DO Timeline 05-03-2012

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Originally Posted by chicago5950 Hey all, Short stats: Middle School Ed Major, 3.52 cGPA, 3.28sGPA I am taking Organic Chem and Biochemistry this summer to finish my pre-reqs AND taking the MCAT July 6th. Things I don't have: LOR from Commitee --------------- Committee won't write until MCAT scores come in. Summer Grades -------------------- Grades Post Aug 3rd MCAT ----------------------------------- Scores Post Aug 7th Right now I am planning on submitting AACOMAS after summer grades and MCAT comes in. Which means I probably wont be verified until September. But... should I submit earlier without MCAT, LOR, or summer grades?

If I were you... I'd submit my AACOMAS (takes 2-5 weeks to verify) once your Spring grades (you want at least one o-chem grade in there when you apply) are on your transcript. So get crackin' on that primary. The reason is because your AACOMAS will take 3-6 weeks to verify, so you'll have that piece of mind going into your MCAT and through summer school that you're already done with the primary and it'll be verified by the time your MCAT scores come in. Once your MCAT scores come in, electronically send the scores to AACOMAS, and tell your premed committee to start writing the letter. (I wasn't complete until late November last year and I still got an interview with an average MCAT, so I think you should be in decent shape if your MCAT is 27/28 or above).

This isn't going to slow down anything... since your LORs are supposed to be sent with the secondaries, not the primary. So after the schools receive your MCAT score, they would already have your verified primary... so they'll put the two together and review it... then send you your secondary app via email. Hopefully by that time, your premed committee will have sent their letter to Interfolio, so once you submit your secondaries... you can submit your letters right after. Make sense?

Oh, and for your summer grades... you can always send AACOMAS an updated transcript once your summer grades are posted. Don't delay your application waiting for it.... update letters are an important part of this process.

DO TimeLine
1. Submit Spring Transcripts & Finish Primary to get Verified in June
2. Ask for D.O./Advisor LORs
3. Get MCAT Score in August & Submit to AACOMAS
4. Ask for Committee LOR after MCAT Scores for Secondary
5. AACOMAS Sends Complete Packet to Schools
6. Get Secondaries in August
7. Submit Summer Transcript in Aug with Orgo 2 + Biochem to AACOMAS for Update
8. Submit Secondary mid-August with all LORs
9. AACOMAS sends updated file to Schools