What constitutes matriculation?

[EpiCam]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Hi Folks,
Just wondering what constitutes "matriculation"?? Does registering for classes count as matriculation? (I'm thinking this is the case).

I have an acceptance at a medical school that starts right around the same time my preferred medical school starts. When is the last possible date that you can still accept and acceptance from another school??



from http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/admissionofficers.htm

AAMC recommendations for medical school admission officers is the following:

"No school make an acceptance offer, either verbal or written, to any individual who has enrolled in, or begun an orientation program immediately prior to enrollment at, a U.S. or Canadian school. Enrollment is defined as being officially matriculated as a member of the school's first-year entering class."

 

[star22]

Hi Folks,
Just wondering what constitutes "matriculation"?? Does registering for classes count as matriculation? (I'm thinking this is the case).

I have an acceptance at a medical school that starts right around the same time my preferred medical school starts. When is the last possible date that you can still accept and acceptance from another school??



from http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/admissionofficers.htm

AAMC recommendations for medical school admission officers is the following:

"No school make an acceptance offer, either verbal or written, to any individual who has enrolled in, or begun an orientation program immediately prior to enrollment at, a U.S. or Canadian school. Enrollment is defined as being officially matriculated as a member of the school's first-year entering class."

I would say that is matriculation.

There will probably be people that register for classes at school A and then get pulled of a waitlist for school B and never attend school A. so just registering w/o attending probably is not matriculation.