The AMCAS application verification process can take up to 4-6 weeks from the time your application and all required official transcripts are received by AMCAS and may take longer during peek processing times. Please note that WashU Medicine will not receive your primary application until it has been verified by AMCAS.
Many of the dates listed here are deadlines. We recommend that applicants submit materials well ahead of all due dates.
May 1, 2024: AMCAS opens for application
June 28, 2024: Earliest date that WashU Medicine will receive verified AMCAS primary applications
July – November 1, 2024: Applicants with verified AMCAS primary applications electronically invited to complete WashU Medicine’s supplemental application
September 2024 – February 2025: Interview season
October 17, 2024: MSTP-related: LAST DAY for individuals applying to the MSTP (MD-PhD) to submit their AMCAS application to WashU Medicine
October 17, 2024: MSTP-related: LAST DAY for individuals applying to the MSTP (MD-PhD) Program to submit transcripts to AMCAS
October 31, 2024: MSTP-related: LAST DAY for individuals applying to the MSTP (MD-PhD) Program to submit their WashU Medicine supplemental application
November 1, 2024: LAST DAY for MD-only applicants to submit their AMCAS application to WashU Medicine
November 7, 2024: MSTP-related: LAST DAY for Letters of recommendation to be submitted
November 15, 2024: LAST DAY for MD-only applicants to WashU Medicine to receive your:
- Supplemental Application
- Recommendation letters
- MCAT Scores
December 23, 2024: Admissions decisions released. Official notification will come via our admissions portal, mdapply.wustl.edu. In many cases, accepted applicants will also receive a congratulatory personal phone call.
January 20, 2025: Admissions decisions released. Official notification will come via our admissions portal, mdapply.wustl.edu. In many cases, accepted applicants will also receive a congratulatory personal phone call.
February 17, 2025: Admissions decisions released. Official notification will come via our admissions portal, mdapply.wustl.edu. In many cases, accepted applicants will also receive a congratulatory personal phone call.
March 10, 2025: Admissions decisions released. Official notification will come via our admissions portal, mdapply.wustl.edu. In many cases, accepted applicants will also receive a congratulatory personal phone call.
April 2025: Second Look Weekend for admitted applicants
April 15, 2025: LAST DAY by which we notify you whether you are Accepted, Not Accepted or offered a position on our Wait List
April 30, 2025: Selecting “Plan to Enroll”, or PTE, is required in the AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool. Per WashU Medicine policy, applicants must reduce their number of acceptances to medical school to one school, thereby holding only one acceptance position. Per WashU Medicine policy, applicants may hold waitlist positions at other schools.
May 30, 2025*: MSTP-related. Selecting “Commit to Enroll”, or CTE, is required in the AMCAS Choose your Medical School Tool for incoming MSTP students. Per school policy, MSTP applicants must select WashU Medicine as the medical school they wish to attend and relinquish all waitlist positions at other medical schools.
July 9, 2025*: First day of Orientation for MSTP (MD-PhD) students
July 14, 2025*: First day of lab rotations for MSTP (MD-PhD) students
July 21, 2025*: Selecting “Commit to Enroll”, or CTE, is required in the AMCAS Choose your Medical School Tool for incoming MD students. Per school policy, MD applicants must select WashU Medicine as the medical school they wish to attend and relinquish all waitlist positions at other medical schools.
August 11, 2025*: First day of Orientation/academic year begins
August 18, 2025*: First day of Classes
*Dates subject to change