Timeline Regarding Primaries and Secondaries

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I am applying for this upcoming cycle and was wondering if any people who have already applied could shed light on the timeline for me. I saw AMCAS is releasing their primary app May 3rd and you can submit it starting June 7th. Then, AMCAS won't send it out to schools (granted that they've approved your app) till June 24th. Does this mean that even for schools who immediately send out secondaries without screening won't send them out till earliest June 24th?

If that's the case, is it irresponsible of me to go out of the country to travel from June 8th to June 26th, if I submit my primary when it opens on the 7th and then pre-write most of my secondaries given SDN's list of secondary questions from last year? I know they change year to year but I'd still have a few days for even the earliest secondaries to still turn them around within a week.

Thoughts?
 
Osteopathic schools are on AACOMAS.

Also this should be in the premed forum. To answer your question, submitting in June is pretty early as far as I know. But I didn't apply via AMCAS.
 
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Osteopathic schools are on AACOMAS.

Also this should be in the premed forum. To answer your question, submitting in June is pretty early as far as I know. But I didn't apply vis AMCAS.

Oops thanks! This is clearly my first post on SDN.
 
I am applying for this upcoming cycle and was wondering if any people who have already applied could shed light on the timeline for me. I saw AMCAS is releasing their primary app May 3rd and you can submit it starting June 7th. Then, AMCAS won't send it out to schools (granted that they've approved your app) till June 24th. Does this mean that even for schools who immediately send out secondaries without screening won't send them out till earliest June 24th?

If that's the case, is it irresponsible of me to go out of the country to travel from June 8th to June 26th, if I submit my primary when it opens on the 7th and then pre-write most of my secondaries given SDN's list of secondary questions from last year? I know they change year to year but I'd still have a few days for even the earliest secondaries to still turn them around within a week.

Thoughts?

That is the most irresponsible thing I've ever heard. In fact, if you haven't already pre-read big robbins you are destined to fail and are better off not even applying. Sorry OP just telling you how it is.
 
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