UCSF secondary is out!!

[Jaded03]

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I'm in state, applying MSTP, verified 7/19 and received UCSF secondary yesterday - hope this helps some people trying to figure out a timeline for receipt of secondary.

Yeah MSTP is another stack 😛

 

[dazlindz]

Dear dazlindz,

Thank you for applying to the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Your file is ready for review to determine if you will be selected to submit a secondary application. If you are selected to receive a secondary application, you will be sent an email and instructed to go to our applicant status website at http://medschool.ucsf.edu/somaapplicant/ where you will find the link to our Secondary Application. This action may occur anytime from when your AMCAS verified data is received, to approximately twelve weeks following the receipt of your verified data.

Except for a change of address, please do not send any additional information or letters of recommendation at this time. Any additional information will not be added to your file.

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i was verified middle of july... wow that took a while. for the record, i'm applying MSTP/OOS.

 

[silverlining1]

Dear dazlindz,

Thank you for applying to the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Your file is ready for review to determine if you will be selected to submit a secondary application. If you are selected to receive a secondary application, you will be sent an email and instructed to go to our applicant status website at http://medschool.ucsf.edu/somaapplicant/ where you will find the link to our Secondary Application. This action may occur anytime from when your AMCAS verified data is received, to approximately twelve weeks following the receipt of your verified data.

Except for a change of address, please do not send any additional information or letters of recommendation at this time. Any additional information will not be added to your file.

Please do not reply to this email address. If you have any questions or need additional information please visit our website at
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i was verified middle of july... wow that took a while. for the record, i'm applying MSTP/OOS.

Maybe MSTP/OOS is the reason for the delay. I was verified on Monday and received the exact same email about 5 minutes ago. I'm MD/IS.

Good luck, everyone! I sure hope I get a secondary...

I would appreciate it if more instaters would share their verification date and date of secondary receipt!

 

[Juice42]

Dear dazlindz,

Thank you for applying to the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Your file is ready for review to determine if you will be selected to submit a secondary application. If you are selected to receive a secondary application, you will be sent an email and instructed to go to our applicant status website at http://medschool.ucsf.edu/somaapplicant/ where you will find the link to our Secondary Application. This action may occur anytime from when your AMCAS verified data is received, to approximately twelve weeks following the receipt of your verified data.

Except for a change of address, please do not send any additional information or letters of recommendation at this time. Any additional information will not be added to your file.

Please do not reply to this email address. If you have any questions or need additional information please visit our website at
http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/. Any replies to this email address will not be read.

i was verified middle of july... wow that took a while. for the record, i'm applying MSTP/OOS.

I got the same email today. (amcas verified 7/20)

MD/OOS

 

[RPedigo]

Verified: 07/23
In-state resident
Regular MD

"Application received" e-mail: 08/09

It must be batches. Or the fact that I called them this morning, and I got my e-mail like 20 minutes afterwards

One of my top choices... hopefully they show me some love.

 

[entranced]

MD/ OOS (AMCAS verified 7/31) and i got the same email today. im guessing this means it really is a batches game. no OOS ppl had heard anything till today right? (no OOS ppl have the secondary yet?) good luck OOS ppl, i guess we'll just have to continue our california dreaming...

I got the same email today. (amcas verified 7/20)

MD/OOS

 

[LovelyMD]

MD/ OOS (AMCAS verified 7/31) and i got the same email today. im guessing this means it really is a batches game. no OOS ppl had heard anything till today right? (no OOS ppl have the secondary yet?) good luck OOS ppl, i guess we'll just have to continue our california dreaming...

Yeah, this is the first I'm hearing of OOS people hearing anything... I was verified 8/2 and received the "Application received" e-mail today also. (MD/OOS)

 

[OncDoc19]

MSTP/OOS. AMCAS verified 7/10. Email 7/17 stating AMCAS info was received.

 

[nsxracingy2k]

If you wish to update or expand upon your activities, you may submit a supplemental list (maximum two pages) to be returned with the documents listed above.

Is there anyone expanding their list of activities?

 

[letitgo]

I'm OOS, received the secondary e-mail today. I was in the first batch to be verified (got that application receipt e-mail a long time ago). Maybe OOS people are just on a slightly different timeline.

 

[OncDoc19]

I'm OOS, received the secondary e-mail today. I was in the first batch to be verified (got that application receipt e-mail a long time ago). Maybe OOS people are just on a slightly different timeline.

When was your AMCAS verified/when did you get the receipt email?

 

[silverlining1]

Is there anyone expanding their list of activities?

I haven't gotten the secondary yet - I just got the email saying they received my AMCAS - but if I do get a secondary, I think it should be in 2 or 3 weeks. By that time, my senior year will not have started yet... but during my senior year, I'm going to have 2 teaching jobs and 1 dorm staff job. I think it doesn't make sense to include these with the secondary, but I might send an update letter about 1 month into the school year with this information.

