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NineIron said:
So the letters stored at my health professions office will have to be individually sent? I guess the office will take care of that ?
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Do you think if we do this, we are supposed to put "I am not uploading any evalutions" or whatever on the actual AACOMAS app? So it's not still "waiting" for them?
 
I've got one for the, "This is probably a stupid question" pile...

Is everything in semester hours, or do they want us to use quarter hours for the schools that were on quarters and semester hours for the schools that were on semesters? If it's the latter I've got the new wrinkle of my main undergrad switched from quarters to semesters after my sophomore year, but I'll trip over that hurdle when I get to it.
 
femmegoblue said:
Do you think if we do this, we are supposed to put "I am not uploading any evalutions" or whatever on the actual AACOMAS app? So it's not still "waiting" for them?
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I feel like this is the right way to go about it since technically our health prof. office will be sending directly to each school? Not sure
 
Wow, I do Not like the PS section. It gives you such a tiny box to input your ps, and it's not expandable
 
Question: I graduated UG in 3 years do I enter as 1st yr=soph?
 
Also so my UG major had a wide variety of classes such as management, computer tech, instructional issues, S&R, etc all under the tab EHS (Emerg Health Services). When entering these classes do I enter them all as Health Services or break them up in accordance with their topic ie Management, communication. computer blah blah?
 
MarshMedic said:
Also so my UG major had a wide variety of classes such as management, computer tech, instructional issues, S&R, etc all under the tab EHS (Emerg Health Services). When entering these classes do I enter them all as Health Services or break them up in accordance with their topic ie Management, communication. computer blah blah?
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In the Instructions under Course Subjects:
If you cannot determine which AACOMAS Subject to choose based on your course’s title, please default to the department the course is offered through.
 
Gordon Gekko said:
Doesn't matter.
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Are you sure about this? I have the same situation and don't know how to go about putting in freshman, sophomore etc. cause I graduated a year early. Do we just go by units then?
 
Also, do start and end dates have to be exact?
 
I did from start of fall to end of spring (aug-may). And +1 on the 3 year ug of someone out there knows. Im entering as soph-sr years as of now.
 
QueenJames said:
Are you sure about this? I have the same situation and don't know how to go about putting in freshman, sophomore etc. cause I graduated a year early. Do we just go by units then?
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MarshMedic said:
I did from start of fall to end of spring (aug-may). And +1 on the 3 year ug of someone out there knows. Im entering as soph-sr years as of now.
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Applied last year, so not sure if anything is different, but I also graduated in 3 years. I categorized my coursework by credit hours - i.e. usually credit hours 0-30 (on semester system) would be considered freshman, 30-60 soph, 60-90 junior, 90-120+ senior. By doing this, it split up my years in a weird way. Can't remember exactly, but something like fall of freshman year was the only "freshman" semester, as I exceeded 30 credit hours after that semester. Spring of freshman year + fall of sophomore year were categorized "sophomore," etc. I was kind of worried about this, but no one ever asked me about it... I'm pretty sure it really doesn't matter, because they can see based on your transcript that you were there for only three years. I only split it up this way because I think I found something in the FAQ that led me to believe this was the most "correct" way to do it.

Edit: my app cycle was successful, in case you were wondering if I'm doling out bad advice :laugh:
 
Are folks entering family business ECs in by any chance? Anybody know how to go about this in terms of supervisors and location and title?
 
Does anyone know how to create transcript matching forms so we can forward our transcripts to AACOMAS? Can't seem to find anywhere to see if they are received either.
 
nutelly said:
Does anyone know how to create transcript matching forms so we can forward our transcripts to AACOMAS? Can't seem to find anywhere to see if they are received either.
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What do you mean by transcript matching forms?
 
Wow so ****ing pissed that I have to individually send my LOR via interfolio to all those schools.

I bet you interfolio lobbied aacomas to not allow letters to be sent directly to them since they lose out on a lot of income from fees for sending letters individually.

Question : what do we put in the letters of recommendation section (the 2 required) if we are sending ourselves to the schools instead of aacomas.
 
swolebrah said:
Wow so ****ing pissed that I have to individually send my LOR via interfolio to all those schools.

I bet you interfolio lobbied aacomas to not allow letters to be sent directly to them since they lose out on a lot of income from fees for sending letters individually.

Question : what do we put in the letters of recommendation section (the 2 required) if we are sending ourselves to the schools instead of aacomas.
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Agreed. Major bull****!
 
For the prerequisites section of each individual school, are you all mainly selecting the minimum number of courses that fit the requirements or are you also selecting all courses that qualify under each category? For example, I'm not sure whether to only select 3 terms for general biology or also select microbiology, anatomy, molecular biology, etc. I suppose it doesn't hurt to select more, right?

From AACOM's website:

"This tab may or may not be available, depending on the selections of each AACOMAS program. If it is available, you will be given a list of the school’s prerequisite course requirements and asked to designate which courses you have taken or plan to take which you believe fulfill these requirements.

You must complete the Transcript Entry section and the “Review & Finalize My Transcript” process before you can select courses for prerequisites.

NOTE: Entering these courses does not mean you have met the school’s prerequisite requirements. Instead, the school is asking you to self-identify these courses for their review.If you have any questions regarding what the program will accept regarding these prerequisites, please contact the program directly."
 
