PSA: AMCAS verification running 5+ days behind last year

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If your AMCAS application is still pending verification, you're not alone. The AMCAS Tracker is showing that verification is running at least five days behind the same timeframe last year.


Keep calm and carry on!
 

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What are the implications of this? A shorter cycle to be considered "early/on time"? More applicants in general? Or just a technical/software glitch on part of AMCAS?
 
Main implication, AFAIK, would be that you may get secondaries later this cycle than you would have (all things being equal) last cycle. And that people should not stress if they aren't verified yet because it's probably not something wrong with their application.

As far as the why, I do not know. As you noted, it could be volume-related (medical school apps tend to go up when people are uncertain about the economy), technical, staffing, some other factor, or a combination of issues.
 
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