Submit Secondary Before Verification?

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Title says it all. Should I wait for my primary to be verified by AMCAS before sending in the secondaries?

 

[Ducky8989]

Will waiting for verification make you look less interested in the school since you will not be following the '2 week turnaround rule'?

 

[NonTrad16]

I'm personally waiting to send in any secondary until my primary is verified, simply so that if there's any issue on the side of AMCAS (misclassifications, who knows what else) I'll be able to see it before it gets sent to schools, where I'd then be marked 'complete'. I'll take the one or two day lapse over concerns of contacting the schools to ignore this or that..

 

[IOwnAndPwnU]

My question is fairly similar to the OP so I will just post here instead of creating a new thread.

I also am waiting for verification (AMCAS has not even received my transcript...). I applied to only one school yesterday (Chicago) and already got an invitation to complete the secondary. I will wait till my primary AMCAS application is verified before submitting the secondary application. However, as I just mentioned, I only applied to one school right now, but I do plan on applying to many more. Should I wait until my application is verified to apply to the remaining schools on my list OR should I apply to them now? I'm thinking I should wait since I want to be able to submit the secondary two weeks after being offered the application. What do you think?

 

[IOwnAndPwnU]

If you are waiting for an MCAT Score then it would make sense to wait on secondaries (as you may not apply to some schools)
If you are waiting for Transcript Verification, and you are confident of GPA, then it you can submit anytime.

I am confident in my GPA and my MCAT.

Does it make a difference to when adcoms will review my application if my primary is not verified? Or should I submit secondaries sooner just in case? (Sorry if you have already answsered my question, I just want to make sure!)

 

[IOwnAndPwnU]

Great, thanks!