Prescreening Before Secondaries Thread

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Just wondering, do we have a thread devoted to which schools prescreen before sending out secondaries? I want to know so I can start working on them ahead of time.

If no such thread exists, let's create it here?
 
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Just wondering, do we have a thread devoted to which schools prescreen before sending out secondaries? I want to know so I can start working on them ahead of time.

If no such thread exists, let's create it here?
VCU, Wake Forest
 
Okay, let's do this here then. Update any schools you know and add to the list (or just post here and I will).


Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – ??
Cornell – ??
Dartmouth – ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??
Georgetown – ??
Mayo – ??
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – ??
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – ??
Pritzker – No prescreen
St. Louis University – ??
University of Maryland – ??
UPenn – ??
University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – ??
Vanderbilt - ??
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreens
Wake Forest - Prescreens

WashU – ??
Yale - ??
 
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Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Dartmouth – ??
Drexel - ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - ??
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – ??
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - ??
Rush - ??
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – ??
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - ??
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Iowa (Carver) - ?
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Screens
Virginia Commonwealth University - DOES prescreen
Wake Forest - Screens?
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
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so schools that have "no prescreen" means that they send secondaries to anyone who applies? i had just always assumed that there was prelim screening process every , guess i was wrong
 
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Basically.

Color-coded:

Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??

Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Dartmouth – ??
Drexel - ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??

Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen

Jefferson - ??
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – ??

Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen

Rosalind Franklin - ??
Rush - ??

Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – ??
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - ??
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Iowa (Carver) - ?
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen

University of Vermont – ??
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen

Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen


Thanks, Myuuchan!

How does Mayo screen twice?
 
so schools that have "no prescreen" means that they send secondaries to anyone who applies? i had just always assumed that there was prelim screening process every , guess i was wrong

Most schools don't screen. Only a handful actually do, but that handful can save you some money if they won't let you in.:laugh:
 
How does Mayo screen twice?

It would appear that they do a basic numbers screen before sending you an email asking you to pay $85 so they can really screen your application.

PS. Updated earlier post, sorry!
 
Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??

Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - ??
Duke – ??
Emory – ??

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen

Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – ??

Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen

Rosalind Franklin - ??
Rush - ??

Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – ??
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Iowa (Carver) - ?
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen

University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen

Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
It would appear that they do a basic numbers screen before sending you an email asking you to pay $85 so they can really screen your application.

PS. Updated earlier post, sorry!

then do you have to pay an additional fee for the secondary?

Mayo is sounding really unappealing at this point
 
ps. all the UC's prescreen, didn't see the UC's up yet
 
then do you have to pay an additional fee for the secondary?

Mayo is sounding really unappealing at this point

No...you pay the $85 fee (I think it's $85 anyway) and that's in for fees.
 
Albany Medical College – ??
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - ??
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – ??

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) – ??
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - ??
Rush - ??
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
How do secondaries for interviews work? Are they actually ranked, or just used to ask you questions?
 
How do secondaries for interviews work? Are they actually ranked, or just used to ask you questions?


I doubt the secondaries are "ranked", although some schools do assign you a "ranking" (a number based on voting) either before the interview, or after the interview, or both.

Secondaries often serve to paint a better picture of who you are (or at least who you want the adcom to think you are), and can help them decide who to interview and who not to interview based on more than MCAT/GPA and personal statement. Of course, some secondaries have no essays and simply ask for you money.
 
I doubt the secondaries are "ranked", although some schools do assign you a "ranking" (a number based on voting) either before the interview, or after the interview, or both.

Secondaries often serve to paint a better picture of who you are (or at least who you want the adcom to think you are), and can help them decide who to interview and who not to interview based on more than MCAT/GPA and personal statement. Of course, some secondaries have no essays and simply ask for you money.


Well, that would be a standard secondary. I was referring to secondaries that are only asked for after you've already been granted an interview (what the list has down as "secondaries for interviewees").


Also, BUMP!
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve -??
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – ??

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – ??
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen

If you look in the MSAR, there's a part that says "secondary application:all applicants/screened applicants" and that should tell you if they send it out to everyone or not.
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen

 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - ??
Tufts - ??

UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen

 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) – ??
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State University – ??
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - ??
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
Does anybody know if the Univeristy of Toledo, The University of Louisville, or Tulane screen?
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
so does wake forest notify u if they reject u on the prescreen or do u just never get invited to do a secondary...i know vcu does email u to reject u
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
so does wake forest notify u if they reject u on the prescreen or do u just never get invited to do a secondary...i know vcu does email u to reject u

You will be notified. Don't know how long you have been waiting, but I didn't hear back from Wake for two weeks after I was verified by AMCAS.
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane - ?
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Louisville - ?
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo - ?
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
and what constitutes the basis for a screen or a pre-screen?

mcat, gpa, spelling errors in the ps?
 
should we also say if they only prescreen out of state? I know University of KY doesn't prescreen in-state, I think they might oos though.
 
should we also say if they only prescreen out of state? I know University of KY doesn't prescreen in-state, I think they might oos though.

