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AMCAS Instruction Book for the 2005 Entering Class

This Instruction Booklet was created by AMCAS to assist applicants as they complete the AMCAS application to
the 2005 entering class. It does not replace the AMCAS application’s Instructions, found within the online
application. Prior to submitting an AMCAS application, applicants must certify that they have read, understand,
and agree to comply with AMCAS instructions, as defined in the AMCAS application.
Table of Contents
Welcome ................................................................................................ 5
Special Note for Delayed/Deferred Matriculants...................................................................................................5
Special Note for Re-Applicants .............................................................................................................................6
Delayed/Deferred Matriculants After May 1 .........................................................................................................6
If you have started a 2005 AMCAS application, but have not yet submitted the application to
AMCAS .............................................................................................................................................. 7
After Early June 2004 ............................................................................................................................ 7
Delayed/Deferred Matriculants Prior to May 1 .................................................................................. 8
Biographic .............................................................................................. 8
Required and Alternate Ids.....................................................................................................................................8
Name ......................................................................................................................................................................8
Birth Information ...................................................................................................................................................9
Birthplace ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Birth date .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Sex ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Number of Dependants .......................................................................................................................... 9
Preferred Mailing Address .....................................................................................................................................9
For U.S. .............................................................................................................................................. 10
For Canada.......................................................................................................................................... 10
For Other ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Permanent Mailing Address.................................................................................................................................10
Alternate Contact .................................................................................................................................................11
Legal Residence/Citizenship................................................................................................................................11
Legal Residence .................................................................................................................................. 11
Citizenship .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Visa Type ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Parent / Guardian Information .............................................................................................................................11
Ethnicity ...............................................................................................................................................................12
Race......................................................................................................................................................................12
Languages ............................................................................................................................................................13
Disadvantaged ......................................................................................................................................................13
Essay ................................................................................................... 13
Personal Comments..............................................................................................................................................13
Post Secondary Experiences ..................................................................... 14
Post-Secondary Experiences ................................................................................................................................14
Post-Secondary Experiences Detail .....................................................................................................................14
Post-Secondary Experiences Type ........................................................................................................ 15
Copyright 2004 AAMC. All rights reserved 1

Post-Secondary Experiences Dates ....................................................................................................... 15

Post-Secondary Experiences Title ......................................................................................................... 15
Post-Secondary Experiences Organization Name ................................................................................... 15
Post-Secondary Experiences Average Hours Per Week .......................................................................... 15
Post-Secondary Experiences Contact Name/Contact Title ...................................................................... 15
Post-Secondary Experiences Experience Description ............................................................................. 15
Schools Attended ................................................................................... 16
Degree Entry ........................................................................................................................................................16
Major Entry ..........................................................................................................................................................16
Minor Entry..........................................................................................................................................................16
School Attended, High School.............................................................................................................................16
For U.S. Schools ................................................................................................................................. 16
For Canadian Schools .......................................................................................................................... 17
For Other ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Colleges Attended, Details...................................................................................................................................17
School-Specific Information ................................................................................................................. 17
For Other: ........................................................................................................................................... 17
Majors, Minors and Degrees ................................................................................................................................18
Colleges Attended ................................................................................................................................................18
Select a Degree.....................................................................................................................................................18
Select a Major ......................................................................................................................................................18
Select a Minor ......................................................................................................................................................19
Transcript Requests ............................................................................... 19
Grade/Evaluation Type ........................................................................................................................................19
School Address Information ................................................................................................................................19
Preferred Address Information.............................................................................................................................19
Print Transcript Request.......................................................................................................................................19
Transcript Exception Request ..............................................................................................................................20
Transcript Exception Request/Contact Information.............................................................................................20
Transcript Exception Request/Credit Transferred................................................................................................20
Transcript Exception Request / Name of College Transcript Where Credits Appear..........................................20
Type of Foreign Attendance.................................................................................................................................21
Transcript Identification.......................................................................................................................................21
Transcript Request Options..................................................................................................................................21
Transcript Requests..............................................................................................................................................21
Transcripts Required/Not Required .....................................................................................................................21
Transcript Requirements ......................................................................................................................................22
Courses Taken While in High School ..................................................................................................................22
AP (Advanced Placement) Prep Courses/Exams .................................................................................... 22
Other Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Military Education ............................................................................................................................... 23
American Schools Overseas ................................................................................................................. 24
Coursework .......................................................................................... 24
School Name and Dates of Attendance................................................................................................................25
Course Work/ Year and Term ..............................................................................................................................25
Specific Courses Taken........................................................................................................................................26
Specific Course Information Screen ....................................................................................................................27

School/Year and Term ......................................................................................................................... 27

Academic Status .................................................................................................................................. 27
Course Number/Course Name .............................................................................................................. 28
Course Classification ........................................................................................................................... 28
Course Type .........................................................................................................................................................32
Advanced Placement (AP) ................................................................................................................... 32
Audit .................................................................................................................................................. 32
Current / Future Course Work .............................................................................................................. 32
Pass / Fail ........................................................................................................................................... 32
CLEP.................................................................................................................................................. 33
Deferred Grade.................................................................................................................................... 33
Exempt ............................................................................................................................................... 33
Repeat ................................................................................................................................................ 33
Honors ................................................................................................................................................ 33
Incomplete .......................................................................................................................................... 34
No Record........................................................................................................................................... 34
Withdrawal ......................................................................................................................................... 34
Credit Hours Attempted/Semester Hours Attempted/ Supplemental Hours Attempted ......................................34
Official Transcript Grade .....................................................................................................................................35
AMCAS Grades ...................................................................................................................................................35
Special Course Listing .........................................................................................................................................35
CEGEP/Grade 13 Coursework.............................................................................................................. 35
Clock Hours and Continuing Education Units (CEU) ............................................................................. 36
Courses Taken While in High School.................................................................................................... 37
AP Prep Courses/Exams ...................................................................................................................... 37
Other Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Full-Year Courses................................................................................................................................ 38
Life Experience Credit ......................................................................................................................... 38
M.D. Courses ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Foreign Coursework.............................................................................................................................................38
American Colleges Overseas ................................................................................................................ 38
Independent Attendance, Transferred .................................................................................................... 39
Independent Attendance, Not Transferred ............................................................................................. 40
Institute of European Studies ................................................................................................................ 40
International Baccalaureate Examination ............................................................................................... 40
Study Abroad Course Work .................................................................................................................................40
Military Credit......................................................................................................................................................41
General Information about Military Course Work .................................................................................. 41
Transcript Available ............................................................................................................................ 41
AARTS Transcript Available ............................................................................................................... 43
SMART transcript available ................................................................................................................. 43
Transfer Credit Awarded by Another School ......................................................................................... 43
No Transcript Available ....................................................................................................................... 44
Narrative Evaluations...........................................................................................................................................44
USAFI/DANTES Credit ......................................................................................................................................44
Standardized Tests ................................................................................. 45
MCAT and Other Tests........................................................................................................................................45

How many MCAT exams have you taken since April 1991? .................................................................. 45
Medical School Preference ................................................................................................................... 45
Other Tests Taken ............................................................................................................................... 45
Designate Medical Schools ....................................................................... 45
Designate Schools and Corresponding Fees ........................................................................................................45
Designating Additional Schools...........................................................................................................................45
Financial Hold......................................................................................................................................................45
School Designations.............................................................................................................................................46
Selecting a Medical School .................................................................................................................. 46
Previously Applied/Program Type ........................................................................................................ 46
Have you applied to this medical school in previous years? .................................................................... 46
Select the type of program to which you are applying ............................................................................ 46
Application Audit................................................................................... 49
Certification and Submission .................................................................... 49
Institutional Action ..............................................................................................................................................49
Felony...................................................................................................................................................................49
Previous Matriculation .........................................................................................................................................49
MCAT ..................................................................................................................................................................50
Application Certification......................................................................................................................................50
Submit ..................................................................................................................................................................50
Application Processing.........................................................................................................................................50
Post-Submission Changes ....................................................................................................................................50
Payment Information............................................................................................................................................51
Balance Due ........................................................................................................................................ 51
Selecting a method Of Payment ............................................................................................................ 52
Credit Card Information ....................................................................................................................... 52
Check Information ............................................................................................................................... 53
Confirm Your Billing Information ........................................................................................................ 53
Billing Receipt .................................................................................................................................... 53
Academic Change .................................................................................. 53
Academic Change Request ..................................................................................................................................53
Policies and Procedures ........................................................................... 54
American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) General Information ..............................................54
Application Processing.........................................................................................................................................54
Application Certification......................................................................................................................................55
AMCAS Instructions............................................................................................................................................55
Monitoring the Application Process.....................................................................................................................56
Applicant Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................................56
Deadlines..............................................................................................................................................................56
Contacting AMCAS .............................................................................................................................................57
What is the AAMC?.............................................................................................................................................57
AAMC Fee Assistance Program (FAP) ...............................................................................................................57
AAMC Resolution On Equal Opportunity...........................................................................................................58
AAMC Policies Regarding Data Collection, Processing, and Dissemination .....................................................58
Investigations .......................................................................................................................................................59
Post-Submission Changes ....................................................................................................................................59

Welcome
As you complete this application, remember that instructions and explanations have been embedded in each page
along the way. In addition to the instructions that appear on the pages themselves, you can click HELP on the tool
bar at the top of the page to receive additional information for the page on which you are working. If a Help topic
does not appear for a particular application page, a Help index and Search functionality are available.
As you prepare to submit your application to AMCAS, read the AMCAS policies and procedures. When you
certify your application, you signify that you have read this information, in addition to all instructions throughout
the application. The certification takes the place of your legal signature.
Important Tips for completing your application:
• AMCAS has difficulties matching official transcripts (OT) that are not accompanied by the AMCAS
Transcript Request form. Applicants should use the AMCAS Transcript Request form, available in the
Transcript Requests section of the AMCAS application, when requesting that official transcripts (OTs) be
sent to AMCAS in support of their application.
• After the initial submission of your application, you must re-certify and re-submit your application
whenever a change is made.
• Applicants should enter all text responses in the application just as they would like the medical schools to
see them, avoiding use of all CAPS or all lower case. Medical schools have indicated that they prefer to
receive applications that evidence normal writing practices regarding case.
• Many email messages from AMCAS and medical schools are sent simultaneously to multiple applicants.
Some email providers use filters to ensure that users do not receive spam (junk email). In some cases
these filters can prevent email from AMCAS and medical schools sent to groups of applicants from
getting through.
The majority of providers that offer such filters generally provide the user with the option to turn the filter
on or off. Other providers make available to users a "junk mail file" that includes all messages sent to the
user but identified as multiple-addressee email. If a particular provider does not offer such options, we
recommend that applicants either contact their provider to determine the best way to access such
messages, or consider using an additional or replacement provider during your medical school admissions
process.
• All required fields throughout the application are marked with a red asterisk (*).
Special Note for Delayed/Deferred Matriculants

You are a delayed matriculant applicant for the 2005 entering class if you:
• Submitted an AMCAS application for the 2004 entering class;
• Received an acceptance;
• Delayed your matriculation with the approval of the medical school granting the acceptance; and
• Are instructed by the medical school to submit your 2005 application to their institution as a delayed
matriculant applicant.
Prior to initiating a 2005 AMCAS application, contact your medical school to confirm whether they have
submitted a Deferred/Delayed Matriculant admission action on your behalf and to confirm whether they may have
any special instructions or restrictions specific to that school.

• AMCAS Applicant Instructions - Delayed/Deferred Matriculants Prior to May 1, 2004. Choose this
option if the medical school has submitted the appropriate admission action to AMCAS prior to May 1,
2003.
• AMCAS Applicant Instructions - Delayed/Deferred Matriculants After May 1, 2004. Choose this option
if you are granted a deferral after May 1, 2003.
Special Note for Re-Applicants
• Applicants who applied through AMCAS to the 2003 entering class:
Your application has been pre-populated with the responses you entered in your application to the 2003
entering class. Certain fields, such as those that appear in the Certification & Submission section, have
not been pre-populated.
You are responsible for reviewing your previous responses, completing all required fields, and ensuring
that all your responses are accurate at the time you certify and submit your application. Re-applicant
status does not preclude you from official transcript requirements, and AMCAS does require all new, up-
to-date official transcripts in support of your application to the 2004 entering class.
• Applicants who applied through AMCAS previous to the 2003 entering class admissions process:
Because your previous application data preceded the 2003 admissions process, you are responsible for
completing this new AMCAS application in its entirety. In addition, Re-applicant status does not preclude
you from official transcript requirements, and AMCAS does require all new, up-to-date official
transcripts in support of your application to the 2004 entering class.
If you need additional help, refer to our website at www.aamc.org/amcas, e-mail AMCAS at
amcas@aamc.org or give us a call at (202) 828-0600. Thanks, and please accept our best wishes for your
successful application to medical school.
Delayed/Deferred Matriculants After May 1
If you are granted a deferral after May 1, 2004, the procedures are complicated depending on whether you have
started a 2004 application, the status of that application, and whether the deferred program at the granting school
is restricted.
If you have not yet started a 2005 AMCAS application and are granted a deferral after May 1, initiate a 2005
application using the same user name and password that you assigned yourself for 2004. It is not necessary to go
through the registration process again. Most, but not all, of the information from your 2004 application will be
copied over automatically to 2005, with some exceptions that are outlined below.
• The designated medical schools section of the application will be blank. Designate the school granting the
deferral and be sure to indicate an application program type of Deferred/Delayed Matriculant. If the
program is not restricted, you will be permitted to designate additional schools.
• You must answer all of the questions in the Certification section of the application again for 2005.
• You are responsible for double-checking all of your application information to ensure that it is still correct
and complete before re-certifying and re-submitting your application to activate it for the 2005 entering
class. The application will require you to visit every page again and indicate that each section is complete
before you can complete the certification section.

