A timeline during a full application cycle
MCAT Administration
• Early Decision Program (EDP): Must take the MCAT by mid-July
• Regular Decision: Must take the test within three years of applying (2023, 2024, or 2025 to matriculate in 2026)
Application Process
• May – AMCAS application available online
• June – AMCAS application submission begins
• August 1 – Last date to submit AMCAS application for EDP (July 1 strongly encouraged)
• August 15 – EDP file completion deadline
Interview & Notification Timeline
• Mid-September – EDP interviews
• October 1 – EDP decision notification
• October 15 –
◦ Last date to submit AMCAS application for Regular Decision (September 1 strongly encouraged)
• October – January – Regular decision interviews
• November 15 – Deadline for completion of Regular Decision application file
• Mid-February – AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool becomes available to accepted applicants
• March 15 – issue a number of acceptance offers at least equal to the expected number of students in its first-year entering class
Acceptance & Enrollment Protocols
• February – Applicants holding one or more acceptance offers can select “Plan to Enroll”
• April 15 – Accepted applicants holding more than three acceptances must narrow their choices to three medical schools and withdraw from all others
• April 30 – AMCAS “Commit to Enroll” option becomes available, applicants should only hold one offer of admission
• July 6 – Deadline to select “Commit to Enroll” for UGA School of Medicine (failure to do so will result in withdrawal of acceptance, 21 days prior to orientation)
Matriculation
• Late-July – Mandatory new student orientation
• August – Classes begin