2009-2010 AMCAS Questions Thread

[mvenus929]

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Yeah, I do. I just wasn't sure whether or not I should use that on my AMCAS app. It's basically [email protected], so it's pretty legit. is there a way to change your contact info for schools after apps are submitted?

Yeah, contact info is one of the few things you can change after submission, though when I changed my contact info on AMCAS, I also e-mailed all my schools so that it wouldn't be missed.

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I work at a research job and I have received a publication with my name. When writing about the job in the EC section, could I just include the reference/publication thereor do I have to create a separate EC (under pubilcation) and write it there.

I just assume putting all my stuff I've done in one job is better than separating it into multilpe activities..... is that ok?

You can do whichever you want, depending on how you want to group things. If you want your publication to stand out, then put it in a category of its own.

I am concerned about my descriptions for the activities/work section.

The reason I am concerned about this is because I have written much less about my actual duties, but rather, what I learned from them and how I think they make me better prepared for medical school and beyond. essentially, i've written 30% description and 70% what it means to me.

My concern is that I do not explain enough about the activities and that when the initial screeners go through my application, they will skim through and miss a lot of important things. but i didn't want it to be like a bullet point of things i did.

any suggestions? advice? comments? THANKS!!!!!!!

I think it's better to say what you got out of the experience than go into vast detail about what the activity involved. If you think your description isn't good enough, mix it up some. Once you get an interview, the interviewers will typically ask for more information.

I think I have a problem with transcripts. I have four institutions I've attended, but all of them are on one transcript, thanks to study abroad or all being in in the same consortium. So on my Official Transcript Status, I have one transcript received and three transcripts "Not Required".

However, I just submitted my application, and this is what my application status is:

Submitted to AMCAS - Waiting for Transcripts : Applicant has certified and submitted application but AMCAS application is pending processing while AMCAS waits for transcripts.

Anyone know what the story is here? They received the one transcript I have a week or two ago.

It'll always say that when you initially submit your application, even if all your transcripts have been received. If it's still there now, you might want to call tomorrow.

so a couple of my med schools require letters from specific people, so I found letters to satisfy those requirements. I've sent all my LORS (about 7 of them... ~5 from profs/PIs and 2 for special programs) to my career center. However, my career center told us to select "Letter Packet" on amcas because they will just send them all to amcas together as a packet. However, I do not want all 7 letters to go to my med schools. those extra 2 letters for the special programs would be irrelevant for most other med schoools, and of course I know they get pissed wihen you submit too many letters. i asked my school if there was any way around this issue and they said that I should just send out my letters as a packet to amcas, and then when secondaries come in I can pick and choose out of those letters which ones will go to which schools. I was under the impression that if i send a letter packet to amcas, ALL of my listed schools will receive ALL of the letters. Which one is true?

If you send a letter packet, all the letters in the packet will go to all the schools you send that packet to. I would go talk to your career center about sending the additional two letters separately, if possible.

 

[LAman10]

I want to apply to Cleveland Clinic. It doesn't show up on AMCAS. Does this mean I should apply to Case Western or something? I think they are affiliated...

 

[LAman10]

Also, is it OK to leave the letters of evaluation section COMPLETELY blank? I mean, not filling anything out, just pressing continue and submitting the app. I guess what I'm getting at is how much of the LOR section can we edit after we submit? If I don't enter anything in for LORs (this includes assigning to med schools), can I do all that later?

 

[sshashid87]

Hi, I am in the process of filling out AMCAS (yes, I know, late by SDN standards but essays and ECs are done, just have to write them in the tiny boxes then will submit) but I was having some trouble entering high school AP courses and had a question about naming courses for my university.

As far as AP courses go, if I pick 2004-2005 as school year, then select "other" term, it still lists them under my home university name. I got credit for all my APs but have NG (no grade?) as the grade, and I retook them all in college. So essentially I have like 18 credits of NG, they don't affect GPA at all, and I don't know how to enter them or if I even have to enter them if I didn't take the credit?

For my school, course titles seem to be very informal. General Physics I and II are just listed as General Physics (no distinction in name between 2 classes). Also, Biology I is Bio I-Cell Proc, and Bio lab is Biology I Cellular Proc Lab...In short, can I "change" the names on AMCAS? Can I say General Physics I and II, or Biology I-Cellular Processes? Or do I need to say EXACTLY what is on my transcript?

