2. Take classes covered on the MCAT Take the MCAT Are you realistically competitive? Finish medical school pre- reqs (if you haven’t already) Submit AMCAS Primary Submit Secondaries Interview Get accepted Steps

3. Competitiveness Use these to see where you do and don’t have a shot: MDApps Competitiveness Calculator Competitiveness Spreadsheet

4. MDApps Gives you an idea what people with your stats are doing A person with 34 MCAT and 3.72 GPA (great stats): -Applied to over 30 schools -Rejected by 21 -Accepted by only 4 This is why you apply broadly!

5. Have a Question? Student Doctor Network (SDN)!!! Anything you could possibly want to know is here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net

7. SDN MCAT Threads Pre-Osteo Threads Pre-Allo Threads Interview Threads

8. The AMCAS Primary Takes a LONG time Start AS SOON AS IT IS RELEASED (~May 1 st ) Submission: May – mid July: early (Great) mid July – mid August: normal (Peak time for submissions, verification takes 6 weeks. OK, but not great) mid August – deadline: LATE (Unless you are a stellar applicant and submit your secondaries the day you receive them, you might be applying for waitlist spots) Don’t forget it how long it takes to verify!!!

9. The AMCAS Primary It is exepensive! $160 base rate $31 for each additional school

10. The AMCAS Primary Two very important sections: - Work/Activities -Personal Statement SDN to the rescue! Work/Activities Tips Personal Statement Suggestions and Reader Lists

11. The AMCAS Primary Things you can do before and after submitting your AMCAS: -Add a letter of recommendation -Assign letters to schools -Add school to apply to

22. Secondaries Some come as soon as your AMCAS is verified Some come over a month later Some schools screen with MCAT and GPA, some don’t Some are TIME SENSITIVE: for example, you have two weeks from the day they email you the secondary to complete itTIME SENSITIVE Finish these QUICKLY $50 - $150 per school

24. Cost estimate MCAT plus practice tests from AAMC website: ~$500 Applying to 20 schools: $780 Secondaries for half of them: ~$900 Travelling to interview: ??? $100, $1000, $2000, it depends how many places you go TOTAL (very rough estimate): $2000 - $4000

25. Final Thought Time is of the essence, so it is crucial to submit your AMCAS and secondary applications as quickly as possible. However, be sure to thoroughly review, revise, and rethink EVERYTHING you write. It would be a shame to have your application thrown away because of a typo (this happens, according to admission committee faculty members)