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There are two items about the application we want to bring to your
>attention this evening.
>
>1) The first is a bug that has been reported by several applicants in the
>section of the application for designating medical schools. After
>successfully designating a number of medical schools for receipt of the
>application, and paying, certifying and submitting the application, a few
>students have noticed that 3-4 school designations were dropped from their
>application. However, the fee remained constant, reflecting the number of
>schools originally designated.
>
>This bug has been reported to our developers for corrective action. We
>will let you know as soon as corrective code is posted and will provide
>applicants with a status update on this issue on Wednesday.
>
>2) The second item has to do with the section of the application in which
>applicants enter coursework and are prompted first to enter the school,
>year and term. They experience confusion when distinguishing between
>calendar year and academic year entries. We encourage you to cut and
>paste the following instructions (which we e-mail frequently to
>applicants):
>
>When entering coursework:
>
>*Enter the calendar year in which you attempted the course in the calendar
>year field; then select the term.
>
>AMCAS assumes the academic year begins with the summer term and ends with
>the spring term. For example, the 1998 academic year begins with Summer
>1998, and continues through Fall 1998, Winter 1998/99, and Spring 1999.
>For each of these terms, "98" is the appropriate AMCAS academic year.
>
>AMCAS assumes further that for schools on the quarter system [or
>Trimesters, as Carleton - CTR], the winter quarter begins in the calendar
>month of December. If a school winter quarter actually starts in January,
>the applicant should enter the calendar year as though the quarter starts
>in December. For example, if a school's winter quarter began in January,
>1999, the applicant should select calendar December, 1998 in order to
>effect inclusion of that winter quarter in the proper academic year of
>1998.
>
>*The AMCAS application will automatically convert calendar year entries to
>the appropriate AMCAS academic year to be included on the Academic Record
>portion of the application.
>
>Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
>
>Nancy Tillinghast, AMCAS Director
>[email protected]
>attention this evening.
>
>1) The first is a bug that has been reported by several applicants in the
>section of the application for designating medical schools. After
>successfully designating a number of medical schools for receipt of the
>application, and paying, certifying and submitting the application, a few
>students have noticed that 3-4 school designations were dropped from their
>application. However, the fee remained constant, reflecting the number of
>schools originally designated.
>
>This bug has been reported to our developers for corrective action. We
>will let you know as soon as corrective code is posted and will provide
>applicants with a status update on this issue on Wednesday.
>
>2) The second item has to do with the section of the application in which
>applicants enter coursework and are prompted first to enter the school,
>year and term. They experience confusion when distinguishing between
>calendar year and academic year entries. We encourage you to cut and
>paste the following instructions (which we e-mail frequently to
>applicants):
>
>When entering coursework:
>
>*Enter the calendar year in which you attempted the course in the calendar
>year field; then select the term.
>
>AMCAS assumes the academic year begins with the summer term and ends with
>the spring term. For example, the 1998 academic year begins with Summer
>1998, and continues through Fall 1998, Winter 1998/99, and Spring 1999.
>For each of these terms, "98" is the appropriate AMCAS academic year.
>
>AMCAS assumes further that for schools on the quarter system [or
>Trimesters, as Carleton - CTR], the winter quarter begins in the calendar
>month of December. If a school winter quarter actually starts in January,
>the applicant should enter the calendar year as though the quarter starts
>in December. For example, if a school's winter quarter began in January,
>1999, the applicant should select calendar December, 1998 in order to
>effect inclusion of that winter quarter in the proper academic year of
>1998.
>
>*The AMCAS application will automatically convert calendar year entries to
>the appropriate AMCAS academic year to be included on the Academic Record
>portion of the application.
>
>Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
>
>Nancy Tillinghast, AMCAS Director
>[email protected]