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Accepted - Unspecified campus Time Stamp: 12:16PM GPA: 3.925 (best 2 years) MCAT: 12/11/12 Interview: Overall I had a really good interview weekend, and also enjoyed the interview itself. Coming out of it I felt good about some parts of it but then was really starting to question myself for other questions. IP, Non SWOMEN 2016 Graduate Looking forward to September!
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Hey everyone, Do you have to fill out all 3 referee's information before you can download the confidential assessment forms, or is it possible to print out the forms if one referee's details are not yet completed? The reason I am asking is because one of my potential referees is on vacation, and I won't be able to confirm with her for a few weeks. In the mean time, I wanted to send my CAFs to my other 2 referees. Thanks
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Hey everyone, If we send in transcripts to Dalhousie do they just automatically match it up to our names in the application(as in all I do is just request to send it from my university)? Also, can we do this before we submit the preliminary portion of the application? I am wondering if I'm missing some sort of transcript request form or something related on the prelim app. The only information I can find on their site regarding transcripts is the address we need to send it to. Thanks Edit: I emailed admissions about this but they just re-directed me to the website. I am wondering
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Yep. I emailed a few schools, and they told me that as long as the course is described as having a lab, the semester hours aren't too much of a concern. Some of them mentioned that they are used to seeing this from Canadian students.
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Hey all, AMCAS has verified my transcript, and has labelled all my courses as either 3 or 6 credit hours. However, it seems that medical schools require 8 credit hours for certain courses that include lab. When I was putting my courses into AMCAS, I specifically stated something like "Biology....and Lab", but I was only given 6 credit hours for these lab courses. Any other Canadian applicants have this problem, and what did you do to fix it? Thanks
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Hey everyone, I've submitted my primary and have gotten it verified, and also have my letters of recommendation marked as received. However, what I realized later is that these LORs explicitly need signatures and letter heads (some thing I did not mention to my writers). While some of them have experience using AMCAS, I don't think they all do. My question is, will I get a notification from AMCAS/any particular medical school when I attempt to submit my secondaries, that my letter of reference does not meet the requirements. At this point, I'm just assuming that one of my referees miss
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When you were going through MSAR, did you look at the stats for the number of internationals interviewed or accepted? Some of the schools you have on your list I crossed out because they were not feasible. For example, schools like Michigan State (2 IIs out of ~450 apps) don't seem to accept too many internationals, while other schools on your list (Uni of Colorado) did not even seem to have any international applicants last year.
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Hey there everyone, I'm looking for people who have had experience applying to top-tier schools. There seem to be a bunch of schools like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Feinberg etc. who have MCAT Matriculating Medians of 36/37(according to MSAR). My question is, has anyone who has applied to these top tiers with slightly lower MCATs gotten interviews? My list of potential schools would probably change a lot depending on this. So I guess to sum it up...Should I apply to as many of these top tiers as possible, or apply very selectively to them? Here are my stats for reference : 35 M
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Questions For Applying To Amcas
workhardplayhard replied to workhardplayhard's topic in Applying to American Schools
Awesome! Just a few more things to clarify. 1. For AMCAS, am I just sending in reference letters at one point during the application (ideally Jun 2), or is there also some additional reference request for secondaries? 2. I know English is a pre-req for many American schools, but I'm able apply if I plan on taking it in 4th year right? ( I vaguely remember reading this before, but just looking for confirmation. My plan was to take it during the summer, but a pretty good opportunity for something else came up.) Thanks -
Questions For Applying To Amcas
workhardplayhard replied to workhardplayhard's topic in Applying to American Schools
Also, I just quickly checked out interfolio. Do the referees basically confidentially upload their references to the website, and then I send them out to AMCAS/OMSAS/other schools for the specific dates? -
Questions For Applying To Amcas
workhardplayhard replied to workhardplayhard's topic in Applying to American Schools
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Hi everyone, first time poster here. I have a few questions with AMCAS opening up soon. 1. The AMCAS app opens up May 5th. Does this mean I should tell my references to start sending in their letters after this day? OR, since the app can actually get submitted June 2nd, is this the date I should be aiming for? The reason I ask is that people seem to emphasize rolling admissions for American schools. 2. How does it work if I get accepted to both an American and Canadian school? I know American acceptances are way earlier on, so am I able to hold my spot down with a deposit, and esse