alwayslearning

every other school, it was a flippin nightmare rush express mailing transcripts, GRE scores, the works! it does make sense what ss2 is saying though, but for things that arent going to be specific (unlike SOPs) then a centralized system might prove to be very convenient, and a lot less of a headache to remember exactly what school is missing which item.

Good points y'all, I think I was letting my disdain for med school culture seep in (I was contemplating that before deciding on PhD). A centralized transcript and rec letter system would be awesome! I can't tell you how many times I typed my contact info, GAAAWD.

@ss2 i feel you on that...my cousin applied to 30 some odd med schools. he was like "i can't even begin to tell you how many times i had to state why i wanted to attend this institution...i was just like JUST LET ME IN, ANYONE PLEASE!" haha. i'm sure he'd share your sentiments.