Invitation to Apply to UCLA Prime after applying to Geffen

[pluripotent]

My status at Geffen is Still under evaluation for an interview. Then I get this email invitation to apply to PRIME. Did anyone else get this email? I don't know if its a good thing or an implicit Geffen rejection. I am going to call, in the meantime, your opinions are appreciated.

Dear David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA applicant:
Thank you for applying to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA medical education program. We would like to share information about an exciting new option: UCLA PRIME, which is a unique 5-year dual-degree program currently enrolling students in Fall of 2008.
UCLA PRIME will enroll eighteen students who will be both academically strong and committed to improving healthcare for the underserved. Ten of the students will be primarily associated with the UCLA Westwood program, four most closely associated the UCLA/Drew program and four with close ties to the UCLA/UCR Haider program. UCLA PRIME students have the opportunity to pursue a Masters in Business Administration, Public Health, Public Policy or pursue study in a limited number of other areas.
PRIME programs exist at each of the UC medical schools and focus on training physicians who will work with disadvantaged populations. UCLA PRIME will focus on disadvantaged populations, but particularly with emphasis on the development of leadership skills and knowledge so that graduates become leaders with a positive impact on health care delivery, services, public health and policy to medically underserved populations.
Perhaps you would be interested in joining us. A separate application is required for UCLA PRIME. So it will be necessary to return to the AMCAS web-site and designate the UCLA PRIME program separately in the same fashion that you have already applied to UCLA on your AMCAS application. Applicants will go through a different UCLA PRIME admissions process, one that we expect to be as unique as UCLA PRIME itself.
UCLA PRIME will be accepting applicants until December 21, 2007. Information about the program can be found at http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/uclaprime. Qualified applicants will be able to indicate the UCLA PRIME program (s) of interest as part of their secondary application.
If you have questions, contact UCLA PRIME at [email protected], or at phone 310.794.5912.
Thank you.
Neil H. Parker, M.D.
Associate Dean, Student and Graduate Medical Education
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Lawrence Hy Doyle, Ed.D.
Executive Director, UCLA PRIME
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA​

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[Samus Aran]

i just got it too, is this program something they started this year?

 

[AL24]

I got the message too - and I didn't even receive a UCLA secondary.

 

[amers24]

I recieved it and I have already interviewed at UCLA. I think they just sent it to everyone.

 

[Thurinus]

I got the message too - and I didn't even receive a UCLA secondary.

Second that.

 

[Myuu]

Showed up maybe an hour ago for me!

 

[farawaystar]

I have submitted a secondary to UCLA, but I did not receive this e-mail. I think it's probably a good sign for you guys because they want you in this special program of theirs, but they've got to admit you for you to join it

On another note, since the deadline is Dec. 21st, in theory shouldn't they have reviewed everyone's apps at least a week before that (so they can invite the appropriate people to apply)?

 

[neuroprotector]

Are you sure you have to be invited to apply? It looks like you can just hit it on the AMCAS website.

 

[SharpieMarker]

I recieved it and I have already interviewed at UCLA. I think they just sent it to everyone.

i'm in same position as op. still under review.

i love how i can have something happen and 5 seconds later, it's been posted on sdn and people have discussed it.

 

[st0w]

No UCLA secondary here, but I got the PRIME e-mail about an hour ago as well. *shrug*

 

[SharpieMarker]

I have submitted a secondary to UCLA, but I did not receive this e-mail. I think it's probably a good sign for you guys because they want you in this special program of theirs, but they've got to admit you for you to join it

On another note, since the deadline is Dec. 21st, in theory shouldn't they have reviewed everyone's apps at least a week before that (so they can invite the appropriate people to apply)?

don't think it's true. someoen who didn't get a secondary was invited to apply (unless they happen to particularly qualified and i dont' konw it?)... maybe it was a glitch that you didn't receive it.

 

[neuroprotector]

So are you guys going to do it? There's hardly any information about it out there.

 

[Julietcf14]

I applied. My goal is to work with low income families in rural populations so it seems like a good program for me.

 

[oompaloompab0i]

so do their consider your application to the PRIME program and the normal David Geffen separate? as in, i can get rejected to the normal school of medicine but be admitted to the UCLA-PRIME program and actually still be able to attend or vice versa (seeing as how the UCLA-PRIME program is a joint degree MBA or MPH program)? i called them and left a msg, but still waiting...

 

[shadowclaws]

Are there additionally essays you have to write for the program. I'm kind of sick of filling out secondaries.

 

[pluripotent]

Are there additionally essays you have to write for the program. I'm kind of sick of filling out secondaries.

Judging from the SDN response, most pre-secondary, pre-interview, and post-interview applicants recieved it. I am sure most people who apply to the UC's are aware of the PRIME program already. Therefore, this might be in response to fewer than expected applications. Can someone call Geffen admissions office and ask if this email from PRIME has any association to Geffen? I would if I wasn't in New Hampshire.

