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AMCAS: Identifying information

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School IDs

Birth Information

This field is for your full legal name as it appears on legal, government-issued documents.

AMCAS will automatically populate the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields based on the information you entered during registration.

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Legal Name

Miss: young girls and women under 30 that are unmarried. 

Ms.: not sure of marital status, unmarried and over 30 or if she prefers being addressed with a marital-status neutral title. 

Mrs.: married woman.

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Preferred Name
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Alternate Names

Alternate names are any variations of your name, such as a family (maiden) name or a nickname that may appear on any of your official transcripts sent to AMCAS.

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DO NOT include your Social Security Number (SSN), Social Insurance Number (SIN), Driver's License, etc. Only include academic-related IDs which may appear on transcripts

ID Numbers
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Birth & Sex

AMCAS will automatically populate the Birth Date, Country, State, County and City fields based on the information you entered during registration.

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