AMCAS!
by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi
Dear Applicants,
Welcome to the OCS Medical School Applicant list serve for the 2019 cycle!
If you applied for the 2018 cycle and are matriculating this summer, we send along our warm congratulations. You will likely want to unsubscribe from this list serve, since we are now moving on to information relevant for the next cycle.
1) AMCAS dates. AMCAS opens on May 2. At that time you can begin creating your application. AMCAS opens for submission on May 31. You should plan to submit your application in the first two weeks of June. It is extremely important that you submit your application in this time frame. June 29th is the first day that verified AMCAS applications are sent to medical schools, so most of your secondary applications will come in July.
2) Secondary applications. Some secondary applications are not sent to you, but rather you are required to go on the web portal for that school and retrieve them. Once you have submitted your AMCAS and have a firm list of schools, carefully check all the school websites to be sure you are clear about their policies for secondary applications.
3) Spam filters. Check your spam filter every day of the summer and through the application year to be sure that important communication from medical schools is not getting stuck there.
4) AMCAS Workshop. As a final reminder, this workshop is TONIGHT form 7-8:30pm in Emerson 210.
Best,
Emiko & Oona
Premedical and Health Career Advising
Office of Career Services
Harvard University
54 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel: 617.495.2595
http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health
