Should I start preparing for next year?

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I applied to all the Texas schools with my application being completed with secondaries near the end of July and my references arriving August 8th, and at the moment, I have 0 II. I was wondering if I should start planning for next cycle and if yes, then how. I have a 3.63 cGPA, 3.68 sGPA, 508 mcat, over 1000 hours of research with a couple of second authorship on poster presentations and a couple of mentions in the special thanks section of scientific papers. I also have around 700 hours volunteered at a hospital. I have shadowed a couple of doctors for 20 hours each (one being a surgeon in a rural area).

 

[Hospitalized]

It's like day 3 of the official app season, chill. Most schools are just now starting to look at the bulk of applications

 

[Goro]

Patience is a virtue; the need for instant gratification is not.

Reviews of applications are not necessarily reviewed in chronological order or invited for interview at time of review. Superstars, linked programs, associated UG institutions, family of alumni, grads of feeder schools, URMs people who meet the school’s mission, in-state residents for state schools, linked post-bac programs like SMPs, and other factors may push an app forward in the process.

When these get added up they essentially become your interview priority. So you may get reviewed in August but priority doesn’t get you invited until February.

I applied to all the Texas schools with my application being completed with secondaries near the end of July and my references arriving August 8th, and at the moment, I have 0 II. I was wondering if I should start planning for next cycle and if yes, then how. I have a 3.63 cGPA, 3.68 sGPA, 508 mcat, over 1000 hours of research with a couple of second authorship on poster presentations and a couple of mentions in the special thanks section of scientific papers. I also have around 700 hours volunteered at a hospital. I have shadowed a couple of doctors for 20 hours each (one being a surgeon in a rural area).

 

[bIack]

It's like day 3 of the official app season, chill. Most schools are just now starting to look at the bulk of applications

People have been receiving interview invites for a while now. One of the schools I applied to is already giving December interview dates. Did the app season just start for AMCAS?

 

[bIack]

Patience is a virtue; the need for instant gratification is not.

Reviews of applications are not necessarily reviewed in chronological order or invited for interview at time of review. Superstars, linked programs, associated UG institutions, family of alumni, grads of feeder schools, URMs people who meet the school’s mission, in-state residents for state schools, linked post-bac programs like SMPs, and other factors may push an app forward in the process.

When these get added up they essentially become your interview priority. So you may get reviewed in August but priority doesn’t get you invited until February.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Even though I am not out of the running yet, would it be unwise for me to start improving my application for next cycle?

 

[Goro]

It is ALWAYS prudent to do this!

Thanks for the prompt reply. Even though I am not out of the running yet, would it be unwise for me to start improving my application for next cycle?

 

[Vladimir7]

Patience is a virtue; the need for instant gratification is not.

Reviews of applications are not necessarily reviewed in chronological order or invited for interview at time of review. Superstars, linked programs, associated UG institutions, family of alumni, grads of feeder schools, URMs people who meet the school’s mission, in-state residents for state schools, linked post-bac programs like SMPs, and other factors may push an app forward in the process.

When these get added up they essentially become your interview priority. So you may get reviewed in August but priority doesn’t get you invited until February.

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[XxThaDoggxX]

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Yes @Goro does. Fittingly so, as 90% of people basically copy and paste the same question from an old post that has been answered literally hundreds of times.

 

[Goro]

I wish I could macro it.

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