Timeline

2012

 OCTOBER

 MCAT registration opens for Jan-May test date: List of 2013 MCAT Test Dates.

 DECEMBER 14

Pre-Health Packet available on-line for new and re-applicants. Priority deadline is March 1, 2013. Priority deadline for re-applicants is May 1, 2013. Final deadline is June 3, 2013. Only COMPLETE applications will make either deadline.

Open veCollect account to establish credentials file.

  2013

 FEBRUARY-MAY

 Attend relevant workshops sponsored by the Health Professions Advising Office and student organizations

 JANUARY-JUNE

 For dental applicants: should take the DAT no later than July 15 for best consideration.
For medical applicants: should take the MCAT no later than June for best consideration. May or earlier is preferred.
*For optometry applicants: the OAT should be taken by October, check individual programs for variations.

 MARCH-AUGUST 1

 Schedule mock interview with HPAO upon submitting a complete packet and receiving the e-mail review from an HPAO advisor.

 MARCH

 Mock interviews commence.

 MARCH 1
by 11:59pm

 Priority deadline for submission of Prehealth Packets for first time applicants.

 MAY 1
by 11:59pm

 Priority deadline for submission of Prehealth Packets for reapplicants. 

 MAY-AUGUST

 AMCAS will open in May.
AADSAS will open in June.
AACOMAS will open in May.
OPTOMCAS will open in June.
TMDSAS will open in May (application specific for medical and dental schools in Texas, except for Baylor College of Medicine).
AACPMAS will open in August.

 MAY

 Submit transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities to the Common Application Service only after your spring grades have been posted. Utilize the Transcript Matching Form on each application service site.
HPAO does not forward transcripts at all.

 JUNE 1-AUGUST 31

  HPAO moves to VERY limited walk-in hours. Be aware of this and PLAN AHEAD!

 JUNE-JULY

For best consideration, HPAO recommends submitting application(s) to the common application service by this time.

In order to utilize the HPAO Committee Process, all applicants must release common application to the HPAO Advisor.

 JUNE 3
by 11:59pm

Final date to submit a completed Pre-Health Packet (First-Time or Re-Applicant) for ALL professional programs; medical- allopathic/osteopathic, dental, optometry and podiatry.

Expect it to take at least 3 months for the committee letter to be produced from the date of your packet submission.

Deadline to establish veCollect account.

Deadline to submit letters of recommendation via veCollect.

Any additional letters for summer internships/experiences must be received by August 31 in order to be included in packet. Waiting for them may delay your application as we can't send out letters packets piecemeal.

 JULY-SEPTEMBER

Complete and submit secondary applications to schools within 2-3 weeks of receiving them.

As you complete secondaries, request that the HPAO forward your Committee Letter packet to schools by locking your veCollect Quiver and submitting a Credentials Form.

 JULY 15

Priority Applicants- In order to guarantee a Committee Letter by August 1, the following items must completed by this date:

  • All individual letters of recommendation must be uploaded to veCollect
  • Common application must be fully processed
  • Test scores must be submitted to the HPAO (June MCAT testers have until July 23 release date)
  • Interview scheduled and conducted in a timely way

 AUGUST 1

 Last date to schedule interview appointments for all those who met the June 3 deadline.

 AUGUST 31

 Last day to submit additional letters of recommendation.

 OCTOBER 31

 Last date to initiate a credentials forwarding request for 2014 applications.

 DECEMBER

Send fall transcript to schools still considering your application. See a health professions advisor if you have not heard from schools.

  2014

 FEBRUARY

Update HPAO on your application status and any acceptances.