• There will be no AMCAS processing fee for the school granting the deferral. If the program is not
restricted and you are allowed to designate additional schools, you will be required to pay the appropriate
AMCAS service fees for the number of designated schools, minus the school granting the deferral,
starting with the base $160 AMCAS service fee.
• The Course Work section of your application will be copied over as verified by AMCAS. If you make
changes or add any additional course work, this new information must be verified by AMCAS. Thus, you
will be required to submit updated transcripts reflecting this new or changed academic information.
If you have started a 2005 AMCAS application, but have not yet submitted the application to
AMCAS
• Go back into the designated medical schools section of the application prior to submitting and ensure that
the school granting the deferral has been designated with a Deferred/Delayed Matriculant application
program type.
• If the program is restricted you will need to delete any other schools you may have selected prior to
changing the application program type to Deferred/Delayed Matriculant.
• All of the questions in the Certification section of the application must be re-answered.
class.
After Early June 2004
If you have submitted your 2005 application to AMCAS and are then granted a very late deferral from one of the
schools to which you applied for 2004, contact AMCAS Client Services immediately as time is of the essence. If
the program granting the deferral is restricted and you have designated other medical schools, AMCAS staff will
need to deactivate those designations, which may only be done prior to the application completing processing. If
the program is not restricted, AMCAS staff will need to change the application program type for the granting
school to Delayed/Deferred Matriculant.
If your 2005 application has completed processing, designated medical schools cannot be deactivated. If AMCAS
receives a 2004 Deferred/Delayed Matriculant admission action on your behalf at this point from a school with a
restricted program and you have designated other medical schools, the action will be rejected. You may contact
the other schools you have designated directly and withdraw from consideration and the school granting the
deferral may submit a regular Accepted admission action for the 2005 entering class. If the program is not
restricted or if you have not designated other medical schools, AMCAS staff can change your application program
type for the granting school to Delayed/Deferred Matriculant.
Important Note: If you do not have a 2004 AMCAS web application but applied through AMCAS before 2004
and were granted a deferral for more than one year, you do not have application data in AMCAS' new systems
that may be reactivated. You will need to initiate an AMCAS web application from scratch and submit new
official transcripts. Other policies and procedures described in this document may still apply, however. If you
have any questions, contact AMCAS Client Services at (202) 828-0600 or amcas@aamc.org for guidance.

Delayed/Deferred Matriculants Prior to May 1
AMCAS will automatically copy most, but not all, of your 2004 web application data to the 2005 database with
the following conditions:
• You should enter your 2005 AMCAS web application with the same user name and password you
assigned yourself for 2004. It is not necessary to go through the registration process again.
• Only the school granting the deferral will appear in the designated medical schools section, and you will
be automatically assigned a Deferred/Delayed Matriculant application program type. If the school
granting the deferral informs AMCAS that their program is restricted, you will not be permitted to
designate additional schools for the 2005 entering class.
• You must answer all of the questions in the Certification section of the application again for 2005.
class.
Important Note: If you do not have a 2004 AMCAS web application but applied through AMCAS before 2004
and were granted a deferral for more than one year, you do not have application data in AMCAS' new systems
that may be reactivated. You will need to initiate an AMCAS web application from scratch and submit new
official transcripts. Other policies and procedures described in this document may still apply, however. If you
have any questions, contact AMCAS Client Services at (202) 828-0600 or amcas@aamc.org for guidance.
Biographic
Required and Alternate Ids
Applicants are required to enter either a Social Security Number or a Canadian Social Insurance Number.
Applicants who have neither a Social Security Number nor a Canadian Social Insurance Number should contact
AMCAS, (202) 828-0600.
Alternate IDs are additional identification numbers that help AMCAS match all of your application materials.
Failure to include pertinent Alternate IDs may delay the processing of your application.
Example: If your previous university issued you an ID that is different from your Social Security Number, you
should enter that number in Alternate IDs. This information will help us match your transcript when it arrives to
your AMCAS application.
Name
On this page you will enter your full legal name, preferred name (if any), salutation, and any Alternate Names you
might have. Nicknames should not be entered as full legal names. Your full legal name is your name as it appears
on your Social Security card, your Canadian Social Insurance card, or other similar legal documentation.

Alternate Names are any variations of your name, such as a family (maiden) name or a nickname that may appear
on transcripts sent to AMCAS by one of the schools you have attended. While entering Alternate Names is
optional, AMCAS strongly encourages you to enter those names that may help us match relevant materials with
your application. Failure to include pertinent Alternate Names may delay the processing of your application.
Birth Information
Birthplace
For U.S.
• Select the state in which you were born from the drop down menu labeled "State or Province."
• Once you have selected a state, a drop down menu labeled "County" will appear. This drop down menu
will list all the counties in the state you have identified. Select your county of birth from that list.
• Enter the city in which you were born in the designated box.
• If your state does not appear in the designated drop down menu, choose "unidentified" from the State
drop down menu, "ZZ Unidentified" from the County drop down menu, and enter the city in the field
labeled City.
For Canada
• Select the province in which you were born from the drop down menu labeled "State or Province."
• If your province or city does not appear in the designated drop down boxes, choose "unidentified."
For Other
• Select the country in which you were born from the drop down menu labeled "Country."
• If your country or city does not appear in the designated drop down boxes, choose "unidentified."
Birth date
Select your month of birth from the designated drop down menu. Then enter the day (dd) and year (yyyy) in the
designated boxes.
Sex
Select "Male," "Female," or "Decline to Answer" from the designated drop down menu.
Number of Dependants
Select from the designated drop down menu the number of people who are financially dependent upon you (do
not include yourself).
Preferred Mailing Address
The preferred address is the address to which any printed AMCAS and medical school correspondence will be
sent. If your preferred address changes after you have submitted your application to AMCAS, you will need to
enter the new address on your electronic application, then re-certify and re-submit your application to AMCAS
with the updated address. Be sure to keep both your e-mail address and your preferred address up-to-date at all
times.

Email is the primary mode of communication between AMCAS, the medical schools and the applicant.
Some AMCAS correspondence is sent only by e-mail, and will not be sent to you unless you provide an e-
mail address. We recommend that due to the importance of the admissions process applicants establish a
unique email address for during the process, and check that email address regularly throughout the
process.
Also note that many e-mail messages from AMCAS and medical schools are sent simultaneously to multiple
applicants. Some e-mail providers use filters to ensure that users do not receive spam (junk e-mail). In some cases
these filters can prevent email from AMCAS and medical schools sent to groups of applicants from getting
through.
The majority of providers that offer such filters generally provide the user with the option to turn the filter on or
off. Other providers make available to users a "junk mail file" that includes all messages sent to the user but
identified as multiple-addressee email. If a particular provider does not offer such options, we recommend that
applicants either contact their provider to determine the best way to access such messages, or consider using an
additional or replacement provider during your medical school admissions process.
For U.S.
• Select the state from the drop down menu labeled "State or Province." If your state does not appear in the
designated drop down menu, choose "unidentified" from the State drop down menu, "ZZ Unidentified"
from the County drop down menu, and enter the city in the field labeled City
• Once you have selected a state, a drop down menu labeled "County" will appear. This drop down menu
will list all the counties in the state you have identified. Select your county from that list.
• Enter the city in the designated box.
For Canada
• Select your province from the drop down menu labeled "State or Province."
• Enter your city in the designated box.
• If your province or city does not appear in the designated drop down boxes, choose "unidentified."
For Other
• Select your country from the drop down menu labeled "Country."
• Enter your city in the designated box.
• If your country or city does not appear in the designated drop down boxes, choose "unidentified."
Permanent Mailing Address
Your permanent address will be used only in the event that correspondence sent to your preferred address is
returned by the postal service. If your permanent address changes after you have submitted your application to
AMCAS, you will need to enter the new address, then re-certify and re-submit your application with the updated
address. Email is the primary mode of communication between AMCAS and the applicant. Be sure to keep
both your e-mail address and your permanent address up-to-date at all times.
Also note that many e-mail messages from AMCAS and medical schools are sent simultaneously to multiple
applicants. Some e-mail providers use filters to ensure that users do not receive spam (junk e-mail). In some cases
these filters can prevent email from AMCAS and medical schools sent to groups of applicants from getting
through.

The majority of providers that offer such filters generally provide the user with the option to turn the filter on or
off. Other providers make available to users a "junk mail file" that includes all messages sent to the user but
identified as multiple-addressee email. If a particular provider does not offer such options, we recommend that
applicants either contact their provider to determine the best way to access such messages, or consider using an
additional or replacement provider during your medical school admissions process.
Alternate Contact
On this screen you can enter Alternate Contact information. An Alternate Contact is an individual who will be
able to contact you in the event that you become unreachable by AMCAS or your designated medical schools at
any point during the application process up to the date of matriculation.
By completing this section, you authorize AMCAS and your designated medical schools to release information to
this contact relevant to your application and/or admissions status. However, AMCAS and the medical schools are
under no obligation to release information to your Alternate Contact(s).
Legal Residence/Citizenship
Legal Residence
• Applicants who do not have a legal residence in the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. territories should
select "Unidentified" from the drop down menu.
• Applicants who qualify for residency in more than one state may declare only one of those states as their
legal residence on application materials. Note that you will not be able to change your Legal Residence
after submitting your application to AMCAS.
Citizenship
• If you have any type of visa (including Permanent Resident), then you are not a U.S. citizen.
• If you are currently applying for U.S. citizenship, but it has yet not been granted, you are not considered a
U.S. citizen.
• If you do not have citizenship in a country, choose "none" from the drop down menu.
Visa Type
• If you are not a U.S. citizen, select the type of visa you hold from the designated drop down menu.
• Do not designate Permanent Resident visa unless you currently possess a valid Alien Registration Receipt
Card (Green Card). If you are currently applying for an Alien Registration Receipt Card, but it has yet not
been granted, do not designate Permanent Resident visa.
• If your visa type does not appear in the drop down menu, select "Other."
Parent / Guardian Information
On this page you will enter information regarding your parent(s)/guardian(s). To complete this page:
• Indicate whether this parent/guardian is living.
• Enter the name of this parent/guardian in the designated box.
• Select this parent’s occupation from the designated drop down menu.
• Select the highest level of education completed (e.g., high school, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree,
etc.) from the designated drop down menu.
• Indicate country in which this highest level of education was completed.

The subsequent highest education level school information items are dependent on what you have selected from
the drop down menu labeled "Highest Education Level."
If you have selected High School or less as the highest education level and this school is located in the U.S.:
• Select the State, County, and School Name from the designated drop down menus.
• Enter the city in which this school is located.
• If the state does not appear in the designated drop down menu, choose 'unidentified' from the State drop
down menu, 'ZZ Unidentified' from the County drop down menu, and 'None' from the drop down menu
labeled 'School Name.'
• If the state does appear but the county does not, choose 'ZZ Unidentified' from the County drop down
menu, and 'None' from the drop down menu labeled 'School Name.'
• If the state and county appear, but the school name does not, select 'None' from the drop down menu
labeled 'School Name.
If you have selected High School or less as the highest education level and this school is located in Canada:
• Select the Province in which this school is located from the designated drop down menu.
If this school is located in a country other than the U.S. or Canada:

• Select the Country in which this school is located from the designated drop down menu.
If you have selected "Some College" or higher as the highest education level and this school is located in the
U.S. or Canada:
• Select the State/Province and School Name from the designated drop down menus.
Ethnicity
For this question and the next, you will enter information regarding your race and ethnicity. Please answer both
questions. To get started, indicate whether you are Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina or not. If you indicate
Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina, you should make one or more selections by choosing one at a time from the
designated drop down menu and clicking 'add'. If your selection does not appear in the drop down menu, enter
your selection in the box labeled 'specify if other' and click 'add.' "Other" should be used only if the ethnicity
of choice does not appear in the available drop down menus.
If you indicate Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina and make one or more selections, those selections will appear in
the Ethnic Self-Identification list located towards the bottom of the page. To remove a selection you have already
entered, click "delete" to the right of the selection you wish to remove.
Medical school admissions officers may require additional information to support your designation.
Race
On this page you may enter information regarding your race. You may select more than one race. To select a race,
click "add" to the right of the race you wish to add.
• For American Indian or Alaskan Natives, applicants should enter the name of their enrolled or principal
tribe.

• For Asian, applicants should select all that apply from the designated drop down menu. In addition, other
selections may be entered in the designated box if those in the drop down menu do not apply.
• For Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, applicants should select all that apply from the designated
drop down menu. In addition, other selections may be entered in the designated box if those in the drop
down menu do not apply.
Medical school admissions officers may require additional information to support your designation.
Languages
On this page you will enter information regarding the language(s) you speak fluently. The languages you select
will appear in the Languages list located towards the bottom of the page. To remove a selection you have already
entered, click "delete" to the right of the selection you wish to remove.
Disadvantaged
The following definitions/questions may help you answer the questions on this page:
Underserved: Do you believe, based on your own experiences or the experiences of family and friends,
that the area in which you grew up was adequately served by the available health care professionals?
Were there enough physicians, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and other health care service providers?
Immediate Family: The Federal Government broadly defines "immediate family" as "spouse, parent,
child, sibling, mother or father-in-law, son or daughter-in-law, or sister or brother-in-law, including step
and adoptive relationships."
State and Federal Assistance Programs: These programs are specifically defined as "Means-Tested
Programs" under which the individual, family, or household income and assets must be below specified
thresholds. The sponsoring agencies then provide cash and non-cash assistance to eligible individuals,
families, or households. Such programs include welfare benefit programs (federal, state, and local) Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC or ADC); unemployment compensation; General Assistance
(GA); food stamps; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Medicaid; housing assistance; or other federal,
state, or local financial assistance programs.
Essay
Personal Comments
Consider and write your Personal Comments carefully; many admissions committees place significant weight on
this section. To avoid formatting issues, we recommend typing your essay directly in the AMCAS application
rather than cutting and pasting your essay from other software.
• Proofread carefully! No changes (including grammatical or typographical errors) may be made after
your application is submitted to AMCAS.
• You cannot run a spell check in the AMCAS Application.
• Applicants who plan to cut & paste their essays into the application should draft their essays in a text-only
format, preferably in text-only word processing software, such as Microsoft Notepad. Copying formatted
text into the application may result in formatting issues that cannot be edited once your application is
submitted.

