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Does anybody know if any medical schools are conducting virtual interviews this cycle due to coronavirus? If so, what medical school schools are currently doing that for this cycle?
Assume all medical schools will be doing so for the 2020=2021 cycleDoes anybody know if any medical schools are conducting virtual interviews this cycle due to coronavirus? If so, what medical school schools are currently doing that for this cycle?
Assume all medical schools will be doing so for the 2020=2021 cycle
that is correctGreat. Thank you. Also, just to confirm, if you resubmit your application since you have to add another letter of recommendation that does not change your queue in line for verification right? You’re still at the same position?
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For the activities section I want to describe my clinical volunteering I've done at a few hospitals. I volunteered at around 3 locations pretty evenly, and I've amassed around ~300 hours. How should I go about consolidating them into one activity for the AMCAS? Should I just have a general description of volunteering (it was pretty much the same responsibilities at each facility) and should I just pick the most recent hospital to list as the contact? I'm just concerned that no one volunteer coordinator could confirm my 300 hours, since I've done around 100 each for each hospital.
For the activities section I want to describe my clinical volunteering I've done at a few hospitals. I volunteered at around 3 locations pretty evenly, and I've amassed around ~300 hours. How should I go about consolidating them into one activity for the AMCAS? Should I just have a general description of volunteering (it was pretty much the same responsibilities at each facility) and should I just pick the most recent hospital to list as the contact? I'm just concerned that no one volunteer coordinator could confirm my 300 hours, since I've done around 100 each for each hospital.
-Title: Multiple Hospital Volunteer Positions.You can do this a few ways. I suggest if they are all similar you somehow title/heading/organization with all hospitals (eg Hospital A/Hospital B), put total hours, you can use the repeat the function for dates or simply overall beginning and end dates. Open with
"Volunteered with similar duties at:
Hospital A (dates / hourses
Hospital B (dates/hours contact name/phone
Hospital C (dates/hours contact name/phone
Then describe
@Catalystik can likely give a better way to do this
Do you have to resubmit your application if you added one more letter of recommendation? If so, how do you do that? AMCAS says they received my letter of recommendation, but there's no place to resubmit it; when I hover over it, it doesn't allow me to resubmit it. FYI I originally submitted my application on 6/18 and it has been marked "Review for review" since then. Thanks.that is correct
Do you have to resubmit your application if you added one more letter of recommendation? If so, how do you do that? AMCAS says they received my letter of recommendation, but there's no place to resubmit it; when I hover over it, it doesn't allow me to resubmit it. FYI I originally submitted my application on 6/18 and it has been marked "Review for review" since then. Thanks.
1) You do not need letters in order for application to be transmittedHi all, so I'm running into an issue with a letter writer. I have 4 letters but am waiting for a science letter to come in, he said he'll have it in today but I'm worried by the time its sent in and received by AMCAS it'll be too late for the first wave of apps sent out. Is it possible to assign the letters I have to schools and submit those ones to schools and then add his on to schools that require 2 science letters?
Or should they mainly just be in by the time secondaries are submitted? i.e in a week or so
yesOn the part of the AMCAS app about "Childhood Information", am I correct in interpreting the yes/no question about "Family Assistance Programs" as pertaining to the childhood period of the applicant, not to that of his/her parents?
Thay would be fineHi! On secondaries, would you recommend that abbreviations be redefined in each individual essay for a particular school, or is okay to write out something like "emergency department (ED)" in the first essay and then use only "ED" if/when I include it in another essay from the same school? Thanks!
Unless there is a question on "What else would you like to tell us" or "future plans" there really isnt place to put this in secondary, And if you do have those questions I would just note 1 or 2 lines that say "after being furloughed due to COVID-19, Irecently returned to a reseach postion XXX that I have described previously described in my AMCAS Primary Application. I projecting an additonally XXX hours for a total of YYY in this lab"Hi! So at the time of my primary application, I didn't put projected hours on my work and activities for a research position I began in February because I ended up being furloughed in June because of COVID 19 (date to be brought back was TBD at the time & didn't want to lie..). I was recently told that I'd be brought back and I'll be working full time again...how should I describe this / the expected hours I plan on completing in my secondaries? And will this hurt me because I didn't put the projected hours? Thanks!