Thanks for any advice, sorry for being so long winded!

 

[ksmi117]

Hi, I am in the process of filling out AMCAS (yes, I know, late by SDN standards but essays and ECs are done, just have to write them in the tiny boxes then will submit) but I was having some trouble entering high school AP courses and had a question about naming courses for my university.

As far as AP courses go, if I pick 2004-2005 as school year, then select "other" term, it still lists them under my home university name. I got credit for all my APs but have NG (no grade?) as the grade, and I retook them all in college. So essentially I have like 18 credits of NG, they don't affect GPA at all, and I don't know how to enter them or if I even have to enter them if I didn't take the credit?

For my school, course titles seem to be very informal. General Physics I and II are just listed as General Physics (no distinction in name between 2 classes). Also, Biology I is Bio I-Cell Proc, and Bio lab is Biology I Cellular Proc Lab...In short, can I "change" the names on AMCAS? Can I say General Physics I and II, or Biology I-Cellular Processes? Or do I need to say EXACTLY what is on my transcript?

Thanks for any advice, sorry for being so long winded!

I'm merging this with the official AMCAS questions thread. You can find the answers to your AP questions in the first post of that thread. We are making a FAQ, and the AP section is done. Or you could read the AMCAS Instructions, all the answers are there too. As far as titles, you can change them a little or leave them the way they are. Keep in mind anything on course work, AAMC will change it if they want.

 

[Sharka]

Does anyone know when the LORs get sent out to schools? I've already assigned them to certain schools, but they don't get sent until later right? Also when's the latest I would be able to add an LOR to a school?

 

[neutropos]

All of my grades are in for the semester except for one class. Should I send the transcripts now with the missing grade or wait?

 

[caduceusdude]

If you misspelled a course name or gave a course name that is slightly different from the transcript does it cause major problems during the verification process?

 

[vette2k10]

Hey guys, I submitted my AMCAS on 6/3 and its awaiting verification. I just got my second semester grades and was wondering how I would go about updating my AMCAS. I cant change anything on the course section until its validated. I know that other people have similar situations so what should i do? I really don't want to delay my app.

 

[SunDevilDoc]

why didnt you wait like an hour to submit it

 

[elBato18]

Also, is it OK to leave the letters of evaluation section COMPLETELY blank? I mean, not filling anything out, just pressing continue and submitting the app. I guess what I'm getting at is how much of the LOR section can we edit after we submit? If I don't enter anything in for LORs (this includes assigning to med schools), can I do all that later?

this is from pg 78 of the AMCAS 2010 manual:

"Entering Letter information/assigning letters to medical schools after initial
submission or completion of the verification process:
Follow directions above for entering letter information and assigning letters to
medical schools, except after entering your information and/or assigning your letters,
you must go back to the main menu of your application and resubmit the application
to save the updated information."

So I would imagine you can leave the LORs section completely blank, submit your app, and when the secondaries come in, you can go and enter the people who will send LORs for you and assign them to schools.

I'm I right ?? anybody ??

 

[flip26]

this is from pg 78 of the AMCAS 2010 manual:

"Entering Letter information/assigning letters to medical schools after initial
submission or completion of the verification process:
Follow directions above for entering letter information and assigning letters to
medical schools, except after entering your information and/or assigning your letters,
you must go back to the main menu of your application and resubmit the application
to save the updated information."

So I would imagine you can leave the LORs section completely blank, submit your app, and when the secondaries come in, you can go and enter the people who will send LORs for you and assign them to schools.

I'm I right ?? anybody ??

Correct, but really this makes sense only if you are submitting early early (this week or next) AND your goal is to respond to secondaries ASAP, so I would take care of getting the LORs loaded into AMCAS asap, but yes, you can submit and leave the LOR section blank...

For the record: I submitted AMCAS on 6/2, and I have 3 of my 4 letters in Interfolio, waiting for the last one promised in the next few days. Once that happens, I will tackle the whole AMCAS LOR dealie...

 

[flip26]

If you misspelled a course name or gave a course name that is slightly different from the transcript does it cause major problems during the verification process?

AMCAS sez it is OK to modify course names slightly if it helps explain them better, but in general, the best rule of thumb is to put a "mirror copy" of your transcript into AMCAS, in the exact order the classes appear on your tranny...that is exactly what I did.

