The following is a message sent from AMCAS on Tuesday, August 20th regarding the 2014 application cycle.
"As of yesterday, nearly 32,650 applications have been
submitted to AMCAS for the 2014 cycle. This represents a 6% increase from this
time last year (an additional 1,890 applications received). Although we
verified more applications during the first eight weeks of processing than last
year, the volume of applications waiting to be processed is now higher than
ever. As of this week, nearly 15,700 applications are waiting in the queue to
be verified and processed to medical schools. Due to this upsurge, we have had
to adjust our verification timeframe to about eight weeks. Full details of this
adjustment can be found on the AMCAS
website, which we shared with our applicants and medical schools in early
August."
For additional information, please visit the AMCAS website above or contact AMCAS at amcas@aamc.org or 202-828-0600.