Hi all, I'm writing with a deep sense of panic and would love any and all advice. I took two english courses at a community college in 2011-2012 when I was a sophomore in high school. That was the year a parent had some severe health problems and there was a lot going on and I honestly can't remember a lot from that year.
A week ago, I was talking to my mom and she mentioned she heard the CC I took these classes at had closed. I was beyond horrified because I completely forgot I ever took classes there, and submitted my AMCAS without it. We weren't sure if I was ever formally enrolled (or just sitting in), so I asked the registrar of the nearby CC that took over their files. She said it was unlikely that I had a transcript. So, my verified AMCAS went out to schools on the first date of transmission.
Today, I unexpectedly received a transcript from the registrar. I apparently got two A+s on the english classes. I would have of course sent in this transcript, I just completely forgot this ever happened, and now I'm just really horrified at what it will mean for my AMCAS. What do I do? Since my AMCAS has already been verified and sent out, does this mean AMCAS will withdraw my app? I can't put into words how horrified I am, and I can't believe that I would make this mistake after all the work I put into this application. Any and all advice would be really welcome, thank you so much in advance. @gonnif @LizzyM
Hello
I’m in the process of submitting my transcripts. AMCAS has received one from my main institution but im confused about my CC transcripts. They have eTranscript option and so I used that. I also attached a Transcript Request form. AMCAS directions concerning eTranscripts really confuse me, I am not sure I did this correctly?
also, I’m enrolled in an smp right now, taking upper level science and math courses. Will my app still be verifiEd without sending a transcript from this school? Because obviously I can’t right now because we are still in the middle of the 1st semester.
Thank you so much for clarification. I was able to get everything sorted! All my transcripts have been received now, except from my SMP but they have sent me an email and said they are currently reviewing it to see if it will be waived because obviously it has to be. I don’t know why mine didn’t pop up as “not required” like other people I know. Thank you so much!1) The eTranscript option at your school may not follow the "standard" way of AMCAS accepting these transcripts. If the school did not have approval for etranscripts prior to this cycle, then the registrar needs to email AMCAS for instructions
Registrars Only: If you would like the transcript email or fax instructions, contact [email protected] with the subject line “Instructions.”
2) SMP does not need transcript for current class
You can change address on AMCAS after verification I believeI was verified yesterday. The address I put on my AMCAS was an address that I was supposed to be living in now but I found out last week that I will actually be living at my current address for longer instead (until January).How do I/can I change the address on my verified application?
Yes1. In my schools attended section...
I took classes through a community college while in high school. Does AMCAS consider community college a "jr college"? Just want to make sure I enter it right.
2. TA'd biochem, but got a grade for it so it is on my transcript with the biochem course code. Do i enter it as "chemistry" or "other"?
Self-explanatory3. my thesis seminar is on my transcript for fall and spring, but the same course code so my transcript makes it "repeated." AMCAS app guide says not to put it as repeated. however, it was p/f and for 0 credits. is there any special code i need to add? deferred grade? exempt? or is it self explanatory as is?
How about starting a new sentenceSince em dashes are considered special characters and I can't insert them in my PS, would using 2 dashes as an em dash look unprofessional? Are there other good substitutions for this?
Good point...do you think it would be detrimental do just use '-' if I had to with my sentence structure as is?How about starting a new sentence![]()
I think it is more detrimental to delay finishing your essay over a favorite punctuation mark. I'm not trying to be sassy here, but reminding you to let trivial things go and address the big picture.Good point...do you think it would be detrimental do just use '-' if I had to with my sentence structure as is?
Please post this i WAMC and remove hereIs this the right thread to ask for advice about a school list?
I've already submitted my application but I am second-guessing a few of the schools I submitted to and am wondering if there are a couple of others I should throw into the mix. I've already applied to 32 which I know is a lot and I am currently working on secondaries. Advice is appreciated:
Male/white
AZ resident
cGPA: 3.61 (big upward trend)
sGPA: 3.58 (big upward trend)
MCAT: 514 (129/127/130/128)
Clinical experience: 80 hours Hospital/ER cut short due to COVID; would have 150
Non-clinical experience: 125 hours total
Shadowing experience: 50 hours;
40 hours orthopedic/hand surgery (two different outpatient centers, two different clinics)
10 hours aesthetic/reconstructive surgery
spring/summer shadowing canceled due to COVID
Research: 975 total hours: 2 different labs, 2 posters; I was awarded a research scholarship at my undergraduate institution to collaborate with a professor on a project.