 

[derArzt]

Nobody has assigned letters to schools yet, right?

It seems like most schools don't want letters until secondaries, but AMCAS still sends out the ominous "Action Required" email when you don't assign them to any schools.

All of my letters have been received by AMCAS so far, so am I missing something else?


Yes, I've done a search 😉

 

[twoinone]

you can go ahead and assign letters to schools. The schools can read them whenever they want to.

 

[MaGs1Byh]

Ok this might be a really stupid question:

I worked at Abercrombie for 4 yrs and I basically took on a lot more responsibilities than the normal employee and even more so than the managers. I know that it is irrelev., but it was a consistent job throughout these years and encompassed constant interaction with people. In listing work experiences, would it not be wise to include it?

Thanks transmogrifier. My worry was that it is Abercrombie.

A more crucial concern:

My health professions advis. committee is preparing my committee letter packet with all of the LOR's to be distributed to the schools. HOWEVER, the system is absolutely horrible and THEY WON'T GET THE PACKETS OUT UNTIL AUGUST 31. so does that mean that if I submit my AMCAS app now, my application will not be complete until after August 31st????

 

[Transmogrifier]

Thanks transmogrifier. My worry was that it is Abercrombie.

A more crucial concern:

My health professions advis. committee is preparing my committee letter packet with all of the LOR's to be distributed to the schools. HOWEVER, the system is absolutely horrible and THEY WON'T GET THE PACKETS OUT UNTIL AUGUST 31. so does that mean that if I submit my AMCAS app now, my application will not be complete until after August 31st????

Ouch... this means your secondaries won't be complete until August 31, which means your file won't be reviewed for an interview invite until your letters are received.

I don't think this makes your app terribly late, but I certainly wouldn't call it early anymore. I'm sure many people have been accepted who had their files complete at the end of August. But don't give my opinions too much weight, I am just one successful applicant...

Strange that your pre-med committee doesn't have these done by say... now. They aren't doing their students any favors.

 

[texaslily]

Would Classics classes be classified as History, English Lang & Lit, or Other?

Some examples of classes: roman narrative literature, ancient medicine, classical mythology, classical literature.

I'm getting ready to submit and still not sure what to put.. maybe for the literature classes I can put English and for the more history-like classes I put History?

 

[Transmogrifier]

Would Classics classes be classified as History, English Lang & Lit, or Other?

Some examples of classes: roman narrative literature, ancient medicine, classical mythology, classical literature.

I'm getting ready to submit and still not sure what to put.. maybe for the literature classes I can put English and for the more history-like classes I put History?

That's a good bet. Put them where they fit best. And in the end it won't really matter.

 

[mvenus929]

Hey guys, I submitted my AMCAS on 6/3 and its awaiting verification. I just got my second semester grades and was wondering how I would go about updating my AMCAS. I cant change anything on the course section until its validated. I know that other people have similar situations so what should i do? I really don't want to delay my app.

You can't update that part of your application at all once you submit. The only sections you can update are contact information, LORs, and the medical schools section. You'll have to update your schools individually.

Nobody has assigned letters to schools yet, right?

I've already assigned all my letters to all the schools I've applied to thus far.

 

[Sillyshoes]

Sorry if this is a dumb question.
One of my classes is History of Evolutionary Thought. Can I say it's a biology class? It was a course through the Biology Department.

 

[gujuDoc]

Sorry if this is a dumb question.
One of my classes is History of Evolutionary Thought. Can I say it's a biology class? It was a course through the Biology Department.

Just classify it as you think it needs to be classified. if the verifiers think that's incorrect they'll fix the change when they get your app and start reviewing it.

 

[LAman10]

I sent in my CC transcript a while ago and it hasn't come in yet. I sent my university transcript around the same time and that came in already. At what point should I request another transcript from my CC? How long can it possibly take to get to AMCAS?

