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Five Tips for Completing AACOMAS Secondary Applications

Once you file the AACOMAS application and choose your schools, the process is not yet over. You will start to receive secondary essay prompts for each school, often with a two-week deadline. Although some prompts are common and expected (e.g., “Explain your biggest challenge” or “Tell us about significant volunteer experience with a vulnerable population”), …

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Standing Out In Your AACOMAS Personal Statement and Experience and Achievements Section

5 Tips for Perfecting Your AACOMAS Personal Statement

The AACOMAS Personal Statement The AACOMAS requires one personal statement that is a maximum of 5,300 characters long. Below are five tips to help make your AACOMAS personal statement shine. The AACOMAS personal statement is the one place in the application where you speak in your own voice and give the admissions committee an idea …

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Five Ways to Stand Out in the AACOMAS Experience and Achievements Sections

aacomas experience achievements sections

The Experiences section in the AACOMAS application asks you to list your non-academic work, including healthcare-related work, non-healthcare work, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities. The Achievements section is the space for you to include academic honors, awards and scholarships. Below are five tips for completing this section of the AACOMAS. Categorize your activity by type.The …

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Five Tips for Requesting an AACOMAS Letter of Recommendation (Evaluation)

5 tips for requesting AACOMAS letters of reference

If you are planning to apply to osteopathic medical schools, the AACOMAS allows you to upload up to six letters of recommendation. You can’t upload different letters for different schools, so make sure that your recommenders know that they should write general letters of recommendation. You should request your letters through AACOMAS, which sends an …

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Preparing for Your AACOMAS Application? Read On!

AACOMAS Guide iPad

If you are applying to an osteopathic program, you should already know the type of student these schools are looking for: one who is concerned about other people and society in addition to being an excellent student and eager learner. But how can you ensure that your application presents these qualities? And what can you …

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