with your application!
I called them yesterday and they told me that you don't need to submit a secondary application, just the AMCAS one.
Oh, thanks for the clarification! Is a background check one of the requirements to complete our file?Sorry, my mistake. Point of clarification: it's not a secondary per se. There is no essay. It is a mailed communication that I got (on 2 separate occasions) that states the requirements for completion of our file at UCC (basically that we need to send the Letters of Rec, the $100.00 fee, etc). It's basically a checklist.
It also includes "letter of recommendation" forms, though if you already have them in AMCAS, these seem superfluous. I believe that they cannot download them from AMCAS, so we still need to somehow get those to them from our professors. I would still make sure you get the communication though, just for your own reference.
LOL! I know it can be confusing! Last year at a professional school fair (or something like that) they had at my Uni, I got brochures from all four PR schools and read them, and I was so confused about something I read in a brochure and went to complain to the Ponce booth! Like "hey why does it say blah blah and then it says so and so!!". The lady looked puzzled and we went through the brochure and I couldn't find the apparent contradiction I was arguing about! That was so embarrassingI need to get my PR schools straight! I think the background check is for PONCE.
The checklist that I got is as follows:
1. Turn in AMCAS
2. Report MCAT scores on AMCAS
3. Finish the pre-med pre-reqs. for this school
4. Have a GPA > 2.5 in the sciences
5. Be bilingual
6. Non-refundable $100.00 fee (through regular ATH, money order, or cash).
7. Official transcripts from each school sent directly to them
8. Letters of Recommendation
9. If you were in the U.S. Armed Forces, you must present a copy of enrollment.
10. 2x2 photo (optional)
11. Only students admitted to the program will need to present a medical record.
Then it says that all communication can be mailed to:
Universidad Central del Caribe
Oficina de Admisiones
PO Box 60327
Bayamon, PR 00960
or you can fax it: 787-269-7550
That's essentially the bulk of the mail that I got from them. The rest is the letter of recommendation forms and a cover letter.
And then I noticed it was on the UCC brochure I had read that other thing.
After sending in my AMCAS they sent me a letter basically saying they got it, also with a list of all the other application materials they require. Oh and they also included the forms for the LORs.
But I'm sure that if you call they'll be super nice about it and tell you what you need to send. I've called lots of times every time I have a question
I called 787-740-1611.
I got an interview there next monday!
I was interviewed here last week and it was great. We had an interview in a group of 7 applicants where we introduced ourselves to two interviewers (a faculty member and a researcher if I recall correctly). Then they gave us a slightly controversial topic that we were to discuss while the interviewers watched. Then they asked the same question to each of us individually to evaluate how quickly we could put together and express a coherent answer.
