schools, If you don't submit a supplemental application, you are not considered an "official" applicant. How can you apply to medical schools without being an official applicant. That's my reasoning for it.

Anyway I just told him to be truthful in his interviews on why he thought medicine initially, then decided he wasn't doing it for the right reasons, why dentistry was the better decision for him.

Sounds like a good approach, best of luck to him this cycle

 

[duke2121]

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