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Today, @AAMC_MCAT held a webinar that was unannounced on social media. The slides from this webinar, as well as additional files, were sent to us (unprompted) by several attendees so that we could see the data the AAMC presented.
(This is the š§µwe mentioned earlier)
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(This is the š§µwe mentioned earlier)
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As far as we can tell, it was billed as an update from AAMC to med schools on how the 2020-2021 AMCAS cycle is progressing. In the words of one attendee, however, āIt was mostly AAMC attempting to get ahead of you all with messaging.ā 2/
It is important to note that weāve made extensive efforts at transparency. It is disappointing to learn that AAMC has not. We appreciate the allies who have reached out to share this and other information. We hope that someday applicants can be included in the conversation. 3/
In case you havenāt been following the med school admissions debacle, students are being pushed out of this admissions cycle, & itās dire. Hereās some background.
-LSAT, GMAT, etc have gone remote due to COVID. The MCAT, however, is still required to be taken in person.
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-LSAT, GMAT, etc have gone remote due to COVID. The MCAT, however, is still required to be taken in person.
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-Students who were scheduled to take the MCAT have had tests canceled, rescheduled, and canceled for months now. They canāt get through phone lines, and emails are not answered efficiently.
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-A new MCAT format has been adopted (2 hrs shorter) to accommodate more testers in a day. The new exam is being offered 6 am to noon, noon to 6 pm, and 6 pm to midnight. 6 pm to midnight?? š°š±
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