Are You Ready To Apply?

Attention pre-med students: the 2024 application cycle is upon us! If you plan to apply this cycle or will apply in the future, make sure you have completed this pre-med checklist. There are many components to a medical school application. While you may have heard of having to write a personal statement or taking the MCAT, there are more components to the application than you may have initially believed. Therefore, I have compiled a general checklist for preparing for the application season.

Key Components of the Medical School Application

• Completed Prerequisites

• Upwards GPA Trend

• MCAT Exam

• CASPer Exam

• Personal Statement

• Recommendation Letters

• Committee Letter

• Secondary Essays

• Extracurriculars - Medical and Non-Medical

• Shadowing

• Volunteering / Community service

• Research

• Clinical Experience

• Leadership

• Awards / Honors

• Athletics

• Tutoring / Teaching Assistant

• Publications

• Medical School List

Important AMCAS Dates for the 2024 cycle:

AMCAS Application Opens: May 2, 2023

AMCAS Application Submission: May 30, 2023

Application data transmission to medical schools: June 30, 2023

Best of luck to all the pre-meds applying this cycle!

For more information about each part of the application, you can visit: https://students-residents.aamc.org/real-stories-demonstrating-core-competencies/parts-your-medical-school-application?topic=primary-application

Thank you for reading,

Ilana Saidov