good luck post for me <3

take me once again uci

amcas receipt email

guys are they taking summer vaca or what ... no secondary no receipt email and i was verified way before june 26!

just got my secondary!

girl forward it to me...jk lol

MD or MD/PhD?

Under the "activities" tab of the secondary application, I am given the following prompt:

By December 2025, how many total research hours (all your clinical experiences) will you estimate to have had (include university-based research, lab assistant, clinical research*, preparing manuscript, etc.)

Did they mean to put 2026? And how many of you are reporting information that is not already mentioned in the primary application?

Has anyone who's OOS gotten a secondary yet?

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not me :(

Just got UCI secondary IS

Any updates on this ?

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I'm going to assume they meant 2026 instead of 2025. And most of the information I'm submitting is already mentioned in my primary app.

I emailed them about it and hope to hear back in next 1-2 days

for this question if i'm applying straight through (no gap year) then should i select yes and then answer the prompt? because at the time of matriculation i will complete my bachelor's? the wording of the prompt is slightly weird and almost implies that if i WILL receive my degree this year, i should still share my plans... HELP.

Have you completed your Bachelors Degree (B.A/ B.S)

Yes

No

Please clarify for the Admissions Committee your activities (school, work, and/or volunteer, travel, etc.) since receiving your undergraduate degree. You may list them in chronological order or you may incorporate them into an essay, stating why you chose particular activities. If you have just received or will receive your undergraduate degree this year, please discuss your plans for current year.

you will receive your bachelor's this year so you should answer the prompt with your current year's activities.

I emailed them and they said it was a typo. They meant to say December 2026, not 2025.

no? the prompt is asking if you've already graduated and you haven't if i understand correctly. it's just a gap year essay so if you're not taking one don't answer it

they took a month to send the secondaries and still have a typo bro

it does say "if you have just received or will receive your undergraduate degree this year" so I would think they should list current activities if they're going straight through since they would get their bachelor's this academic year. yes it can be a gap year essay but i think it could double as a current activities essay too depending on where an applicant falls. honestly maybe worth asking admissions about that though, the wording is confusing, so you could be right too.

As one would expect from a very professional med school

can someone lmk the prime prompts plsss

oh, i read it again and i see what you're saying. yeah i agree i guess they could go either way then

I mean just read the reviews for this school, it's terrible, should be expected

will someone send all secondary prompts? not on sdn yet

it's the same

I was processed 6/30, when was your primary processed?

am i being neurotic or is uci just slow lol, processed 7/7

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i was processed 7/28. no secondary IS. im cooked

Processed day 1 and just got my secondary last night, OOS. They should start rollin gout so don't be too worried just yet!

now why are they making me reenter all my activities, hours, dates....JUST READ MY PRIMARY OMG

getting scared about not even receiving a secondary from them, processed 7/2. It's kinda crazy since I was waitlisted until 8/3

For the secondary "Activities" section, how many activities are you guys listing? It says most important, so I thought only a few, but it feels weird listing sums of total clinical and research hours without the activities listed nearby....

yeah i only did my top few with a lot of substantial hours or experiences, but added all my hours total. prob fine either way, it says they're using it for screening (which you would think they'd do before sending secondaries but whatever...)

Is it rare to get other UC invites and not Irvine? Orange County don't want meeee?! 😔

same question here.. how does every other uc send invites but not irvine ;((

finally got one last night. submitted primary 6/5

what is considered upper level bio? is there a list of whatever your school designates as upper level? all of my school's bio classes (excluding gen bio 1 and 2) are upper level, and i don't know if they have that information

usually the course number means its upper level so like BIO 3XXX or 4XXX or however you school writes it (like BIO 3220: Genetics or something like that)

Verified 7/28/26 and received primary confirmation email today 8/18/26. That took forever, now to wait if I get a secondary lol

SAME! I got verified 7/31 and just got that primary confirmation email

did everyone receive a primary submission confirmation email? I was verified on 6/30 but never received one

nope! just waited until my secondary came )': (07/23 verified, received 08/13?)

i didn't. I was verified 7/3 and received the secondary on 8/7

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No there are definitely prompts for PRIME, don't mislead.

why we lyinnn

(all are 1500 character count)

PRIME-LC Prompts:
1. Please describe how you have served your community (school, neighborhood, city, etc.) and how these experiences have prepared you for PRIME-LC.

2. Please describe the reason for your interest to be trained as a physician leader for the Latino community. In addition, explain how you intend to utilize the PRIME-LC specialized training to impact community health and health services for the Latino community.

PRIME-ABC Prompts:
1. Please describe how you have served your community (school, neighborhood, church, etc.) and how these experiences have prepared you for PRIME LEAD-ABC.

2. What is the most important healthcare issue confronting medically under-resourced communities, in particular the ABC communities, and what would be your first steps to address this issue?

3. Please describe the reason(s) for your interest to be trained as a physician leader for the ABC community.

4. Explain how you intend to utilize the PRIME LEAD-ABC specialized training to impact community health services for the ABC community.

Does anyone know if UCI has started sending out IIs? It's curious that none have been reported so far this year, even though they were sent out earlier in the last couple of cycles...