• Applicants should enter all text responses in the application just as they would like the medical schools to
see them, avoiding use of ALL CAPS or all lower case. Medical schools have indicated that they prefer
to receive applications that evidence normal writing practices regarding case. For example, Medical
schools prefer reading, "I attended Dr. Mitchell's summer workshop in Nevada" to reading either: "I
ATTENDED DR. MITCHELL'S SUMMER WORKSHOP IN NEVADA" or "i attended dr. mitchell's
summer workshop in nevada."
• This essay cannot be added or changed after your application is submitted to AMCAS.
• Plagiarism or misrepresentations will prompt an investigation.
• It is not necessary to repeat information reported elsewhere on your application.
The available space for this essay is 5300 characters, or approximately 1 page. You will receive an error message
if you exceed the available space.
Some questions you may want to consider while drafting this essay are:
• Why have you selected the filed of medicine?
• What motivates you to learn more about medicine?
• What do you want medical schools to know about you that hasn't been disclosed in another section of the
application?
In addition, you may wish to include information such as:

• Special hardships, challenges or obstacles that may have influenced your educational pursuits
• Commentary on significant fluctuations in your academic record which are not explained elsewhere in
your application
Post Secondary Experiences
Post-Secondary Experiences
The Post-Secondary Experiences section of the application is designed to give you the opportunity to include in
your application any work or extracurricular experiences, awards, honors, or publications that you would like to
bring to the attention of the medical schools to which you are applying. A maximum of fifteen (15) experiences
may be entered.
Enter only significant experiences, knowing that medical schools are more interested in quality than quantity.
Enter each experience only once. Repeated experiences should also be entered only once. For example, an
applicant who makes Dean list each term should enter this only once, and note in the explanation that the
experience occurred multiple times.
If you have already entered one or more post-secondary experience(s), and wish to enter more click "add." If you
are done entering your post-secondary experiences, click "finish." You may sort and display your post-secondary
experiences by experience type (e.g., military, research) or chronologically. This is for your personal use. Your
designated medical schools will also be able to sort and display your experiences by type or date regardless of
your display preferences.
Post-Secondary Experiences Detail
The Post-Secondary Experiences section of the application is designed to give you the opportunity to include in
your application any work or extracurricular experiences, awards, honors, or publications that you would like to

bring to the attention of the medical schools to which you are applying. Enter a maximum of fifteen (15)
experiences.
Enter only significant experiences, knowing that medical schools are more interested in quality than quantity.
Enter each experience only once. Repeated experiences should also be entered only once. For example, an
applicant who makes Dean list each term should enter this only once, and note in the explanation that the
experience occurred multiple times.
If you have already entered one or more post-secondary experience(s), and wish to enter more click "add." If you
are done entering your post-secondary experiences, click "finish." You may sort and display your post-secondary
experiences by experience type (e.g., military, research) or chronologically. This is for your personal use. Your
designated medical schools will also be able to sort and display your experiences by type or date regardless of
your display preferences.
Post-Secondary Experiences Type
From the designated drop down menu, select the Experience Type that best represents the experience you wish to
include. While these are not arbitrary categories, it is up to the applicant to decide which experience type best
suits each particular experience.
Post-Secondary Experiences Dates
Include the start and end dates for each experience. Some Experience Types, such as Presentations/Posters and
Publications, require only one date. For current experiences (those in which you are still involved and which do
not have a known end-date), estimate an end-date.
Post-Secondary Experiences Title
Enter the title of this experience, or the title you held during the experience. If this experience has no explicit
title, choose a title that you feel best describes the experience.
Post-Secondary Experiences Organization Name
Enter the name of the organization through which this experience occurred, if applicable.
Post-Secondary Experiences Average Hours Per Week
How many hours each week were devoted to this experience?
Post-Secondary Experiences Contact Name/Contact Title
Who can the medical schools contact to verify that this experience occurred, and what was their title? For
example, your supervisor or the individual in charge of a particular program.
Post-Secondary Experiences Experience Description
This is your opportunity to describe or summarize each experience. The space allotted for this description is 510
characters, or approximately ¼ of a page.

Schools Attended
Degree Entry
Click Add to include in your application a Degree you were granted, or expect to be granted, by the school
indicated at the top of the page for the dates of attendance indicated beside the school. If you were not granted,
and do not expect to be granted a Degree at this school, select "No Degree Expected".
Once you have entered your Degree(s), you may proceed to enter major(s) or minor(s) by clicking the appropriate
button at the bottom of the page. Click Finish only if you have no more majors, minors, or Degrees to add, edit,
or delete.
Major Entry
Click Add to include in your application a Major you pursued or are pursuing at the school indicated at the top of
the page for the dates of attendance indicated beside the school. If you have more than one Major during the time
period indicated at the top of the page, you will be able to list multiple Majors by clicking Add for each Major
you have received or will receive as you proceed.
If you did not have a Major at this school, select "No Major." If your Major is not listed, select "Other Major."
Once you have entered your Major(s), you may proceed to enter degree(s) or minor(s) by clicking the appropriate
button at the bottom of the page. Click Finish only if you have no more Majors, minors, or degrees to add, edit,
or delete.
Minor Entry
Click Add to include in your application a Minor you pursued or are pursuing at the school indicated at the top of
the page for the dates of attendance indicated beside the school. If you have more than one Minor during the time
period indicated at the top of the page, you will be able to list multiple Minors by clicking Add for each Minor
you have received or will receive as you proceed.
Applicants who attend schools that do not have Minors, but do have Concentrations, may include their field of
Concentration in this section. Listing a Minor is optional.
Once you have entered your Minor(s), you may proceed to enter degree(s) or major(s) by clicking the appropriate
button at the bottom of the page. Click Finish only if you have no more majors, Minors, or degrees to add, edit,
or delete.
School Attended, High School
On this page you will enter the name of the high school from which you graduated, state/province, county (if
applicable) and country where that school is located, and your year of graduation.
To begin, select the country where your school is located.
For U.S. Schools

• Select the state and county in which the school is located and the school name from the designated drop
down menus.
• Modify the name of the school if appropriate.

• Type the state and county locations of the school, if the system does not provide them for you.
• Indicate the year you graduated from high school.
For Canadian Schools

Once you have selected "Canada," enter the name of the school from which you graduated in the box marked
"Modified School Name." Then proceed to enter the province and the year you graduated from this institution in
the designated boxes.
For Other
Once you have selected "Other," enter the name of the school from which you graduated in the box marked
"Modified School Name." Then proceed to enter the city, state/province, country and the year you graduated from
this institution in the designated boxes.
Colleges Attended, Details
School-Specific Information
For U.S. schools, follow the directions provided in the application.
For Canadian Schools:

• Select your school’s province from the drop down menu labeled "State/Province Filter."
• Select your school from the drop down menu labeled "Schools List."
• Modify the name of the school if necessary.
• Choose your program of study (i.e., undergraduate, graduate, junior college, or postbaccalaureate) from
the designated drop down menu.
• Enter your dates of attendance.
• If you attended this school for summer school only, or if you were involved in a study abroad program
through this school that was not affiliated with a foreign school, click the appropriate check box.
For Other:
• Type the name of your school in the box labeled "Modify school name."
• Choose your program of study (i.e., undergraduate, graduate, junior college, or postbaccalaureate) from
the designated drop down menu.
• Enter your dates of attendance.
• If you attended this school for summer school only, or if you were involved in a study abroad program
through this school that was not affiliated with a foreign school, click the appropriate check box.
Important Note regarding Modified Name:

The Modified Name field will be populated automatically by the selection you choose in the School List
drop down menu. Do not modify this name unless 1) you are certain you have already selected the
correct school, program and location, and 2) the existing name is in some way inaccurate. If you modify
this school name, you are responsible for including the correct name, program and location.
Releasing Information to Advisors:

If you wish to authorize AMCAS to release information about your application, including your MCAT
scores, to the chief health profession advisor at this institution, indicate, "Yes." Releasing this information
helps your chief health profession advisor counsel future applicants and evaluate programs. Advisors
understand that all personal information provided is confidential and will only be released as aggregate
statistics.

Majors, Minors and Degrees
Once you have entered your school-specific information, answered the AMCAS advisor release statement, and
clicked Save at the bottom of the page, this page will refresh. Once the page has refreshed, you will be able to
begin the process of entering any major(s) or minor(s) and degree(s) at this school. Additional information about
entering majors, minors and degrees will become available as you proceed.
Colleges Attended
On this page you can enter colleges you have attended, review and edit schools you have already added, or delete
schools you may have added in error. As you proceed, be sure to consider the following:
• List every post-secondary institution where you have enrolled for at least one course, even if credits have
been transferred, no credits were earned, or you withdrew.
• If you were enrolled in more than one program (e.g., undergraduate and graduate) at an institution, make
a separate entry for each program.
• If you were awarded, or expect to be awarded, multiple degrees at an institution, make a separate entry for
each degree.
• Make a separate entry for any U.S.- or Canadian-sponsored study abroad program in which you
participated. Note that this does not include any courses taken through foreign institutions.
• Omissions may result in serious processing delays and missed deadlines.
Misrepresentation or omissions will prompt an investigation.
To enter a college you have attended, click "add." To edit or delete an entry, click the appropriate button to the
right of the school you wish to modify. Once you have entered all of your colleges, majors, minors and
degrees, indicate "Yes" beneath the statement "I have entered all the colleges I attended." Then click
Finish.
Select a Degree
The Degrees in the drop down menu on this page are listed alphabetically. If your Degree is not listed, select
"Other Associate," "Other Bachelors," "Other Doctorate," or "Other Masters" and enter your Degree in the box
labeled "Modify Degree name." If there is no Degree associated with this school, select "No Degree."
The Modified Name field will be populated automatically by the selection you choose in the Degrees drop down
menu. If you modify the name of your Degree, please double check for accuracy. Do not include information
other that Degree name in the Modified Name field.
Select a Major
The Majors in the drop down menu on this page are listed alphabetically. If you did not have a Major at this
school, select "No Major." If your Major is not listed, select "Other Major" and enter your Major in the box
labeled "Modify Major name."
The Modified Name field will be populated automatically by the selection you choose in the Majors drop down
menu. If you modify the name of your Major, please double check for accuracy. Do not include information
other that Major name in the Modified Name field.

Select a Minor
The Minors in the drop down menu on this page are listed alphabetically. If you did not have a Minor at this
school, select "No Minor." If your Minor is not listed, select "Other Minor" and enter your Minor in the box
labeled "Modify Minor name."
The Modified Name field will be populated automatically by the selection you choose in the Majors drop down
menu. If you modify the name of your Major, please double check for accuracy. Do not include information
other that Major name in the Modified Name field.
Transcript Requests
Grade/Evaluation Type
If you change your mind about the type of grades/evaluations used by the institution before you submit your
application to AMCAS, you may go back to this page and change it. If you have already submitted your
application to AMCAS and you determine that you indicated the wrong grading system, contact AMCAS
immediately by calling (202) 828-0600 or e-mailing AMCAS@aamc.org. Be sure to include your AAMC ID
Number in any e-mail correspondence.
School Address Information
This page gives you the opportunity to verify and/or modify the address to which you will send your AMCAS
Transcript Request form. This address will automatically appear on the form when you print it. Once you have
ensured that the address you are viewing is correct, click NEXT.
Preferred Address Information
This page gives you the opportunity to verify or modify the address to which you want your copy of the transcript
sent. This address will be printed on the form. The address you use on this page will not update addresses you
have provided in the Biographic Information section of the application. Once you have ensured that the address
you are viewing is correct, click NEXT.
Print Transcript Request
AMCAS has difficulties matching official transcripts (OT) that are not accompanied by the AMCAS Transcript
Request form. Applicants should use the AMCAS Transcript Request form, available in the Transcript Requests
section of the AMCAS application, when requesting that official transcripts (OTs) be sent to AMCAS in support
of their application.
Print as many as you need in order to send the AMCAS Transcript Request form to each school for which
AMCAS requires a transcript.
If the information you entered in the Transcript Requests section is incorrect, you may return to that section at any
time prior to certifying and submitting your application to correct or update what you provided by clicking
'Transcript Requests' on the tool bar on the left side of the page.

Transcript Exception Request
Choose one option for your transcript exception request. These are the only options permissible.
If you indicate one of the options on this page, you must understand that you are requesting a transcript
exception, and that exceptions are not granted automatically. Research transcript availability carefully
before completing this item.
If you do not ask for an exception and later discover that an official transcript is not available, your application
may be delayed and you may miss deadlines. Prior to certifying and submitting your application, you should go
back into the "Transcript Requests" section of the application and request a transcript exception so that your
application can be processed. Changes cannot be made to this section after certification and submission, and must
be addressed as a Post-Submission change. AMCAS is not responsible for delays in processing or missed
deadlines and will not make an exception to deadline rules.
If the information you entered in the Transcript Requests section is incorrect, you may return to that section at any
time to correct or update what you provided by clicking "Transcript Requests" on the tool bar on the left side of
the page.
If you indicate that a transcript is not required, you MUST request a transcript exception. If AMCAS denies your
exception request, you will be notified to produce a transcript or letter from your registrar's office.
If a school has placed a financial hold on your transcripts, AMCAS will not grant an exception under any
circumstances.
Transcript exceptions granted in previous years are not valid for the current entering class. You must request an
exception with each application submitted.
Transcript Exception Request/Contact Information
Enter the name, title, daytime phone number, and daytime e-mail address of an individual who can be contacted
by your designated medical schools. The individual you list may be asked to verify your attendance at this
institution by AMCAS or your designated medical schools.
Transcript Exception Request/Credit Transferred
Indicate if credit from this program was transferred to a U.S. or Canadian Institution. If credit was not transferred
to a U.S. or Canadian institution, indicate "Independent Attendance." Courses (other than M.D. course work)
attempted independently at a foreign institution are not required to be listed if credit has not been transferred to a
U.S. or Canadian institution.
Transcript Exception Request / Name of College Transcript Where Credits Appear
If the name of your college on whose transcript your foreign course work is listed does not appear in the drop
down menu, return to the Schools Attended section of the application and enter it by clicking "Schools Attended"
on the tool bar on the left side of the page.

Type of Foreign Attendance
If you are unsure about how to answer this question, you may wish to speak with your pre-health professions
advisor or AMCAS staff by calling (202) 828-0600 or emailing AMCAS@aamc.org. Be sure to include your
AAMC ID Number in any email correspondence.
Transcript Identification
The drop down menus on this page includes the names and identification numbers you entered in the Biographic
Section of this application. If the information you entered in the Biographic Section is incorrect, you may return
to that section at any time to correct or update what you provided by clicking "Biographic Information" on the
tool bar on the left side of the page.
Transcript Request Options
AMCAS strongly recommends that you request personal copies of your transcripts for use in completing the
course work section of your application, and encourages you to use the AMCAS Transcript Request Forms.
This form, which registrars submit to AMCAS alongside the requested OTs, includes the AAMC ID, the
Alternate ID identified by the applicant as being used by the transcript-issuing institution, and other information
helpful to the matching process. Be sure to inform the registrars that this form should be attached to the
transcript when it is sent to AMCAS.
Transcript Requests
The Transcript Requests section of the application allows you to create and print AMCAS Transcript Request
forms to send to registrars at schools from which AMCAS requires official transcripts in order to process your
application. This section also allows you to request exceptions for transcripts that are not required by AMCAS.
While AMCAS will accept transcripts that are not attached to AMCAS Transcript Request forms, AMCAS is not
responsible for transcripts that cannot be matched to your application due to the omission of an AMCAS
Transcript Request form. AMCAS encourages you to utilize these forms, and be sure to inform the registrars from
whom you seek transcripts that this form should be attached to the transcript when it is sent to AMCAS.
We also strongly recommend that you request personal copies of your transcripts for your use in completing the
Course Work section of your application. As no changes will be made for transcript discrepancies identified after
your application completes AMCAS processing, please review each transcript carefully to be certain that:
• All course work to date is listed.
• Any narrative evaluations received instead of grades are attached to your record.
• All final grades are reported correctly.
• All final grade changes have been clearly recorded.
• Any list of other institutions is correct and complete.
Contact the school registrar’s office for guidance if you discover any errors. If an incorrect transcript has already
been sent to AMCAS, contact AMCAS immediately by calling (202) 828-0600 or emailing AMCAS@aamc.org.
Be sure to include your AAMC ID Number in any email correspondence.
Transcripts Required/Not Required
You must determine whether or not a transcript is required by AMCAS by reading the AMCAS rules/procedures
on transcript requirements defined in the topics listed below.

