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just wanted to vent some good feelings, and share a couple thoughts.
so i finally got through the phone lines (after only 30 minutes of waiting! lucky me). i only had to sit through 10 iterations of "our specialists are still assisting other callers...." SPECIALISTS? i'm not so sure i'd call them that. my experience so far has led me to conclude that i know more about the AMCAS process than they do. I'd like to sit in on a "AMCAS Specialist Training Session."
I called to confirm that they had all 3 of my transcripts, and lo and behold, they didn't lose a single one! amazing.
Then i casually asked when transmission would begin to the med schools. And, reading straight from her manual, she said "The process and time frames are identical to last year's. Nothing has changed. It will take 4-6 weeks from the date of submission for med schools to receive your application." HA. "nothing has changed"? oh, i guess it was just me. "4-6 weeks"? Is that just a clever way for AMCAS to cover their behinds? obviously, it would have taken 4-6 weeks last year, since med schools received paper copies from AMCAS. but this year? She should have said "The process will take 4-6 weeks. But that's only because we need 4-6 weeks to get our act together. The actual transmission will take under 1 hour, or roughly 5 minutes per med school." That would have been the honest answer.
anyway, it was a hell of a relief they had everything from me. sit tight ya'll, they'll get it right eventually.
(don't ask how much my phone bill was...i was calling from abroad, 'nuff said)
so i finally got through the phone lines (after only 30 minutes of waiting! lucky me). i only had to sit through 10 iterations of "our specialists are still assisting other callers...." SPECIALISTS? i'm not so sure i'd call them that. my experience so far has led me to conclude that i know more about the AMCAS process than they do. I'd like to sit in on a "AMCAS Specialist Training Session."
I called to confirm that they had all 3 of my transcripts, and lo and behold, they didn't lose a single one! amazing.
Then i casually asked when transmission would begin to the med schools. And, reading straight from her manual, she said "The process and time frames are identical to last year's. Nothing has changed. It will take 4-6 weeks from the date of submission for med schools to receive your application." HA. "nothing has changed"? oh, i guess it was just me. "4-6 weeks"? Is that just a clever way for AMCAS to cover their behinds? obviously, it would have taken 4-6 weeks last year, since med schools received paper copies from AMCAS. but this year? She should have said "The process will take 4-6 weeks. But that's only because we need 4-6 weeks to get our act together. The actual transmission will take under 1 hour, or roughly 5 minutes per med school." That would have been the honest answer.
anyway, it was a hell of a relief they had everything from me. sit tight ya'll, they'll get it right eventually.
(don't ask how much my phone bill was...i was calling from abroad, 'nuff said)