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[alittlebit97]

From their secondary: "Do you identify as being part of a marginalized group socioeconomically or in terms of access to quality education or healthcare? Please describe how this inequity has impacted you and your community. (350 words)

I am half Mexican, and have always been unsure whether that makes me URM or not. My grandparents immigrated from Mexico right before they had my mom, and I grew up speaking Spanish, though it didn't stick past the age of ~6. But I have white skin and was raised in a financially stable household in a relatively wealthy city. Am I able to / should I answer this question and talk about my ethnicity even if I don't feel that my access to education or healthcare has been hindered by it in any way growing up?

You don't have to be URM to be able to answer this question. If you don't feel like you were personally impacted, you can focus more on ways other people are (especially if you can back that knowledge up with experiences).

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[bleiken]

You don't have to be URM to be able to answer this question. If you don't feel like you were personally impacted, you can focus more on ways other people are (especially if you can back that knowledge up with experiences).

Okay thanks, I think that'll be my plan. I just didn't want "not technically answering the question" to be a point against me.

 

[reinforced]

Out of curiosity, if I apply for the PRIME program, I'm still in the regular MD applicant pool right?

 

[lachicamexicana]

Is anyone having issues with the secondary portal? Keep getting an error code when I try to login

 

[88stormz]

Is anyone having issues with the secondary portal? Keep getting an error code when I try to login

Yes, I also can't access it rn

 

[reinforced]

Yes, I also can't access it rn

I kept getting booted from the portal and was unable to log in after. I waited like 30 minutes to try and log in again, and it worked.

 

[maybeyesmaybeno]

Is anyone having issues with the secondary portal? Keep getting an error code when I try to login

I am

 

[a_distant_dream]

Not to be neurotic, but would it indicate a LOR red flag if I don't get a secondary? Verified July 13.

 

[deleted1139574]

When are people getting secondaries for this?

 

[DOctorCAL1]

When are people getting secondaries for this?

from now to october. they only send them to like 30-40% of applicants. i didn't get one yet

 

[WeOutHereWaiting]

Did anyone receive an interview invite? I thought they sent those out in early September, but on cycletrack someone said they received a secondary on July 22nd. Probably a mistake?

 

[MyStateofMind]

Did anyone receive an interview invite? I thought they sent those out in early September, but on cycletrack someone said they received a secondary on July 22nd. Probably a mistake?

I think many of us received secondaries in July. It's the illusive interview invite that we all await...

 

[flyon_littlewing9587]

Did anyone receive an interview invite? I thought they sent those out in early September, but on cycletrack someone said they received a secondary on July 22nd. Probably a mistake?

Secondary or interview?

 

[WeOutHereWaiting]

Secondary or interview?

On Cycletrack someone marked that they got an interview but I am 99% sure it was a mistake, since they historically don't send interviews until September.

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

OOS (No ties) secondary received, LM 73, WARS 89. URM, 515 MCAT and 3.92.

 

[pugsygirl17]

OOS secondary received, LM 73.

When were you transmitted?

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

When were you transmitted?

Submitted 6/6 and transmitted 7/1.

 

[MCAThiccy]

Secondary received. Added UCSF on 8/2/22 and received secondary on 8/4/22. URM, 512, 3.95, no research, OOS, No Ties.

 

[screwedpremed999]

Still no secondary. Verified 7/17.
Concerning?

 

[caldo]

I was verified 6/23 and haven't received a UCSF secondary lmao.

OOS secondary received! Verified 6/23.

 

[TheKid7Yessir]

What do people do for the expand upon activities?

Do you just write more about stuff you already talked about?

 

[MCAThiccy]

What do people do for the expand upon activities?

Do you just write more about stuff you already talked about?

That's what I did. I picked two ECs and expanded on them or brought new information regarding the two ECs.

 

[deleted1135362]

I want to talk about two ECs for the activities question, but they are pretty different from each other. Is it better to talk about only one or should I write two separate essays (like 250 words each).

 

[pcm810]

I want to talk about two ECs for the activities question, but they are pretty different from each other. Is it better to talk about only one or should I write two separate essays (like 250 words each).

