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Just joined the forum because I realized how LITTLE I understand about the application process. I'm trying to understand how this would have played out if I had done things differently in efforts of learning how the process works and what advice I could give to someone else in my position, now that I'm learning everything a bit too late.
I am a transfer student so I finished my undergraduate classes first summer session of 2015, after which I'm considered graduated. This means I finished classes first week of August and received official grades second week of August. I would have sent my final transcript plus my community college transcripts to AMCAS at that point. They may have received it via mail by third week of August, when I was taking my MCAT on Aug 22. HYPOTHETICALLY, if I had managed to submit my application at around that time, the verification process may have taken 2-6 weeks. That means that by the first week of September through the first week of October AMCAS would have sent my applications to the medical schools I designated. These medical schools may or may not have sent secondaries until they received my MCAT score (Sept 22).
First Question: I think I've read that I can send my transcript to AMCAS before I finish all my classes for undergrad, as long as I haven't listed those classes on the application as taken? In that case I should have submitted my transcripts a week before applications opened on July 1, along with my application?
Second Question: Do some schools send out secondaries before they receive MCAT scores? What if a second MCAT is scheduled, will they wait for that MCAT score before sending secondaries?
In reality, I postponed a MCAT date from April to June to August as I was taking classes at the time and kept underestimating the sheer amount of time and focus that is needed to study for the MCAT. Had I realized this, I'm not sure when I would have taken the MCAT because I finished my Physics classes summer session 1 of 2014. I suppose that would leave me with the option of studying for it the second half of summer and taking it soon after.
Because I was studying for MCAT on my third attempt at trying, I was bogged down during the two weeks before Aug 22, at the time my official grades were posted for my last class taken. Realistically, I would not have my application worked on and submitted (unless I had already started when the application opened, which I hadn't) until the weeks after Aug 22. 2-6 weeks from that the last week of Aug would have been second week of September through second week of October when applications would have been send to medical schools.
From what I here, anything past the end of July is considered late for sending applications?
Correct if any of my hypothetical statements are incorrect - I am quite overwhelmed with figuring out how timely the whole process really is. It's not just sending the applications before deadlines which I was was stupid enough to think was true.
I am a transfer student so I finished my undergraduate classes first summer session of 2015, after which I'm considered graduated. This means I finished classes first week of August and received official grades second week of August. I would have sent my final transcript plus my community college transcripts to AMCAS at that point. They may have received it via mail by third week of August, when I was taking my MCAT on Aug 22. HYPOTHETICALLY, if I had managed to submit my application at around that time, the verification process may have taken 2-6 weeks. That means that by the first week of September through the first week of October AMCAS would have sent my applications to the medical schools I designated. These medical schools may or may not have sent secondaries until they received my MCAT score (Sept 22).
First Question: I think I've read that I can send my transcript to AMCAS before I finish all my classes for undergrad, as long as I haven't listed those classes on the application as taken? In that case I should have submitted my transcripts a week before applications opened on July 1, along with my application?
Second Question: Do some schools send out secondaries before they receive MCAT scores? What if a second MCAT is scheduled, will they wait for that MCAT score before sending secondaries?
In reality, I postponed a MCAT date from April to June to August as I was taking classes at the time and kept underestimating the sheer amount of time and focus that is needed to study for the MCAT. Had I realized this, I'm not sure when I would have taken the MCAT because I finished my Physics classes summer session 1 of 2014. I suppose that would leave me with the option of studying for it the second half of summer and taking it soon after.
Because I was studying for MCAT on my third attempt at trying, I was bogged down during the two weeks before Aug 22, at the time my official grades were posted for my last class taken. Realistically, I would not have my application worked on and submitted (unless I had already started when the application opened, which I hadn't) until the weeks after Aug 22. 2-6 weeks from that the last week of Aug would have been second week of September through second week of October when applications would have been send to medical schools.
From what I here, anything past the end of July is considered late for sending applications?
Correct if any of my hypothetical statements are incorrect - I am quite overwhelmed with figuring out how timely the whole process really is. It's not just sending the applications before deadlines which I was was stupid enough to think was true.
