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For MSTP:
  • (Required) Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical University of South Carolina. (Please describe in 250 words or less)
  • (Required) Please share the type of research you want to pursue in graduate school.
  • (Required) We desire to train students and physicians to work with the diverse patients of our state and nation. Please share any important aspects of your background, identity and/or experiences that have impacted your appreciation for and ability to relate to diverse communities, patient populations, etc.
  • (Optional) The Admissions Committee strongly encourages you to share personal challenges that you have overcome and that are unique to you. These challenges may include economic disadvantage, limited access to healthcare, adverse life experience(s), disability, and/or the quality of your early educational environment. Please discuss how such challenges have impacted your preparation and goals in your journey to medicine and may help you to uniquely contribute to MUSC College of Medicine. (Please describe in 500 words or less).
  • (Required) Are you a re-applicant to MUSC College of Medicine? (yes/no)
    1. If yes, describe what you have done since last applying (i.e. your activities, involvement, preparedness, etc.) to strengthen your candidacy for medical school. (Please describe in 250 words or less)
 
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Has anyone else still not received a secondary yet? Verified 6/8
 
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I am out of state and have a 510 MCAT. MUSC's website says OOS applicants should have at least a 511. Could I still be considered?
 
frankfrog47 said:
I am out of state and have a 510 MCAT. MUSC's website says OOS applicants should have at least a 511. Could I still be considered?
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The verification email they sent today states the following about OOS applicants:

To be eligible for interview consideration, out-of-state applicants must possess strong “South Carolina Close Ties” such as:
  • Having lived in South Carolina for multiple years
  • Parents who currently live in South Carolina
  • Completed an undergraduate/graduate degree from a South Carolina institution
  • Currently living in and/or working in South Carolina.
In addition to possessing strong “South Carolina Close Ties”, out-of-state applicants must meet or exceed the average accepted MCAT of 510 and a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.7.
 
I received a verification email, but never received or filled out a secondary application. Is that normal for this school? Or should I email admissions?
 
Lil Car's Son said:
I received a verification email, but never received or filled out a secondary application. Is that normal for this school? Or should I email admissions?
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secondary hasn’t been sent out yet. last year it was sent the 25th so hopefully soon.
 
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I just received an email requesting that I complete supplemental MUSC questions through AMCAS that are separate to the secondary questions. Does anyone know where to find these or what questions they are talking about?
 
harley_quinn37 said:
I just received an email requesting that I complete supplemental MUSC questions through AMCAS that are separate to the secondary questions. Does anyone know where to find these or what questions they are talking about?
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wait for a follow up email with the link to the portal- i got mine 3min after the initial email
 
IS secondary received today... finally!

  1. Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical University of South Carolina (2000 characters).
  2. We desire to train students and physicians to effectively work with and care for individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, etc. Please share any important experiences that have shaped how you connect with individuals from wide-ranging communities and patient populations (3000 characters).
  3. If you are a re-applicant, please describe how you have improved or strengthened your candidacy for medical school. Examples may include, but are not limited to, extra-curriculars, experiences, academic preparedness, etc. (Optional, 2000 characters).

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Is the secondary application free? I pressed submit and it never took me to a payment page.
 
cthonicYODEL said:
Is the secondary application free? I pressed submit and it never took me to a payment page.
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they’re supplemental questions not the secondary. says in the email after these questions if you qualify they will invite you to fill out the secondary. when you submit the actual secondary you will pay a fee.
 
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Has anyone received the actual "secondary" and not just the supplemental essays?
 
would it be a waste for me to apply? OOS, strong ties (parents +siblings live in SC). 511 MCAT, ...3.3 cGPA (positive trend, but might not matter for this school). I know the requirement is 3.7, but MSAR shows some OOS under that range. Any OOS "A"s that can weigh in please?

MUSC is one of my dream schools, hard to let it go.
 
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Does anyone else applying Early Decision know when interviews would be?
 
Hello! I am an out of state applicant, but I was born in SC and my family and I lived there until I was 6-7 years old. Nearly all of my family is there currently. Would this count as close enough ties? I have the stats, is it worth applying? I know they are very selective for in state so im not sure.
 
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Hello! I am an out of state applicant, but I was born in SC and my family and I lived there until I was 6-7 years old. Nearly all of my family is there currently. Would this count as close enough ties? I have the stats, is it worth applying? I know they are very selective for in state so im not sure.
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"'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take' - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott

Those sound like pretty close ties. I can't imagine too many OOS MUSC applicants with their entire family in SC.
 
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has anyone gotten an actual secondary yet?? not just the supplemental app
 
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fruitloops444 said:
they’re supplemental questions not the secondary. says in the email after these questions if you qualify they will invite you to fill out the secondary. when you submit the actual secondary you will pay a fee.
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Based on my experiences last year, I believe those are the secondary questions. They will send a separate email at a later date, where we only need to pay without answering any additional questions. Unless they are doing it differently this year :)
 
+1 “actual” secondary received. just a questionnaire of demographic information and whatnot then they make you pay a fee to submit.
 
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+1 “actual” secondary received. just a questionnaire of demographic information and whatnot then they make you pay a fee to submit.
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Congrats!! That is so exciting!! If you don’t mind me asking, are you in state or were you an OOS with close ties
 
For MSTP applicants, has anyone received any communication from this school? I haven't received a secondary or verification of primary recieved or anything like that yet.
 
has anyone else received the true secondary yet and when they go to check their application status it says the national app is not yet received but the supplemental has been received? obviously they got my primary so idky it says that
 
They really are just hanging us RD people up to dry. Still no secondary payment, but now the EDs are getting interviews :cryi:
 
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FutureDoc2003 said:
They really are just hanging us RD people up to dry. Still no secondary payment, but now the EDs are getting interviews :cryi:
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Well they do have to sort ED out before starting the RD process, considering ED is such a short time period, and also to give ED people enough time to reapply in the cycle if placed on hold. I'm sure RD secondaries will come soon though, you got this! Chama!
 
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has anyone IS RD gotten the secondary yet or still no?? I feel like they are running hella behind this year
 
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