<p>Just making sure I'm on the right timeline.</p>
<p>I'm in the middle of wrapping up my application. I'm having my personal statement proof-read on Thursday (June 5th). I've requested all my transcripts to be sent to AMCAS, and have all my course work submitted, but my spring semester grades won't be sent till June 6th.</p>
<p>My LOR are to be sent on August 20th (my school's policy is to wait until August to send them).</p>
<p>My MCAT is on July 8th, and my score will be released to schools before my LORs arive.</p>
<p>It looks like I will have my primary totally polished and ready to go by mid-June. I'm assuming I should have all my secondaries in by August 20th (The date of my LOR release) at the latest?</p>
<p>I'm not sure why they wait that long. But I'm confident that the bennefits of going through the HCEC far outweigh the delay. Plus, I have always been impressed by the premedical services....I trust their judgement, and I'm sure they wouldn't send the file out in August if it put their students at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>It bothered me a little to have to sit around for a few weeks since I turned in my primary and secondaries early. But, I don't think it really places you at a disadvantage to be complete in mid-August-early September. I still received 10 interview invitations before December and was able to do 9 interviews from mid-September to early-December. Considering the fact the interview season runs from September-March, I think I was still at a competitive advantage.</p>
<p>Cornell has always had this policy and they assure us each year that med schools tell them it's okay. The only school this might be a problem for is Northwestern since they have a 2 week deadline for LOR's but they will make exceptions for Cornell students. I missed my August 14th deadline by a week since Cornell did not send out LOR's until August 16th but still got my invitation in Sept. Interestingly, I met a M1 from Cornell there who got in w/o an interview. So, yes, NU does make quite a few exceptions.</p>