<p>It’s such a big effort, in time, energy and money, that you only want to do it once. And with the stakes so high for admittance and rare merit money, you want to be in the best position possible.</p>
<p>And as far as early interviews, D1 was finished with 10 by the end of Oct and didn’t have to deal with winter flying, only Sandy after the final one :(.</p>
<p>D. ruled out flying, it was only driving and she had to deal with winter driving, including escaping major storm literally by couple hours in one of the most snowy cities. The irony was that at the end she has chosen the school that accepted her few hours into the date when they allow to let applicants know (October 16?). She got 2 acceptances by 2am, but continued going to interviews. All despite the fact that this schools was her dream school way back in HS. D. always wanted to pursue all of her opportunities and she had experiences with the AAA services (very positive), waiting for her host in a dark in her car for couple hours and as I said barely escaping major snow storm while we were on vacation in Mexico. Lots of adventures, more than we would wish for. But at least no airports…</p>
<p>Son’s transcript is finally officially “received” by AMCAS. Just in case anybody wants to know, the AMCAS document handlers are processing transcripts that “arrived” on June 7th.</p>
<p>New Jersey public medical schools (the UMDNJs and Cooper) offer interview spots as early as August, right after the ED gang goes through. My son is trying to get UMDJ interviews done before his fall semester begins.</p>
<p>If the goal is Southwestern for a Texas resident, being late can kill all chances. Someone I know attending UT Houston applied 4 years ago at the end of July and the process takes another month before the app is turned over to colleges. He was invited in November and they filled all seats with candidates from September and October rounds with almost no one being picked from November or later rounds.</p>
<p>Some of the Texas schools have distinct admissions “personalities and predilections”. That is one of them. ;)</p>
<p>Remember, the final target goal is not the primary itself, but the interview date. Some schools are reputed to give away as many as one-third of their spots on October 15 itself; so most applicants should aim to have at least a couple by then.</p>
<p>Getting the primary done early is meant with the goal of having THAT benchmark met, and is only very minorly a goal in and of itself. Hopefully that’s at least somewhat reassuring.</p>
<p>My legendary advisor always told us: (1) Never submit within the first five days; (2) Other than that, submitting earlier is better than submitting later; (3) The major benchmark to aim for is to beat the July 4 weekend, when a sudden surge comes into AMCAS.</p>
<p>That refers to the submission of the primary application. I’m not sure offhand how transcripts come into play there, but I suspect she’s allowing for a couple MORE weeks beyond that.</p>
<p>oh sweet, it’s day four and I still haven’t submitted! They FINALLY received my transcript a couple of day ago though. </p>
<p>Anyone here willing to read my PS? I have had my college advisor and my parents read it, but wasn’t sure if I want a total stranger going over it. any vetrans want to give advice?</p>
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Sounds like your still really conflicted about it 
I am not volunteering or anything like that, but going by the typo in the quote, it looks like you sure could use some proof reading. ;)</p>
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<p>If you are unsure of what you have, you should read the top sticky thread (2013-2014 Applicant Sticky) on Pre-Medical Allopathic at SDN. It’s a great resource. Good luck. </p>
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<p>I finally got my mcat scores and need to add more schools. Can someone help me cut from this list?</p>
<p>U. Of Rochester
Albany Medical College
Wright State
Wayne State
University of Louisville
University of Kentucky
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
New York Medical College
Mount Sinai
Case Western
UCONN
Western Michigan U
University of Michigan
Oakland University
Wake Forest
Emory
Virginia Commonwealth
University of Vermont
Creighten
Ohio State
The commonwealth school-penn
Loma Linda
Eastern Virginia State
UMDNJ
Cooper school</p>
<p>I currently have 17/18 schools including my state schools, must apply to, and 3-4 super reaches. I want to max it at 25 if possible based on my stats.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Are you from either NJ or KY?</p>
<p>Take all public state Us off your list except for OSU and UMich.</p>
<p>Loma Linda is 7th Day Adventist and requires a specific lifestyle agreement–unless you’re OK with the religious philosphy of the school and its program–take it off your list.</p>
<p>Wake Forest has among the lowest acceptance rates of all medical schools in the country at 3.6%</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2012/08/14/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2012/08/14/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates</a></p>
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<p>Thanks!! I found some great readers and got pretty great feedback. Not to mention the incredible advice I got from people on this forum too (you know who you are!)</p>
<p>@mrpenguin, no I am not from those states.
@wowmom- thanks and yes I am a Christian and would be okay with Loma Linda( not Adventist but like that its faith based). And would being a urm make it okay to apply to the NJ schools and Vermont?</p>
<p>Generally speaking, state med schools will expect you to have a strong specific reason for applying to them (e.g. a special program or research center) OR you to have strong personal ties to the state.</p>
<p>Personal ties include: graduating from a high school in that state, immediate family members who live there (immediate = parents, siblings), or something similiar</p>
<p>Unless you can clearly articulate why this state/state school AND your stats are above their average accepted for your ethnic group, I wouldn’t apply to OOS publics. (Unless you have time and money to burn on lots of applications.)</p>
<p>Vermont</p>
<p>OOS applied: 5328
OOS accepted: 192 </p>
<p>OOS acceptance rate: 3%</p>
<p>UMDNJ (Johnson)</p>
<p>OOS applied: 1347
OOS accepted: 27 </p>
<p>OOS acceptance rate: 2%</p>
<p>Okay I will only keep umich and osu as publics. Thank you for the help wowmom!</p>
<p>Two weeks after the opening of AMCAS, I seem ready to finally submit. The big hold up for me had been the personal statement, but I’ve got something that I can stand behind now.</p>
<p>Here’s hoping that I don’t overdraft on my bank account when all of the app. fees process.</p>
<p>Congratulations on clicking on that “submit” button, and best of luck!</p>
<p>Hear you on the bank account thing. D2 has been grumbling that she’s gonna be living on a lentils and ramen diet for next few months to pay for all her primary fees.</p>
<p>WashU secondary already up! 
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<p><a href=“Amp”>https://wumsapply.wustl.edu/</a></p>
<p>any harm in submitting it now without a primary?</p>