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[blee321]

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I'm a junior class of 2005, when will I be able to start filling in my AMCAS app?
Brian
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[ATPase]

You submit your AMCAS app the year you apply - so if you graduate in May 2005, you'd apply in the summer of 2004 (the end of your junior year and the beginning of your senior year) after taking the MCAT in April 2004. You can't access the AMCAS application online until May of your application cycle, which would be the month after you take the MCAT.

 

[blee321]

I heard that getting your app in early is a good thing. So, I'm not quite sure what to expect on the AMCAS app. Could someone give me a run down of what its like? What I should prepair for? Thanks

Brian

 

[ATPase]

You can start working on your personal statement at any time - I think that's usually where most people procrastinate (not to mention it takes a long time to revise and rework something to an acceptable level of quality for submission).

Also, as soon as you get grades for your spring semester courses, request transcripts from all the schools you've attended - in addition to the transcripts you will send to AMCAS - just for your personal use. When you fill out the course information on the AMCAS application, you'll need to know the course name, number, and the grade you received. (So having a personal copy of all your transcripts helps immensely.) Also, be sure that you have your school(s) send your transcript to AMCAS as soon as possible. Sometimes it takes a while to have transcripts sent.

You can also begin to compile a list of your extracurricular activities, honors/awards, publications, relevant medical experience, leadership positions, etc. There is a section on the AMCAS app. for about fifteen of these "Postsecondary Experiences" you've had, and you're expected to write a short description of each activity/honor. This section is important in showcasing yourself to the adcoms.

Getting everything in early means submitting your AMCAS in June or July. It takes AMCAS quite a while to verify and process your app, so the earlier you submit it, the better. You don't even have to wait for your MCAT scores (although I also recommend that you take the April MCAT!)

 

[jlee9531]

just know every detail of the 20 something years of your life and you should be ready for it. if you think im joking......to an extent i am but also again...to an extent im not 😉

standard stuff....but it takes a while to do it online on their system.

ID
Contact Info
Biographical Info
Experiences
Personal Statement
Education
Academic Record where you joyfully get to fill in every class you took in college......yay.........no
Finally...
Designate the medschools you want to apply to.

Toodles.

 

[umass rower]

Originally posted by blee321
I heard that getting your app in early is a good thing. So, I'm not quite sure what to expect on the AMCAS app. Could someone give me a run down of what its like? What I should prepair for? Thanks

You should prepare to spell all words correctly.

On a more serious note, you will need to make sure to send in a transcript very early, probably before you start entering any information on the application. It takes a while for them to get sent out, delivered, and through the AMCAS system.

You will need to fill out biographical information, write a personal statement of 5300 characters or less, describe up to 15 extracurriculars (from after high school graduation), enter in all the classes you have ever taken and are planning to take your senior year, choose your schools, and pay a buttload of money for them to take forever on your application. It's $120 as a base fee, plus an additional $30 per school that you apply to.

Hope that includes everything you wanted to know.

 

[rgporter]

I can only echo what has been said before. I waited to do my AMCAS because I was waiting for my professors to finish my LOR, and I didn't want to get secondary invitations before I was ready. I vastly overestemated how fast AMCAS would work. I should have started working on AMCAS the first day it opened, since they provided me with a much longer wait than I needed to get my letters done.

 

[bosco]

Originally posted by ATPase
You can start working on your personal statement at any time - I think that's usually where most people procrastinate (not to mention it takes a long time to revise and rework something to an acceptable level of quality for submission).

I couldn't agree more. Your PS will make or break your application. Definitely don't put this off until the last minute. I wrote mine in about a week (before school started in January) and spent the next 4-5 months having various people read it and just letting it sit so I could think about it more. Nothing major really changed, but I added and tweaked things here and there. Best of luck to you!

 

[Amy B]

Most important things to do when applying

1. Work on a fantastic personal statment and have it ready on day one of the application cycyle. Your PS is VERY VERY important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Have your transcripts sent to AMCAS BEFORE the application cycle begins. I believe you can start sending them in in May.

3. Have student copies of ALL transcripts in your hand so that the first day you can start you will have them at your side to fill in all class names, grades and number of credits per class. You must have these totally identical to what is on your transcript and you must make DARN SURE you key them in EXACTLY the same. This will prevent time-consuming mistake corrections made by AMCAS

 

[xanthines]

If you did summer abroad, try to get transcripts from the foreign school as soon as AMCAS will accept it (May, i believe?). Most of the time it is not completely necessary, but it will speed things up for you in the end.

-X

 

[thanks_sdn_2005]

I was just wondering,

***in May 2004,
do I submit transcripts first or create amcas account first ?
I guess, Create amcas account first ? otherwise, how would amcas know...who is whose transcript ? .
I went to three colleges. I can submit the transcripts of two colleges at anytime, but my present university, I have to wait for Spring grades...b/c I have two pre-reqs class for spring quarter.

thanks.

John.

 

[blee321]

this was most helpfull thank you