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fishberry said:
Hi! Would you mind posting the prompts?
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This should be a true autobiographical statement. Topics to be included are family, childhood, primary and secondary school years, undergraduate years, and, if applicable, what you’ve done since completing your bachelor’s degree. You should also discuss the motivational factors which led you to a career in medicine, including any disadvantages or obstacles which might put your accomplishments into context. A repeat of your AMCAS statement will not be acceptable. (6000 characters)

Please note: if you are applying to the MD/PhD program, please include why you are specifically interested in seeking MD/PhD training at UCSD.

If you are an out-of-state applicant, please let us know if there are specific reasons for your interest in the UCSD School of Medicine: (1000 characters)


Please select from one of career pathways listed below. In addition to this selection, please provide a brief description of your future career goals: (400 characters)


Academic Medicine (Working as a faculty member at a School of Medicine either as a clinician, a clinician-educator, or a clinician investigator. This could be in any field of medicine)
Primary Care and/or work in underserved communities (Working as a general internist, a pediatrician, or a family medicine physician and/or spending the majority of your time working in a community currently underserved by the medical profession)
Public Health, administrative leadership in medicine (Pursuing an MPH and/or working for a public health department or organization; working in health care policy; working as a hospital administrator)
Specialist in private practice (Working in a private practice or managed care setting as a subspecialist. Examples include cardiologist, infectious disease specialist, obstetrician, orthopedic surgeon, general surgeon, anaesthesiologist, radiologist)
Other/undecided

Also note you have 2 weeks from when you get the secondary to submit it - they state this explicitly
 
gnΩhmChild said:
This should be a true autobiographical statement. Topics to be included are family, childhood, primary and secondary school years, undergraduate years, and, if applicable, what you’ve done since completing your bachelor’s degree. You should also discuss the motivational factors which led you to a career in medicine, including any disadvantages or obstacles which might put your accomplishments into context. A repeat of your AMCAS statement will not be acceptable. (6000 characters)

Please note: if you are applying to the MD/PhD program, please include why you are specifically interested in seeking MD/PhD training at UCSD.

If you are an out-of-state applicant, please let us know if there are specific reasons for your interest in the UCSD School of Medicine: (1000 characters)


Please select from one of career pathways listed below. In addition to this selection, please provide a brief description of your future career goals: (400 characters)


Academic Medicine (Working as a faculty member at a School of Medicine either as a clinician, a clinician-educator, or a clinician investigator. This could be in any field of medicine)
Primary Care and/or work in underserved communities (Working as a general internist, a pediatrician, or a family medicine physician and/or spending the majority of your time working in a community currently underserved by the medical profession)
Public Health, administrative leadership in medicine (Pursuing an MPH and/or working for a public health department or organization; working in health care policy; working as a hospital administrator)
Specialist in private practice (Working in a private practice or managed care setting as a subspecialist. Examples include cardiologist, infectious disease specialist, obstetrician, orthopedic surgeon, general surgeon, anaesthesiologist, radiologist)
Other/undecided

Also note you have 2 weeks from when you get the secondary to submit it - they state this explicitly
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Thank you!!!
 
gnΩhmChild said:

Also note you have 2 weeks from when you get the secondary to submit it - they state this explicitly
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Where does it say this? It says one month for me... But you may be applying MSTP.
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Just received mine, OOS URM
 
Is anyone else having trouble accessing the secondary site? When I click on the link provided in the email, it tells me the url is invalid.
 
Hi all, looking into Prime-HEq it sounds like a really cool opportunity. However, I'm wondering if the program is specifically tailored to those who want to go into primary care. I want to go into a specialty someday, but I know that health disparities will still be a huge contributor to the disease, and I want to advocate for my future patient populations. So I would love to get more education in that regard, but I'm not sure if the program can be utilized in this way.

sr4b said:
Do you have any idea if they ever accept you into both regular and PRIME? I guess my question is by applying to PRIME right now (if I'm lucky enough to get in ofc) would I be committing to it? I'm super interested in the program but would definitely want to do some more research if that's the case
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Also, If anyone can answer ^ this question ^ I would love to hear it! I'm not sure if I want to commit to this program without knowing more information. If somehow, by a miracle, I was accepted to both Prime-HEq and just the regular MD program, could I choose which one to accept?
 
For MSTP applicants, what do you select on the page for interest in other dual degree programs? I only want to apply for the MSTP no other dual degree programs
 
ice cheems said:
Hi all, looking into Prime-HEq it sounds like a really cool opportunity. However, I'm wondering if the program is specifically tailored to those who want to go into primary care. I want to go into a specialty someday, but I know that health disparities will still be a huge contributor to the disease, and I want to advocate for my future patient populations. So I would love to get more education in that regard, but I'm not sure if the program can be utilized in this way.


