2023-2024 UCLA (Geffen)

[Labe]

OOS secondary received 6/30

Actual secondary or just the application received email?

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[jshelt01]

Actual secondary or just the application received email?

actual

 

[moonshapedpooll]

OOS secondary received 6/30

how? doesn’t ucla screen?

 

[jshelt01]

how? doesn’t ucla screen?

Idk? Just said thanks and filled it out.

 

[OreoLover365]

Idk? Just said thanks and filled it out.

Could you share the secondary essay questions with us, please?

 

[premadbaddie]

Could you share the secondary essay questions with us, please?

Seconding this! @jshelt01 Could you let us know if they changed? Thanks

 

[adnwastaken]

OOS secondary received 6/30

Hmm how did you receive it 6/30 if they started application review 7/10(according to MSAR)?

 

[moonshapedpooll]

Hmm how did you receive it 6/30 if they started application review 7/10(according to MSAR)?

yeah i think theyre trolling lol

 

[monkeym8]

secondary received 7/12 -IS

 

[aquamist]

+1 IS secondary received

 

[aquamist]

Prompts:

At the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, students are provided with curriculum and experiences enabling them to become an "Outstanding Physician, AND...," dedicating themselves to important societal missions. What missions do you want to embrace? What have you done toward your missions? (800 characters)

Respond to the following and indicate how these areas of experience have impacted your progress toward your future career goals in relation to becoming an "Outstanding Physician, AND...".

A-Describe your most unique leadership, entrepreneurial, or creative activity. (800 characters)

B-Describe your most important volunteer work and why it was meaningful. (800 characters)

C-Describe your most scholarly project (thesis, research or field of study in basic or clinical science or in the humanities) and provide the total number of hours, dates and advisor. (800 characters)

Describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your pathway to medical school. Include any academic, personal, financial or professional barriers, as well as other relevant information. (800 characters)

Did you experience or are you anticipating time between graduating from college and matriculating into medical school?
(If yes) Describe the activities in which you participated or are planning to participate. Examples include additional schooling, employment, or caring for a loved one.

Do you identify as being part of a group that has been marginalized (examples include, but are not limited to, LGBTQIA, disabilities, federally recognized tribe) in terms of access to education or healthcare?
(If yes) Describe how this inequity has impacted you or your community and how educational disparity, health disparity and/or marginalization has impacted you and your community. (800 characters)

@wysdoc

 

[Opuntia]

+1 OOS Secondary received, although I'm not sure about if it was actually meant to be sent because it says:

Secondary Application Deadline: Your Secondary Application is due 15 days from the date and time of this email.  Please pay careful attention to determining your correct deadline.
Example: Email Timestamp 8/1 at 5:00am --> Deadline: 8/16 at 5:00am

Says it's timestamped 8/1, but I received it 7/12.

 

[aquamist]

+1 OOS Secondary received, although I'm not sure about if it was actually meant to be sent because it says:

Says it's timestamped 8/1, but I received it 7/12.

I'm under the impression this is just an example they're providing, to illustrate how their 15-day deadline works! So the example date isn't meant to represent your personal deadline.

 

[Opuntia]

I'm under the impression this is just an example they're providing, to illustrate how their 15-day deadline works! So the example date isn't meant to represent your personal deadline.

oh lol that makes so much sense haha thank you!!! Guess I didn't process the fact that it said "Example"

 

[wysdoc]

+1 OOS Secondary received, although I'm not sure about if it was actually meant to be sent because it says:

Says it's timestamped 8/1, but I received it 7/12.

That was an example of the dates of a deadline, your deadline will be 15 days from 7/12.

 

[aquamist]

oh lol that makes so much sense haha thank you!!! Guess I didn't process the fact that it said "Example"

Haha of course! I think we're all losing it a little bit with all of these secondaries so totally understand 🙃

 

[Debeney]

OOS secondary received 7/12, primary app confirmation email was sent 7/1

 

[afrique_gyal]

Please can anyone post the prompts for the Urban health equity pathway program. Thanks

 

[aquamist]

Please can anyone post the prompts for the Urban health equity pathway program. Thanks

I got you!

Application for Urban Health Equity Pathway:​

The Urban Health Equity Pathway is a curricular and experiential program to advance health, research, and medical practice for urban underserved communities, focusing on South Los Angeles. The program is geared toward students who are interested in health equity, health disparities, urban underserved medicine and social justice. Pathway students are selected each year through a competitive application process. As part of the Pathway, students build longitudinal relationships with DGSOM and Charles R. Drew University faculty as well as community partner organizations.

Core Competencies of the Pathway
In addition to DGSOM competencies, medical students in the Pathway will also achieve the following competencies.

• Cultural Competency and Humility - Understand the structural and social determinants of health and the impact of cultural beliefs and practices on health outcomes.
• Health Equity – Understand the root causes of health inequities and strategies to promote health equity.
• Interprofessional Collaboration – Develop skills to collaborate effectively with other healthcare professionals providing comprehensive care, treating the ‘whole person’.
• Community Engagement – Collaborate with community-based organizations, local leaders, and patients to understand the needs of the community.
• Health Promotion & Disease Prevention – Understand effective strategies to promote healthy behaviors and prevent disease for at-risk populations.
• Patient-Centered Care - Provide patient-centered care that is sensitive to the unique needs of the urban underserved population. Develop culturally appropriate treatment plans.
• Advocacy – Advocate for health equity, access to care, social justice as well as understanding the role of public health policies in improving health outcomes.