I heard the same is actually true with the University of Toledo as well, but I am not positive so I didn't include it when I updated their info
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Oregon Health and Science University - Prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
does Utah pre-screen
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Oregon Health and Science University - Prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
University of Alabama (UAB) - prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Kentucky - no prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
I'm pretty sure Louisville doesn't screen.. I got their email today that says "We got your application, here's how to do our secondary." That doesn't sound very selective to me.
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York Medical School - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Oregon Health and Science University - Prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
University of Alabama (UAB) - prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Kentucky - no prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
West Virginia University - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York Medical School - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Oregon Health and Science University - Prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
University of Alabama (UAB) - prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Kentucky - no prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - ??
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
West Virginia University - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen
 
For schools that dont prescreen when do you receive the secondary applications? during or after verification and completion of ur AMCAS? I'm waiting for verification, and in the mean time I want to work on secondaries, but I only received 1 secondary among schools that dont prescreen. Is this normal?
 
Straight from the MSAR: (Sorry to the people who were compiling the above list)


Schools that screen all applicants:

E. Tennessee State
EVMS
Florida International
Florida State
Indiana U
Loyola
Mayo
Mercer
Morehouse
Northeastern Ohio
OHSU
S. Illinois
U of Alabama
U of Arizona
U of Central Florida
U of Florida
U of Hawai'i
U of Iowa
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of N. Carolina
U of Nebraska
U of Nevada
U of New Mexico
U of S. Alabama
U of S. Dakota
U of S. Florida
U of Tennessee
U of Toledo
U of Utah
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
Vanderbilt
Virginia Commonwealth
W. Virginia
Wake Forest
Wayne State


Schools that screen only OOS applicants:
East Carolina
LSU Shreveport
Marshall
MC Georgia
U of Kansas
U of Missouri Columbia
 
kansas aint screening oos applicants this year, and I dont think ohsu is screening at all this year.
 
Albany Medical College – No prescreen.
Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) - No prescreen
Baylor - No prescreen.
Boston University - No prescreen.
Case Western Reserve - no prescreen
Columbia University – No prescreen
Cornell – No prescreen
Creighton - No prescreen
Dartmouth – No prescreen
Drexel - No prescreen
Duke – No prescreen
Emory – no prescreen

Eastern Virginia - Prescreen
Georgetown – No prescreen
George Washington - No prescreen
Harvard - No prescreen
Jefferson - No prescreen
Johns Hopkins - No prescreen
Harvard/MIT - No prescreen
Loyola University Chicago - Prescreen
Mayo – Screens twice.
Medical College of Wisconsin - No prescreen
Michigan State Univeristy - No prescreen
Mount Sinai – No prescreen
New Jersey Medical College - No prescreen
New York Medical School - No prescreen
New York University – no prescreen
Northwestern (Feinberg) - No prescreen
Ohio State - No prescreen
Oregon Health and Science University - Prescreen
Penn State – No prescreen
Pritzker – No prescreen
Rochester - No prescreen
Rosalind Franklin - No prescreen
Rush - No prescreen
Stanford - No prescreen
St. Louis University – No Prescreen
SUNY Buffalo - No prescreen
SUNY Downstate - No prescreen
SUNY Upstate - No prescreen
Temple - No prescreen
Tufts - No prescreen
Tulane-No prescreen
University of Alabama (UAB) - prescreen
UC Anything - Screen, screen, screen.
University of Connecticut – No prescreen
University of Illinois - Prescreen
Univ. of Indiana- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Iowa (Carver) - Prescreen
University of Kentucky - no prescreen
University of Louisville-Prescreen
University of Maryland – No prescreen
University of Michigan - No prescreen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - ??
University of North Carolina- Sec. only for interviewees
University of Pennsylvania – No prescreen
University of Pittsburgh - No prescreen
University of Rochester - No prescreen
University of Tennessee, Memphis - Sec. only for interviewees
University of Toledo-Prescreen
University of Vermont – No prescreen
University of Virginia – No prescreen
University of Washington - Prescreen
Vanderbilt - Prescreen
Virginia Commonwealth University - Prescreen
Wake Forest - Prescreen
Washington University in St. Louis – No prescreen
Wayne State - Prescreen
West Virginia University - Prescreen
Wright State University - No prescreen
Yale - No prescreen

You forgot to add University of Washington - Prescreen 🙁
 
Keck doesn't screen, as far as I know
 
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