Indicate whether the transcript for this school is required by AMCAS. If you select "Transcript NOT required by
AMCAS," you will be presented with a list of exception reasons.
Problems with transcripts are the number one cause of processing delays and missed application deadlines. Even
if you have applied through AMCAS before, read all the instructions below relating to transcripts thoroughly and
follow them carefully.
Transcript Requirements
One official transcript is required from each U.S., U.S. Territorial, or Canadian post-secondary institution at
which you have attempted course work, regardless of whether credit was earned. This includes but is not limited
to:
• College-level courses attempted while in high school, even if they were not counted toward a degree by
any college.
• Colleges at which you originally attempted a course, even if transfer credit was subsequently accepted by
another school.
• Colleges where you registered but did not earn any credit (e.g., incompletes, withdrawals, failures, audits,
etc.).
• Courses which did not count toward a degree, regardless of whether credit was earned or transferred.
• Extension programs through which you attempted courses if a separate transcript is provided by the
Extension Division.
• Correspondence and home study programs.
• Military education.
• American schools overseas.
• U.S., U.S. Territorial and Canadian medical schools.
• Note also that some universities issue separate transcripts for undergraduate and graduate course work.
Please be certain to request an English language transcript from the registrar whenever possible.
Courses Taken While in High School
Many students attempt college-level courses while still in high school. These primarily fall into the two following
categories:
AP (Advanced Placement) Prep Courses/Exams
Unless a U.S. or Canadian institution or university for an AP prep course or an AP exam has granted credit, such
information should not be listed on the application. If credit has been granted, courses/exams should be listed
according to the instructions regarding AP credit. Do not send high school transcripts or AP test scores to
AMCAS.
Other Courses
Many high school students take other types of college-level courses either independently or through special
programs offered by their high school. Courses may be physically attended at the high school or at a college,
depending on the program, but should be listed on the application under the name of the college.
You must contact the college involved to determine transcript availability prior to completing the application. If a
transcript from the college is available, it must be forwarded to AMCAS and courses must be listed on the

Academic Record. If a transcript is not available from the college do not send high school transcripts to AMCAS.
Instead, the registrar’s office of the college must forward an official letter with an AMCAS Matching Transcript
form attached indicating that no transcript is available due to institutional policies.
Military Education
Use the following guidelines to establish whether a military transcript is available.
To obtain transcripts:
• Active duty and reserve personnel should contact the education office at their current duty station.
• Non-active duty personnel should contact individual schools directly. It is generally faster to obtain
transcripts from the schools than trying to obtain them from the central records office.
Transcripts are available from the following programs:

• Air Command and Staff College
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air University
• Army Command and General Staff College
• Army War College
• College of Naval Command and Staff
• Community College of the Air Force
• Defense Information School
• Defense Language Institute
• F.A.E.S. at NIH
• Joint Military Intelligence College (formerly, Defense Intelligence College)
• Marine Corp Institute
• National Cryptologic School, Fr. George G. Meade, MD
• National Defense University
• Armed Forces Staff College
• Industrial College of the Armed Forces
• National War College
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Naval School of Health Science
• Naval War College
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• All of the service academies
If a transcript is not available from a military school or program directly,

• Army/ACE Registry System-U.S. Army active duty enlisted personnel and veterans may obtain an
Army/ACE Registry System ( AARTS ) transcript providing they entered the service on or after October
1, 1981.
• Sailor/Marine Corps Council on Education Registry Transcript ( SMART ). All active duty and reserve
Sailors and Marines (enlisted and officer) and those who separated or retired from active duty on or after
October 1, 1999 are eligible. Transcripts for separated or retired Navy personnel who left the service
from 1976 to October 1999 are also eligible and should have a transcript available at the SMART web
site; personnel who fall into this category that cannot access their transcripts can have one created. Call
the Navy College Center at 1-877-253-7122.

American Schools Overseas
The following schools are not considered foreign institutions and transcripts are required. Courses should be listed
on the AMCAS materials like all other U.S. course work.
• Akita Campus of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• American College in Jerusalem (Closed in 1976)
• American College in Switzerland
• American College of Thessaloniki
• American University in Beirut
• American University in Bulgaria
• American University in Cairo
• American University of Paris
• American University of Rome
• College of Southeastern Europe
• Deree College
• Franklin College
• Fundacion Universidad de las Americas – Puebla
• IMC – International Management Centres
• Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas
• Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
• International College
• Lebanese American University
• The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
• The Open College
• Richmond College, The American International University in London
• Universidad de las Americas, A.C.
Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. U.S. institutions with campuses overseas (such as the University of
Maryland at Munich) are considered U.S. colleges for which transcripts are required and all course work must be
listed. Courses should be entered into the Academic Record like all other course work.
Coursework
Before you complete the Course Work section of your application you should request a personal copy of your
transcript(s) to use as a reference in listing your course work. If you have not already requested a copy of the
official transcripts you need to complete your application, you may return to the "Transcript Requests" section of
this application by clicking "Transcript Requests" on the tool bar on the left side of the page.
For each college you have attended, you will need to click on "Course Work" in order to proceed.
You must include information and corresponding grades for every course you have ever enrolled in at any U.S.,
U.S. Territorial or Canadian post-secondary institution, regardless of whether credit was earned, and including
any courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or similar
institutional policies. All courses that appear on your transcripts and for which a grade and credit were ever
assigned will be included in AMCAS GPA calculations, even if they are not included in the GPA calculations of
the transcript-issuing school. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Courses from which you withdrew.
• Courses for which you received a grade of "Incomplete" and for which no final grade has been assigned.
• Courses that have been repeated.

• Courses that you failed, regardless of whether they have been repeated.
• Courses in which you are currently enrolled or expect to enroll in prior to entering medical school.
• Remedial/developmental courses.
• College-level courses you took while in high school even if they were not counted toward a degree by any
college.
• Courses taken at an American college overseas.
• Courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or
similar institutional policies.
You must:
• Enter courses exactly as they appear on the transcript of the school where they were originally attempted,
not as they appear on the transcript of any school which may have accepted the courses in transfer.
Exception: Repeated courses and courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of
academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or similar institutional policies should be entered exactly as they
appeared on the transcript issued prior to removal/repeat.
• Enter courses in chronological order. Within each term, list the courses in the order in which they appear
on the official transcript.
School Name and Dates of Attendance
Click 'add' to select a specific Calendar Year and Academic Term for which you wish to enter course
information.
This application page lists the AMCAS Academic Year and Term for periods of attendance you have already
entered. Please note that the AMCAS Academic Year represents a translation of the Calendar Year you enter.
For example, a course taken during the Spring term of the 2001 calendar year will be reflected by the application
(after translation) as having been taken in the 2000 AMCAS Academic Year (sometimes referred to as the 2000-
2001 academic year).
Exception
Only applicants who have taken courses during the winter term in a trimester/quarter system in which the winter
term begins in January will experience this issue. The application operates on the basis that winter courses in a
trimester/quarter system begin in December; as such, after translation occurs, these courses will have the same
academic year as calendar year, even though the correct academic year is the previous one.
• Example: A winter trimester course beginning in January 2002 will be listed in the application with an
academic year of 2002 (2002-2003). The correct academic year is 2001.
• Solution: A course beginning in January 2002 should be entered as though it began in December 2001, in
order to reflect a correct academic year of 2001.
Course Work/ Year and Term
Select from the designated drop down menu the calendar year when you first began the course (the first day of
class) in the calendar year field. AMCAS will automatically convert to the appropriate AMCAS Academic Year.
For example, a course taken during the Spring term of the 2000 calendar year will be reflected by the application
(after translation) as having been taken in the 1999 AMCAS Academic Year (sometimes referred to as the 1999-
2000 academic year).

Exception
Only applicants who have taken courses during the winter term in a trimester system in which the winter term
begins in January will experience this issue. The application operates on the basis that winter courses in a
trimester system begin in December; as such, after translation occurs, these courses will have the same academic
year as calendar year, even though the correct academic year is the previous one.
Example: A winter trimester course beginning in January 2002 will be listed in the application with an academic
year of 2002 (2002-2003). The correct academic year is 2001.
Applicants who fall into this category should enter winter trimester courses as though they began in December of
the preceding calendar year. For example, a course beginning in January 2002 should be entered as though it
began in December 2001, in order to reflect a correct academic year of 2001.
Enter the term in which the course was attempted using only one of the codes defined in the following table. If
none of the calendar systems listed in the table below applies to your institution, indicate "Other."
Calendar System Term Code

Semester System Summer Session(s) SS
Fall/1st Semester S1
Spring/2nd Semester S2
Full Year Courses SY
Trimester System Summer Session(s) TS
Fall/1st Trimester T1
Winter/2nd Trimester T2
Spring/3rd Trimester T3
Full Year Courses TY
Quarter System Summer Sessions/4th Qtr. QS
Fall/1st Quarter Q1
Winter/2nd Quarter Q2
Spring/3rd Quarter Q3
Full Year Courses QY
4-1-4/4-4-1 System Summer Session(s) 4S
Fall/1st Semester 41
January/May Mini Session 4M
Spring/2nd Semester 42
Full Year Courses 4Y
Other or Unknown Other or Unknown OT
Specific Courses Taken
Click 'add' to enter specific course information for the School, Calendar Year, and Academic Term indicated at
the top of the page.
Course information you have already entered will appear in the Courses Taken list located towards the bottom of
the page. To edit a selection you have already entered, click "edit" to the right of the selection you wish to
modify. To remove a selection you have already entered, click "delete" to the right of the selection you wish to
remove.

Specific Course Information Screen
School/Year and Term

These fields show the school, year, and term for which you have indicated you wish to enter specific course
information. If you do not wish to enter specific course information for this school, year and term click "back" on
the AMCAS tool bar at the top of this page.
Academic Status
The guidelines below will help you determine your Academic Status for AMCAS. Note that AMCAS is not
responsible for any delays in processing and/or incorrect GPA calculations that might result from incorrect
Academic Status assignments. If an Academic Status greatly exceeds or falls under the guidelines, AMCAS may
reassign statuses.
Each undergraduate status should consist of approximately 30-35 semester hours. Applicants with undergraduate,
full-time, continuous enrollment at an institution should usually change Academic Status after every 2 semesters,
3-4 quarters, or 2-3 trimesters. Applicants who have been enrolled part-time, or who have had interrupted
attendance, should use these ranges to determine their appropriate status for each term:
High School (HS) College-level course work taken while in high school
Freshman (FR) 0-32 semester hours
Sophomore (SO) 31-64 semester hours
Junior (JR) 61-96 semester hours
Senior (SR) 91 or more semester hours
Postbaccalaureate Undergraduate Undergraduate course work attempted after the first Bachelor's degree
(PB) has been earned
Graduate (GR)
The following rules will help you determine the appropriate AMCAS Academic Status for all of your course work
(including foreign course work):
• Do not assign more than one status to a term.
• Once your undergraduate Academic Status (FR, SO, JR, SR) has advanced (e.g., FR to SO), do not assign
the previous status (e.g., FR) to subsequently completed course work.
• Assign High School (HS) status to college-level courses taken while you were in high school, regardless
of the physical location of the college-level course.
• Assign Freshman (FR) status to Advanced Placement, Exempt, or CLEP credit awarded when you first
entered college.
• Junior/Community College courses (e.g., associate degree course work) should usually be listed as FR or
SO if you took them before you attended a four-year institution. For attendance longer than two years at
the same school, JR status-depending on the number of credits- may be entered.
• Assign the upcoming status to summer session courses (e.g., summer courses between your freshman and
sophomore years should be assigned Sophomore (SO) status).
• Courses for a Bachelor's degree earned in three years should be assigned Freshman (FR), Sophomore
(SO), or Senior (SR) statuses.
• Courses for a Bachelor's degree earned in more than four years should be assigned statuses of Freshman
(FR), Sophomore (SO), Junior (JR), Senior (SR), Senior (SR), etc.
• Assign Post Baccalaureate (PB) status to any undergraduate level course work you enrolled in:
After receipt of your initial BA/BS degree.

