Designating a school as MD/PhD after already submitting a primary to that school for MD only?

[The_JLK]

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Hi all,



I applied both MD and MD/PhD this cycle. I applied only MD to my alma mater since I figured it was out of my reach but I just spoke with my research mentor who is on faculty at the program and he encouraged me to apply MD/PhD there.



Is this possible since I have already submitted my primary to this school (and received a secondary as well) for the MD only program? I see that AMCAS still allows the change to be made but I'm curious how it works on the med school side and if they just update my app to MD/PhD app if they receive that application.



Thanks for any insight!

 

[KnightDoc]

I'm pretty sure that is exactly how it works. If in doubt, just call and ask the school. Some schools even allow you to apply to both. I don't think this is a big deal at all, especially at this point in the cycle.