Anyone complete in Sept or later?

[meraki_soul]

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How true is the saying that "being complete by Sept 30th" is normal speed? Keep hearing differing views about this...and, for people who were complete later than Sept, did you still snag some MD accepts?

 

[Nucleophile1]

A friend of mine was complete in late fall (Oct or Nov) and was accepted. However, he was a very strong applicant.

 

[efle]

I hit complete in early Nov at the school I'm about to attend, but I can't recommend being as slow as I was, since peers that I was also late at immediately rejected me.

 

[PiggyPug6]

I was complete at some of my schools in November and December. Still got interviews from some, including the one I will be attending. How, I will never know, but I would NEVER recommend waiting that long. I'm that "I can't be turned down if I don't try!" procrastinator. My biggest downfall. The earlier you can be marked complete, the better your chances, generally speaking.

 

[Uqbar]

I was complete in early September at the school I'm attending.


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[grapples43]

I was complete in early December at the school I currently attend. Like everyone else here has said though, I can't recommend it. Get it done as soon as you reasonably can, especially if you don't feel like the strongest applicant.

 

[hellobigcat]

Complete December 15 at the school I will attend. Lol, please don't do that though. Unnecessary stress gets accumulated.

 

[meraki_soul]

I have had people who are complete in late October and evenearly November and who gain acceptance. However, your chances/ percentages drop off quickly as you.
is it possible you can be successful that late? Yes. Is it much less likely than in August or Sept? Yes

I see. So as long as an applicant knows they will be complete by Sept. end, you recommend they go ahead with the app?

Also, if one is complete in October, is it advisable to apply to their state schools in the hope of getting an acceptance? The reason I ask is because, yes, there's a better chance that an applicant could get into their state schools...but let's say the applicant gets rejected/WL'ed because of the late app. The following year, they re-apply with an improved and much earlier application but unfortunately, are deemed a re-app at all their state schools. Will this re-app label reduce their chances at those state schools by a lot? So much that it wouldn't be advisable to go ahead with an October completion date for their state schools this year even if they are competitive for them?

 

[mariposas905]

@gonnif in general, how bad is it to be a re-app at schools? sometimes, even if ppl have all their ducks in row they get rejected :/ With a noticeably improved application the next year, does the re-app status still hurt greatly?

 

[mariposas905]

Schools report that reapps generally have lower acceptance than first time apps. This would be expected as they were rejected first time likely for being weaker candidates. we dont know on the reapps which had improved applications versus the SOS again. Reapplicants also face the "structural" hurdle that, even though you are only a reapp at specific school and that a school does not know any other school you applied to, it will be assumed you applied to 10-20 and obviously got into none of them. That means multiple adcoms rejected you.

Hmm...okay. Do you recommend not applying to schools that you were a reapp at then despite an improved application? Also, what about students that submit AMCAS to one school, but withdraw after verification....are they deemed a reapp at any future schools they apply to (even if that school wasn't listed on their first AMCAS)? Does the "structural" hurdle still stand in this case?

 

[aymar]

I was complete at all of my schools from July-September (got really lazy there towards the end). My three interviews ended up being the first three applications I submitted (all in July). Coincidence? I personally don't think so. But n=1


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[Dr. Souk]

With really strong stats I have heard of some really, really late success stories, but wouldn't generally advise being tardy if your stats are average or below.

 

[mariposas905]

You are only a reapp at a spe

my recommendation would be based on a complete review of an app and which schools are being considered. I have no advice on this lacking that info

I'm sorry, did you mean that you are only a reapp at the schools you indicate on AMCAS? The message got cut off...

 

[efle]

I'm sorry, did you mean that you are only a reapp at the schools you indicate on AMCAS? The message got cut off...

You are only a reapp at specific schools would be my guess, rather than overall. Like being a reapplicant means you are applying to that school a second time, not that you'd applied before in general.

 

[mariposas905]

You are only a reapp at specific schools would be my guess, rather than overall. Like being a reapplicant means you are applying to that school a second time, not that you'd applied before in general.

Okay...but even then, we would have to indicate that we applied before on AMCAS right? I think there is a question that asks that. Also, what if the school asks in their secondary whether you applied to medical school before? Do they mean in general with that question or do they want to know if you applied to their school before?

 

[efle]

Okay...but even then, we would have to indicate that we applied before on AMCAS right? I think there is a question that asks that. Also, what if the school asks in their secondary whether you applied to medical school before? Do they mean in general with that question or do they want to know if you applied to their school before?

Some secondaries don't ask.
Some ask if you've applied there before.
Some ask if you've applied to med school before.

In the third case you might have a problem, but that's a minority of schools. The reason reapplicant status is described so negatively on SDN is because for most people, a good list of ~20 places will contain all of their best chances, so if they don't get in anywhere they will likely have to use a very similar list again the next year.

 

[GotIronKnee]

Yup. I think I was complete at 1 school pre-September. Don't recommend it, though, as others have said. But it's not the end of the world (or application cycle, in this case).