AMCAS (MD School) EVALUATIONS
In reference to letters of evaluation, the American Medical College Application
Service (AMCAS) instructions indicate that medical school evaluations should be
submitted directly to AMCAS for AMCAS Letter Schools (currently, LSU-S is the
only medical school that doesn’t retrieve evaluations directly from AMCAS). We
encourage XU students to have “medical school” evaluations filed in the
Premedical Office so they can be transmitted as a “letter packet” to AMCAS and
LSU-S.
XU students who will be applying to MD medical schools via AMCAS are
encouraged to get “medical school” letters of evaluation (written by faculty who
taught them on the undergraduate level) filed in the PM Office. Most schools
require the evals from the following faculty who taught you in college: Two (2)
BCPM (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math) and one (1) non-BCPM. LSUNO requires 3 evals from people who taught you BCPM lecture and 1 non-BCPM
teacher. LSU-S currently requires that your evals not be dated prior to May 1st of
the year you plan on submitting AMCAS.
The required evals should come from people who actually TAUGHT you. You
are free to have additional evals filed in the PM Office (e.g. research mentor,
physician, volunteer coordinator, etc.). Please review the letters of evaluation
requirements for the medical schools you are interested in applying to make sure
you are securing the correct evaluations.
The Premedical Office uses an electronic letter submission service, Virtual
Evaluations (VE), to submit letters of evaluation to medical schools that
participate in the AMCAS Letter Service and to LSU-S. Once AMCAS opens in
May, you will receive very specific instructions from the Premedical Office, via
email, as to how you should….
1) Complete the “Letters of Evaluation” section of AMCAS, and
2) Submit your email request to have the collection of medical school letters
that you have on file in the PM Office uploaded to the VE system.
It is IMPERATIVE that you read and retain Premedical Office emails,
particularly when AMCAS opens in MAY to make sure you are on track with
getting a GOOD application in EARLY (and having your evaluations poste
din a timely fashion).
To get medical school evaluations filed in the PM Office, you should do the
following in November of Junior Year:
1) ASK if teachers are WILLING to write medical school evals on your behalf
2) For those who agree, submit the a) completed Faculty Evaluation Cover
Form, b) revised PS, and c) revised PSE Form
3) Make sure you have a signed Evaluation Waiver Form on file in the PM
Office, waiving your right to see evals in your file
Again, AMCAS applicants should have their medical
school evaluations filed in the Premedical Office!!