Urban Health Equity Pathway Questions

1. Please describe how your experience, community and family background impact your understanding of medically underserved/under-resourced communities. (800 characters)

2. Other than healthcare access, what are some of the most important health care issues confronting medically underserved/under-resourced and vulnerable communities? How would you address them? (800 characters)

 

[aquamist]

Also posting the prompts for the Global Health Equity Pathway, in case anyone else needs them:

Application for Global Health Equity Pathway:​

The Global Health Equity Pathway aims to prepare medical students with the knowledge, skills, and critical perspectives needed to advance health equity locally and globally. As part of the Pathway, students build longitudinal relationships with UCLA faculty and partner organizations to: 1) develop and implement global health projects in research, public health programming, and/or policy/advocacy; 2) network and receive mentorship towards future career goals; 3) contribute to equitable and sustainable global health partnerships; and 4) develop leadership skills.

The Pathway relies heavily on experiential learning through one or more long-term, bilateral partnerships.
Students graduating from the Pathway will demonstrate the following core competencies.
Understand:

• The epidemiology and global burden of disease
• The architecture of global health
• Structural and social determinants of health

Develop skills to:

• Address health inequity and improve health outcomes
• Employ critical self-reflection in the practice of medicine

Global Heath Equity Pathway Application Questions (800 characters for all)

1. Please describe why you are interested in the Global Health Equity Pathway and any experiences that have informed your decision to apply for this Pathway.

2. How do you think participation in the Pathway will contribute to your future career plans and career development?

3. What additional skills would you like to develop as part of the Pathway? What strengths do you currently have that may contribute to a global health or health equity project? (i.e., language, writing skills, advocacy work, monitoring and evaluation experience, data management/cleaning/analysis, website development, etc.)

4. What are the major challenges you might face as medical student working in global health or health equity? How might you overcome these challenges?

5. Optional question: Please let us know if you have a mentor or organization with whom you would be excited to work as part of the Pathway and why you would like to work with this individual and/or organization. Mentors and organizations may be affiliated with DGSOM/UCLA or may be pre-existing relationships you developed prior to medical school. Note that you are not expected to have a DGSOM mentor and/or partner organization identified prior to arrival at DGSOM.

 

[deltacarotene]

+1 IS secondary received!

 

[brazzimamma]

secondary received, in-state 7/12

 

[bravemonwooper]

IS secondary received!

 

[amdocahe]

IS secondary received!

+1

 

[jshelt01]

yeah i think theyre trolling lol

Ha! I️ promise I️ wasn't. My questions matched the other ones being posted for IS. Guess I️ just got lucky.

 

[rainbowsunshine]

Was I rejected if I didn’t receive a secondary yet

 

[toastedbutter]

Was I rejected if I didn’t receive a secondary yet

probably not, i am in the same boat waiting RN. I would wait until the last week of July before getting really worried

 

[firstfundamentalform]

I am so bummed I haven't recived a secondary from here or UCSF - I submitted the first day to AAMC and have gotten most other secondaries.

 

[adnwastaken]

I am so bummed I haven't recived a secondary from here or UCSF - I submitted the first day to AAMC and have gotten most other secondaries.

Same :/ IS LM75 silence from both

 

[nosleeponlyschool]

I am so bummed I haven't recived a secondary from here or UCSF - I submitted the first day to AAMC and have gotten most other secondaries.

+1

 

[Hazelyn]

secondary received, in-state 7/12

when were you verified?

 

[kath00]

Same! No secondaries from ANY UC school yet... LM 80...

 

[moonshapedpooll]

ive gotten a seocndary from UCSF but not UCLA, so maybe that's a sign they're just moving slow?

 

[chicago_wind_98]

IS secondary received at 3 in the morning lmao

 

[toastedbutter]

IS secondary received at 3 in the morning lmao

That makes me think it's unlikely they're screening and just sending in automatically spaced batches 🤞🏽

 

[deleted1167581]

No secondary yet, OOS

 

[VinoMD]

No secondary yet, OOS

+1

 

[pimavanserin]

secondary received IS

 

[mangoroad]

So I'm looking at the secondary email and UCLA is requiring 3 letters of recommendation but a committee letter counts as one? Guess I should have double checked

 

[velvetcoffee]

Secondary Received OOS

 

[deleted1167581]

Secondary Received OOS

What day were you verified and when did you receive the email from UCLA that they received your primary if you don't mind answering?

 

[sdfwr312]

OOS +1

 

[homiesweup]

OOS +1

Any you chance you could tell us when you were verified ?

 

[homiesweup]

Does anyone after 6/24 verification get secondary yet?

 

[kamilers]

oos secondary received this morning 7/13. verified 7/5, ucla primary app received 7/10

 

[GrapeSoju1975]

Does anyone after 6/24 verification get secondary yet?

IS secondary received yesterday, Verified July 3rd, Primary App received July 4th.

 

[moonshapedpooll]

Damn i was verified 6/9 and still nothing. are they starting with more recently verified people?

 

[OreoLover365]

Damn i was verified 6/9 and still nothing. are they starting with more recently verified people?

Yeah idk what order they do. Sometimes I see people who were verified after June 30th get their secondary on the next day. I was verified much earlier and still haven't gotten a secondary. I think we just need to be patient

 

[Hippo.Jr]

Damn i was verified 6/9 and still nothing. are they starting with more recently verified people?

Verified 6/9 as well...still waiting.

 

[Labe]

Verified 6/1 and nothing yet