Harvardocs-medschool-applicants-list June 2019

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summer schedule, secondaries (timing & options questions), withdrawing your AMCAS

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Dear Applicants, 1. Reminder about OCS premed summer schedule. We will see students and alumni in scheduled appointments for the remainder of June and throughout August. In July, OCS advisers throughout the office do not to see students so that we can focus on publications, web revisions, and program planning for the upcoming school year. We will not be answering routine email questions in July. Your House premedical tutors are available in July to answer questions related to secondary applications. Our office is not closed, however, and we are available to speak to applicants about urgent issues. If you have an urgent issue, please send an email to premed(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:premed@fas.harvard.edu> or call the front desk at 617-495-2595 to ask that the advisers be notified. One of us will get back to you within one business day. 1. Timing of turning around secondary applications- We recommend that you turn around your secondary applications in 10-14 days. Some, but not all, schools will give you a specific deadline. Remember just to complete these as they arrive, and do not prioritize your reach schools over your safety/target schools. Our rationale for suggesting 10-14 days is three-fold. First, being early in this process is an advantage and you lose that advantage if you sit on your secondary applications. Second, turning them around quickly shows interest, good organization, and time management. Third, in our experience, hanging on to them just makes them pile up and causes more stress and anxiety. However, do not worry if something comes up and some take you a bit longer to get in. There is nothing magic about our 10-14 day guideline. You do not need to stress over them excessively, but do make sure they are error free. As we mentioned in an earlier email, some schools expect you to access their secondary applications on their websites or through their application portal, so check MSAR and your school websites to make sure you know what to expect with regard to receiving secondary applications from the schools you have selected. 1. Optional Questions-Are they optional? --It really depends on the wording. At times, the question is worded in such a way that they only want you to answer if you have clearly had a hardship, a disadvantage, or a significant bump in the road. Other times, it is an invitation to tell them something else. For schools that do not have a "why this medical school" question, then telling why you are interested in being at that particular school can be great. For schools that already have that question, it is fine to talk about something that helps them understand you better. Some people use it to talk about a significant interest (backpacking, running, kayaking, etc.) that might not have found a place in your original application. Just look at your overall AMCAS, look at the secondary for that school, and think about what more you want to convey. It should not be repetitive, but you can use the space to provide more information or a different perspective on something that is important to you even if you touched on it in your original application. 1. Withdrawal of your AMCAS application. If you choose to withdraw your 2020 AMCAS application, it must be done before it is sent to medical schools in order for you not to be considered a re-applicant in the future. No AMCAS applications will be sent to medical schools before June 28. Verification times are variable, so if you submitted later and will verify after June 28th, it gets much harder to predict when your application will be sent to schools. You can withdraw after your application has been sent to medical schools, but you will be considered a re-applicant when you next apply. Please contact an adviser if this is something you are considering. Good luck and keep checking those spam folders! Best, Emiko and 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

4 years, 10 months

finalizing school lists

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Hi all, We have noticed that many of you are not consulting the resource U.S. Medical School Admissions Information - Financial Aid Policies, MCAT policies, and information about in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants<https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/files/ocs/files/us_med_school_admissions_info-f…> (prepared by Harvard OCS based on information available in the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR)), which can be found at https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/admissions-requirements-policies. We recommend that you consult this resource as you finalize your school lists. This can be especially valuable in determining which state schools are and are NOT favorable for out-of-state applicants. We are attaching the updated version of this resource- which was just updated for 2020 matriculants. Good luck finalizing your lists and getting your AMCAS submitted! Best, Emiko & Oona

4 years, 10 months

[IMPORTANT}- AMCAS letter ID

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Hi 2020 applicants, Please make sure you send your House Academic Coordinator your AAMC ID number and AMCAS letter ID numbers so they are able to upload your Committee Letter in August. This is the first year we are using the AMCAS Letter Service for Committee Letter upload, and we were mistaken in thinking that AMCAS directly reached out to the letter writers. However, you actually need to send this information to the House for the letter transmission. Sorry for the confusion!! Best, Emiko & Oona

4 years, 10 months

AMCAS, Q&A webinars, CASPer

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Dear Applicants, 1) AMCAS opened for submission on May 30th and some of you may have already submitted. While we encourage all applicants to submit their application before June 15, please know that we do not believe it makes a difference whether you submit in the next few days or by June 15. Schools will be able to download the first batch of applications from AMCAS on June 28th and applicants who submit by June 15 are likely to be in that batch. Even if that is not the case this year, then applications submitted by mid-June will likely arrive at medical schools by the first week of July. Starting around mid-June, AMCAS historically begins to take longer to process and verify applications, so it can take longer and longer to verify. You do not want that to happen to you. However, it is most important that your application is error-free, so plan to have it done on time, but do not rush to submit. Put it aside and come back to it the next day. One more day will never matter. 2) Final Q&A webinars. As a reminder, we have a couple more webinars left. Wednesdays 6/5<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__attendee.gotowebinar.c…> 4-5pm and 6/12<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__attendee.gotowebinar.c…> 12-1pm. This is a good way to ask quick questions about AMCAS! You have to register before joining the webinar, but are able to register even after the webinar has begun. If you have already RSVPd in Crimson Careers, please be sure to also register through the goto links above. 3) CASPer. At this time, over 30<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__takecasper.com_test-2D…> U.S. medical schools require applicants to do an online situational judgment test (SJT) called CASPer as a pre-interview screen. The test presents a scenario which includes an ethical dilemma and then asks applicants to comment on how the individuals in the scenario should proceed. Proponents of the test believe it measures personal traits such as integrity and the ability to reason. If applicants are required to do this, we strongly recommend that they do free online practice (see https://takecasper.com/sample-casper-test/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__takecasper.com_sample-…> and http://apetest.com/caspersim/practice-test/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__apetest.com_caspersim_p…> for two examples). The SJT requires timed, rapid typing about specific scenarios, so applicants need to practice that skill if possible. Note: There are on average just 1-2 test dates per month<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__takecasper.com_test-2D…>, so be sure to register ahead of time. Please be sure to review the CASPer FAQs<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__takecasper.com_faq_&d=…>. We recommend you take CASPer by mid-July since it takes several weeks for the score to be sent to schools. Good luck submitting your AMCAS soon! Best, Emiko and Oona Emiko Morimoto, PhD Premedical and Health Careers Advising morimoto(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:morimoto@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-2595 Office of Career Services<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 [cid:image001.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.facebook.com/OCSHarvard>[cid:image002.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://twitter.com/HarvardOCS>[cid:image003.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://ocsharvard.tumblr.com/>[cid:image004.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/> http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health If you are applying to medical school in 2019 for matriculation in 2020, please subscribe to the Harvard OCS Medical School Applicant Listserv, by visiting https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/harvardocs-medschool-applica… and signing up using a @college.harvard.edu address, a @post.harvard.edu address, or an @alumni.harvard.edu address.

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