While enrolled in a graduate program, if course work is not applied to a graduate degree.
• Assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work which is not applied to an
undergraduate degree.
• Do NOT assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work applied to an
undergraduate degree. Assign appropriate undergraduate status (FR, SO, JR, SR).
Course Number/Course Name
Enter the exact course name in English and the exact course number in the designated boxes. If the exact course
name does not fit, enter a logical abbreviation. This information is critical for AMCAS to verify each course on
the official transcript and to the medical school's evaluation of your application. If a course number does not fit in
the space provided, include the last eight digits rather than the first ones. Decimal points, if part of the course
number on your official transcript, should be included when entering the course number.
Enter designations for all of your lab course work exactly as they appear on the official transcript. If the lab credit
is included with the lecture course credit, append the phrase "and lab" to the exact course title as it appears on the
official transcript. For example, if "General Chemistry II" appears on the official transcript and lab credit is
included with the lecture course credit, enter "General Chemistry II and Lab" and indicate "Yes" in response to
the question, "Did this course include a lab section?"
AMCAS is not responsible for any processing delays or missed deadlines resulting from incorrect listings of
course names and numbers.
Course Classification
Each course must be assigned a course classification based entirely on the primary content of the course. See the
listing of course classification examples below for guidance in selecting Course Classifications. The Course
Classifications below are bolded, and are titled as they appear in the Course Classification drop down menu. The
bulleted items beneath each bolded Course Classification are examples of courses for which you should select that
bolded Course Classification. You are responsible for selecting the correct Course Classification. However,
AMCAS reserves the right to change Course Classifications if the assigned Course Classification clearly does not
apply. AMCAS is not responsible for any processing delays or incorrect GPA calculations resulting from
incorrect Course Classifications. In addition, AMCAS will not make corrections to course classifications based on
information that becomes available after you submit your application.
Course Classifications, in addition to describing the courses you enter, are used in the calculation of your
AMCAS GPA. On the list of Course Classification examples below, bolded Course Classifications that are
followed by "BCPM" indicate that courses for which you choose this Course Classification will be calculated in
your BCPM GPA. The BCPM GPA is comprised of courses, which are considered to be Biology, Chemistry,
Mathematics, or Physics courses. Bolded Course Classifications that are not followed by "BCPM" indicate that
courses for which you choose this Course Classification will be calculated in your AO (All Other) GPA.
Behavioral and Social Sciences ( BESS)

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Family Studies
• Psychology
• Sociology

Biology (BIOL) - BCPM

• Anatomy
• Biology
• Biophysics
• Biotechnology
• Botany
• Cell Biology
• Ecology
• Entomology
• Genetics
• Histology
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Neuroscience
• Physiology
Business ( BUSI)
• Accounting
• Business
• Finance
• Human Resource Studies
• Management
• Organizational Studies
• Marketing
Chemistry (CHEM) - BCPM

• Biochemistry
• Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Thermodynamics
Communications (COMM)
• Journalism
• Media Production & Studies
• TV, Video, & Audio
Computer Science/Technology (COMP)

• Computer Science
• Computer Engineering
• Information Systems
• Telecommunications
Education (EDUC)
• Counseling & Personnel Services
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Policy
• Educational Administration

• Health Education
• Human Development
• Physical Education
• Special Education
Engineering (ENGI)
• Aerospace Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
English Language & Literature (ENGL)

• English Composition & Rhetoric
• English Creative Writing
• English Language & Literature
Fine Arts (ARTS)

• Art History
• Dance
• Fine Arts
• Music
• Photography
• Theatre
Health Sciences (HEAL)

• Allied Health
• Chiropractic
• Dentistry
• Hearing & Speech Sciences
• Hospital Administration
• Kinesiology
• Medical Technology
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Nutrition & Food Sciences
• Occupational Therapy
• Optometry
• Osteopathy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician Assistant
• Public Health
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
• Sports Medicine

• Veterinary Medicine
History (HIST)
• History
Foreign Languages/Linguistics/Lit. (FLAN)

• American Sign Language
• Comparative Literature
• Linguistics
• Foreign Language(s) & Literature
Government/Political Sci/Law (GOVT)

• Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Government
• International Relations & Studies
• Law/Legal Studies
• Political Science
• Public Affairs & Policy
• Urban Policy & Planning
Math (MATH - BCPM

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics
Natural/Physical Sciences (NPSC)

• Agriculture
• Animal and Avian Sciences
• Forestry
• Geography
• Geology
• Horticulture
• Landscape Architecture
• Meteorology
• Natural Resources
• Oceanography
• Environmental Science & Policy
Other (OTHR)
All courses which do not fit appropriately into another category, including:
• Architecture
• Interdisciplinary courses
• Library Science
• Military Science
Philosophy/Religion (PHIL)
• Ethics
• Logic
• Philosophy

• Religion
• Theology
Physics (PHYS) - BCPM

• Astronomy
• Physics
Special Studies (SSTU)

• Afro-American Studies
• American Studies
• Gender Studies
Course Type
Advanced Placement (AP)

You can earn AP credit by:
• Completing an AP course or passing an AP exam through the CEEB Advanced Placement Program, or
Passing a departmental exam at your undergraduate school, or
• Having Life Experience credits
To claim AP credit, the credit hours must be listed on your transcript.
Include AP credit courses only once (indicating AP under the Course Type heading), even though more than one
institution may have awarded AP credit. AP courses can be assigned under the institution awarding the most
credit, but cannot be listed under all the institutions that may have awarded credit.
If the transcript from the college awarding AP credit does not list actual course names, enter the subject area for
which credit has been earned (e.g., AP Credit: English) as the Course Name.
Audit
Any course you attended without attempting to earn credit, either formally or informally. If you officially
registered for the course, it is usually listed on the transcript with a special symbol or notation. No credit hours or
AMCAS grade will be assigned.
Current / Future Course Work

Use this Course Type designation for any course work you are currently taking or expect to take before entering
medical school. Listing these courses is especially important if you have not yet completed medical school
prerequisites. No AMCAS grade will be assigned.
These entries are not binding, but are intended to give the medical schools an indication of what you expect to
take.
If you desire to request a change or a correction to your course listing after your application has been processed by
AMCAS and made available to your designated medical schools, notify the schools directly of the
change/correction.
AMCAS will not make changes to coursework that become available after your application has been processed.
Pass / Fail
Pass/Fail courses are those that are attempted under a Pass/Fail system that allows no more than two passing
grades (e.g., Credit/No Credit, Pass/Fail, Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, High Pass/Pass/Fail, etc.)

Pass/Fail courses attempted under a Pass/Fail system that allows three or more passing grades (e.g. High
Pass/Pass/Low Pass/Fail) will be treated as a regular pass/fail course unless your school provides an alpha grade
conversion (e.g. A,B,C).
CLEP
You can earn CLEP credit by passing an examination offered by the College Level Examination Program
(CLEP), or through USAFI/DANTES. To claim credit in the CLEP category, the credit hours must be listed on
your transcript.
You can list your CLEP credit only once, even though more than one institution may have awarded credit. This
transferred credit can be credited to the institution granting the most CLEP credit, not under all the schools that
may have accepted the credit.
Deferred Grade
Any single course that officially takes more than one term to complete before the final grade and credit hours are
awarded (e.g., research, thesis, and dissertation credits). Deferred Grade coursework is not the same as Repeat,
Incomplete, or sequential levels of a subject (e.g., Spanish I, Spanish II, etc.) with final grades awarded at each
level.
Make a separate entry for each term:

• Use Deferred Grade type for each entry for which there is no final grade. No AMCAS grade will be
assigned.
• Do NOT use the Deferred Grade type for the entry that includes the final grade.
Exempt
Any course that you were not required to take because you had:
• Previously completed courses
• Employment experience
• Passed a departmental exam
Do NOT assign Exempt to courses for which credit was awarded. If credits have been granted by the institution,
use Advanced Placement (AP) or CLEP.
No credit hours or AMCAS grade will be assigned.
Repeat
Any course attempted more than once, unless the final grade initially received was Withdrawal or Incomplete.
• A course entry must be made for each completed attempt of a repeated course, even if any mention of
enrollment in the course has been removed from the transcript.
• AMCAS includes all attempts of repeated courses in GPA calculations, even if they are not included in
the school's GPA calculations.
• Do NOT designate Repeat for courses designed to be repeated (e.g., Independent Study, Thesis, Chorus,
etc). See Deferred Grade.
• If you do not list all of your attempts in a given course, AMCAS will initiate an investigation.
Honors
Any course attempted through an honors program or section.

Incomplete
A course is considered incomplete if the work required for it was not completed within the appropriate time limit.
Select Incomplete even if:
• A grade has been ultimately assigned, or
• There is no notation indicating incomplete on the official transcript.
If the Incomplete is unresolved, no AMCAS grade will be assigned; however, if the Incomplete is resolved, an
AMCAS grade must be assigned.
Many schools will assign an "IF" or "F" grade if the coursework is not completed within a given time limit. If
attempted credit hours are listed on the official transcript or can be determined by AMCAS, this "F" will be
included in your AMCAS GPA.
No Record
Any course for which no final grade is available because of an administrative problem or delay at the school. No
AMCAS grade will be assigned.
Withdrawal
Any course from which you officially withdrew, regardless of whether you were passing or failing at the time.
Such courses usually appear on the transcript as a "W", or equivalent symbol.
• A course entry must be made even if the withdrawn course does not appear on the transcript.
• A course entry should NOT be made if the course was dropped within the normal drop/add period.
• No credit hours or AMCAS grade will be assigned.
If you withdrew entirely from a school before completing courses for a specific term, you must still list each
course for which you registered with Withdrawal as the Course Type. If the school does not issue transcripts for
students who withdraw entirely, you must request that the registrar's office forward an official letter with an
AMCAS
Transcript Request Form attached indicating that no transcript is available because of institutional policies. The
Transcript Request Form can be found in the Transcript Requests section of the application.
Credit Hours Attempted/Semester Hours Attempted/ Supplemental Hours Attempted
Your AMCAS application will automatically convert most undergraduate credit hours to either semester hours or
supplemental hours based on conversions provided by the institutions. Indicate your credit hours or units
EXACTLY as they appear on your transcript. If no hours appear on the official transcript, leave this item blank
unless these credits have been removed as a result of failure, repeat, academic bankruptcy, forgiveness or similar
institutional policy, in which case grades and credits should be entered as they originally appeared.
Keep in mind:
• Most Canadian schools grant three semester hours for a half-year course and six semester hours for a full-
year course.
• Courses with laboratories may be assigned different credits than other standard courses at the institution.
If the official transcript does not clearly indicate the different credits, you must ask the registrar's office
to attach a letter of explanation to the transcript before it is sent to AMCAS.

Official Transcript Grade
Enter the grade, symbol, or notation exactly as it appears on the official transcript from the institution where you
attempted the course. Applicants who receive grades but don't enter them will receive a verification symbol of
"X" beside such courses, indicating that an AMCAS change has been made to that field.
If no grade is on the transcript, no grade entry is required unless the course has been subsequently repeated or
removed due to academic bankruptcy or similar institutional policies. For the initial attempt of a repeated course-
or for courses removed due to academic bankruptcy or similar institutional policies- the transcript grade should be
the original grade earned before the course was repeated, even if the original grade has been removed from the
transcript or GPA.
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS will automatically convert most standard undergraduate transcript grades to AMCAS grades based on
conversions provided by the institutions. The AMCAS grade provides the medical schools with a standard way to
compare each applicant's background. You will be able to view the AMCAS GPA on the printed application after
verification. If, after the Verification process has occurred, you believe the incorrect AMCAS grade has been
assigned to a particular course, you may submit an Academic Change Request.
Special Course Listing
CEGEP/Grade 13 Coursework
Transferred
Courses attempted at a Canadian College d'Enseignement General et Professionel (CEGEP) or through a
Canadian Grade 13 Program must be listed if the credit has been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution
using a credit hour system convertible to semester hours.
• Include the CEGEP/Grade 13 institution and the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting transfer credit
in your list of colleges attended.
• Request transcript exception for the CEGEP/Grade 13 institution, indicating the U.S. or Canadian
institution on whose transcript these transfer credits will appear.
• List the course work under the CEGEP/Grade 13 institution at which it was attempted.
• The College Name/Location for this course work will appear on your AMCAS application as follows:
– Name/Location of U.S. or Canadian institution
– Transfer Credit
– (Name/Location of CEGEP/Grade 13 institution)
• If transfer credits are not assigned to individual courses, subdivide the credit hour total as appropriate
to determine the number of credits for each course.
• If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.)
and credit hours convertible to semester hours for each course on their transcript or on an official
letter attached to their transcript:
– Enter all required course data.
– AMCAS will include this course work in AMCAS GPAs, regardless of institutional policies.
• If the U.S. institution awarding transfer credit does NOT provide letter grades other than Pass/Fail:
– Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data, entering the
transcript grade exactly as it appears on the official transcript of the institution awarding transfer
credit.

– AMCAS will NOT include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include
this course work in cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass and Pass/Fail-Fail credit hour totals.
• If the Canadian institution awarding transfer credit does NOT provide letter grades other than
Pass/Fail:
– Indicate "Advanced Placement" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data,
entering the transcript grade exactly as it appears on your official transcript.
– AMCAS will NOT include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include
this course work in cumulative Advanced Placement credit hour totals.
Not Transferred
If CEGEP/Grade 13 course credits have NOT been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution, courses are
not required to be listed. If you include this course work on your application:
• Include the CEGEP/Grade 13 institution in your list of colleges attended.
• Request a transcript exception for the CEGEP/Grade 13 institution.
• Do not send CEGEP/Grade 13 transcripts or certificates to AMCAS.
• Provide all required course data except credit hours attempted.
• The course work will NOT be verified by AMCAS and will NOT be included in your AMCAS GPAs
or cumulative credit hour totals.
Clock Hours and Continuing Education Units (CEU)
Official transcripts are required from all U.S., U.S. Territorial, and Canadian post-secondary institutions awarding
clock hour or CEU credits. If the institution only provides a certificate of completion, or no official transcript is
available, the registrar of the institution must send AMCAS an official letter verifying that no official transcript is
available. Your application will not be processed without an official transcript or a letter.
Conversion Provided By Institution

If the clock hour or CEU institution provides a conversion to semester hours:
• Include the clock hour or CEU institution in your list of colleges attended.
• Official transcripts are required from all U.S., U.S. Territorial, and Canadian colleges awarding clock
hour or CEU credits for which an institutional conversion to semester hours is provided.
• If your official transcript does not clearly indicate the institution's recommended conversion, you
must ask the registrar's office to attach a letter of explanation to the official transcript before it is sent
to AMCAS.
• Indicate all required course data, taking special care to enter the correct number of credit hours
attempted.
• AMCAS will verify course data, and this coursework will be included in your AMCAS GPAs.
Conversion NOT Provided By Institution

If the clock hour or CEU institution provides NO conversion to semester or quarter hours and course credits
have been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution using a credit hour system convertible to semester
hours:
• Include the clock hour or CEU institution and the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting transfer
credit in your list of colleges attended.
• Request an official transcript exception for the clock hour or CEU institution, and request the required
letter from their registrar's office. Indicate the U.S. or Canadian institution on whose official
transcript these transfer credits will appear.
• List the courses under the clock hour or CEU college at which it was attempted.

• The College Name/Location assigned to this coursework will appear on your AMCAS application as
follows:
– Name/Location of U.S. or Canadian institution
– Transfer Credit
– (Name/Location of clock hour or CEU institution)
• If transfer credits are not assigned to individual courses, subdivide the credit hour total as appropriate
and assign credit hours to each course.
• If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.)
and credit hours convertible to semester hours for each course on their official transcript or on an
official letter attached to their official transcript:
– Enter all required course data.
– AMCAS will include this coursework in AMCAS GPAs, regardless of institutional policies.
• If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit does NOT provide letter grades other than
Pass/Fail:
– Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data, entering the
official transcript grade exactly as it appears on your official transcript.
– AMCAS will NOT include this coursework in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include
this coursework in cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass and Pass/Fail-Fail credit hour totals.
Conversion NOT provided, credit NOT transferred

If NO conversion to semester hours is provided by the clock hour or CEU institution and course credits have
not been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution, you are not required to list the courses on your
application. However, you must:
• Include the clock hour or CEU institution in your list of colleges attended.
• Have the transcript forwarded to AMCAS, or request a transcript exception for the clock hour or CEU
institution. If you request an exception, request the required letter from the registrar as well.
If you include this coursework on your Academic Record,
• Provide all required course data.
• The coursework will NOT be verified by AMCAS and will NOT be included in your AMCAS GPAs
or cumulative credit hour totals.
Courses Taken While in High School
Many students attempt college-level courses while still in high school for a variety of reasons. These primarily
fall into the two following categories:
AP Prep Courses/Exams
Unless credit has been granted by a U.S. or Canadian institution or university for an AP prep course or an AP
exam, such information should not be listed on the application. If credit has been granted, courses/exams should
be listed according to the instructions for Type Advanced Placement credit. Do not send high school transcripts or
AP test score reports to AMCAS.
Other Courses
Many high school students take other types of college-level courses either independently or through special
programs offered by their high school. Courses may be physically taken at the high school or at a college,
depending on the program, but should be listed on the application under the name of the college.

