making the first post for good luck this cycle 🫡 if it worked last year…..

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Confirmed AMCAS receipt

same

IS?

yes IS

does anyone know if they send secondaries in waves or all at once?

+1 IS MSTP secondary received. This is a long one with a strict 2 week turnaround deadline lol, questions are below if anyone wants to prewrite:

1. If you wish to update or expand upon your activities, you may provide additional information below. (500 words)

2. If you are a 2025 or earlier college graduate, please use the space below to tell us what you have done since completing your undergraduate degree. (350 words)

3. UCSF PRIDE values serve as a guiding light for institutional life and activities. Briefly describe how you will contribute to and support our PRIDE values consistent with your goals or life experience. Learn more about UCSF PRIDE values at https://www.ucsf.edu/about/mission-and-values. (500 words)

4. Please describe your most recent research project, its importance and how it captured your interest. (750 words)

5. Please list publications, honors and presentations resulting from your research experiences. (750 words)

6. Please describe briefly your reasons for applying to the UCSF MSTP. (750 words)

7. How did you learn about UCSF MSTP? (100 words)

Questions 4-7 were on the MSTP-specific page, so the MD-only folks might not need to answer those/might have different prompts.

+1 oos mstp

+1 is md

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+1 oos md

+1 is md secondary. so early this year?

For those who received a secondary, when did you submit your primary?

The first day but at late at night

+1 IS MD

+1 OOS Secondary (Never received an email confirming receipt of my AMCAS but I was verified ahead of the June 26th transmission date).

same

Submitted 6/3 verified 7/10.

Received AMCAS confirmation email 7/14 and OOS secondary invite 7/20.

for the first secondary prompt, "If you wish to update or expand upon your activities, you may provide additional information below", is it ok to elaborate on a personal life challenge? or is it strictly for activities like work/research/volunteering

sounds like its only for activities

thanks

also is anyone else having trouble uploading their photo to the portal? I made sure its jpeg but its still not working

Primarily keep it activity focus

You can use the PRIDE essay to sneak in personal life challenge and how it affected/motivated you

Sent them my primary on a whim yesterday got my secondary just now! Just to add another data point.

Has anyone not gotten a secondary? This kinda makes me feel like the don't screen.

they definitely screen

+1 OOS MD

Sent my primary in last week (7/16), received secondary yesterday (7/20).

FYI secondary is due in two weeks of receipt, so definitely brainstorm those essays.

I have not received a secondary. OOS. Primary received by them on 7/14

same :'(

They did say 3-10 weeks within receiving the primary so we just have to hold out hope I guess :/

If you are a 2025 or earlier college graduate, please use the space below to tell us what you have done since completing your undergraduate degree.

Does anyone know if this prompt is supposed to say 2026? Or is it really only applicable if you've already had a full gap year?

I believe intentional

Ok got it, thanks!!

most schools really shouldn't even ask what you've been doing if you just graduated, finding a job takes a long ass time

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+1 OOS MD

Also wondering about this... so If i'm a 2026 graduate I shouldn't fill it out? Then I guess they don't have a gap year essay

Yeah same... I guess not? I might use some of the "update/expand on your activities" question to talk about my gap year.

Has anyone who got verified 7/7 or later received a secondary?

verified 7/23 and received secondary the day after on 7/24

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Are we supposed to fill out their prerequisites page up to the minimum (3 quarters or 2 semesters)? Or literally fill every applicable course?

I was a bio major and it feels wrong to add 20 tabs to the "Biology" requirement.

I don't think there's explicit instructions either way, but other schools ask for just requirements, so that's what I'll do.

They received my verified primary on 7/22 and sent me a secondary 7/24

+1 OOS verified on 7/27 and Received Secondary 7/29

Did anyone receive a pre secondary rejection email yet?

Not yet, but expecting one atp. App received 7/14 and no word since

Same :(

if/how are you guys answering this? If you wish to update or expand upon your activities, you may provide additional information below.

Should I expand on an activity or what

Looks like that's what it says