What is the timetable for applying to medical school?
You should apply to medical school in June of the year BEFORE you intend to matriculate in medical school. In other words, you would apply in June 2009 to begin school in the fall of 2010. You will begin compiling information for the PreMed/PreDent Committee in the March before the June that you apply and having your interview conducted prior to submitting your application to AMCAS or AACOMAS. You will need to take the MCAT on or around your application submission time also. Since it takes four weeks for the MCAT scores to be released, you will need to consider this in your timeframe for the process. You should take the MCATs as early as is feasible in your study schedule, by June if possible, no later than August. Those taking it later should recognize that scores released at the end of September and in October will result in your Committee letter being submitted very late and you will run the risk of being at the bottom of the large stack of applications that were completed before yo
