Time Zones in United States. The Eastern Time Zone is also known as Eastern Standard Time (EST) falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its time offset is â5 hours (UTC/GMT -5) during standard time and â4 hours (UTC/GMT -4) during daylight saving time.
Dr. Eaton / June 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm. If you would like to begin medical school in fall 2016, then you should submit your AMCAS application in the summer of 2015, preferable early in the cycle. The first day to submit is in early June.
Let's consider each step of the application process in detail now, in light of timing. Early MCAT (by May 1st) You should take the MCAT by May 1st so you can get your scores back around June 1st , which is the first day you can submit your AMCAS medical school application.