Here is link that HPA offices across UGs are compiling together for P/F treatment by medical schools. Remove the '...remove...' before docs for actual link
Here's the MSAR list of COVID-19 policies for each med school organized by state, it's up to date and continues to be updated regularly. I used it to help guide my decision!
Another bureaucratic red tape. Wonder what is intellectual property in that document that only pre-health advisor should know but not applicants?
That's all well and good, and I would never advocate anyone breaking any rules, but why should an advisor have access to information that actual applicants don't have? To protect MSAR subscription fees?
It's all proprietary, and they want you to pay for it through MSAR.
Agree its proprietary, but the tile cited here states 'intellectual property'. What is intellectual in the information? Document is about Admission policies and information. Doesn't AAMC wants applicants to know about admission policies or just see through advisor lens only? Imagine UG students where pre-health advisor is a luxury.
The proprietary compilation is intellectual property. AAMC gathered it, compiled it, published it, owns it, and offers it for sale. The same as the information in the New York Times everyday.
I don't see any confidential, trade secrets or any other info that would give AAMC competitive edge in market (because market is non-competitive for AAMC). It seems word intellect doesn't make sense in profiling that document. Other documents like 'Secondary Application Policies' are also titled same way, why an applicant has to go to advisor to know and understand secondary application policy for a school? The word 'Intellectual Property' is very loosely used for compiled information.
What don't you understand? AAMC gathers all sorts of information regarding the application process, and SELLS it in a subscription service known as Medical School Admission Requirements. The document that was linked is a compilation from that service. I agree that it SHOULD be made available to all of us for free, or to none of us, but it isn't. Advisors get it, for free, because it makes their lives easier. AAMC doesn't want us to have it, because then we would have one less reason to pay for the subscription. What don't you understand?
My argument is not about paid/free. AAMC can charge whatever they deemed appropriate. Rather the word 'Intellect Property' that is used so loose and generic way. I will rest that discussion now.What don't you understand? AAMC gathers all sorts of information regarding the application process, and SELLS it in a subscription service known as Medical School Admission Requirements. The document that was linked is a compilation from that service. I agree that it SHOULD be made available to all of us for free, or to none of us, but it isn't. Advisors get it, for free, because it makes their lives easier. AAMC doesn't want us to have it, because then we would have one less reason to pay for the subscription. What don't you understand?
You don't think there is anything "intellectual" about it? So, quit whatever it is you do with your time and devote yourself to gathering all of the non-confidential information contained therein. What the New York Times publishes everyday is also not a trade secret - in, fact, wide dissemination of the information is the very reason for its existence. That doesn't mean you can have it without paying, just because news of whatever Trump is up to at the moment is not a trade secret!
MSAR made a lot of their information available to anyone for free due to COVID-19, including this sheet- which is why I shared it! It doesn’t require a paid subscription to view and the pdf link was taken directly from their site. I don’t think there should be any problems with sharing the link but I can always edit it out of my reply if there are concerns.