You must contact the college involved to determine transcript availability prior to submitting the application. If a
transcript from the college is available, it must be forwarded to AMCAS and courses must be listed on the
Academic Record. If letter grades and credit hours are listed on the college transcript, these courses will be
included in AMCAS GPA calculations even if they have not been transferred to the primary undergraduate school
or used towards a degree. These courses do not require any special Course Type, unless otherwise appropriate.
The Academic Status for such courses is High School.
If a transcript is not available from the college, do not send high school transcripts to AMCAS. Instead, the
registrar's office of the college must forward an official letter with an AMCAS Transcript Request Form attached
indicating that no transcript is available due to institutional policies. The Transcript Request Form can be found in
the Transcript Requests section of the application.
Full-Year Courses
If your school uses a full-year course program:

• Do not divide classes by term
• Do not enter Deferred Grade (DG) as the Course Type
Instead, select one of the following options from the drop down menu labeled Academic Term:
• SY for a full-year course at a school that is on a semester system,
• QY for a full-year course at a school that is on a quarter system, or
• TY for a full-year course at a school that is on a trimester system, or
• OT for a full-year course at a school that is on some other calendar system.
Life Experience Credit
If a U.S. or Canadian institution has granted "life experience" credit (e.g.; health or physical education course
credits resulting from military service or MOS/s held):
• Include the U.S. or Canadian institution granting the credit in your list of colleges attended.
• The official transcript from the school granting the credit must list "life experience" course credits for the
information to be verified by AMCAS.
M.D. Courses
Courses taken in an allopathic medical program (M.D.) at any institution regardless of country must be listed.
• Include the M.D. institution in your list of colleges attended.
• Transcripts are required for M.D. course work taken at U.S., U.S. Territorial, and Canadian medical
schools, regardless of whether course work was actually completed. If M.D. course work was attempted
at a foreign institution, request a transcript exception.
• Enter required course data and transcript grades for course work.
• Do NOT enter credit hours attempted.
• AMCAS will verify transcript grades for M.D. courses attempted at a U.S., U.S. Territorial, or Canadian
medical school, but course work will NOT be included in your AMCAS GPAs or cumulative credit hour
totals.
Courses attempted at a medical school which were not part of an M.D. program should be listed like any other
graduate-level course work.
Foreign Coursework
American Colleges Overseas

The following schools are not considered foreign institutions and transcripts are required. Courses should be listed
on the AMCAS materials like all other U.S. course work.
• Akita Campus of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• American College in Jerusalem (Closed in 1976)
• American College in Switzerland
• American College of Thessaloniki
• American University in Beirut
• American University in Bulgaria
• American University in Cairo
• American University of Paris
• American University of Rome
• College of Southeastern Europe
• Deree College
• Franklin College
• Fundacion Universidad de las Americas - Puebla
• IMC - International Management Centres
• Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas
• Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
• International College
• Lebanese American University
• The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
• The Open College
• Richmond College, The American International University in London
• Universidad de las Americas, A.C.
Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. U.S. institutions with campuses overseas (such as the University of
Maryland at Munich) are considered U.S. colleges for which transcripts are required and all course work must be
listed.
Independent Attendance, Transferred
Courses attempted independently at a foreign institution must be listed if the credit has been transferred to a U.S.
or Canadian institution using a credit hour system convertible to semester hours.
• Include the foreign institution and the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting transfer credit in your list of
colleges attended.
• Request a transcript exception for the foreign institution. Indicate the U.S. or Canadian institution on
whose transcript these transfer credits will appear.
• List foreign course work under the foreign institution at which it was attempted.
• The College Name/Location assigned to this course work will appear on your AMCAS application as
follows:
Name/Location of U.S. or Canadian institution
Transfer Credit
(Name/Location of foreign institution)
• If transfer credits are not assigned to individual courses, subdivide the credit hour total as appropriate and
assign credit hours to each course.
• If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) and
credit hours convertible to semester hours for each course on their transcript or on an official letter
attached to their transcript:
Enter all required course data.

AMCAS will include this course work in AMCAS GPAs, regardless of institutional policies.
• If the U.S. or Canadian institution does NOT provide letter grades other than Pass/Fail:
Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data, entering the
transcript grade exactly as it appears on your official transcript.
AMCAS will NOT include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include
Independent Attendance, Not Transferred
Courses (other than M.D. course work) attempted independently at a foreign institution are NOT required to be
listed if credit has NOT been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution. If you include this course work on your
application:
• Include the foreign institution in your list of colleges attended.
• Request a transcript exception for the foreign institution.
• Do not send foreign transcripts or certificates to AMCAS.
• Provide all required course data except credit hours attempted.
The course work will NOT be verified by AMCAS and will NOT be included in your AMCAS GPAs.
Although foreign transcripts are never required for the primary (AMCAS) application, except for foreign MD
course work, individual medical schools can request the transcripts to complete secondary applications. Therefore,
you should check with your intended medical schools about their requirements and, if necessary, request your
foreign transcripts as soon as possible.
Institute of European Studies
If courses have been accepted as transfer credit by a U.S. or Canadian institution, enter with "Pass/Fail" as the
Course Type, the Official Transcript grade as recorded on the transcript of the U.S. or Canadian institution
accepting the courses as transfer credit and credit hours.
Letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) will only be verified and included in AMCAS GPA calculations if such grades
appear on the transcript of the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding the transfer credit.
International Baccalaureate Examination
If credit for the examination has been granted by a U.S. or Canadian institution, enter the exam with
"Advanced Placement" as the Course Type, an official transcript grade as recorded on the transcript of the U.S. or
Canadian institution accepting the examination as transfer credit and credit hours.
Letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) will only be verified and included in AMCAS GPA calculations if such grades
appear on the transcript of the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding the transfer credit.
Study Abroad Course Work
Courses attempted through a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution must be entered.
If your transcript does not indicate that the courses were part of a formal study abroad program, you must ask the
registrar's office to attach a letter of explanation to the official transcript before it is sent to AMCAS.
• Include the foreign institution and the sponsoring U.S. or Canadian institution in your list of colleges
attended.

• Request a transcript exception for the foreign institution. Indicate the U.S. or Canadian institution on
whose transcript credits will appear.
• List study abroad course work under the foreign college at which it was attempted.
follows:
Study Abroad Program
(Name/Location of foreign institution)
• If the sponsoring U.S. or Canadian institution provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) and credit hours
convertible to semester hours for each course on their transcript or on an official letter attached to their
transcript:
Enter all required course data.
AMCAS will include this course work in AMCAS GPAs.
• If the sponsoring U.S. or Canadian institution does NOT provide letter grades other than Pass/Fail:
Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data, entering the
transcript grade exactly as it appears on the official transcript of the U.S. or Canadian sponsoring
institution.
AMCAS will NOT include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include
Military Credit
General Information about Military Course Work
As with other types of course work, the first step in determining how to list military credit is to establish whether
a transcript is available.
• Active duty and reserve personnel should contact the education office at their current duty station. In most
cases, the education office can assist with obtaining available records for all military course work.
• The next option is to contact individual schools directly. It is generally faster to obtain transcripts from
the individual programs directly than trying to obtain information from the central records office.
If a transcript is not available from a military school or program directly, U.S. Army active duty enlisted
personnel and veterans may obtain an Army/ACE Registry System (AARTS) transcript providing they entered the
service on or after October 1, 1981. The transcript documents courses, MOS/s held, proficiency test scores, and
college-level standardized test results as well as course descriptions and ACE credit recommendations. These
transcripts may be obtained by writing to: AARTS Operations Center; 415 McPherson Avenue; Ft. Leavenworth,
KS 66027-1373. Note: This is the only transcript available for courses completed at the Academy of Health
Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX.
Sailor/Marine Corps Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART). All active duty and reserve Sailors and
Marines (enlisted and officer) and those who separated or retired from active duty on or after October 1, 1999 are
eligible. Transcripts for separated or retired Navy personnel who left the service from 1976 to October 1999 are
also eligible and should have a transcript available at the SMART web site; personnel who fall into this category
that cannot access their transcripts can have one created. Call the Navy College Center at 1-877-253-7122.
Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) experience should not be listed on the Academic Record unless credit
has been accepted in transfer by a U.S. or Canadian institution.
Transcript Available

If a transcript is available directly from the military school or program listing individual courses with letter grades
(e.g., A, B, C, etc.) and credit hours convertible to semester hours:
• Include the military school or program in your list of colleges attended.
• Enter course data as it appears on the transcript.
• AMCAS will include this course work in AMCAS GPAs.
If the transcript does not list individual courses with corresponding grades and semester hours (or course units
convertible to semester hours but the program attaches ACE credit recommendations to the transcript, you must:
• Prepare a transcript request to be sent to the military school or program. Handwrite on this request that the
transcript should include ACE recommendations so that our Records office will know to expect this
information and the school will know to send it.
• Enter course data as it appears on the ACE recommendations.
• Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type.
AMCAS will not include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include this course work in
cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit hour totals.
Official Transcripts are available directly from the following programs:

• Air Command and Staff College
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air University
• Army Command and General Staff College
• Army War College
• College of Naval Command and Staff
• Community College of the Air Force
• Defense Information School
• Defense Language Institute
• F.A.E.S at NIH
• Joint Military Intelligence College (formerly, Defense Intelligence College)
• Marine Corp Institute
• National Cryptologic School, Ft. George G. Meade, MD
• National Defense University
• Armed Forces Staff College
• Industrial College of the Armed Forces
• National War College
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Naval School of Health Science
• Naval War College
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• All of the service academies
Transcripts may also be available from programs not listed here; it is your responsibility to research transcript
availability prior to submitting the application.
Note: only an AARTS transcript is available for course work completed at the Academy of Health Sciences, Ft.
Sam Houston, TX.

AARTS Transcript Available
If a transcript is not available directly from the school, but an AARTS transcript is available:
• Include "AARTS" in your list of colleges attended (indicate Kansas as the state, choose "unidentified"
and modify the printed name of the school to read "AARTS").
• Request a transcript exception for the military school and indicate "AARTS" as the name of the institution
on whose transcript credits will appear.
• Enter course data as it appears on the AARTS transcript.
• Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type. AMCAS will not include this course work in AMCAS GPAs;
however, AMCAS will include this course work in cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit hour totals.
These transcripts may be obtained by writing to: AARTS Operations Center, 415 McPherson Avenue; Ft.
Leavenworth, KS 66027-1373. AARTS may also be contacted by phone at (913) 684-9480, or via e-mail at
AARTS@leavenworth.mil
Note: This is the only transcript available for courses completed at the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences,
Fr. Sam Houston, TX.
SMART transcript available
If a transcript is not available directly from the school, but a SMART transcript is available:
• Include "SMART" in your list of colleges attended (indicate Florida as the state, choose "unidentified"
and modify the printed name of the school to read "SMART").
• Request a transcript exception for the military school and indicate "SMART" as the name of the
institution on whose transcript credits will appear.
• Enter course data as it appears on the SMART transcript.
• Indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type. AMCAS will not include this course work in AMCAS GPAs;
however, AMCAS will include this course work in cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit hour totals.
These transcripts may be obtained by writing to:

NETPDTC
Navy College Center
Code N2A5
6490 Saufley Field Road
Pensacola, FL 32509-5204
NCC006@cnet.navy.mil
Transfer Credit Awarded by Another School
No transcript available directly from the military school or program, transfer credit awarded by another school.
If neither a transcript nor an AARTS transcript is available from the military, but another U.S. or Canadian
institution has granted transfer credit for military course work:
• Include the military program and the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting transfer credit in your list of
colleges attended.
• Request a transcript exception for the military school, and indicate the name of the U.S. or Canadian
institution on whose transcript credits will appear.
• The College name/location for this course work will appear on your printed AMCAS application as
follows:


Transfer Credit
(Name/Location of military school)
• Enter course data as it appears on the transcript of the school accepting the transfer credit.
If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding the transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) and credit
hours convertible to semester hours for each course on their transcript or an official letter attached to their
transcript:
• Enter all required course data.
• AMCAS will verify and include this course work in AMCAS GPA regardless of institutional policies.
If letter grades and/or credit hours are not listed for each course on the transcript of the school awarding the
transfer credit
• Indicate "PASS/FAIL" as the Course Type.
• AMCAS will not include this course work in AMCAS GPAs; however, AMCAS will include this course
work in cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit hour totals.
No Transcript Available
If no transcript, AARTS transcript, or transfer credit to another college is available, you are still encouraged to list
military courses on the AMCAS application, particularly if the courses were health related:
• Request a transcript exception for the military program.
• Enter all course data except credit hours.
• The course work will not be verified by AMCAS and will not be included in your AMCAS GPAs.
Narrative Evaluations
If you have received narrative evaluations for some or all courses in lieu of letter grades (e.g.; A, B, C, etc.) at a
college:
• Include this institution in your list of colleges attended. Indicate the use of narrative evaluations by
selecting the appropriate grading system.
follows:
Name/Location of U.S. or Canadian Institution
(Narrative Evaluations Enclosed)
• Do NOT indicate "Pass/Fail" as the Course Type even if your transcript reflects a Pass/Fail grade for
"narrative evaluation" course work.
• Indicate all required course data.
All narrative evaluations received, from registrars will be forwarded to your designated schools along with your
application.
USAFI/DANTES Credit
If USAFI/DANTES credit has been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution:

• Include the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting USAFI/DANTES transfer credit in your list of colleges
attended (indicate New Jersey as the state, choose "unidentified" and modify the name of the school to
read "USAFI/DANTES").
• A transcript is NOT required from USAFI/DANTES. Request a transcript exception and indicate the
name of the U.S. or Canadian institution on whose transcript these credits will appear.