Summer research position canceled due to COVID
Extracurriculars: D1 soccer my freshman year which I quit in order to focus on academics and pursue pre-med and other activities. Club soccer (captain) sophomore year to present.
Honoraries for pre-health and history (I am a Biology/History major)
School List:
State Schools
University of AZ - Tucson
University of AZ - Phx campus
Albany
Wake Forest
Miami
SLU
Creighton
Iowa
Loma Linda
Wayne
Jefferson
Loyola
Nova
MCW
NYMC
West Virginia
Colorado ? (Wondering if this may be a reach)
V Tech ?
Maryland
Tulane
Quinnipiac
Vermont ?
Virginia Commonwealth
Wright
Oakland
Seton Hall
Eastern Virginia
Florida Atlantic ? (I added this last minute over USF which I now question. Thought they were OOS friendly but wondering now.)
TCU
UCF
Rush
Greenville
Schools do not have to wait for a planned MCAT score. I would suggest waiting to send secondariesWondering if schools will wait for new updated MCAT scores this cycle or will they go ahead and evaluate your application if it is technically "complete"? Retaking on August 29th and wondering if I should go ahead and send in secondaries so I'm not late or wait until I have a new score to submit them and complete my application in Mid-Sept. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
1. Applicants get way, way, way too focused on a single metric like GPA. While UG sGPA (BCPM) is the primary metric as it has at least a very rough standard across all applicants, schools will take into account grade trends. post-bacc, SMP, and, to a much lesser and widely varying extent, other graduate GPA. However, this is specific by individual school and all schools will at least screen AMCAS Primary beyond a formalistic calculation of metrics
2. With such a low UG GPA and such a highly improved grad, post-bacc, and MCAT metrics, you need to address this VERY BRIEFLY in PS (in less than 1 sentence) and make a statement that your grad/postbacc GPA and MCAT are much more representative of your academic ability. You should have used this "effective" GPA and MCAT when targeting schools
3. I am more concerned with leaving a PhD program. Medical schools look for a pattern of motivation, commitment, and achievement, and you are weak on all three. This is especially true of commitment: if you weren't going to stay and finish a PhD you decided to start, how can they be sure you will stay and complete the lengthy and arguably more difficult training of medical school and residency.
1) in your PS I suggest a VERY BRIEF phrase that "my latest nearly 130 hours of coursework at a 3.9 GPA and a 520 MCAT is representative of my academic ability" or something along those lines preferably more concise than aboveThank you so much for your reply! Just to clarify when you speak of the "effective GPA" you suggest I target schools with, are you suggesting I use my true combined with the improvement, or think of it more as my improved GPA (last 127 hours of coursework since undergrad is a 3.94, with 37 of those hours being science and a 4.0)?
1) in your PS I suggest a VERY BRIEF phrase that "my latest nearly 130 hours of coursework at a 3.9 GPA and a 520 MCAT is representative of my academic ability" or something along those lines preferably more concise than above
2) your improvement is more of a guide. You should think of your effective GPA as a 3.75-3.85
wont cause an issue, update addressI’ve already been verified and am submitting secondaries. I moved to an apartment that I was not originally planning to and my address on AMCAS is not a place that I will be living. I need to update this address to my current one. If I update this on my AMCAS now will I be unverified? Will it cause any issues? It is the same state of legal residence as I declared
YesAre IB classes/tests entered the same way as AP classes?
AMCAS is correct. Since you were awarded credit outside of a class, it is treated like AP .... all special course types are treated like thisI have 8 hours of exemption credit in a foreign language that AMCAS changed from "exemption" to "advanced placement," I think because my school gave me actual credit hours (P/F) for the courses. The exemption was awarded after a foreign language placement test before starting my freshman year. I just used it to get into 3rd semester french instead of starting with 1st. Is this worth an academic change request?
Yes@gonnif In your opinion is being complete by Oct 1st still considered on time for most programs?
for some who has not submitted their primary yet it is pretty comforting that he said yes@gonnif In your opinion is being complete by Oct 1st still considered on time for most programs?
I'm right there with you. Take my MCAT August 8th. Will finish my primary in the following week. Mid August submission. Verification is going to be rough.for some who has not submitted their primary yet it is pretty comforting that he said yes