The Application Process

by foville1859 (Posted Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:00 pm)OK, I am assuming you are in a post-baccalaurate or similar program after having already done the undergraduate bachelor's degree :You will have done MCAT about two months from now, assuming the results are good enough to apply all the places you want, then that is fine After you have completed the whole program / requirements there is no reason not to submit the transcript to AMCAS as soon as possibleMy two concerns would be: - AMCAS essay portion is very important so spend considerable time thinking about that and writing it well - Faculty and busy professionals don't want to be rushed to do letters of recommendation by a certain deadline, so don't create that situation. The more time they have to think about it, the better the results of the letters will be (as long as they don't forget) Technically you submit letters of recommendation with the secondary applications so there is much more time to work on getting thoseIf everything you need for the secondary applications is solidly finished, then it is also advantageous to get your applications in to the individual schools, because at the beginning they haven't filled various quotas yet, and also gives you more time to react to the outcomes and decide your plans
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