When are secondaries being sent out this year?

[ravupadh]

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I'm going to submit my app the first day. AMCAS already has all of my transcripts. What's the earliest I'll receive secondaries?

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

I'm going to submit my app the first day. AMCAS already has all of my transcripts. What's the earliest I'll receive secondaries?

Sometime after the 29th of June, I'm assuming.

 

[Doctor Hu]

Sometime after the 29th of June, I'm assuming.

Does this mean that I should make sure AMCAS has my letters of rec before June 29?

 

[alerk323]

Asked this on wrong forum, no responses yet. I want to get a good sense of when I should have my secondary pre-writes completed by. I'll be submitting by today and most likely getting in by the 29th. Do secondaries come right after that? Within a week? month? Just trying to get a sense.

 

[Doctor Hu]

Nah... make sure AMCAS has all your LOR's by the time (or just before) you submit your secondaries.

How long should I take to finish a secondary? I read that ideally you should send them back within a week of when you received them. I'm just really worried that my letters might hold up my application. I guess I should go chase after my professors one more time.

 

[eefen]

How long should I take to finish a secondary? I read that ideally you should send them back within a week of when you received them. I'm just really worried that my letters might hold up my application. I guess I should go chase after my professors one more time.

1-2 weeks is a good rule of thumb.

 

[Doctor Hu]

Asked this on wrong forum, no responses yet. I want to get a good sense of when I should have my secondary pre-writes completed by. I'll be submitting by today and most likely getting in by the 29th. Do secondaries come right after that? Within a week? month? Just trying to get a sense.

I believe it depends on the school. Some send you an email with instructions for the secondary right after AMCAS verification, and others take a while. My friends all submitted their AMCAS last year within the first week of June, but a few of their secondaries didn't come in until the end of July.

 

[NeuralNetwork]

Last year, AMCAS was sent out on June 17th to schools. I received probably 3 secondaries immediately on that day. Assuming you are verified before AMCAS submits on June 29th, you might be getting some secondaries right on that first day. I had a good amount of secondaries 2 weeks in, and a majority of my schools after 4 weeks.