Applying to medical school after SMP (re-applicant?)

[shoenberg3]

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I'm attending a SMP next year (EVMS) that requires that I apply through AMCAS (in 2013) before coming into program to be considered to their host medical school (high "linkage" 80-90%) the following year (gapless).

But I also want to apply to other schools but in the NEXT CYCLE following completion of the SMP program. I talked to the people at the SMP and they said that I can defer the acceptance to their medical school while I apply to other schools on June 2014. My concern is that I might be considered a reapplicant although I would have only applied to ONE school (EVMS) and even have a strong chance of gaining acceptance to it.

Is this true and if so, how much of a disadvantage would this be?

Thank you for the help

 

[DrMidlife]

I'm attending a SMP next year (EVMS) that requires that I apply through AMCAS (in 2013) before coming into program to be considered to their host medical school (high "linkage" 80-90%) the following year (gapless).

But I also want to apply to other schools but in the NEXT CYCLE following completion of the SMP program. I talked to the people at the SMP and they said that I can defer the acceptance to their medical school while I apply to other schools on June 2014. My concern is that I might be considered a reapplicant although I would have only applied to ONE school (EVMS) and even have a strong chance of gaining acceptance to it.

Is this true and if so, how much of a disadvantage would this be?

Thank you for the help

The reapplicant stigma may not be your primary concern here. You want other med schools to have heard of the EVMS med masters program, so that you get good consideration for having completed it. But if they've heard of the the EVMS med masters, they know it gets most people into EVMS or another school without a gap year.

So you could be in for this when you interview at other schools the year after you do the EVMS med masters:

Q: You did the EVMS med masters?
A: Yes I did.
Q: You finished it...last May?
A: Yes I did.
Q: What happened?
A: I'm sorry?
Q: Why aren't you in med school? You didn't get into EVMS?
A: Um, I um, EVMS is expensive, um, I want to be in my home state, um...
Q: You didn't apply last year?
A: I did apply last year, just to EVMS.
Q: You didn't get into EVMS?
A: I did get in.
Q: And you declined your acceptance?
A: Um, no, I deferred my acceptance.
Q: They let you defer your acceptance to reapply to other schools?
A: Um, not exactly, um, I um...
Q: So you're sitting on a deferred MD acceptance so you can apply here?
A: Correct.
Q: You realize that's unethical?
A: <mumble>

See comments in the EVMS thread on what you should be doing instead of asking SDN about this.