Certifying and Submitting Your Application

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Guide for applicants completing the last step of the AAMC's American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) to certify and submitting the application.

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Before you submit your application, be sure to proofread it carefully. We recommend using the “Print Application” feature and proofreading a hard copy of your application.

After you submit your application, you may only make changes to the following information:

  • ID Numbers.
  • Name, including Full Legal Name, Preferred Name, and Alternate Names.
  • Contact Information including Permanent and Preferred Mailing Addresses.
  • Alternate Contact Information.
  • Date of Birth, Birth Address, and Gender.
  • Letters of Evaluation (only additions of up to 10 letters and notifying the AMCAS program of a letter no longer being sent).
  • Next MCAT® exam testing date.
  • Add Medical Schools and change existing Program type (deadlines, fees, and restrictions apply).
  • Release application information to your prehealth advisor.

In order to submit your application, you are required to agree to a series of statements, which you can find in the AMCAS Applicant Guide.

Your certification of these statements takes the place of your legal signature and is binding. When you certify (electronically sign) your application, you signify that you have read this information as well as all other instructions throughout the application.

At the time of submission, you must provide payment for any application fees. The 2025 AMCAS processing fee is $175, which includes one medical school designation. Additional medical school designations are $46 each. Tax, where applicable, will be calculated at checkout. You can pay online by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover) or with a Fee Assistance Program award. The AMCAS program will not accept any offline payments, including checks, money orders, or credit card information sent via mail, fax, email, or telephone.

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2025 AMCAS® Application

The 2025 AMCAS application is now open. If you wish to start medical school in Fall 2025, please complete and submit the 2025 AMCAS application.

As of December 2 AMCAS is:

Marking transcripts as "Received" that were delivered on or before:

Paper (mailed) – November 27

Parchment – November 27

National Student Clearinghouse – December 2

Certree – December 2

Processing applications that reached "Ready for Review" on November 27.

Processing Academic Change Requests submitted on November 27.

2025 AMCAS® Applicant Guide

Outline of the current AMCAS application process, policies, and procedures.

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2025 AMCAS® Application Workbook

This resource is designed to help you prepare your materials for the AMCAS® application but does not replace the online application.

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2025 AMCAS® Application Fees

The application processing fee is $175 and includes one medical school designation. Additional school designations are $46 each. Tax, where applicable, will be calculated at checkout. 

Fee Assistance Program

If approved for the Fee Assistance Program, you will receive a waiver for all AMCAS fees for one (1) application submission with up to 20 medical school designations ($1,049 value). Benefits are not retroactive.

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