Or, does anyone think I should add these activities on the secondary (even if it's before I start them)?

Ha, and watch me not even get a secondary. 🙁

 

[gotmeds?]

I haven't gotten the secondary yet - I just got the email saying they received my AMCAS - but if I do get a secondary, I think it should be in 2 or 3 weeks. By that time, my senior year will not have started yet... but during my senior year, I'm going to have 2 teaching jobs and 1 dorm staff job. I think it doesn't make sense to include these with the secondary, but I might send an update letter about 1 month into the school year with this information.

Or, does anyone think I should add these activities on the secondary (even if it's before I start them)?

Ha, and watch me not even get a secondary. 🙁

Unless they changed it drasitically from last year, I don't think you have to incule anything with the secondary except your signature and a check.

 

[silverlining1]

Unless they changed it drasitically from last year, I don't think you have to incule anything with the secondary except your signature and a check.

Right, but I'm referring the option to update them on your activities (not in essay format, just give a list if necessary).

 

[Despina]

For everyone trying to figure out the magic secondary formula. I know people on the ADCOM committee at UCSF and I know for a fact that the screen is NOT entirely number's based. They use a point scale (I think it's out if 24 points). You get a 0,1,2 on your essay. Most people get a 1. I have friends with perfectly good stats that never received a secondary from UCSF, and I also have friends with average stats that got accepted. I dated a 3rd year at UCSF with a 31, 3.8 (o.k. better than average, but not crazy great...o.k. he also was a Fullbright Scholar and raised like $300,000 for a Muslim medical clinic, which I am sure helped). UCSF is known for looking at the whole applicant, which is why I think they are such a great school. They could have all the 40+ 4.0 students they wanted, but they still take a range, because they want interesting people.

And alas, still no UCSF secondary for me...but I did get one from UCSD yesterday! Total shocker figuring my MCAT is sub 30 (strong GPA though, and lots of good ECs).

 

[Jaded03]

Right, but I'm referring the option to update them on your activities (not in essay format, just give a list if necessary).

I think you should just stick to things you've done. Such as spring quarter grades or summer activities. You can bring up things you plan on doing, but it may be a bit presumptuous. You're only sending an "update". It's really up to you though. Although I plan on doing a lot of more things the upcoming year, I only mentioned my grades for the update.

 

[nsxracingy2k]

And alas, still no UCSF secondary for me...but I did get one from UCSD yesterday! Total shocker figuring my MCAT is sub 30 (strong GPA though, and lots of good ECs).

Insteresting. I got a secondary invite from UCSF but not UCSD.

 

[SharpieMarker]

Verified: 07/23
In-state resident
Regular MD

"Application received" e-mail: 08/09

It must be batches. Or the fact that I called them this morning, and I got my e-mail like 20 minutes afterwards

One of my top choices... hopefully they show me some love.

Think it's worthwhile to call or e-mail to check on the status? My amcas was verified mid-june, and I received the application received email on 7/18. My stats aren't stellar, but i hope to at least receive a secondary... bah!

 

[Mister Pie]

Argh... I think I got screened out. Although it did take me a few weeks longer than expected to get the UCSD secondary.

C'mon UCSF.... I'm an EMPLOYEE. You're paying for my health plan! At least let me give you guys 100 bucks. 😀

 

[RPedigo]

Think it's worthwhile to call or e-mail to check on the status? My amcas was verified mid-june, and I received the application received email on 7/18. My stats aren't stellar, but i hope to at least receive a secondary... bah!

lol @ your "my stats aren't stellar" line. You've been hanging around SDN too long. I don't think calling had any impact, since my e-mail was in the "batch" with the rest of them.

If you want though, go for it. The lady there was suuuuper nice and helpful.

 

[silverlining1]

I think you should just stick to things you've done. Such as spring quarter grades or summer activities. You can bring up things you plan on doing, but it may be a bit presumptuous. You're only sending an "update". It's really up to you though. Although I plan on doing a lot of more things the upcoming year, I only mentioned my grades for the update.

I agree. Thanks for the input.

 

[LovelyMD]

Think it's worthwhile to call or e-mail to check on the status? My amcas was verified mid-june, and I received the application received email on 7/18. My stats aren't stellar, but i hope to at least receive a secondary... bah!

Hah, your stats are like mine... except I'm not from California 😎
Oh well, a girl can dream, can't she? 🙂

 

[SharpieMarker]

lol @ your "my stats aren't stellar" line. You've been hanging around SDN too long. I don't think calling had any impact, since my e-mail was in the "batch" with the rest of them.

If you want though, go for it. The lady there was suuuuper nice and helpful.

ha, thanks. i think i will if i get the chance. and yeah, i think i have been hanging around sdn too long. these boards are so addictive and make me nervous and jittery at the same time. like coffee!

