ADEA AADSAS 2025-2026 Application Questions Thread!

[macsak]

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I applied on June 3rd, and some of the schools I applied to have already sent out their first wave of interview invites. If I haven't got an interview invite from them yet, does that mean I won't get one from those schools?

no

 

[Ryxndek]

I applied on June 3rd, and some of the schools I applied to have already sent out their first wave of interview invites. If I haven't got an interview invite from them yet, does that mean I won't get one from those schools?

no, not everyone who applies early will receive early interviews, but what it does mean is you will be reviewed by the adcoms more, so you have more chances to get an invite compared to someone who applied later. Just bc you didn't receive one now doesn't mean you couldn't receive one later.

 

[matthewbernard9]

I applied on June 3rd, and some of the schools I applied to have already sent out their first wave of interview invites. If I haven't got an interview invite from them yet, does that mean I won't get one from those schools?

No of course not. Most schools space out their interviews with the first round about now, then they will send more out usually in August, September, and November. It is so early in the process and you are ahead of the curve on getting your application in, do not worry. If you need any advise on interview prep just DM me!

 

[DuaLipaESports]

Hi! Some questions about AADSAS categorizing experiences. What are you allowed to double dip?
For example, I was leadership on my schools red cross and did volunteering events. Would that go under EC or Volunteering? Or both and split the hours?
And I did a summer research program that falls under Academic Enrichment and Research. I worked on two projects, can I list them separately in Research (each with posters and pubs) and write the overall program under Academic Enrichment? Would I have to adjust the hours there (weird bc they are concurrent).
I could write more about the actual research, so maybe Research is better, but does it look bad that I dont have another Academic Enrichment?
Sorry for the long post; any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[to0thfairy!]

Are you supposed to email schools when you update AADSAS?

 

[Ryxndek]

never a bad idea to send an email to update just to make sure

 

[chknchkn32]

When looking over my app, I realized that I checked received academic credit and compensated for two of my shadowing experiences. Because the application is already verified and under review by most schools, would it be worth emailing each individual school about it or should I leave it alone? I’m hoping my descriptions would suffice to explain that I was just a volunteer (shadowing). How much have an impact would these errors have my application? I am worried that because compensated was put as a recognition type it might invalidate my shadowing hours.

 

[matthewbernard9]

When looking over my app, I realized that I checked received academic credit and compensated for two of my shadowing experiences. Because the application is already verified and under review by most schools, would it be worth emailing each individual school about it or should I leave it alone? I’m hoping my descriptions would suffice to explain that I was just a volunteer (shadowing). How much have an impact would these errors have my application? I am worried that because compensated was put as a recognition type it might invalidate my shadowing hours.

I do not think it is worth emailing because if they find out you made a mistake on your application they might take that as you did not pay attention and rushed and might not like that. I would just leave it, it should not be a big deal. Will not make or break your application decision I would think.