COPA 2027 Timeline

Schedule a 2027 COPA Enrollment Appointment through Handshake

(Strongly recommended if you haven’t met with a Prehealth Advisor in the last 6 months)

• Request a COPA letter*
• Pay your Prehealth Credential Service Fee
• Create a Prehealth Credential Service Account**

*The Committee on Prehealth Advising (COPA) Letter is sent as a part of your committee packet that includes your individual recommendation letters. It includes information on your academics, research experience, clinical experience, and extracurricular/service activities. The annual, non-refundable $100 Prehealth Credential Service Fee is required at the time you submit the COPA letter request form. MIT Prehealth Advising will only submit a committee letter twice on your behalf. If you are not ready to go through the COPA process, we encourage you to wait. MIT Prehealth Advising will not submit a COPA letter for another cycle once you are accepted to a medical school.

** When you request the COPA letter, you will be prompted to open a Prehealth Credential Service Account. The Prehealth Credential Service Account is where you will request letters of recommendation and upload your resume.

Upload all required materials to your Credential Service account:

• Transcript(s)
• Resume
• Personal statement draft
• Prehealth Advising Questionnaire responses

Reserve a virtual interview time with a COPA faculty member and the Associate Director of Prehealth Advising.

You will be emailed when the schedule opens.

Each student will be interviewed by a COPA member and the Associate Director of Prehealth Advising for ~30 minutes through Zoom.

ALUMS:

• Submit your Prehealth Credential Service account, including letters of recommendation, by this date
• Upload an updated version of your resume, personal statement, and your prehealth advising questionnaire

UNDERGRADS:

• Submit your Prehealth Credential Service account, including letters of recommendation, by this date
• Upload an updated version of your resume, personal statement, and your prehealth advising questionnaire
• Be sure to update us as soon as possible regarding your summer or gap year plans

• Submit primary application (AMCAS, AACOMAS, AADSAS)
  (Applications can be submitted starting the first week of June)

• Submit primary application by this date (strongly recommended for MIT applicants).

• Return secondary application within 2 – 3 weeks of receipt
• Interested schools will send you secondary applications

• Schedule a mock interview with a Prehealth Advisor
• You will be invited to medical school interviews

• Medical schools send acceptance, rejection, waitlist letters
• You may hold multiple acceptances until April

• Confirm with one school and withdraw all other acceptances