 

[LAman10]

If i have LORs sent individually to AMCAS, then when I assign to medical schools, do I have to pay PER LETTER? Or is there no fee to assign letters to medical schools. I ask this because I'm using my Career center (where all 6 of my LORs currently are) to send to AMCAS. 4 of the letters i definitely want to send to all my med schools, and the other 2 are for a specific requirement at one med school, so I don't want to send those to all my med schools necessarily. My options are:
1) Send all 6 individually to AMCAS (=6 letters) and then assign them each to a med school
2) Send 4 of them as a packet and the other 2 individually (=3 letters) and then assign them after that

If you have to pay for each individual letter to be mailed to each med school, I'd rather go for option 2 because I'd be paying for 1 letter for most schools (since amcas considers a packet as 1 letter), versus option 1, where I'd be paying for 4 letters for each school. what should i do? haha does this even make sense?

 

[mvenus929]

If i have LORs sent individually to AMCAS, then when I assign to medical schools, do I have to pay PER LETTER? Or is there no fee to assign letters to medical schools. I ask this because I'm using my Career center (where all 6 of my LORs currently are) to send to AMCAS. 4 of the letters i definitely want to send to all my med schools, and the other 2 are for a specific requirement at one med school, so I don't want to send those to all my med schools necessarily. My options are:
1) Send all 6 individually to AMCAS (=6 letters) and then assign them each to a med school
2) Send 4 of them as a packet and the other 2 individually (=3 letters) and then assign them after that

If you have to pay for each individual letter to be mailed to each med school, I'd rather go for option 2 because I'd be paying for 1 letter for most schools (since amcas considers a packet as 1 letter), versus option 1, where I'd be paying for 4 letters for each school. what should i do? haha does this even make sense?

The only fees you pay are whatever it costs you to get the letters to AMCAS in the first place.

 

[LAman10]

The only fees you pay are whatever it costs you to get the letters to AMCAS in the first place.

beautiful. so if my school sends letters to amcas at $5 a piece, I can send the 6 LORs individually and $30 is all I'll have to pay for LORs for the cycle?

 

[Appless]

Do Case and CCLCM share a primary? Two for the price of one?

yes

 

[mvenus929]

beautiful. so if my school sends letters to amcas at $5 a piece, I can send the 6 LORs individually and $30 is all I'll have to pay for LORs for the cycle?

Yup.

 

[LaCasta]

For my emergency department volunteering, I am certain I put the hours/week, organization name, and contact info, but all of that is blank now after I have submitted. Is this going to look bad at all? I don't think there is anything I can do about it though...

 

[wingiv]

For my emergency department volunteering, I am certain I put the hours/week, organization name, and contact info, but all of that is blank now after I have submitted. Is this going to look bad at all? I don't think there is anything I can do about it though...

I would try to contact AMCAS as soon as possible, but it seems like there is nothing you can do other than that if it's submitted.

 

[gujuDoc]

Do Case and CCLCM share a primary? Two for the price of one?

Yes. My guess is that they operate how Umiami and Umiami boca operate where you indicate on the secondary whether you want to apply to one of the two programs or both of them.

CCLCMer can verify whether or not that is correct though.

 

[LaCasta]

I've been verified, but I don't see the GPA AMCAS has calculated for me. Where do you find that?

 

[ProtonatedAlchy]

Real quick question someone can help me with before I submit this! (Hopefully today)

1) Should I check my premed mentor/committee letter person when I select schools? I thought this was done in secondaries

2) I changed majors last semester but it doesn't show on UNofficial transcript yet (Not sure about official). Should I be concerned this will hold up my app?

THANK YOU!!!

 

[gujuDoc]

Real quick question someone can help me with before I submit this! (Hopefully today)

1) Should I check my premed mentor/committee letter person when I select schools? I thought this was done in secondaries

2) I changed majors last semester but it doesn't show on UNofficial transcript yet (Not sure about official). Should I be concerned this will hold up my app?

THANK YOU!!!

For number 2. you will be ok I'm pretty sure

For number 1. You can send it to schools now when you select schools or change it later since this can be done post submission.

 

[ProtonatedAlchy]

Thank you! 🙂

 

[txprodigal]

I've been verified, but I don't see the GPA AMCAS has calculated for me. Where do you find that?

on the front page, click print application. it should be listed there under your course work.

 

[gujuDoc]

on the front page, click print application. it should be listed there under your course work.

Yup you have to go to the print application and get the pdf version. The pdf version will show all. they used to show it on the online version but got rid of that and decided to only show it on the pdf. It took me weeks and weeks to figure this out. I kid you not. LOL

 

[gujuDoc]

I've been verified, but I don't see the GPA AMCAS has calculated for me. Where do you find that?