Also, If anyone can answer ^ this question ^ I would love to hear it! I'm not sure if I want to commit to this program without knowing more information. If somehow, by a miracle, I was accepted to both Prime-HEq and just the regular MD program, could I choose which one to accept?
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I don't think it's tailored towards primary care. Health equity and caring for underserved populations is a thing across specialties. I recommend emailing them for the other questions, I know that UC Davis and UCSF primes let you opt out of prime if you want so I'd assume UCSD is the same (UCLA has a different process so I dunno about them)
 
ice cheems said:
Hi all, looking into Prime-HEq it sounds like a really cool opportunity. However, I'm wondering if the program is specifically tailored to those who want to go into primary care. I want to go into a specialty someday, but I know that health disparities will still be a huge contributor to the disease, and I want to advocate for my future patient populations. So I would love to get more education in that regard, but I'm not sure if the program can be utilized in this way.


Also, If anyone can answer ^ this question ^ I would love to hear it! I'm not sure if I want to commit to this program without knowing more information. If somehow, by a miracle, I was accepted to both Prime-HEq and just the regular MD program, could I choose which one to accept?
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Hey! I emailed them and they made it sound as though PRIME is a post-A decision, and you could opt out at that point. Best of luck!
 
Spent all day writing this thing, just to realize I repeated a lot of my experiences from my PS. I only have so many activities to pull from UCSD! This secondary is killing me.
 
If applying mstp, can you also be a part of the prime and/or global health programs?
 
Verified july 29 so relatively recent. Have not received a secondary yet. Anybody know how long it usually takes
 
Putkernerinthehall said:
Anyone get to "under review" yet after submitting their secondary ?
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Will it switch to that status on the application portal? I have "Your application is Complete" on the status page, and the completion e-mail said, "Your file is now in queue to be reviewed by the committee. Depending on the time of year, it can take from 2 – 6 weeks for your file to be reviewed. After the file has been reviewed, you will be notified of one of three possible decisions..."

I figured it would just go from "complete" to their decision after that time-frame, but I don't know.
 
WindmillChaser92 said:
Will it switch to that status on the application portal? I have "Your application is Complete" on the status page, and the completion e-mail said, "Your file is now in queue to be reviewed by the committee. Depending on the time of year, it can take from 2 – 6 weeks for your file to be reviewed. After the file has been reviewed, you will be notified of one of three possible decisions..."

I figured it would just go from "complete" to their decision after that time-frame, but I don't know.
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Tbh after your file is complete there isn't really a point in checking the portal. They have everything they need now so go grab a cold one and chill.
This is my motto at least.
 
Thanks. Wasn't sure about what all the stages are. I have some that say "complete" and others that moved from "complete" to "under review" --- I agree, once "complete" it's just waitin' time.
 
CommyØ said:
Tbh after your file is complete there isn't really a point in checking the portal. They have everything they need now so go grab a cold one and chill.
This is my motto at least.
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I'm on board with that motto.
 
Just got a secondary. Verified july 29, OOS. Does anyone know what percentage of applicants get secondaries at ucsd?
 
Is anyone reusing anything from their personal statement? I have a good paragraph in my PS where I explain my transition from music to medicine, but I'm not sure if it would be okay to reuse it for the autobiography. It's probably best to try and rewrite it, but I don't wannnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaa
 
Maybedoc1 said:
Is anyone reusing anything from their personal statement? I have a good paragraph in my PS where I explain my transition from music to medicine, but I'm not sure if it would be okay to reuse it for the autobiography. It's probably best to try and rewrite it, but I don't wannnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaa
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I'm no expert but personally I wouldn't. I only briefly mentioned things that were in my PS, like in 1 sentence. They've already read your PS :shrug:
 
Maybedoc1 said:
Is anyone reusing anything from their personal statement? I have a good paragraph in my PS where I explain my transition from music to medicine, but I'm not sure if it would be okay to reuse it for the autobiography. It's probably best to try and rewrite it, but I don't wannnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaa
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I would not reuse anything from your personal statement. They have that and if they see the same things in both it comes across as lazy. I actually have rewrite my entire autobiographical sketch from last year because I ended up using some of what I wrote last year in my personal statement this year.
 
Coldwater_Adler said:
I would not reuse anything from your personal statement. They have that and if they see the same things in both it comes across as lazy. I actually have rewrite my entire autobiographical sketch from last year because I ended up using some of what I wrote last year in my personal statement this year.
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They also explicitly state not to use your PS.
 
Has anyone started receiving Interview Invites, On Holds or Rejections yet? Anyone who submitted the secondary 2-6 weeks ago (closer to 2 I guess, since no one got one so long ago)
 
Seems like they are not screening?
Added UCSD to verified application 08/06/2020 at 12:00PM ET, received secondary at 2:00PM ET.
Perhaps it's for MSTP?
I don't have my MCAT score yet.
 
Can anyone that applied MD only and received the secondary post the prompts?
 
hi all- does anyone know if the MD admissions committee can see the responses to the specific add-on programs (i.e. the MAS in Clinical Research)?? I feel like my response describing my interest in an additional program will be quite similar to a section of my autobio statement & I dont want to be super repetitive...
 
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