 

[batman1983]

Judging from the SDN response, most pre-secondary, pre-interview, and post-interview applicants recieved it. I am sure most people who apply to the UC's are aware of the PRIME program already. Therefore, this might be in response to fewer than expected applications. Can someone call Geffen admissions office and ask if this email from PRIME has any association to Geffen? I would if I wasn't in New Hampshire.

I didnt even know UCLA had a PRIME program, I just thought UCD and UCI did. It seems like a great program though. As for the email, I just got it too (I sent in my UCLA sec in late Sept). Based upon the responses, Im not sure if its an email sent to all applicants, or just a select group of applicants that might be interested in the program(such as ppl interested in MD with MPH or MBA, interests in improving healthcare policy, or working with the underserved, and etc). In my app, I expressed interest in working with underserved and improving healthcare policy, so maybe thats why I got it.

To figure out if it was a generic mass email or actually sent to selected ppl, could someone call them and post back(Im abroad at the moment). It seems really interesting, but I dont want to get my hopes up just to be let down again(this whole med school app process has been like that for me).

 

[Doublecortin]

I didnt even know UCLA had a PRIME program, I just thought UCD and UCI did. It seems like a great program though. As for the email, I just got it too (I sent in my UCLA sec in late Sept). Based upon the responses, Im not sure if its an email sent to all applicants, or just a select group of applicants that might be interested in the program(such as ppl interested in MD with MPH or MBA, interests in improving healthcare policy, or working with the underserved, and etc). In my app, I expressed interest in working with underserved and improving healthcare policy, so maybe thats why I got it.

To figure out if it was a generic mass email or actually sent to selected ppl, could someone call them and post back(Im abroad at the moment). It seems really interesting, but I dont want to get my hopes up just to be let down again(this whole med school app process has been like that for me).

yeah, just got the email, PRIME was started at UCI, but it has spread to other UCs. My guess would be that it's a mass email, but I did write some bullcrap in my 2ndary about wanting to server the underserved. 😕😕😕

 

[Dmizrahi]

does anyone know how much it costs to apply to the UCLA prime program? Are there secondary follow - ups that cost money?

 

[etf]

just another pathetic attempt to rake in more money.

 

[farawaystar]

so do their consider your application to the PRIME program and the normal David Geffen separate? as in, i can get rejected to the normal school of medicine but be admitted to the UCLA-PRIME program and actually still be able to attend or vice versa (seeing as how the UCLA-PRIME program is a joint degree MBA or MPH program)? i called them and left a msg, but still waiting...

I'm guessing each school has its own policies, but if it helps, a friend of mine was accepted to UCSF but not their PRIME program.

yeah, just got the email, PRIME was started at UCI, but it has spread to other UCs. My guess would be that it's a mass email, but I did write some bullcrap in my 2ndary about wanting to server the underserved. 😕😕😕

Ah, maybe they think I have a black heart because I didn't write such things ...

 

[Tribeca]

No UCLA secondary here, but I got the PRIME e-mail about an hour ago as well. *shrug*

Me too. Don't know what to think of it. On the website it said that applications to the PRIME program were accepted beginning July 2007. Why did we just get this email then? hmmm....

 

[batman1983]

does anyone know how much it costs to apply to the UCLA prime program? Are there secondary follow - ups that cost money?

If it is a generic email, then I am slightly hesistant, especially considering the due date. I am wondering if there is a rolling admissions process for this program as well as an additional fee?

 

[gobears2007]

Me too. Don't know what to think of it. On the website it said that applications to the PRIME program were accepted beginning July 2007. Why did we just get this email then? hmmm....

they must have received lower than the expected number of applicants for the program. the red flag for me was that they sent it out 2 weeks before the due date...it is so unlike ucla to need to ASK people to apply though.

oh i received this pre-secondary as well, and i wrote about public health in my personal statement, as well as underserved communities. i'm sure a lot of people do that though.

 

[bashini]

yeah i got this thing too. I think anyone who applied got it. I'm a student at UCLA and yes this program IS associated with Geffen. I have an interview at UCLA soon and I'll get an answer straight from the admissions office/interviewer and will update you all. I agree with everyone though that they probably received few applications specifically for this program because no one really knows about it. Everyone knows either UCLA Geffen, Drew or UCLA/UCR. I would do it if i didn't have to pay again...

 

[KittyDoc]

do you know what happens if you're rejected from geffen? does that mean that prime won't accept you either..?

 

[BlackDr2b]

do you know what happens if you're rejected from geffen? does that mean that prime won't accept you either..?

No, if you got rejeceted from Geffen you still have a chance at Prime. They have different application processes. God bless.