Submitting before taking mcat...

[Temperature101]

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It is ok to submit the application before taking the mcat so the application can get verified while waiting for your mcat score?

 

[411309]

yes its what I did, in fact it would be a bad idea to wait for your score because you lose valuable time getting verified

 

[Temperature101]

yes its what I did, in fact it would be a bad idea to wait for your score because you lose valuable time getting verified

Thanks...

 

[MedPR]

It is ok to submit the application before taking the mcat so the application can get verified while waiting for your mcat score?

Yup.

yes its what I did, in fact it would be a bad idea to wait for your score because you lose valuable time getting verified

+1. Submit for verification as soon as you input all your coursework and activities (PS too). Don't wait for transcripts or MCAT scores or LORs.

 

[guest22]

+1. Submit for verification as soon as you input all your coursework and activities (PS too). Don't wait for transcripts or MCAT scores or LORs.

I guess you can submit before your transcripts come in, but I don't think you are truly in the processing line until your transcripts are in, so I guess might as well wait to submit until ALL your transcripts are marked received.

 

[MedPR]

I guess you can submit before your transcripts come in, but I don't think you are truly in the processing line until your transcripts are in, so I guess might as well wait to submit until ALL your transcripts are marked received.

Yea, I'm not actually sure about this. However, I can say that I submitted on the first day with only 1 of 2 transcripts in. I was verified less than 1 hour after my second transcript was delivered by UPS. I bold that because all that means is someone received it and signed for it. That doesn't mean that someone immediately started processing it. So in less than 1 hour my application was verified. To me that means that they verified all first transcript's coursework first and put it on hold then finished when the second transcript got there. I don't know for sure if that's true, but it does seem that way.

 

[Temperature101]

Yea, I'm not actually sure about this. However, I can say that I submitted on the first day with only 1 of 2 transcripts in. I was verified less than 1 hour after my second transcript was delivered by UPS. I bold that because all that means is someone received it and signed for it. That doesn't mean that someone immediately started processing it. So in less than 1 hour my application was verified. To me that means that they verified all first transcript's coursework first and put it on hold then finished when the second transcript got there. I don't know for sure if that's true, but it does seem that way.

I was under the impression these transcripts are sent electronically by your schools. Are you saying that you mail your transcripts?

 

[guest22]

I was under the impression these transcripts are sent electronically by your schools. Are you saying that you mail your transcripts?

AACOMAS does accept electronic transcripts but my school said they only send electronic transcript to certain schools within my state. For AACOMAS, they refused to send it electronic, so they mailed them. I think most schools mail them. To send it electronic, I think they must have some sort of a mutual agreement.

 

[Ask]

So, do medical schools take a look at an application before they receive a MCAT score and/or LORs?

 

[MedPR]

So, do medical schools take a look at an application before they receive a MCAT score and/or LORs?

Only if they screen secondaries, otherwise they don't look until all of your materials are in (primary, secondary, LORs).

 

[Ask]

Is there a way to let them know, if you have your primary, secondary, and MCAT in, that your schools premed committee will be sending your letters in a few weeks...?