Centralized Application Systems

AMCAS AACOMAS AACPMAS

 App  collects,  verifies,  and  delivers  applica2on  informa2on  and  MCAT®  exam  scores  to  each  school  you  choose.    Does  not:    Determine  if  requirements  are  met.    Apps  will  send  to  schools  without  MCAT  &  LOR.  

Parts of the Application 1.  Identifying Information 2. Schools Attended 3. Biographic Information 4. Coursework 5. Work/Activities 6. Letters of Evaluation 7. Medical Schools 8. Essay 9. Standardized Test

Section 1: Identifying Information •  Use Upper and Lowercase Letters for your Name •  Entering School ID: Yes, do so.

Section 2: Schools Attended • High School • Colleges

• Courses During High School

•  Summer •  Study Abroad •  AP Credit: Don’t send

score report. •  Advisor Release: YES •  Institutional Action: If on

your official record

Section 3: Biographic Information •  Preferred vs Permanent

Address •  List more than one phone

number •  State of Legal Residence •  Self-Identification: Race/

Ethnicity •  Financial Aid for College •  Disadvantaged Statement

Section 4: Coursework •  Order OFFICIAL transcript for yourself •  BCPM GPA •  Identifying Course Categories: Course Classification Guide •  AP Credit •  Transcripts: Waiting for Spring Grades •  Current and Future Coursework •  Repeated Grades: AMCAS vs ACCOMAS •  Study Abroad •  If course has lab but isn’t indicated, type in “With Lab”

Section 5: Work/Activities (15) •  Top Three Meaningful (1325) •  Experience Descriptions

(700 char) •  Total Hours •  Contact Person •  Bullets vs. Prose •  Paid Employment

Section 6: Letters of Evaluation •  Up to Ten LOR in AMCAS •  Evaluation=Recommendation •  Letter Services vs App Service •  Letter Request Form •  Submitting before LOE are received •  WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS •  Individual Letters vs Committee Packets

Section 7: Medical Schools •  Filter by State •  Filter by Deadline •  Filter By Program Type

•  Regular M.D. •  Combined Medical

Degree/Graduate •  Combined Medical

Degree/PhD

1. Create  Excel  Sheet  2. Determine  Your  Budget  3. Start  Researching  (MSAR/Websites)  4. Track  Your  Ques2ons  Along  Columns  5. Collect  Same  Info  for  All  Schools    School  Name   LOR  

Requirement  Outstanding  Prereqs  

Secondary  Cost  

Loca:on   Curriculum   Clinical  Training  Sites  

Out  of  state  acceptance  rate  

Harvard   2  Science,  1  non-­‐sci  

None   $75   Boston:Urban  (public  trans  only)  

PBL   Brigham  Young  (2  miles)  

50%  

Yale   4  max  from  anyone  

Sociology   $125   New  Haven:  Urban  (car  ok)  

Tradi2onal   Yale  (on  campus)  

30%  

Section 8: Personal Comments •  5300 Characters: AMCAS •  4500 Characters: AACOMAS

•  Start your first draft no later than January of application year

•  No changes (including grammatical or typographical errors) may be made after submitted

•  If you plan to cut and paste, type your essay in a text-one format (Notepad).

•  Do not repeat information shared in your disadvantaged statement or your meaningful experiences

Some  ques2ons  you  may  want  to  consider  while  draaing  this  essay  are:    • Why  have  you  selected  the  field  of  medicine?  

• What  mo2vates  you  to  learn  more  about  medicine?  

• What  do  you  want  medical  schools  to  know  about  you  that  hasn't  been  disclosed  in  another  sec2on  of  the  applica2on?  

• Special  hardships,  challenges  or  obstacles  that  may  have  influenced  your  educa2onal  pursuits  

Section 9: MCAT • MCAT & AMCAS=Same people • Last Three Years • Future Test Dates • Accommodations no longer reported • Multiple Test Scores

Questions?