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2024-2025 Miami (Miller) Secondary Essay Prompts (completely different from prior years)

1. Why are you applying to the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine? In your essay, please provide a response that clearly articulates how you believe our program specifically will enhance your education/training, what you feel you will uniquely contribute to our learning community, and/or what features of our medical school prompted you to apply. (5000 characters)

2. (Optional) In the space below, please discuss any experiences you may have had serving, working, living, and/or learning in broadly diverse environments that you believe would enable you to thrive in and contribute to our Miller SOM and Greater Miami community. (5000 characters)

3. (Optional) In the space below, we invite you to choose one of our #MedCanes values and discuss how you exemplify that value. (5000 characters)
- Integrity: Demonstrating honesty and fairness in our words and actions
- Collaboration: Working together in teams to achieve common goals
- Accountability: Taking ownership and responsibility for our actions and outcomes
- Respect: Treating others with dignity and compassion
- Excellence: Giving of ourselves in a way that exceeds expectations


Good luck to all applying!
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Remember to schedule your Casper exam.
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Updated July 2, 2024 (page updated June 11) on The AAMC PREview® Professional Readiness Exam Participating Medical Schools and MSAR reports Look at the 2023 list to see if your school(s) wanted you to take an SJT. PREview scores are automatically released to AMCAS. Examinees do not need to...
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Hi, is Casper required this cycle? I’ve seen last posts saying it is not required. Just want to make sure.
Thanks
 
If I sent my CASPer to Miller before realizing it is not required, and I do poorly, do you guys think it will hurt my chances a lot? I haven't gotten my quartile back but the thought has been in the back of my mind. TIA!!!
 
WinSpin said:
If I sent my CASPer to Miller before realizing it is not required, and I do poorly, do you guys think it will hurt my chances a lot? I haven't gotten my quartile back but the thought has been in the back of my mind. TIA!!!
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I got accepted while it was required and I got the worst quartile, you’ll be okay.
 
WinSpin said:
If I sent my CASPer to Miller before realizing it is not required, and I do poorly, do you guys think it will hurt my chances a lot? I haven't gotten my quartile back but the thought has been in the back of my mind. TIA!!!
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To be honest with you, they probably won't even look at it. If they're not requiring everyone to do it they can't hold it against you (Or from the other perspective, the score can't help you either).
 
neddabedda said:
Hi Everyone, Regarding LOR requirements - Is a committee letter packet the same as a committee letter? Thanks!
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I was a student at Miami so we kind of all get the packets - to my knowledge a committee letter packet is a committee letter PLUS all of your other letters in one packet (that’s how the Miami advisor does them)

But I think if you have just a committee letter it should be the same thing if that’s your question 🙂
 
WinSpin said:
I was a student at Miami so we kind of all get the packets - to my knowledge a committee letter packet is a committee letter PLUS all of your other letters in one packet (that’s how the Miami advisor does them)

But I think if you have just a committee letter it should be the same thing if that’s your question 🙂
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Yes, thank you! I have a committee letter and 1 science letter along with other non-science LORs. The way it's worded on their website had me wondering if I needed 2 science letters without the "packet"
 
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+1 OOS but some ties to Miami. Do they screen and then send secondaries? Wasn’t aware of that.
 
+1 OOS for the email everyone else got. It seems like they are sending secondaries later than last year.
Do they screen mcat scores/subsections?
 
Per AAMC and their website, they screen very minimally.

"It is UMMSM’s policy to send secondary applications to most U.S. citizens and permanent residents who submit AMCAS applications. When deciding whether to complete and submit the secondary application, consider these characteristics from our previous three entering classes to determine whether you will be competitive:

  • 3.7 average undergraduate cumulative GPA
  • 3.6 science GPA
  • 505-515 average old MCAT composite score"

M.D. Application Process

Official website for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
med.miami.edu med.miami.edu
 
Last year they sent out secondaries automatically and almost immediately. Is there a new protocol where they are delaying and waiting to send secondaries later in the month?
 
Neuroscie23 said:
Last year they sent out secondaries automatically and almost immediately. Is there a new protocol where they are delaying and waiting to send secondaries later in the month?
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it was the first secondary i got. I think they are likely revamping their entire admissions process. They also changed their entire system last year and are no longer requiring Casper.
 
Thought I had them on my primary list all this time and turns out that I didn't!! (Submitted primary 6/5, was transmitted 7/3)

I added them today but someone plz help soothe my neuroticism and tell me it's all good :0
 
robot_soup said:
Thought I had them on my primary list all this time and turns out that I didn't!! (Submitted primary 6/5, was transmitted 7/3)

I added them today but someone plz help soothe my neuroticism and tell me it's all good :0
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They haven’t even sent any secondaries so you’re not behind at all
 
If my application has nothing to do with eyes or ophtho, but I recently shadowed an ophtho and want to go down that path, you think I should mention the Palmer Eye Institute in my secondaries or no?

Should I focus on something that aligns with my personal statement and previous activities?
 
thedoctahfr said:
If my application has nothing to do with eyes or ophtho, but I recently shadowed an ophtho and want to go down that path, you think I should mention the Palmer Eye Institute in my secondaries or no?

Should I focus on something that aligns with my personal statement and previous activities?
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Did you get your secondary already? Or are you writing last years
 
Iron Man23 said:
anyone receive a secondary yet? Just waiting on Miami and Case and ill be done
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Case is sending them out in batches this week. I am OOS and got it yesterday but they said they are sending out a few each day all this week
 

does umiami miller have any student groups/orgs​


just trying to learn more about the school but when I try to view the listing of student affairs it asks me to log in
 
Still no OOS secondary invite here, received the email 11 days ago saying they got my AMCAS.
 
mgre said:
Still no OOS secondary invite here, received the email 11 days ago saying they got my AMCAS.
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Same, from what I have gathered from old posts, I am guessing Miami is manually reviewing apps before sending them out? I dont think they screen so maybe it is just taking them longer...
 
SkiwiSpooby said:
Same, from what I have gathered from old posts, I am guessing Miami is manually reviewing apps before sending them out? I dont think they screen so maybe it is just taking them longer...
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I wonder what they are reviewing, given that they don't screen with hard cut-offs. I know they say below 505 is "noncompetitive" so maybe they are just cutting off most people <505 idk
 
Tonkad5 said:
I wonder what they are reviewing, given that they don't screen with hard cut-offs. I know they say below 505 is "noncompetitive" so maybe they are just cutting off most people <505 idk
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we have to remember that its not in their best interest to do too stringent secondary cut offs because they make a lot of money from secondaries
 
Received confirmation of primary verification on 7/9 and still haven't received secondary. Am I cooked

EDIT: got one 8/9
 
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