• Indicate "CLEP" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data.
• If transfer credits are not assigned to individual courses, subdivide the credit hour total as appropriate to
determine the number of credits for each course.
•
If USAFI/DANTES credit has NOT been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution:
• Include USAFI/DANTES in your list of colleges attended (indicate New Jersey as the state, choose
"unidentified" and modify the printed name of the school to read "USAFI/DANTES").
• A transcript is required from USAFI/DANTES.
• Indicate "CL" as the Course Type and provide all other required course data.
Standardized Tests
MCAT and Other Tests
MCAT scores earned in 2003 and later will be automatically released to AMCAS. Applicants who wish to release
MCAT scores earned between 1991 and 2003, and have not yet done so, may do so online. To release scores
earned before 1991, please complete the MCAT Score Report Form.
How many MCAT exams have you taken since April 1991?
Include only the number of MCAT exams you have taken at the time you certify and submit your AMCAS
application. Do not include exams for which you are registered but have not yet taken, or exams that you voided
at the time of the exam. Do include even those exams that you have not released to the AAMC.
Medical School Preference

Medical schools prefer that applicants receive and review their MCAT scores prior to certifying and submitting
the AMCAS application.
Other Tests Taken

Applicants who wish to include in their application non-MCAT test scores may do so by clicking "Add" on this
page.
Designate Medical Schools
Designate Schools and Corresponding Fees
Review your medical school designations carefully. Once you have submitted your application to AMCAS you
cannot remove or substitute schools on your designation list under any circumstances.
Designating Additional Schools
To designate additional schools once you have submitted your application to AMCAS, you must re-enter your
AMCAS application, select the additional schools you wish to designate, and re-certify and re-submit your
application to AMCAS. You must re-certify and re-submit your application with the additionally designated
schools by the stated deadlines of the schools you wish to add. Deadlines differ for different Program types.
Financial Hold

Your application will be held if you owe the AAMC money for services provided in a prior year or for the current
year for any AAMC program. Applications will not be processed until financial holds are resolved, which may
result in missed deadlines. Reasons for financial hold include but are not limited to:
• Amount insufficient for the number of designated schools
• Check or credit card authorization not signed
• Both credit card information and check included; only one payment method may be used
• Check or money order not made out to AMCAS
• Fee not drawn on U.S. bank and/or not in U.S. dollars
• Written and numerical amounts disagree
• Check post-dated
• Bounced or unpaid checks
• Denied or unauthorized credit cards
It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all required fees have been received by AMCAS. Applicants will
receive e-mail notification if their application is being held for financial reasons.
School Designations
Selecting a Medical School

Applicants should review the most recent edition of the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) and
consult with a pre-professional health advisor for guidance in choosing a school.
Applicants should consider not only the requirements of each school as compared to the applicant's credentials,
citizenship and legal residence restrictions, but also the potential cost of application (including AMCAS service
fees, secondary school application fees, costs associated with interviewing, acceptance deposits, etc.) prior to
designating any school.
Many medical schools only consider applications from U.S. citizens who are in-state residents. Some schools may
consider non-state residents only under the Early Decision Program.
AMCAS does not evaluate residency eligibility or citizenship status. Questions regarding eligibility and
application restrictions should be directed to medical school admissions committees. Refer to the most recent
edition of the Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) for further information. It is the applicant’s
responsibility to determine eligibility before designating a school.
Previously Applied/Program Type

On this screen you will indicate whether or not you have previously applied to the medical school indicated on
this screen, and designate the program at this medical school to which you are applying.
Have you applied to this medical school in previous years?

You must indicate if you have ever previously applied to this medical school, even if a secondary application
from the school was not completed. Indicate previous application activity by clicking the radio button labeled
"yes" below the question. Submission of an AMCAS application is tantamount to filing an initial application.
Failure to acknowledge previous application activity will result in an investigation.
Select the type of program to which you are applying

Each of the programs listed on this screen which are preceded by a radio button are available at the medical
school indicated on this screen. Applicants cannot designate multiple program types for a single medical school
in the AMCAS application. Applicants who wish to apply to multiple programs at a single school should contact
the medical school directly for recommendations as to how to complete the AMCAS application.

Certain of these programs require that you obtain permission from the medical school prior to submitting an
application to the program. In addition, a number of these programs may be restricted so that you are precluded
from applying to other medical schools. See below for additional information on each of these programs.
Regular
Regular refers to an M.D. program at the school indicated on this screen.
Early Decision Program

The Early Decision Program (EDP) allows applicants to secure an acceptance from one EDP-participating
medical school by October 1 while allowing sufficient time to apply to other schools if not accepted.
EDP Applicants Agree:

• NOT to apply through the EDP if they have already submitted an initial or secondary application
(AMCAS or non-AMCAS) to a U.S. allopathic medical school for a M.D. degree program for the
current entering class.
• To apply to only one medical school (AMCAS or non-AMCAS) through the Early Decision Program.
• NOT to submit additional application(s) (AMCAS or non-AMCAS) until:
receipt of an EDP rejection; or
receipt of a formal release from the EDP commitment; or
the October 1 notification deadline passes. Contact your EDP school if you have not been notified
of your status by October 1.
• To attend the school if offered an EDP acceptance.
All EDP applicants accepted by a medical school must adhere to the tenets of the ED program. This
includes, but is not limited to, applicants accepted to the current entering class, delayed matriculants from
a previous entering class, and all other applicants who are required by the medical school to submit an ED
application to the current entering class. Under these circumstances, application to other schools is
prohibited. Any violation of these conditions will result in an investigation.
Medical Schools Agree:

• To notify EDP applicants of admission decisions by October 1.
• To defer applicants to the regular applicant pool if appropriate.
EDP Deadlines:
• AMCAS: August 1 (application and official transcripts).
• Non-AMCAS: contact the medical school admissions office or refer to the Medical School Admission
Requirements (MSAR).
If your application is received by the stated deadline, but any of your transcripts are late, your application
will be placed in the regular applicant pool. Any supplemental application materials must be received at
your EDP school by the deadline they set.
Combined Graduate/Medical Degree

Designating this program type notifies the M.D. program at this school that you are interested in applying
to one of their Combined Graduate/Medical Degree program alone or in combination with the Regular
M.D. Program. Upon making this selection, you will also be asked to indicate the specific combined
program(s) in which you are interested.

Designating this program type is not the same as applying to this program, and this program may
require an additional application. Contact the school directly for additional information.
Combined PhD/Medical Degree

Designating this program type notifies the M.D. program at this school that you are interested in applying
to one of their Combined PhD/Medical Degree program alone or in combination with the Regular M.D.
Program. Upon making this selection, you will also be asked to indicate the specific combined program(s)
in which you are interested.
Designating this program type is not the same as applying to this program, and this program may
require an additional application. Contact the school directly for additional information.
Special Program Types

Pay close attention to instructions for each of the following Program types. Selecting one of the
following Program types without reading the instructions carefully may result in:
• missing deadlines for Program types to which you can apply.
• loss of application fees paid for the Program Type for which you were ineligible.
Early Assurance
You may not designate this Program type unless this medical school has advised you to do so. Selecting
this Program type without permission may result in:
missing deadlines for Program types to which you can apply.
loss of application fees paid for this Program Type
If you have not obtained prior permission from the medical school to designate this program type,
do not select this program type.
If you have obtained permission from the medical school to designate this program type, select the
program by clicking the radio button that precedes the program type.
Combined Bachelors / Medical Degree

• missing deadlines for Program types to which you can apply.
• loss of application fees paid for this Program Type
Other Special Program

missing deadlines for Program types to which you can apply.
loss of application fees paid for this Program Type

Application Audit
The audit will inform you of information that you have not yet included in the application, and you will be able to
see which omissions must be corrected before you will be able to submit the application to AMCAS. Omissions
that you might want to consider completing will be labeled "WARNING." Any required fields you may have
forgotten to complete will be labeled "ERROR." With the Audit, you will also see which sections the omissions
are in, and what information is missing.
Certification and Submission
Institutional Action
Medical schools require you to answer this question accurately and provide all relevant information. Medical
schools understand that many individuals learn from the past and emerge stronger as a result. Full disclosure will
enable the Medical schools to more effectively evaluate this information within the context of your credentials.
You must answer YES to this question if you were ever the recipient of any institutional action resulting from
unacceptable academic performance or a conduct violation, even if such action did not interrupt your enrollment
or require you to withdraw. You must answer YES even if the action does not appear on or has been deleted from
you official transcripts due to institutional policy or personal petition. Applicants who become the subject of an
institutional action after certifying and submitting the AMCAS application must inform their designated medical
schools that an action has occurred.
If you are not certain whether or not you have been the subject of an institutional action, contact the
registrar, student affairs officer, or other appropriate party at the institution for confirmation of your
record. Applicants who become the subject of an institutional action after certifying and submitting the AMCAS
application must inform their designated medical schools that an action has occurred.
If you answer YES, you may use the provided space beneath the question to explain; this space is 1325 characters
or approximately ¼ of a page in length. You will receive an error message if you exceed the allotted space.
Failure to provide accurate information in answering this question or, if applicable, in completing the form
provided by the school, will result in an investigation.
Felony
Answer YES to this question if you have ever been convicted of a felony. Failure to accurately answer this
question will result in an investigation. Applicants who are convicted of a felony after certifying and submitting
the AMCAS application must inform their designated medical schools that an action has occurred.
If you answer YES, you must use the provided space beneath the question to explain; this space allows 1325
characters or approximately 1/4 of a page in length. You will receive an error message if you exceed the allotted
space.
Previous Matriculation
Answer YES to this question if you have ever matriculated into an allopathic medical degree (M.D.) program at a
medical school regardless of country. Your matriculation status may not be dependent upon registration,

enrollment, or the initiation/completion of course work. Check with the medical school if you have any
question regarding your matriculation status. Failure to accurately answer this question will result in an
investigation.
If you answer YES, you may use the provided space beneath the question to explain why you are reapplying to
medical school at this time; this space is 1325 characters or approximately ¼ of a page in length. You will receive
an error message if you exceed the allotted space.
MCAT
If you are an applicant to a special program, such as an MD/PhD or an MBA/MD, schools may require other test
scores. Examples of other tests include the GMAT, LSAT, MAT or GRE. If a test you have taken has multiple
sections (e.g. GRE-Math and GRE-Psych), treat each section as a separate test by entering each section one at a
time on this page. AMCAS does not verify test scores other than the MCAT; your designated medical schools
may require additional information.
Application Certification
In order to complete and submit your application, you must certify the following statement:
"I have read, understand and agree to comply with the AMCAS Instructions, including the provisions which
note that I am responsible for monitoring and ensuring the progress of my application. I certify that the
information in this application is current, complete, and accurate to the best of my knowledge."
Your certification of this statement serves the same purpose as a legal signature, and is binding.
Submit
Make certain that you have thoroughly reviewed your application prior to submitting, noting that after the initial
submission of your application, you may only make changes to the following questions:
• Required and Alternate IDs
• Name, including Full Legal Name, Preferred Name and Alternate Names.
• Contact Information, including Permanent and Preferred Mailing Addresses, and Alternate Contact
Information.
You must re-certify and re-submit your application after making a change. For additional information, see post
submission change request.
Application Processing
AMCAS processing normally takes approximately four to six weeks, and begins once all materials (including all
official transcripts in support of your application) are received.
Post-Submission Changes
After the initial submission of your application, you may only make changes to the following questions:
• Required and Alternate IDs
• Name, including Full Legal Name, Preferred Name and Alternate Names.
• Contact Information, including Permanent and Preferred Mailing Addresses, and Alternate Contact
Information.

You must re-certify and re-submit your application after making a change.
Payment Information
Balance Due
This page displays your current account information, including the following items:
Charge ID
Charge Date
Fee Description
Price
Amount
Total Balance Due
Applicants have two options for paying application fees:

Online Check Payment-TeleCheck- There is an additional $4.00 service fee to pay by internet check
Online Credit Card Payment (Visa or MasterCard only)
AMCAS will not accept any offline payments, including checks/money orders or credit
card information sent via mail, fax, e-mail or telephone.

Selecting a method Of Payment
Please select your payment method, then click "continue" to go to the payment information
page; otherwise click "cancel" to return.
Applicants have two options for paying application fees:
Online Check Payment-TeleCheck*- There is an additional $4.00 service fee to pay

by internet check.
Online Credit Card Payment (Visa or MasterCard only)-VeriSign**
AMCAS will not accept any offline payments, including checks/money orders or credit
card information sent via mail, fax, e-mail or telephone.
*AMCAS uses TeleCheck’s electronic check services to simplify e-commerce by providing payment connectivity
over the Internet. Payment data is transmitted using secure socket layer (SSL) protocol, which provides server
authentication, data encryption and data integrity for client/server communications.
**VeriSign, Inc. provides digital trust services that enable businesses and consumers to engage in commerce and
communications with confidence. How secure is the VeriSign payment platform? A critical concern for electronic
commerce is the secure transmission of data. To protect consumer data during transmission, VeriSign uses the
latest SSL (secure socket layering) encryption technology that securely passes transaction data to the VeriSign
gateway.
VeriSign stores sensitive transaction information on secure systems that cannot be accessed through the Internet.
Furthermore, VeriSign uses hardware and software firewall technology and additional encryption technology to
eliminate all opportunity for intruders to break into a server and compromise information.
Credit Card Information
The AMCAS application uses VeriSign's credit card services to simplify e-commerce
by providing payment connectivity over the Internet.
VeriSign, Inc. provides digital trust services that enable businesses and consumers to engage in commerce and
communications with confidence. How secure is the VeriSign payment platform? A critical concern for electronic
commerce is the secure transmission of data. To protect consumer data during transmission, VeriSign uses the
latest SSL (Secure Socket Layering) encryption technology that securely passes transaction data to the VeriSign
gateway.
VeriSign stores sensitive transaction information on secure systems that cannot be accessed through the Internet.
Furthermore, VeriSign uses hardware and software firewall technology and additional encryption technology to
eliminate all opportunity for intruders to break into a server and compromise information.
Please enter your credit card information (Visa or MasterCard only), then click "continue" to go to the credit card
confirmation page; otherwise click "cancel" to return.

