The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) is a centralized application processing service located in Washington, D.C. The AMCAS does not make any admissions decisions. They simply verify your academic history and process, duplicate, and send your application and MCAT scores to all AMCAS member schools that you designate. The AMCAS application greatly simplifies the…
By: Maeve Clair The AAMC, which is the organization that designs the MCAT, recommends dedicating 350 study hours prior to Test Day. If you were to treat studying for the MCAT like a full-time job, this means you would have to block off about ten weeks of prep to meet the AAMC’s recommendation. If you are already…
Gaining admission to medical school isn’t getting any easier. GPA and MCAT averages are increasing, everyone has a stellar CV, and most important, more and more students are applying! With all of these challenges facing you, how do you stand out among the crowd? Well, allow me to show you! Grab your pen and paper….this…
As a sophomore in college, I was sure I wanted to go into the medical field. So sure, that I took a gamble and took the MCAT before the new changes were initiated in 2015. At that time, I was determined to go straight from college to medical school, residency, and finally to my career….
