Okay, I'm definitely not as bad off as many of you who applied to 20+ schools, but my total estimation of expenses (not including the MCAT review course because I got it for free or moving expenses that I will incur this summer) is around $4275. My parent helped out by giving me about $1000 towards AMCAS and secondaries. So I doled out more than $3000 in the last year towards this endeavor. Luckily I had a lot of savings since I worked all through school. When I exhausted my savings, I had to resort to the credit cards. I am still paying off my cards as we speak. Yikes!
For a quick breakdown (all expenses rounded off or approximate--this is just from memory--I didn't go and break out the receipts, but it should be pretty close):
$450 AMCAS (11 programs)
$650 Secondaries (10 programs)
$175 MCAT fee
$100 FEDEX/USPS/copies/add'l postage (at least)
$50 Long distance to AMCAS and various schools
$150 Nice suit, nothing extravagant
$50 Interview shoes, again, nothing extravagant
$30 Luggage (Really cheap, nice carry-on)
$20 Pictures (passport size) for secondaries
$2100 Travel to seven interviews-8th interview was local; from Arizona, went once to east coast (two interviews in one trip), once to midwest, once to northwest, once to Bay area, and twice to LA (always coach, always on cheapest airline to cheapest airport in area; stayed with students as much as possible; used public transportation as much as possible; stayed in cheapest hotels)
$500 For revisit to school of choice to search out housing, etc.
I am probably missing stuff, but this is what I came up with off the top of my head.
Don't forget, if you are working, you will also lose wages for time off of work to go to interviews, revisits, etc.
If you can, stick with one airline and rack up those frequent flier miles. I already earned my free trip in only two months of travel.
Like I said in another thread--start saving your pennies!