Question: What Are the Components of the Medical School Application?
Unlike college, in which you prepare an application for each school, applying to medical school entails preparing one application.
Answer: The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) is a centralized service that saves you time and standardizes the process of applying to medical school. The service collects applications, verifies them, and sends them to the schools that you identify.
The application to medical school includes the same components as the graduate school application:
Components:
- GPA and transcript
- MCAT scores
- Personal essay
- Letters of recommendation
