Medical School Application Timeline

If you’re serious about wanting to go to medical school, you’ve probably begun to take the steps necessary to build a transcript and CV worthy of medical school admission. You’ve been taking (and acing!) the classes, doing the research, shadowing, and more. Maybe you already have that goal MCAT score you’ve been working toward. These steps are an integral part of your application, and you should be collecting these accolades throughout your undergraduate career. What else should you be doing? As you prepare to begin your applications, you should spend some time drafting descriptions for your extracurriculars. Words matter and you want to communicate effectively that you’ve been spending your time outside of the classroom in activities valuable to your future.

In addition to the long term work you’ve put in, the four major items to check off your list immediately leading into application “season” are: getting a viable MCAT score on file, writing a personal statement, obtaining a copy of your transcript for your application, and seeking three or more letters of recommendation (from professors, advisors, physicians, etc.) The letters of recommendation are not “due” until later in the process, but you want to give your letter writers plenty of lead time to be able to write a quality letter.

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