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This article is from the Medical Education FAQ, by eric@wilkinson.com (Eric P. Wilkinson, M.D.)with numerous contributions by others.

3.3) What is AMCAS/AACOMAS?

AMCAS, the American Medical College Application Service, is a
centralized program which works much like the "Common Application"
that you may have seen in high school (for applying to college).
Run by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), it
consists of a form you fill out like an application, which is sent
to AMCAS, processed, and then distributed to those medical schools
you wish to apply. In the past several years a computer-based
version, AMCAS-E, has been developed. See the AMCAS web page at
<http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/start.htm>. AACOMAS, the
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application
Service, is a similar service for osteopathic medical programs run
by the AACOM <http://www.aacom.org>.

 

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