Is it a bad idea to...

[PosterY]

...sign up on AAMC.ORG a year or two early, so you can get a general idea about what the application is like?

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[premeddick]

If you handle the rigors of premed, the MCAT and doing all the extra curriculars, then I am pretty sure you can log on when the application becomes available in may and have it ready to submit in June without having to try it out a year or two early.

 

[bananaboat]

If you handle the rigors of premed, the MCAT and doing all the extra curriculars, then I am pretty sure you can log on when the application becomes available in may and have it ready to submit in June without having to try it out a year or two early.

if you just want to get a sense of what you'll have to do, google AMCAS, and go to AMCAS support --> check out the AMCAS worksheet ...and it pretty much shows you everything you'll have to fill out.

dont be too nervous. its really not that bad!!

 

[PosterY]

Actually, besides the plain curiosity, I wanted to get a feel of how GPAs are calculated (particularly if one has both semester and quarter courses). Also, my school replaces the original grade for a repeated course by 'RP' and I would really like to know how the AMCAS handles that... Do they automatically assign Fs?

 

[MirrorTodd]

Actually, besides the plain curiosity, I wanted to get a feel of how GPAs are calculated (particularly if one has both semester and quarter courses). Also, my school replaces the original grade for a repeated course by 'RP' and I would really like to know how the AAMC handles that... Do they automatically assign Fs? I missed an exam in one of my courses and I might have to retake :/

Not too sure about that. Perhaps it's averaged in similar to a W? You could try to search through the billions of threads about this from the past or wait for an answer here. Whichever you prefer. As to your original question, I would just wait a couple of years. My GPA is bad enough that I don't want to know what AMCAS would do to it. Don't you know what curiosity did to the cat? It killed it.

 

[mrjbb]

I agree with above poster. Just wait a 1 or two in order to get started on your AMCAS, because your grades now may not be the grades you have in two years. Like today you may have a 3.8 GPA and in two years beause of circumstances a 2.7 GPA (hope that does not happen though) so wait it out and maybe in two years you'll say i.e. "Thank God I didn't start my AMCAS to early".

 

[Depakote]

Actually, besides the plain curiosity, I wanted to get a feel of how GPAs are calculated (particularly if one has both semester and quarter courses). Also, my school replaces the original grade for a repeated course by 'RP' and I would really like to know how the AMCAS handles that... Do they automatically assign Fs?

I don't know exactly how your school does things, but I doubt that it would become an F. If the grade is on your transcript anywhere, it will be averaged....

See if this helps at all.