Yes, you are totally fine. Many people submit without letters because they don't have them yet. They assign them after they arrive, which is exactly the same as you assigning them later even though your letters have already arrived.
Yes! I am having this issue as well when trying to submit today. Did you ever get the problem resolved?
You are correct and they are wrong. I have little doubt that they have a bunch of barely above minimum wage workers doing this from home, based on the fact that completions are being reported throughout a holiday weekend, so, it is what it is.
I've been thinking about this since yesterday, and I'm pretty sure I figured out what is going on. You are absolutely correct regarding what the applicant guide says to do with the class you already received AP credit for. However, before that, in the same section, in bold, it says that the Repeat selection applies to each completed attempt for any course attempted more than once. Even though this makes no sense, is counterintuitive, and is not what the colleges do, AMCAS apparently expects us to code both the first and second classes as repeats, and not just the first. Hope this helps!!
Yep I am too. There's a message on the home page that says the print service is undergoing issues. I really hope they fix it soon
Just called and they said they don’t know when it will be fixed, but probably by Monday :/
Yes.
Nope. Your understanding is correct. Everything has to go through your school. If your school doesn't use Parchment or National Clearinghouse, then they have to send a paper transcript. NOTHING can come directly from you under any circumstances.
My advice is to not tailor your application to what you think someone will want to see. There are MANY positive attributes to Greek life, and your story sounds great. IMHO, you'll do more harm than good masking what truly makes you special in order to create a watered down or fake narrative to remove any risk of offending the biased or uninformed.
Thank you for your advice, it's really helpful! Definitely see your point about the research MME not really being about research/the prompt - think I just get caught up in how awesome she is sometimes hahMy advice is to not tailor your application to what you think someone will want to see. There are MANY positive attributes to Greek life, and your story sounds great. IMHO, you'll do more harm than good masking what truly makes you special in order to create a watered down or fake narrative to remove any risk of offending the biased or uninformed.
As to your second question, it is your application, and you should be real and speak from your heart, but I'm not in love with it. I'm not a female, so my perspective might be irrelevant, and I'm not suggesting that you ignore my advice in the previous paragraph and tailor you statements to an ignorant male audience.
OTOH, observing a PI live a life that speaks to you as a prospective female MD does not really answer the prompt describing why the activity was meaningful, so it doesn't really say anything to me beyond the fact that you apparently had an epiphany and realized that successful professional women can achieve a work/life balance. Of course, this has absolutely nothing at all to do with research.
Outside my knowledge base, sorry
I don't work for AMCAS, so I only know what I've seen personally and what has been reported here. I am going to take a stab at it so you can come back and thank me if I am right, and I can say I told you I didn't know anything if I am wrong.
Just try to chill in the meantime.
Yep yep.I don't work for AMCAS, so I only know what I've seen personally and what has been reported here. I am going to take a stab at it so you can come back and thank me if I am right, and I can say I told you I didn't know anything if I am wrong.
I am 99% sure you will be 100% fine, and your application will not be returned. Are you saying you left the OT column blank instead of entering NG for each grade? If so, they will make the correction, as many times as necessary, and mark you processed, complete, whatever. It's a cosmetic issue that does not impact anything. They are not going to refuse to verify you and send you back to the end of the queue over this.
The only bad news is that they are still processing applications submitted on 5/27, so it's going to be a while until you can see that I'm right!
You're fine. I'm sticking by what I said. It's not substantive. They will correct it and verify you.
Thanks for the assurance -- crossing my fingers
Thanks!! You too!!!
You should be able to figure this out without any outside help
I never bothered to transfer the credits as I attended due to personal interest rather than needing the courses for school. Would I be required to add anything about the experience to the Schools Attended/Course Work sections of the application?
TBH, I'd call AMCAS to verify this, but, it looks like they want EVERYTHING. I say this because they refer to places like Bartending schools in the applicant guide! In that case, the course would be processed with a symbol indicating that it doesn't count in GPA. Since your courses were eligible for transfer to some schools, my guess is not only that AMCAS will want it, but that they will actually include it in your calculated GPA.
Congratulations -- wrong thread!!!
In the "Paid for Post-Secondary Education" section, consider the cost before financial aid. So if the original total cost was $200K and you got $50K in financial need-based scholarships, then that is 25% of how you covered the total educational costs.
From page 31 of the AMCAS Applicant Guide:
That works perfectly, but capitalize each word for a "better look."
If they were college classes, AMCAS will count it toward the beginning your freshman year, even though the institution counts it toward the end of an academic year.
Yes.
The College Registrar is a good objective Contact to consider, who can attest to most of these recognitions.
At risk of sounding like one of our revered adcoms, I don't think it matters. There really, honestly, truly, are NOT any prizes awarded for being first. 6/25 is early. So is 6/30, 7/10, 7/30, etc. You are way better off doing what you did, and holding it until was ready, even at the risk of missing 6/25.
You could use the payroll office that issues your check. Or use yourself if you are an independent contractor, using your own car.
| Class Category | Class Number | Class Name | Credits | Grade |
| BIO | 120 | General Biology I | 4 | B |
| BIO | 120L | General Biology I Lab | 0 | LB |
That's weird, but playing it safe dictates listing it exactly as it appears on your transcript. If AMCAS doesn't like it, they will make the adjustment during verification.
"Do not select Repeat for courses designed to be repeated."
