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These tools will help you advise your students on how to successfully apply to medical school using the American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) application.
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These tools will help you advise your students on how to successfully apply to medical school using the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) application.
The AMCAS® program accepts applicants' letters of evaluation via the AMCAS Letter Service and distributes them to participating medical schools electronically.
The AAMC created the Admissions Hub to bring all our admission resources together to support the efforts of medical schools to identify, select, and train physicians for the health care system of the future.
The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) Course Classification Guide provides examples of how courses are often categorized.
The AAMC-facilitated Criminal Background Check Service is conducted to help medical schools procure appropriate national criminal history reports.
AAMC Services and Programs Update: What’s New in 2024
Supporting Applicants through the 2025 AMCAS Application Cycle
This annual AMCAS application webinar prepares advisors for the 2025 AMCAS application cycle. This presentation covered a walkthrough of the AMCAS application, what's new in the application, and advisor resources.
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Read the PDF slides to the Supporting Applicants through the 2025 AMCAS Application Cycle
How to Excel AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors
This webinar introduces health professions advisors to navigating the AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) Roster of Applicants Report and integrating it with institutional data. Also included are AMCAS program updates for the AY2024 and 2025 cycles.
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Access the PDF slides for the How to Excel: AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors webinar.
Sample Advisor Data Set from How to Excel AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors Webinar
This sample data set was used during the How to Excel AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors Webinar to show how advisors can use pivot tables and graphs to share information.
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Part II - How to Excel: AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors Webinar
Part II - How to Excel: AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors Webinar
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Part II - How to Excel: AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors Webinar Slides
Sample Advisor Data Set from Part II - How to Excel: AAMC Advisor Information System (AIS) for Advisors
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This FAQ shares the background on the upcoming change to the self-reported “Disadvantaged Status” question in the 2024 AMCAS application.
This FAQ shares the background on the addition of the "Social Justice/Advocacy" experience type in the 2024 AMCAS application.
How Does the AMCAS® Program Work?
Take a look behind the scenes at the AMCAS program to learn more about how applications are processed and delivered to medical schools.
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The regular MD programs at AMCAS program-participating medical schools listed by code.
AMCAS® Program Preliminary Data allows medical school programs to receive high-level, initial data about their applicants upon submitting an application to their school, but before they have been verified by the AMCAS program.
AMCAS Application Tutorial — How to Enter Study Abroad Course Work
The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) How to Enter Study Abroad Course work tutorial shows applicants how to enter courses that you took while studying abroad in the redesigned application.
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AMCAS Application Tutorial — How to Add Letter of Evaluation Entries & Assign them to Medical Schools
The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) How to Add Letter of Evaluation Entries & Assign Them to Medical Schools tutorial guides you through the process of managing your letter of evaluation entries in the redesigned application.
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The following guidelines aim to improve the letter writing process in order to benefit both letter writers and admissions committees.
AMCAS Application Tutorial — How to Enter Basic Course Work
The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) How to Enter Basic Coursework tutorial shows applicants how to enter basic courses into the Course Work section of the redesigned application.
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AMCAS Application Tutorial — How to Enter AP Course Work
The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) How to Enter AP Coursework tutorial shows you how to enter AP courses into the Course Work section of the redesigned application.
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AMCAS Application Tutorial — How to Enter Current/Future Course Work
The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) How to Enter Current/Future Course work tutorial shows you how to enter courses in the redesigned application that you are currently taking or planning to take before medical school matriculation.
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Ask Admissions Webinar: Next Steps After Submission
This AAMC Ask Admissions webinar recording is about learning next steps in the application process beyond submission. During this webinar, we discussed topics to help manage expectations through the admissions process.
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AMCAS Tutorial: Using the Letter Writer Application
This tutorial guides advisors and letter authors through submitting a letter of evaluation using the AMCAS Letter Writer Application.
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This is the PowerPoint PDF of the AAMC Ask Admissions webinar series continuation with a new panel of nontraditional medical students and admissions officers.
Ask Admissions Webinar: How to Present Yourself as a Strong Applicant
Watch this webinar recording of the AAMC and a panelist of admissions officers and an advisor covering how to present yourself as a strong applicant to medical schools.
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Ask Admissions Webinar: How to Select Letter Writers and What Admissions Committees Learn About You
Webinar recording of the AAMC and a panelist of Admissions Officers discussing how you can go about choosing your letter of evaluation writers for the AMCAS application.
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AMCAS Overview — Part II
This is Part II of the AMCAS application overview video series where we will talk in depth about each section of the AMCAS application.
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AMCAS Overview — Part III
In this Part III of the AMCAS application overview video series we will discuss what happens after you submit your application including the verification process, letters of evaluation, and we will review which changes are allowed post-submission.
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