Recruitment, Admissions, Selection, and Enrollment Resources

The AAMC offers members access to a wide range of resources for recruitment, admissions, selection, and enrollment of applicants to medical schools. Some resources require a member login.

Application and Acceptance Protocols — Admissions Officers
The AAMC application policies are established protocols for applicants and admissions officers.

Application and Acceptance Protocols for Applicants
These AAMC recommendations help ensure that all MD and MD-PhD applicants receive timely notification about the outcome of their American Medical College Application Service^® (AMCAS^®) application.

Artificial Intelligence Resources for Admission and Selection Processes
Based on the AAMC’s Principles for Responsible AI in Medical School and Residency Selection, the AAMC developed resources to support programs putting these principles into practice. These tools help institutions determine AI readiness, evaluate vendors, and navigate key terminology for effectively integrating AI into their selection processes.

Best Practices in Admissions Processes for LCME^® Accredited Medical Schools (login required)
This document contains the former Group on Student Affairs Committee on Admissions-recommended practices for Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) -accredited medical schools and applicants during the acceptance and matriculation process to promote fairness and applicant confidentiality. This publication was published in 2019 as part of the former Group on Student Affairs Committee on Admissions and is being retained here as a professional development resource.

Choose Your Medical School Tool Overview for Admissions Officers (login required)
A one-page overview of the Choose Your Medical School tool, a resource introduced for the application cycle in 2019.

Equal Opportunity in Medical School Admissions
View the AAMC’s collection of resources on fostering equal opportunity in medical school admissions. This page is continuously updated as new resources are developed and released.

Guidelines for the Consideration of Applications for Transfer or Advanced Standing
These guidelines were established by the GSA Steering Committee to assist medical schools in the handling of applications. This resource was reviewed in 2016 as part of the former Group on Student Affairs Committee on Admissions and is being retained here as an archived professional development resource.

Implementing PREview^® Scores 2026 Medical School Admissions (PDF)
This guide includes information about the design, interpretation, and use of the PREview exam.

Using MCAT^® Data in 2026 Medical Student Selection (PDF)
This comprehensive guide presents information about how to interpret and use Medical College Admission Test^® (MCAT) scores during mission-aligned selection. The guide has been fully redesigned and contains updated information, tools, and data for use in the current application cycle.

AAMC Resources and Services
The AAMC’s Services hub brings all our admissions resources together to support the efforts of medical schools to identify, select, and train physicians for the health care system of the future.

AMCAS
The AMCAS program is the AAMC’s centralized medical school application processing service. Most U.S. medical schools use the service as the primary application method for their first-year classes.

Mission-Aligned Selection and Retention
Mission-aligned selection is a flexible, mission-driven approach to recruiting and assessing an individual’s competencies by considering their experiences, attributes, and metrics. This helps to select applicants who will best contribute to the program’s unique goals, learning environment, and the practice of medicine. This page has resources for implementing mission-aligned selection in your admissions process.

MCAT Resources for Admissions Officers
The tools and resources on this page are designed to help admissions officers and committee members interpret MCAT scores in the context of mission-aligned selection.

Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR^®)
Updated annually, this resource provides data and detailed descriptions of all LCME-accredited U.S. and Canadian medical schools, focusing on admissions requirements. It includes information provided directly by staff at each medical school as well as unique data provided by the AAMC. Users can compare MCAT scores and GPAs of accepted applicants and review premed coursework, class profiles, key application data, and other important information. A new edition is released every spring. Admissions staff at each medical school have access to update the information and policies in their profiles year-round.

MSAR Reports
This repository of reports represents MSAR data and policies frequently referenced by prehealth advisors for use in advising premeds, gap year students, and applicants. Topics include application timeline, letter of evaluation preference, MS-MD programs, and more.

PREview^® Professional Readiness Exam
The PREview exam is a standardized test designed to measure the full range of professional competencies identified by medical schools as important to medical student success. This page helps admissions officers learn about the PREview exam, how the exam has been developed and is scored, and how PREview scores can enhance the mission-aligned selection process.

Supporting the Admissions Life Cycle
This page provides a centralized repository of AAMC tools and resources to support you in designing your admissions process, evaluating applicants, finalizing your matriculating classes with the AAMC, and reviewing and refining your process after each cycle.