Check Information
The AMCAS application uses TeleCheck’s electronic check services to simplify e-commerce by providing
payment connectivity over the Internet. Payment data is transmitted using secure socket layer (SSL) protocol,
which provides server authentication, data encryption and data integrity for client/server communications.
Please enter your internet check information, then click "continue" to go to the confirmation page; otherwise click
"cancel" to return. Be certain to include your complete Bank (MICR) Numbers (the series of numbers at the
bottom of each check, including the check number).
Confirm Your Billing Information
Please review your account information on this page, including the total amount to be paid. Once you’ve verified
your account information and read the Transaction Authorization statement, click “I Authorize” to authorize this
payment. Click "cancel" to return.
Billing Receipt
This page informs you of your payment status (whether or not your payment has been approved, including
specific notes). If payment is approved, this page may be printed as a receipt.
Academic Change
Academic Change Request
To address changes to your Course Work made by AMCAS during the Verification process, you must submit a
change request to AMCAS using the Academic Change Request option on the vertical menu located on the left
side of your application screen. This option becomes available only after your application has completed the
Verification process.
Allow five to ten working days for AMCAS to review and/or process any change request.
If necessary, AMCAS will:

Recalculate GPAs
Make corrections to the following course items if appropriate:
Academic Status
Course Type
Transcript Grade
Credit Hours Attempted
AMCAS Grade
AMCAS will not change or correct:

Course titles or numbers
Academic Year or Term
Corrections based on information that becomes available after you submit your application. This includes
final grades for current/future courses, and grade changes submitted to your registrar.
Any other sections or items in your application.

Policies and Procedures
American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) General Information
AMCAS simplifies the process of applying to medical school by requiring applicants to submit only one set of
application materials. This results in a reduction of expense and time for all concerned parties. One hundred and
fifteen medical schools and two programs currently participate in AMCAS. AMCAS is not involved in the
admissions decision-making process. These decisions are made solely by the medical schools.
AMCAS is only for first-year entering class applicants to allopathic medical schools. Advanced standing and
transfer applicants should contact the medical schools directly for assistance.
Before submitting your application to AMCAS, be sure to read the following AAMC and AMCAS policies and
procedures:
Applicant Responsibilities
Monitoring the Application Process
AMCAS Instructions
Deadlines
Contacting AMCAS
What is the AAMC?
AAMC Fee Assistance Program (FAP)
AAMC Resolution on Equal Opportunity
AAMC Policies Regarding Data Collection, Processing and Dissemination
AMCAS processing normally takes approximately four to six weeks, and begins once all materials (including all
official transcripts in support of your application) are received.
Once your application has been submitted to AMCAS, AMCAS performs an initial review to determine if there
are any missing or incorrectly completed items that may prevent processing. If omissions or errors cannot be
resolved, your application will be returned. You may not submit a corrected or changed application unless
specifically requested to do so by AMCAS.
Once your application has passed this initial review:

• Acknowledgment of its receipt will be sent to you via e-mail provided you have included a valid internet
address. You may also verify receipt through the Voice Response System or on by returning to your
application's Welcome page. Such acknowledgment does not indicate that your materials are complete or
that deadline requirements have been satisfied.
• AMCAS will then determine if all official transcripts have arrived. If not, your application will be held
until they are all present. You will receive an e-mail notification every ten working days until missing
transcripts arrive or until all deadlines have passed.
• When your application and all transcripts are on file, AMCAS verifies your Academic Record against
your official transcripts.
• AMCAS is not responsible for materials that take longer to process.

• AMCAS will stop verifying your materials and an e-mail notification will be sent if any missing or
incomplete transcripts are discovered during verification.
• AMCAS may return your application to you and you may miss deadlines if major errors or omissions in
course listings are found during verification.
• AMCAS will verify your application using the following symbols:
any course verified without correction
any course verified with any correction
any course listed on the Academic Record but not reflected on an official transcript; format
corrections were not required
any course listed on the Academic Record but not reflected on an official transcript; format
corrections have been made
a type of coursework not intended to be verified by AMCAS
• After your application is verified, your AMCAS GPA is calculated. Your AMCAS GPA may differ from
the GPA calculated by your school.
Following the calculation of your AMCAS GPA:

• An e-mail notification informing you that your application has completed the verification process will be
sent to you. Once you receive this notification, you should review your Course Work using the
application's Print Application option. To request that a change be made to your application, or to
challenge a change made during the verification process, use the application's "Change Notification
Process" option available on the vertical menu located on the left-side of your application.
• Application materials, including your AMCAS Application will be transmitted to your designated
medical schools.
• Medical schools do not receive a listing of the other schools to which you have applied.
In order to submit your application, you are required to certify the following statement:
"I have read, understand, and agree to comply with AMCAS Instructions, including the provisions which note that
I am responsible for monitoring the progress of my application progress. I certify that the information in this
application and associated materials is current, complete, and accurate to the best of my knowledge."
Your certification of this statement serves the same purpose as a legal signature and is binding; therefore,
checking the box on the Certification page is the same as signing the application.
AMCAS Instructions
"AMCAS Instructions," as it appears in the Certification statement, refers to:
On-screen instructions
On-screen instructions are those that appear on each page as you complete the application.
Quick Tour
Applicants can re-view the Quick Tour by returning to the application welcome page and clicking "Return
to the Quick Tour" at the top left of the page.

Help
Help refers to all instructions located in the Help file. Applicants can view the information by clicking
"Help" on any page. Contents of help are organized by page, and applicants can search for particular
information by using the Help index.
Monitoring the Application Process
AMCAS will make every attempt to process your application in a timely manner. At the same time, applicants
are responsible for:
• Making certain that their AMCAS application, Official Transcripts and documentation are received by
AMCAS,
• Regularly checking the status of their application from the time they submit their application to AMCAS
through the date their application is received by their designated schools, and
• Notifying AMCAS if their application materials have not been received by their designated medical
schools within 5 to 7 weeks after all application materials have been received by AMCAS.
Applicant Responsibilities
1. Applicants are expected to become familiar with and observe the application procedures at each school to
which they apply. All application documents, including primary and secondary application forms,
transcript(s), letters of evaluation, fees, etc., must be submitted in a timely manner.
2. Applicants must promptly notify AMCAS and medical schools not participating in AMCAS of any
change of address.
3. Applicants must respond promptly to all invitations for a medical school interview. In those instances
when an applicant cannot appear for a previously scheduled interview, the applicant is responsible for
promptly notifying the school of the cancellation of the appointment. The cancellation should be
undertaken by telephone, followed by a letter.
4. Applicants in need of financial aid must initiate the steps necessary to determine their eligibility as early
as possible. This includes filing the appropriate need analysis forms in January or February and
encouraging their parents (if required) to file their income tax forms early.
5. Applicants who remain under consideration for admission should keep the medical schools informed of
the address and telephone number where they can be reached. Applicants who are unavailable (e.g.
foreign travel) should instruct and grant authority to a parent or other individual to act on their behalf.
6. Applicants who have made a final decision on the medical school they plan to attend have the obligation
to promptly withdraw their applications from all other schools.
Deadlines
All deadlines are set by the individual medical schools for each of their Program types and represent when
materials must be received by AMCAS. Submit materials as soon as possible to avoid processing delays and
missed deadlines. Materials received during peak periods may take considerably longer to process. Furthermore,
processing does not begin until AMCAS receives all required official transcripts and the completed application.
Official Transcripts for regular applicants must be received within 14 calendar days after the application
deadline. Materials which are returned for correction do not satisfy deadline requirements.

Contacting AMCAS
On the Web
Visit www.aamc.org/amcas for application updates, important information and Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs). .
Phone
AMCAS provides an automated phone system that may be used 24 hours a day by calling (202) 828-0600. Once
your application has been submitted to AMCAS, you may check its status using this automated system. During
peak processing time (June-November), the time to hold for an assistant can be long and staff does not have
additional information about the status of your materials other than what is provided by the automated system.
E-Mail
Send your questions to amcas@aamc.org. To ensure a quick response, state the subject of your inquiry in the
subject line of your e-mail.
What is the AAMC?
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
advancement of medical education and the nation's health. In addition, the AAMC works with its members to set
a national agenda for medical education, biomedical education, and health care while providing services for its
members.
The AAMC represents all U.S. and Canadian medical schools, over 400 teaching hospitals, and 90 academic and
professional societies. The AAMC neither endorses nor has any relationship with commercial agencies concerned
with admission to medical schools. AAMC programs for students and applicants include:
• American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
• Fee Assistance Program (FAP)
• Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
• MCAT Additional Score Reporting System
• Med-MAR, MMEP, and other programs for minority applicants
• MEDLOANS, a comprehensive student loan program designed to meet the specific needs of allopathic
medical school students.
AAMC Fee Assistance Program (FAP)
The AAMC Fee Assistance Program (FAP) is designed to be used in conjunction with registration for the Medical
College Admission Test (MCAT®) and/or for application to medical school through the American Medical
College Application Service (AMCAS®). The FAP is provided to assist individuals with extreme financial
limitations whose inability to pay the full MCAT registration fee or the AMCAS application fee would prevent
them from taking the examination or applying to medical school.
Important note for FAP applicants:

Submitting an AMCAS application prior to receiving a decision on your FAP application makes you ineligible for
FAP.

AAMC Resolution On Equal Opportunity
The AAMC strongly reaffirms the principle of equal opportunity for individuals who are qualified for education,
training, and practice in the health professions without regard to sex, race, creed, color, national origin, age, or
handicap. In pursuit of this principle and policy, the AAMC:
1. Requests member institutions to continue to monitor their admission policies and practices to ensure
equal opportunity of admission to their educational and training programs.
2. Requests member institutions to continue to reinforce programs of affirmative action to increase the
numbers and proportions of students in the health professions from groups which are presently under-
represented in those professions.
Further, recognizing that the under-representation of some groups in health professions' educational and training
programs is but a symptom of broad social and economic problems, the AAMC:
1. Actively supports the organized study of the basic causes of under-representation and possible cures.
2. Actively supports the initiation of new programs and the broadening of existing programs, which are
designed to overcome these problems. These programs include, but are not limited to, those designed to
permit women to fulfill their educational/professional goals and their cultural roles without sacrifice to
either, programs designed to eliminate economic barriers to education in the health professions, and
programs designed to develop increased interest in careers in the health professions on the part of
members of under-represented groups at the secondary school and college levels.
AAMC Policies Regarding Data Collection, Processing, and Dissemination
The AAMC recognizes its responsibility to treat with care the information it collects about individuals involved in
medical education, and to respect their privacy relative to sensitive data concerning them. To meet this obligation,
the Association has developed policies to prevent the exposure of truly confidential personal data without the
permission of the individual involved, to limit the distribution of sensitive data to those situations which require it,
and to permit distribution of non-sensitive, directory information wherever a useful purpose can be served.
Directory information consists of lists of students attending each medical school, lists of graduates of each
medical school with year of graduation, and lists of residents participating in each program of graduate medical
education. For identification purposes, birth dates and Social Security Numbers are sometimes exchanged on a
confidential basis with certifying boards and other organizations involved in medical education to accompany this
directory information in order to assure that credentials are attributed to the proper person.
Information about applicants and students is, of course, disclosed to the schools to which a student applies or
matriculates. Each medical school authorizes the Association to circulate the names of accepted applicants for
each entering class after all deadlines have passed, but before classes have begun. Information submitted to the
AAMC by a medical school is available only to that institution, except for the accepted applicant lists discussed
above.
Medical schools also provide information to the AAMC about the entrance, dismissal, transfer, withdrawal and
graduation of students, and residency program directors provide information about participation in graduate
medical education. Such information permits the Association to maintain accurate records of the number of
enrolled students and residents and their mobility.
Information relating to medical school applicants, students and residents from various sources is published in the
form of aggregate statistics, such as the tables found in Medical School Admission Requirements and other
AAMC annual publications. Except for directory information as defined above and communications with the
schools as a part of the application and record keeping process, information about individual students is not
shared with anyone in a way which would permit individual identification.

Any personally identifiable data submitted by an applicant will be made available to that applicant upon written
request. Where archival data from prior years is requested, a fee may be assessed to cover retrieval costs.
Investigations
The AAMC must ensure high ethical standards in the admission to and enrollment in medical schools.
Accordingly, applicants to medical school, as well as registrants for the MCAT must provide complete, current,
and accurate information throughout the admissions and examination processes.
The AAMC investigates any falsification, omission, or discrepancy in application materials, and irregular
behavior exhibited during the administration of the MCAT. If a potential case is identified, the
applicant/examinee will be notified and asked to provide relevant information. If the investigation confirms
reported information, a report will be issued for the current entering class, as well as any time in the future, to all
U.S. and Canadian medical schools to which the individual applies/matriculates and to designated MCAT
recipients.
In addition, prior to the conclusion of an investigation and the issuance of a final report, the AAMC offers the
option and reserves the right to request arbitration for the following reasons: (1) the individual concludes that a
draft report unfairly characterizes the matter under investigation or (2) an agreement between parties on the
content and language of the report cannot be reached.
Arbitration shall be conducted through written submission to the American Arbitration Association in
Washington, DC. For more specific details on the investigation process refer to AAMC Policies and Procedures
for Investigating Reported Violations of Admission and Enrollment Standards, which is available upon request by
contacting the Client Services office. An investigation may result in delays in processing application materials
and/or reporting of MCAT scores.
Post-Submission Changes
After the initial submission of your application, you may only make changes to the following questions:
Required and Alternate IDs
Name, including Full Legal Name, Preferred Name and Alternate Names.
Contact Information, including Permanent and Preferred Mailing Addresses, and Alternate Contact Information.
You must re-certify and re-submit your application after making a change.

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AMCAS Instruction Book for the 2005 Entering Class

AMCAS Instruction Book for the 2005 Entering Class

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Post-Secondary Experiences Dates ....................................................................................................... 15

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School/Year and Term ......................................................................................................................... 27

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Important Tips for completing your application:

Special Note for Delayed/Deferred Matriculants

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Special Note for Re-Applicants

• Applicants who applied through AMCAS to the 2003 entering class:

Delayed/Deferred Matriculants After May 1

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After Early June 2004

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Delayed/Deferred Matriculants Prior to May 1

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Preferred Mailing Address

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Permanent Mailing Address

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Parent / Guardian Information

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If this school is located in a country other than the U.S. or Canada:

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In addition, you may wish to include information such as:

Post Secondary Experiences

Post-Secondary Experiences Detail

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Post-Secondary Experiences Type

Post-Secondary Experiences Dates

Post-Secondary Experiences Title

Post-Secondary Experiences Organization Name

Post-Secondary Experiences Average Hours Per Week

How many hours each week were devoted to this experience?

Post-Secondary Experiences Contact Name/Contact Title

Post-Secondary Experiences Experience Description

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School Attended, High School

To begin, select the country where your school is located.

For U.S. Schools

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For Canadian Schools

Colleges Attended, Details

For Canadian Schools:

Important Note regarding Modified Name:

Releasing Information to Advisors:

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Majors, Minors and Degrees

Misrepresentation or omissions will prompt an investigation.

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School Address Information

Preferred Address Information

Print Transcript Request

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Transcript Exception Request

Transcript Exception Request/Contact Information

Transcript Exception Request/Credit Transferred

Transcript Exception Request / Name of College Transcript Where Credits Appear

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