MarshMedic said:
I did from start of fall to end of spring (aug-may). And +1 on the 3 year ug of someone out there knows. Im entering as soph-sr years as of now.
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"FRESHMAN-SENIOR: All college level courses taken prior to your first bachelor’s degree. CASPA does not monitor credit levels in regards to freshman-senior designations. In general, four year students list one year per designation and five-year students list their last two years as senior. Non-traditional students label their terms as evenly as possible, but should remain in chronological order (i.e. do not report yourself as a junior in 1999 and as a freshman in 2000)."

I take the above as it doesnt matter as long as you have 3 designations for 3 yrs and 4 designations for 4 and/or 5 yrs.
 
Gordon Gekko said:
"FRESHMAN-SENIOR: All college level courses taken prior to your first bachelor’s degree. CASPA does not monitor credit levels in regards to freshman-senior designations. In general, four year students list one year per designation and five-year students list their last two years as senior. Non-traditional students label their terms as evenly as possible, but should remain in chronological order (i.e. do not report yourself as a junior in 1999 and as a freshman in 2000)."

I take the above as it doesnt matter as long as you have 3 designations for 3 yrs and 4 designations for 4 and/or 5 yrs.
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So just have Fresh---> soph --> Junior and don't put in a Senior at all?
 
Or Soph-> jr-> sr. As long as it's consecutive as I take it.
 
I emailed aacomas about this so hopefully I have a reply by tmorrow morning
 
I sent them a email hopefully we will have answer
 
desdes said:
I was wondering how to list a repeat?
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List the first course with zero credits and then list it again (in the right semester) with the correct amount of credits. Then when you are all done with the transcripts and you review and finalize it'll give you an option to select repeat courses. You choose both the first and the repeat.
 
Thank you I appreciate the information
 
"A: In the case of a repeated course, AACOMAS will calculate the MOST RECENT grade received whether it is higher or lower than the first time the course was taken. To ensure this is calculated correctly, you should record the “credits attempted” for all initial attempts of the course as 0.00 in your coursework section and label these courses “not applicable.” You should still record the grade received. As the applicant, you are responsible for entering your Repeated courses correctly according to the AACOMAS Instructions (above). Please note that withdrawn courses are NOT considered repeats."

This is from the FAQ section on the application site, so my understanding is we put the first attempt of the course in like normal except the credit hours should be changed to 0. Where are we supposed to label "not applicable"?
 
Stephanopolous said:
"A: In the case of a repeated course, AACOMAS will calculate the MOST RECENT grade received whether it is higher or lower than the first time the course was taken. To ensure this is calculated correctly, you should record the “credits attempted” for all initial attempts of the course as 0.00 in your coursework section and label these courses “not applicable.” You should still record the grade received. As the applicant, you are responsible for entering your Repeated courses correctly according to the AACOMAS Instructions (above). Please note that withdrawn courses are NOT considered repeats."

This is from the FAQ section on the application site, so my understanding is we put the first attempt of the course in like normal except the credit hours should be changed to 0. Where are we supposed to label "not applicable"?
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you are correct, label the old and the repeat at the end in review and finalize section
 
Oh ok it's at the end, that's why I was confused, thank you!
 
Wait what?


swolebrah said:
Wow so ****ing pissed that I have to individually send my LOR via interfolio to all those schools.

I bet you interfolio lobbied aacomas to not allow letters to be sent directly to them since they lose out on a lot of income from fees for sending letters individually.

Question : what do we put in the letters of recommendation section (the 2 required) if we are sending ourselves to the schools instead of aacomas.
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Just in case this happens to anyone else: I went to finalize and review my transcripts, it asked me about one school and then finalized all of them before asking me about my other schools. The work-around to this is to add a "fake class" anywhere and that will trigger the finalize/review button to be available again. Make sure you erase that fake class.
 
Does anyone know how long it takes for the scores to go from AAMC to the AACOM application? I requested the release yesterday.
 
How far back do we go with our employment history? I've been working since I was 15 so it's a lot but I feel like those jobs past weren't relevant...


EDIT: found the answer:
A: Please enter experiences you gained as a college student or post-college. High school experiences should not be included.
 
I assume AAMC transmits them instantly as my TMDSAS application received them the day after.
 
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In your descriptions of activities and achievements, are you guys writing out full sentences/paragraphs or more like a bullet point kind of list?
 
I'm doing paragraphs, I made my decision based on an older post I found from Goro stating a preference for that. I think it's time to open the 2015-2016 FAQ thread!
 
This is an example of what I'm using for my paramedic job description. I find these descriptions are always somewhat awkward to write.

"Worked in a sub-urban setting providing emergency medical care to the general public. Also provided advanced medical care for patients being transferred from the local urgent care facility to higher level care centers. Responsibilities included daily checks of equipment and medications including narcotics. Skills included: CPR, basic and advanced airway techniques including intubation and ventilator management, initiation of intravenous and intraosseous lines, management of cardiac arrhythmias via medication and/or electrical therapy and providing CPR education to the community."
 
I have a question. I am entering coursework and it keeps rearranging the order I put my courses in. I am unable to drag them back into order using the lines on the left. Does this matter?
 
That happened to me too, I doubt it matters at all as long as you have the courses in the correct semester.
 
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