PS It must feel good to be done with AMCAS. now for secondary time. You should consider looking up the prompts on the school discussion secondary pages for the schools you applied to so you can start getting your thoughts together.

 

[Phitenks]

With the new LOE service on the primary application, is there a way to state that the LOR is confidential?

I understand that if you use a lettering service, you have the ability to send in a form along with the LOE stating that you waive the right to view the letter. I don't see that option on the AMCAS routing form. So if I were to have a letter writer send directly to AMCAS and not a lettering service is it looked (sort of) down upon that it's not a confidential LOE (not that it isn't a confidential LOE, but that there isn't an option stating whether it is or not)?

 

[gujuDoc]

With the new LOE service on the primary application, is there a way to state that the LOR is confidential?

I understand that if you use a lettering service, you have the ability to send in a form along with the LOE stating that you waive the right to view the letter. I don't see that option on the AMCAS routing form. So if I were to have a letter writer send directly to AMCAS and not a lettering service is it looked (sort of) down upon that it's not a confidential LOE (not that it isn't a confidential LOE, but that there isn't an option stating whether it is or not)?

I'm not quite sure. I'd call the AMCAS office to find this out if there is nothing in the manual as I think most people I knew had sent it to interfolio first and then to AMCAS where they waived their rights via interfolio prior to routing it to amcas. That's how I did it anyhow.

 

[Phitenks]

I'm not quite sure. I'd call the AMCAS office to find this out if there is nothing in the manual as I think most people I knew had sent it to interfolio first and then to AMCAS where they waived their rights via interfolio prior to routing it to amcas. That's how I did it anyhow.

I did it your way for most of my letters. But there was one sent out really recently where I just figured it would be faster to send it to AMCAS directly. In hindsight, I shouldn't have done that. I talked to AMCAS this morning, but got an impatient person and the waiting time to talk is so long I don't want to call again. Le sigh. I'll probably call again Monday. But in the mean time, anybody else have ideas/suggestions?

Edit: Thanks though, gujuDoc. I appreciate your help. 🙂

 

[gujuDoc]

I did it your way for most of my letters. But there was one sent out really recently where I just figured it would be faster to send it to AMCAS directly. In hindsight, I shouldn't have done that. I talked to AMCAS this morning, but got an impatient person and the waiting time to talk is so long I don't want to call again. Le sigh. I'll probably call again Monday. But in the mean time, anybody else have ideas/suggestions?

Edit: Thanks though, gujuDoc. I appreciate your help. 🙂

No problema. Sorry no other suggestions.

 

[Toadsworth]

So I just found out today, kind of out of nowhere, that I am going to shadow one of the orthopedic surgeons (chief resident) that works in my research lab in the next 2 weeks. I'm sure this is going to be something that I will really enjoy and would love to talk about. My issue is that I submitted my primary application on June 3rd... Will there be more opportunities to show/talk about this experience?

 

[witness23]

So I just found out today, kind of out of nowhere, that I am going to shadow one of the orthopedic surgeons (chief resident) that works in my research lab in the next 2 weeks. I'm sure this is going to be something that I will really enjoy and would love to talk about. My issue is that I submitted my primary application on June 3rd... Will there be more opportunities to show/talk about this experience?

Sure. Possibilities include secondaries, update letters, and the interviews. No benefit in worrying about leaving it from your primary now, but it is good to be aware that you have a great opportunity coming up that could help you learn a bit more about medicine and assist in articulating your motivations/goals.

 

[gujuDoc]

So I just found out today, kind of out of nowhere, that I am going to shadow one of the orthopedic surgeons (chief resident) that works in my research lab in the next 2 weeks. I'm sure this is going to be something that I will really enjoy and would love to talk about. My issue is that I submitted my primary application on June 3rd... Will there be more opportunities to show/talk about this experience?

A lot of secondaries have space to talk about extra information you want to give them not on amcas. Some use it to talk about grade fluctuations or how they are diverse. others use it to talk about extra things they've done. Some will even out right ask to list things you've done not on amcas or speak of a clinical activity that was important to you so you could put it there. if not the other option is to write a letter of update and send it out to all your schools either via snail mail or email.

