Harvardocs-medschool-applicants-list May 2018

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AMCAS, transcripts, Harvard letters, school selection, and spam filters

by Premedical College

Dear 2019 Applicants, Congratulations to those of you who are graduating next week! We are writing to share information about AMCAS submission, transcripts, Harvard Committee letters, secondary applications, selecting schools, and spam filters. 1) AMCAS submission. AMCAS can be submitted starting May 31. We recommend that all applicants submit between May 31 and June 15. This should be the case even if you are taking the MCAT at a later date. You can submit the application with as few as one school selected and can add schools later if your MCAT score will inform your school list. Even though we recommend submitting as early as possible, it will always be better to make sure that your application is error free rather than rushing to submit on a given day, so if you need a few days to proof it and let others proof it, give yourself those days. 2) Transcripts. Transcripts (from Harvard and from every college or university where you have ever taken classes) need to be sent to AMCAS as soon as possible if you have not already done so to be sure that AMCAS has them when they receive your application. 3) Timing of Harvard letters. As long as you have gotten your information to your House by their deadlines, then your Harvard Committee letter with your letters of recommendations will be uploaded and sent to your medical schools by August 15. Medical schools know this is when Harvard letters are submitted and our letters are submitted sooner than many of the letters from our peer institutions. Many medical schools will begin reviewing your application before this date or will put it in a queue once they receive your secondary, so you still need to get your materials in as soon as you can. 4) Secondary applications. Secondary application policies can be found on MSAR on each individual school page. Most schools do not screen applicants before sending secondary applications, but some do. Most schools send you an email invitation to complete their secondaries, but some schools expect you to go onto their websites and download them from application portals. Check your schools on MSAR to know what to expect. Most schools send secondaries after they have received the AMCAS application, which occurs June 29th at the earliest. 5) School selection. If you have any doubt about whether your school list is appropriate for your particular applicant profile, please be sure you have discussed this with your tutors or with one of us at OCS. An inappropriate school list is one of the common reasons applicants have difficulty getting interview invitations or acceptances. One great thing (activities, GPA, MCAT, etc.) does not usually compensate for deficits in other areas. The applicant's profile is viewed as a whole. 6) Spam folders. Please be sure to keep checking your spam folders and to change settings as needed to ensure that interview invitations and secondary invitations are not ignored accidentally. Good luck getting your AMCAS submitted. Please be in touch if we can be of help. Best, Emiko & Oona Premedical and Health Careers Advising http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health Office of Career Services<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Ph.: 617.495.2595 [Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_OCSHar…>[Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_HarvardOCS&…>[Description: cid:image003.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ocsharvard.tumblr.com_&…>[Description: cid:image004.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/> tel: 617.495.2595

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AMCAS open! (and a few additional things)

by Premedical College

Dear Applicants, We wish you well in this application cycle. Please try to remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Harvard applicants are generally very successful in this process and you can get a great medical education at any medical school in the county. 1) AMCAS. The slides from the AMCAS 2019 presentation are now on our website.<https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/amcas> Applicants can find useful information in these slides, in the 2019 AMCAS instruction manual<https://aamc-orange.global.ssl.fastly.net/production/media/filer_public/2d/…>, and by calling the AMCAS helpline<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__students-2Dresidents.a…> for personal, specific questions. The application opened May 2<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__students-2Dresidents.a…> for applicants to begin working on it. May 31st is the first day the application can be submitted. We recommend all applicants submit their AMCAS applications by mid-June. 2) OCS Medical School Admissions Data book. We recommend that every current applicant have this book to use as he or she makes school selection choices. If you are a current student and do not have one, you can come to OCS and pick one up at the front desk. If you an alum and are not in Cambridge, please send an email to ocsrecep(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:ocsreception@fas.harvard.edu>, providing a mailing address and a staff member will send one to you. Please do not send your requests to us. If you are applying in a future cycle, please wait and obtain a new version later in the summer or next year. 3) MSAR. We strongly recommend that all current applicants subscribe to the current edition of the Medical School Admissions Requirements for $28. The new version is now available here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__students-2Dresidents.a…>. 4) OCS premed summer schedule. We will see students and alumni in June and August in appointments as usual, but will not have drop in hours. In July, OCS advisors throughout the office are asked not to see students so that we can focus on publications, web revision, and program planning for the upcoming school year. Your House premedical tutors are available in July to answer questions related to secondary applications. Our office is not closed, however, and we can see and speak to applicants for urgent issues. Good luck with finishing up the academic year and with the start of this process! Best, Emiko & Oona Premedical and Health Careers Advising http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health Office of Career Services<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Ph.: 617.495.2595 [Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_OCSHar…>[Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_HarvardOCS&…>[Description: cid:image003.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ocsharvard.tumblr.com_&…>[Description: cid:image004.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/> tel: 617.495.2595

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