- A red asterisk (*) marks required fields and sections throughout the application. Even though optional fields are obviously not required, the information may be helpful to medical school admissions officers and, ultimately, to you. If applicable, provide the optional information.
- Medical schools receive all text-entry responses as plain text, which means that formatting options (such as bullets, bold and italic fonts) do not appear for reviewers. You should enter text responses in the application exactly as you would like the medical schools to receive them (e.g., avoid using all uppercase or lowercase text).
- To make sure you receive emails from the AAMC, we recommend you add aamc.org as a “safe” domain to receive messages from. It is your responsibility to ensure you receive messages from the AMCAS program and medical schools.
- The AMCAS application times out after 30 minutes of inactivity. A time-out warning will appear to alert you that you have five minutes left before the system logs you out of your session. Remember to save your work often!