 

[osumc2014]

Question: for filling out the courses section, I wrote out the course names on the AMCAS app while on the official transcript, the names are abbreviated because of lack of space (ie leave out vows, etc). Is it ok if I wrote it out? I didn't know if AMCAS just wants an exact copy of the Transcript or what, I feel like the full name would help them understand what the class is?

Thanks!

 

[flip26]

Question: for filling out the courses section, I wrote out the course names on the AMCAS app while on the official transcript, the names are abbreviated because of lack of space (ie leave out vows, etc). Is it ok if I wrote it out? I didn't know if AMCAS just wants an exact copy of the Transcript or what, I feel like the full name would help them understand what the class is?

Thanks!

It shouldn't matter, but I talked to the AMCAS help line and they said it is best to do it verbatim.

Remember, it is a human who is comparing your transcripts to what you input - I figured it is better to make it as easy as possible for the reader.

 

[OMSTR]

I know this has kinda been asked before, but I'm still a bit uncertain about this whole issue.

Okay so on the AMCAS form there is obviously section number 6: Letter of Evaluation, I am using Interfolio to collect all my LORs (I am still waiting on half of them!!!!) and I don't understand if I need to fill this section out since it is only for AMCAS letter service purposes. Do I just leave this entire seciton blank/incomplete and then when I get secondaries have Interfolio deliever the LORs to AMCAS? Or does Interfolio send it to each school individually? I rather them just send it to AMCAS once and have them forward them on to each individual school, since each deliver costs me money I don't have, lol. I am so confused. Or should I just enter in the contact information into section 6 of the form (so at least it doesn't say incomplete) and then have Interfolio forward my letters onto AMCAS. AHHHHH!!!! I want to turn my AMCAS primary in now and this is the only thing holding me back!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[gujuDoc]

I know this has kinda been asked before, but I'm still a bit uncertain about this whole issue.

Okay so on the AMCAS form there is obviously section number 6: Letter of Evaluation, I am using Interfolio to collect all my LORs (I am still waiting on half of them!!!!) and I don't understand if I need to fill this section out since it is only for AMCAS letter service purposes. Do I just leave this entire seciton blank/incomplete and then when I get secondaries have Interfolio deliever the LORs to AMCAS? Or does Interfolio send it to each school individually? I rather them just send it to AMCAS once and have them forward them on to each individual school, since each deliver costs me money I don't have, lol. I am so confused. Or should I just enter in the contact information into section 6 of the form (so at least it doesn't say incomplete) and then have Interfolio forward my letters onto AMCAS. AHHHHH!!!! I want to turn my AMCAS primary in now and this is the only thing holding me back!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well most of the schools require you to use AMCAS letter service now. So what you will do is fill it out and then put the AMCAS letter ID on it when you send it to AMCAS via interfolio. In other words, you will have to send them all to AMCAS from interfolio which is what I did. Schools will probably not accept it via interfolio if they've asked to participate in amcas but you can remedy this by sending letters from interfolio directly to amcas. Look at the bright side, you will save a lot of money.

You will only have to pay interfolio another 4 dollar fee to send it to amcas all at once. that's what I did since I used interfolio for most of my schools last year where there were only a handful of schools that used amcas letter service. this year only a handful are not using it. haha

 

[osumc2014]

I know this has kinda been asked before, but I'm still a bit uncertain about this whole issue.

Okay so on the AMCAS form there is obviously section number 6: Letter of Evaluation, I am using Interfolio to collect all my LORs (I am still waiting on half of them!!!!) and I don't understand if I need to fill this section out since it is only for AMCAS letter service purposes. Do I just leave this entire seciton blank/incomplete and then when I get secondaries have Interfolio deliever the LORs to AMCAS? Or does Interfolio send it to each school individually? I rather them just send it to AMCAS once and have them forward them on to each individual school, since each deliver costs me money I don't have, lol. I am so confused. Or should I just enter in the contact information into section 6 of the form (so at least it doesn't say incomplete) and then have Interfolio forward my letters onto AMCAS. AHHHHH!!!! I want to turn my AMCAS primary in now and this is the only thing holding me back!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Yes this is a reoccurring theme on this thread lol. You do NOT have to have this section filled out to submit primaries. You can just leave it all blank and hit continue and you'll be complete in this section. I would recommend, however, that you send your letters to AMCAS via interfolio as soon as you get them so you can send them out for secondaries on time if you want to be first wave to be offered interviews. Best of luck!