Backround checks always or sometimes associated with acceptances?

[Mandiblespeaks]

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Ok this needs settling,

Does a backround check email from AMCAS always/have to preceed an acceptance from medical school? This is a growing concern in a lot of different threads and I think a vote or census needs to be taken.

What do YOU think?

 

[mdeast]

No. It can be requested if you were waitlisted (and released once you're accepted...if that happens). Don't play into it too much, it's not a big deal or indicator.

 

[Mandiblespeaks]

But can you be accepted before getting one?

 

[Mandiblespeaks]

But can you be accepted before getting one?

Has anyone been accepted without getting one of these?

 

[Segovia]

Has anyone been accepted without getting one of these?

Yes. I got an acceptance and then received the security screening email well over a month later. It can happen.

Getting one of these emails isn't necessarily a reason to pack up and move, but if I got one prior to getting accepted I would be pretty stoked. Just sayin'.