Few questions regarding the AMCAS application

[GoldenSword]

Hey all, maybe these are the same questions you may also have:

1-For the section where you enter your coursework, they ask about
the ACADEMIC YEAR, I have had a few SUMMER courses.
So, my question is if I have a course from Summer 2006, the ACADEMIC YEAR for that course would be 2005-2006, RIGHT ?

2-On the Work/Activities section, one of the options is PUBLICATIONS, well I have not had one yet, but I am trying to Co-Author a paper in my research this year, So, I'll have it done by about a year from now. Could I include this or not ? !!!

Thank you guys. Please let me know.

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[nlax30]

Hey all, maybe these are the same questions you may also have:

1-For the section where you enter your coursework, they ask about
the ACADEMIC YEAR, I have had a few SUMMER courses.
So, my question is if I have a course from Summer 2006, the ACADEMIC YEAR for that course would be 2005-2006, RIGHT ?

This is from the Help page for the 2007 AMCAS app:

Courses taken in the summer should be entered with the next academic year, even if your institution considers them in the previous year. For example, if you took a course in the first summer session of 2001, you should enter it as 2001-2002 even if your school considers it in the 2000-2001 academic year.​

May want to check in the help sections of the '08 app just to make sure, but it should be there, at least from my experience they usually do a pretty good job of explaining specifics in the Help section. So on my '07 app my summer courses taken in the summer of '05 were listed in the 2005-2006 academic year.

2-On the Work/Activities section, one of the options is PUBLICATIONS, well I have not had one yet, but I am trying to Co-Author a paper in my research this year, So, I'll have it done by about a year from now. Could I include this or not ? !!!

Thank you guys. Please let me know.

I wouldn't include it by saying that you've already co-authored a paper, but if you are currently working on the research you could definitely put that down, along with the fact that you are currently working on a paper, but don't put anything down you haven't already done. Later on when you get something published you could always send schools an update letter with that info.

 

[GoldenSword]

Thank you so much for your help nlax30 !

I will definitely refer to the help section.

cheers.