First Secondary Submitted !

I submitted my first secondary application to AZCOM (Glendale, AZ).

I am not really happy with Interfolio, the company that processes my letters of recommendation. Apparently they do not deliver the letters electronically to all medical schools as I assumed they did and as they lead you to believe. I had to have Interfolio mail them regular mail and they won't arrive until next week. My secondary application was transmitted to AZCOM electronically.

Everyone should have the ability to send and receive all types of documents electronically these days. It makes no sense to have half of your application accepted electronically but require paper copies to complete it.

This sounds like a government operation.

More Secondaries Today....

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Chicago, IL)

Lake Erie College of Medicine (Bradenton, FL)

Lake Erie College of Medicine (Erie, PA)

Additional Secondaires Today

Midwestern University Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (Yakima, WA)

Received My First Secondary Application

Midwestern University Arizona (Glendale, AZ) sent me an email today saying I meet their criteria for receiving a secondary application. They embedded a link in the email to fill out the secondary application electronically. The cost? $50 more dollars.

I am finally seeing some forward movement.

Progress Is My Middle Name

Ok, so I was tired of waiting for AACOMAS to "process" my application. I finally emailed them today, after office hours, and I get a response several hours later that said my application was verified November 12 (today).

NICE!

All Quiet On The Western Front

Alright, here it is into the fifth week and the application is still "processing". I guess AACOMAS isn't being very generous, it looks like they are going to take every bit of the "three to six weeks" indicated on their website.

COME ON! It is getting to be the holiday season. Show me some CHEER!!!!!

There Is No Such Things As Fast

I did some research on www.studentdoctor.net to see how long other applicants were waiting for their applications to be verified. It appears that it is taking four weeks to have these verified and distributed to my requested schools.

What are they trying to verify? They were sent a hard copy of my college transcript and have already verified that. My MCAT score was submitted electroncially by AMCAS and has already been verified. The rest of my application was submitted electronically with nothing to really verify. What, they want to verify that my personal statement is still personal? HURRY UP!