Taken or reserved a seat for the MCAT exam Reviewed the topic of your personal statement with

the Pre-Health Office and met with the Writing Center to begin polishing (Writing Center is only open until June 9)

Carefully checked all transcripts from all post-secondary courses for any anomalous grades

Requested more than the number of recommendation letters. These should be received in the Pre-Health office by the first week in June.

Have current name and contact information (email/phone) for EACH of your 12-15 experiences. (Mrs. Wood-Hill can NOT be listed as a contact.)

Tuesday, May , 2016 Application opens

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Application submission begins

Friday, June 24, 2016 Initial transmission of application data to medical schools—First date AMCAS will transmit letters

Monday, August 1, 2016 Early Decision Program deadline **

** AMCAS MUST receive MCAT scores by this date

Student

Transcript:

Application:

Recommendation:

AMCAS (Verification) Medical Schools

Student

Pre-Health Office

Virtual Evaluations

Student Registrar’s Office

Student MCAT

MCAT

http://www.yu.edu/transcript

NO ROOM FOR ERROR! Plan to submit in early June Have several people proof it Email to Pre-Health Office to review

coursework

Is this the name on your YU transcript?

Do not use your social security number!

Is this the name on your YU transcript?

Do NOT use your social Security number.

Your time in Israel is NOT study aboard.

Dates are important here. Check your YC transcript for dates THEY entered for your coursework. Be especially careful about dates that YC entered for AP credits!

Be sure to release your AMCAS application AND your MCAT scores to Mrs. Wood-Hill. We cannot transmit your letters without it.

NOTE: The Pre-Health Office CANNOT transmit your transcript and the Registrar’s office cannot send transcripts from other schools you have attended.

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM

REGISTRAR’S OFFICE

AMCAS Order a transcript from EVERY post-secondary

college.

After you complete Sections One and Two, you can order your transcripts. You do NOT have to wait until you submit the entire application. Problems with transcripts are the NUMBER ONE cause of processing delays

and missed deadlines. They can be ordered and sent as early as May 5th . Order transcripts online for YC classes at www.yu.edu/transcripts. Make sure your AMCAS ID Number is on every request. Order an unofficial copy of the transcript to use in inputting your coursework. You do NOT need to submit a TRF for any Israeli credits. [SEE ISRAELI CREDITS

SLIDE] Review OFFICIAL transcripts carefully before entering classwork for any

“Incomplete” or “In Progress Grades” The transcripts do NOT have to arrive at AMCAS for you to submit your

application.

Use this section to enter basic information regarding citizenship, legal residence, languages spoken, ethnicity and race, parents/guardian, siblings, and felony information.

Use this section to enter information, grades and credits earned for every course that you have enrolled in at any U.S., U.S. Territorial, or Canadian post-secondary institution.

This includes college credits earned in high school!

Schools automatically populate from “schools attended list”.

Credits from any YU-affiliated Yeshiva in Israel appear as a block of 16 credits on your YU transcript, but MUST be broken down into individual classes on AMCAS. You will need your religious (morning program) transcript to complete this section.

You do NOT have to request transcripts for any of these credits.

This should NOT be listed as “Study Abroad.”

Your Israeli credits fall into two categories:

YU-Affiliated Yeshiva You were accepted to YU before you went to Israel and attended one of the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Programs - This coursework should be listed with "Yeshiva University" as your school and appear the same as your other YU classes, and NOT as a block of 16. These courses are listed as “Pass/Fail” with no grades.

Non-YU affiliated Yeshiva You applied to and were accepted to YU after you arrived in Israel while attending one of the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Programs

You do NOT have to order transcripts from Israel for any of these

scenarios.

These credits should appear as regular YC classes (totaling 16 credits for each semester) and listed as P/F.

Yes, it will seem as if you’ve spent an extra year at YU.

Separate School listing

Classes listed as P/F

Use this section to indicate: Advance Placement Pending Grades Withdrawals

term it was granted as seen on your transcript

Use this section to enter any volunteer, research or extra curricular activities, awards, honors, or publications that you would like to bring to the attention of the medical schools to which you are applying. NOTE: Dean’s List is NOT an activity!

You do NOT have to complete all 15. Do not PAD with irrelevant data. BUT…if you only have three or four activities, this is a concern! 12 Regular experiences (700 character narrative) 3 Most Important Experiences (1,325 character narrative) Use your resume as a base for times/dates and other details Create narrative to describe what YOU got out of the experience (i.e., what you

learned, any new techniques or experiences, etc.) Review entries with the YU Writing Center Have the Pre-Health Office review sections. (don’t expect us to drop everything!) AMCAS requires contact information for each experience! Most of these experiences you should have submitted with your Pre-Health Application

in January and reviewed with Mrs. Wood-Hill during your 1-hour meeting.

Transcript

AMCAS

Enter AP courses for first semester you received Institutional Credit

In this section, the student will: Identify the letter AMCAS will receive

[COMMITTEE LETTER] Identify the medical schools to which each

letter should be sent Print letter request form and provide to Ms.

Beaudreau (including personalized tracking number)

Track receipt of letters by AMCAS—letters are finalized and transmitted in the order in which submit your application.

Do not call us constantly about your letter!

STEP THREE: Print the Letter of Request Form (LRF)

You will be asked whether you want to print the letter of request:

Click “YES”

The Pre-health Office will need the number to include with your Virtual Evaluation packet.

The “Committee Letter Packet” that the Pre-Health Office transmits to AMCAS (via Virtual Evaluations) contains:

Mrs. Wood-Hill’s Committee Letter

› We often para-phrase the letters but send each in its entirety to the schools as an attachment to my letter.

Supporting letters of recommendation Committee Letter Waiver Form

Most students select between 23-25 schools

Think outside the box, i.e. outside NYC! Have a reason for each school you

select Be ready to fly to out-of-state interviews!

Application Fees (in 2016 cycle) $160 processing fee (includes one school) $37 for each additional school

In addition to the initial application fees, all schools will require fees for their secondary applications.

There are also separate fees if you apply MD and DO.

This is your PERSONAL STATEMENT NOTE: You should have already had our office review the subject of the personal statement. 5,300 characters (including spaces) Have several people read it for spelling and

grammar Cut and paste from MS-Word (?)

NOTE: If you are re-taking the MCAT and don’t indicate your upcoming testing date, medical schools may review your application without waiting for your new score and

reject you!

Contact the MCAT Team mcat@aamc.org | 202-828-0690 Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm ET

o Early is good. Error-free is better! o Emphasize completeness and accuracy over early submission o Use print option to check your data as final step before

submission. Send this version in pdf format to Mrs. Wood-Hill BEFORE submitting to AMCAS.

o Have your payment information ready o Ensure successful submission by checking the Main Menu o Email verified version to Mrs. Wood-Hill for file! o Always check regular and junk email for important messages

from AMCAS. RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER (2-business days for general email, 10 business days for secondary applications.)

BEFORE YOU CONTACT THE PRE-HEALTH OFFICE— 40+ PowerPoint presentation posted online at

www.yu.edu/academic-advising/undergraduate-men/ec11/

AMCAS Instructions available online at https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/applying-medical-school-amcas/how-apply-med-school-amcas/

Pre-Health Office Drop In Hours –TO BE DETERMINED

Contact AMCAS @ (202) 828 0600 or amcas@aamc.org HOURS 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET EXPECT DELAYS AND BE POLITE!