AMCAS Regional Conference Update

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AMCASRegional Conference Update

• Presented by
• Jayme Bograd
• AMCAS

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Agenda

• AMCAS Letters
• 2010 Updates
• 2009 Statistics
• AMCAS Letter Writer Application
• AMCAS Criminal Background Checks
• Advisor Information System
• Enhancements
• Fee Assistance Program
• FACTS about Applicants and Matriculants

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AMCAS Letters Overview
Advisor / Author / Career Center Options
Applicant
AMCAS Letter Writer Application
Medical School

• Medical Schools can
• View/download letters via AP applicant record
• Batch download via new School Tools tab
• Receive letters via SFTP

Interfolio
AMCAS
U.S. Mail
Virtual Evals
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AMCAS Schools NOT Participating

• University of California San Francisco
• State University of New York Downstate Medical
  Center
• Oregon Health and Science University
• Stanford University School of Medicine
• University of Utah School of Medicine
• Washington University School of Medicine
• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• The University of Toledo College of Medicine
• LSU School of Medicine-Shreveport
• University of Missouri Kansas City
• Uniformed Services University of the Health
  Sciences
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,
  Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
• UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program Biomedical
  Sciences
• The Commonwealth Medical College

As of March 10th, this is subject to change
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Letter Basics

• Applicants can add up to 10 letters
• Applicants can send targeted letters
• Alumnus
• MD/PhD
• AMCAS retains letters for one application cycle
  only

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Letter Basics

• In AMCAS, the student will
• Identify the letters AMCAS will receive (up to
  10 letters)
• Committee letter, letter packet OR Individual
  letter
• Institution Information (if available)
• Letter Writer / Contact information
• Can add additional authors for letter packets
• Identify the medical schools to which each
  letter should be sent
• Print letter request form and provide it to
  letter writer/ contact
• Track receipt of letters by AMCAS

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Letter Basics

• Designating Letters to Medical Schools
• Select Medical School
• A pre-populated list of letters entered by they
  applicant will appear
• Choose from the list of letters by either
  selecting all letters or designating them
  individually
• Letters DO NOT have to be entered before
  submission of the application.
• Once application is submitted with letter
  information it can NOT be edited/deleted

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Letters not sending

• Applicants will be able to let AMCAS know if a
  letter is no longer going to be received so that
• Medical Schools will not wait for the delivery of
  a letter
• Applicants will stop receiving reminders about a
  letter they dont plan to have sent
• This letter still makes up one of their 10 letter
  entries

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AMCAS Letter Writer Application

• Log in using AIS username and password or create
  new username and password
• User should have applicants AAMC ID, Letter ID,
  and PDFd letter handy
• Once the PDF is uploaded, it is immediately
  delivered to AMCAS and applicant will receive
  email notifying them that the AMCAS has received
  letter (real time)
• https//services.aamc.org/LetterWriter/

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Enter Valid Combination of AAMC ID and Letter ID
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Verify the AMCAS Applicant and Upload PDF
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Verify the PDF is correct and Upload Letter
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View your Applicants
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Criminal Background Checks

• AAMC Facilitated Criminal Background Checks are
  run for (insert number when survey closes)
  participating medical schools and
• Conducted on first Acceptance embargoed to
  January of the application year
• Subset of alternate list starting in May

• DISCLOSURE/CONSENT TO BE CERTIFIED BY ALL
  APPLICANTS

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Advisor Information System Enhancements

• Filter by Program Type
• View Letters Data in Roster of Applicants
• Download Rosters
• Schools Attended
• Letters Data

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Advisor Information System Filter by Program Type
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Advisor Information System Download Roster
Letters Data and Schools Attended
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Advisor Information System Full View Display
on Screen
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AAMC Fee Assistance Program

• Funded by AAMC - Assists individuals with extreme
  financial limitations
• Department of Health Human Services (DHHS)
  poverty level guidelines
• AAMC Multiplier
• 300 for 2008 calendar year
• Reduces MCAT fee from 225 to 85
• A FAP approval is also good for one free copy of
  The Official Guide to the MCAT Exam.  This is a
  30 value provided free to FAP recipients who
  have used the fee assistance to register for the
  MCAT exam.
• Provides 13 free medical school designations for
  AMCAS

www.aamc.org/fap
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Applicant Facts
Average MCAT Scores
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Applicant Facts
Median Grade Point Averages
BCPM Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math All
Other all courses not classified as
BCPM Cumulative all courses
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Applicant Facts2008 Applicants Matriculants by
Primary Undergraduate Major
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Applicant Facts
For more applicant data, go to http//www.aamc.or
g/data/facts/start.htm
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QUESTIONS?

• Contact AMCAS _at_ [phone] or
• advisors_at_aamc.org
• HOURS 900 AM 700 PM ET

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Definitions of Letter Types

• Committee Letter  A committee is a letter
  authored by a pre-health committee or pre-health
  advisor and intended to represent your
  institution's evaluation of you. A committee
  letter may or may not include additional letters
  written in support of your application. 
• Letter Packet A packet or set of letters
  assembled and distributed by your institution,
  often by the institutions career center.   
• Individual Letter An individual letter refers
  only to a letter authored by, and representing, a
  single letter writer. If you have already
  included an individual letter within either a
  committee letter or letter packet, you do not
  need to add a separate entry for the individual
  letter.