I would use your judgement to see if you can include both in a way that flows well. I would not write two completely separate essays with no link between the two.

 

[majorlazer4196]

You don't have to be URM to be able to answer this question. If you don't feel like you were personally impacted, you can focus more on ways other people are (especially if you can back that knowledge up with experiences).

Is this a required question even if you're ORM?

 

[deleted1139574]

Secondary received. Added UCSF on 8/2/22 and received secondary on 8/4/22. URM, 512, 3.95, no research, OOS, No Ties.

Wow, that's really fast

 

[TheKid7Yessir]

Did you guys indicate which activity before elaborating in the 500 word prompt?

 

[futurebraindoc123]

how long did it take for y'all to get a secondary from UCSF after being verified/processed?

 

[amateurbater]

how long did it take for y'all to get a secondary from UCSF after being verified/processed?

Bout a month

 

[pk01]

IS, still waiting for secondary

 

[flyon_littlewing9587]

IS, still waiting for secondary

+1

 

[inoffensivepersona]

Please don’t lose hope! I’m starting my MS1 year at UCSF tomorrow, and it took me more than a month to get my secondary. I sent my primary in September too, so you would expect that there would be less backlog by then.

 

[white_hydro_flask]

IS, still waiting for secondary

+1

same. IS. Verified 6/23.

 

[a_distant_dream]

OOS, still waiting for secondary, verified July 13th.

 

[screwedpremed999]

What’s the criteria for getting a secondary? Is it a holistic review?

 

[The SunDance Kid]

OOS, still waiting for secondary, verified July 13th.

same, verified June 1st lol.

 

[majorlazer4196]

OOS, still waiting for secondary, verified July 13th.

I'm on a similar boat, I got verified 7/15 and I still haven't gotten a secondary. I'm worried about being down the line in the rolling admissions queue. LM:70, WARS: 71, URM (technically by UCSF's criteria; considered ORM at most schools)

 

[WeOutHereWaiting]

Did anyone get a secondary recently? If so when were you verified?

 

[BioNerd 2.0]

I'm worried about being down the line in the rolling admissions queue.

I thought UCSF wasn't rolling admissions?

 

[majorlazer4196]

I thought UCSF wasn't rolling admissions?

Oh they're not?

 

[amateurbater]

Oh they're not?

They are. I don’t really know tbh I just like spreading misinformation on the internet.

 

[WeOutHereWaiting]

Oh they're not?

They are, they are just really slow.

 

[pre-spring]

Are people who are ORM answering the 3rd prompt. I left the same prompt from other schools blank, since I wasn’t really marginalized or anything. Are you guys trying to answer this prompt? I have experience in working with underserved communities, but don’t if it would be pushing it too much by talking about that here, since it specifically asks whether you marginalized.

 

[MyStateofMind]

Are people who are ORM answering the 3rd prompt. I left the same prompt from other schools blank, since I wasn’t really marginalized or anything. Are you guys trying to answer this prompt? I have experience in working with underserved communities, but don’t if it would be pushing it too much by talking about that here, since it specifically asks whether you marginalized.

I left it blank here and in other secondaries where similar questions were asked.

 

[screwedpremed999]

Is being SES disadvantaged (and having that impact a large part of your life) considered being marginalized?

 

[pre-spring]

I left it blank here and in other secondaries where similar questions were asked.

Okay good, cause I saw someone saw you can still write it if your ORM and not SES disadvantaged, by talking about community and stuff, but thought it would extending it too much.

 

[futurebraindoc123]

OOS/got verified on August 1st, waiting for secondary

 

[ProteinShakeshack]

OOS verified 6/24/22 just got secondary now 8/9/22

 

[purplepea]

Is being SES disadvantaged (and having that impact a large part of your life) considered being marginalized?

I would think so

 

[inoffensivepersona]

Is being SES disadvantaged (and having that impact a large part of your life) considered being marginalized?

Yes. Tell your story. If there’s one med school that cares about the stories of the marginalized, it’s UCSF.