Criminal Background Check (CBC) Update
As per the American Medical College Application Services (AMCAS) on Thursday, May 15 some of the medical schools participating in the AAMC-facilitated Criminal Background Check (CBC) pilot will begin requesting background checks for applicants who are currently on their waiting lists, and AMCAS wants to make certain that applicants *do not misinterpret* the email requests they receive from Certiphi Screening, Inc. to suggest that they have been accepted to a medical school.
Background information:
Medical schools can request background checks in one of two instances:
1) If they have accepted an applicant
2) Beginning on May 15 of the year of matriculation, if the applicant appears on that school’s waiting list.
The waiting list option exists in order to reduce the time it takes for an applicant to move from a waiting list to an acceptance, should that occur. Medical schools do not receive a copy of the background report until an applicant has been accepted. Up to the point of this Thursday, May 15, every communication from Certiphi Screening, Inc. to an applicant requesting consent did represent an acceptance. However, this will change beginning this Thursday, May 15.
For the 2008 entering class, the following medical schools have agreed to participate in order to assist the AAMC with this new endeavor:
Boston University School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry, NJ
University of Mississippi Medical School
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Toledo College of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