 

[silverlining1]

They received my AMCAS 8/7, and 2 weeks later, no secondary yet. Any news from the rest of you?

 

[drizzt3117]

They received my AMCAS 8/7, and 2 weeks later, no secondary yet. Any news from the rest of you?

I don't think they've sent out a second batch of secondaries since the initial one, at least AFAIK. That one and Mayo are the only two I'm waiting for.

 

[jlq3d3]

Who has not gotten UCSF? When were you verified? Also, what is your mcat/gpa if you choose to say?

 

[drizzt3117]

Who has not gotten UCSF? When were you verified? Also, what is your mcat/gpa if you choose to say?

I haven't gotten it yet, verified 6/5, ~3.6/39S, in state.

 

[jlq3d3]

Makes me feel better (38, 3.8, instate, no secondary), but I really wonder why they didn't send us ones before those who sent it in later. Isn't it done in order of received?

 

[drizzt3117]

Makes me feel better (38, 3.8, instate, no secondary), but I really wonder why they didn't send us ones before those who sent it in later. Isn't it done in order of received?

No, its screened, and it's a qualitative screen, and they do it in batches. I'm not really worried about it, I'm sure we'll both get the secondary in time.

 

[yellowumbrella]

Is there anyone expanding their list of activities?

I sent an update, but that's mainly because I'm switching full-time jobs, and they're significantly different.

 

[jlq3d3]

Not to sound arrogant, but I don't see how they could screen me out based on things besides gpa and mcat. My essay was good, not weird or very risky, and my activities are pretty good and normal.

 

[odddodo]

Not to sound arrogant, but I don't see how they could screen me out based on things besides gpa and mcat. My essay was good, not weird or very risky, and my activities are pretty good and normal.

"Normal" is a bad thing for applications. Med schools want to see "abnormal," although I'm talking about the good kind of "abnormal."

 

[Jaded03]

Not to sound arrogant, but I don't see how they could screen me out based on things besides gpa and mcat. My essay was good, not weird or very risky, and my activities are pretty good and normal.

Well as we have discussed, it could be factors such as URM or Non-trad. Also, I think it's more about the quality of your activities. What's good and normal?

 

[drizzt3117]

I wouldn't worry about it, like I said. If you haven't gotten it by October/November, worry then.

 

[jlq3d3]

I mean they are solid and high quality, and not something controversial that might get you kicked out from the outset. My URM status is "white", and i am a traditional instate applicant.

 

[Phoenix.]

I mean they are solid and high quality, and not something controversial that might get you kicked out from the outset. My URM status is "white", and i am a traditional instate applicant.

If it really is a substantive screen, then it's good to have great numbers and solid ECs, but that may not be the deciding factor. Some schools really value intangibles (which could be diversity (educational or ethnic), amazing research/clinical experiences, demonstrated dedication to underserved areas, etc.), and may only extend a limited number of screened secondaries to those applicants that they think really stand out from the pack. It's not just about numbers. But don't take my word for it with respect to UCSF. I don't know exactly what makes them tick. But that was my impression since they send out so "few" secondaries. Good luck.

 

[abnatc]

IS/3.88/32M amcas verified aug 9th, secondary received aug 16th. I'm non-trad with 5 years in the army. no research and 250hrs volunteer in outpatient physical therapy. I guess ucsf likes non-trads🙂

 

[silverlining1]

IS/3.88/32M amcas verified aug 9th, secondary received aug 16th. I'm non-trad with 5 years in the army. no research and 250hrs volunteer in outpatient physical therapy. I guess ucsf likes non-trads🙂

Congratulations! Yes, I have heard SF likes non-trads.

I was verified after you 🙁 I'm starting to worry a little... but SF is not my first choice, so I guess it's okay if I don't get a secondary. At any rate, there's still time...

 

[peechykeen513]

So how many OOS people received secondaries?

I'm OOS, 41Q/3.96 stats, but I'm pretty well rounded (I'm a ballet dancer, have studied abroad a lot, teach, volunteer, do research) and UCSF is my first choice.

They received my AMCAS 7/10 and I got the first batch of secondaries from UCSD and UCLA. My fam lives in HI, so I'd be happy to go any where in CA, but UCSF would be awesome.

Good luck everyone!

 

[LaDaLa]

Finally got UCSF secondary today
In-state; 29 MCAT (w/ a 7 in verbal)
GPA: BCPM: 3.95 Overall: 3.89
Verified July 5
Hope I gave someone out there hope 🙂

 

[silverlining1]

Finally got UCSF secondary today
In-state; 29 MCAT (w/ a 7 in verbal)
GPA: BCPM: 3.95 Overall: 3.89
Verified July 5
Hope I gave someone out there hope 🙂

You did give me hope - thanks, and many congrats to you!