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How does AMCAS process applications?
Once your application has been submitted to AMCAS, acknowledgment
of its receipt will be sent to you via e-mail provided you have
included a valid internet address. Such acknowledgment does
not indicate that your materials (that all official transcripts)
are complete or that deadline requirements have been satisfied.
* AMCAS verification processing can take up to 4-6 weeks from
the time that your application and all required official transcripts
are received, and can take significantly longer during peak
processing times.
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AMCAS will then determine if all official transcripts have
arrived. If not, your application will be held until they are
all present. When your application and all transcripts are on
file, AMCAS verifies your course work against your official
transcripts.
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What is the Verification process?
During the Verification process, AMCAS verifies your course
work against your official transcripts, ensuring that the course
information entered in your application matches that on your
official transcripts.
AMCAS may return your application to you and you may
miss deadlines if major errors or omissions in course listings
are found during verification. AMCAS will stop verifying your
materials and an e-mail notification will be sent if any missing
or incomplete transcripts are discovered during verification.
AMCAS will verify your application using the following symbols:
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any course verified without correction |
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any course verified with any correction, change or addition
made by AMCAS |
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any course listed on the Academic Record but not reflected
on an official transcript; format corrections were
not required |
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any course listed on the Academic Record but not reflected
on an official transcript; format corrections have been
made |
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a type of coursework not intended to be verified by AMCAS |
After your application is verified, your AMCAS GPA is calculated.
Your AMCAS GPA may differ from the GPA calculated by your school.
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What do the "X"s to the right of my course work in my processed
application mean?
An "X" to the right of a verified course indicates that a change
to your course entry has been made by AMCAS in order to accurately
reflect the official transcript on which that course appears.
Changes may also be made by AMCAS if you neglect to include
certain pertinent information in your course work section. For
example, if you do not enter the AMCAS grade for a particular
course, AMCAS will add the appropriate AMCAS grade and an "X"
will appear to the right of that course entry.
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What happens to my application after Verification?
Following the final step of Verification, the calculation of
your AMCAS GPA, an e-mail informing you that your application
has completed processing will be sent to you.
Your AMCAS Application will then be made available to your
designated medical schools. Medical schools do not receive a
listing of the other schools to which you have applied.
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My application has been there since XX, why isn't it verified?
Please note that AMCAS application processing normally takes
up to 4-6 weeks, and can take significantly longer during peak
processing times.
However, the processing of an individual application can also
be delayed due to one or more of the following reasons:
- Missing or incomplete transcripts - If your application
is experiencing what you consider to be an excessive delay,
and you have not yet confirmed that your official transcripts
have been received by AMCAS, you can check your transcript
status by contacting AMCAS at amcas@aamc.org
using "Transcript Status" as a subject line. Please allow
1-3 business days for a response.
- Application Fees - Application Fees must be submitted
by credit or debit card, or electronic check.
- Major errors or omissions in the Coursework section
- Applications that include a significant amount of incorrect
course information, or that omit a significant amount of coursework
data, will be returned. AMCAS informs applicants via e-mail
in these cases.
