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Admission Requirements Requirements for Freshman Applicants.
The Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine participates in the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). A secondary UCC application is also required.
Application deadline
Dec 30all documentation
The Admissions Office must receive all documentation and completed requirements, including AMCAS, no later than December 30th.
January MCAT score will be the last one considered during the application cycle.
Requirements for Freshman Applicants
How applicants are evaluated
Admission to the Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine is the responsibility of the Admissions Committee.
In evaluating applicants, the Admissions Committee considers academic qualifications, personal traits, and potential for success in medical school as evidenced in academic records, the results of the Medical College Admission Test, personal statement, and letters of recommendation, personal interviews, and health related experiences. UCC does not discriminate against any person.
At a glance
Minimum standards for admission
Documents for Admission
What you need to submit
- AMCAS applicationThe Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine (UCCSoM) participates in the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). Therefore, all applicants must file an AMCAS application www.aamc.org/amcas.
- Secondary UCC applicationSecondary UCC application is required, access to the following link: Secondary Application
- Processing feeA non-refundable processing fee of $200.00 is required.
- Official transcriptsAn official transcript from each college or university attended for all undergraduate and graduate studies must be sent directly to the Admission Office.
- Academic index and premedical coursesThe transcripts must evidence that the applicant has a general academic index of 3.00 and a science index of 3.00 or above on a scale where A=4.0. A baccalaureate degree is highly recommended. Applicants must approve a minimum of ninety (90) credits at an accredited institution of higher education university or college.Required premedical courses and minimum required semester’s credits:
Course Credit Hours General Biology 8 semester hours General or inorganic chemistry 8 semester hours Organic chemistry 8 semester hours Physics 8 semester hours Mathematics 6 semester hours English 9 semester hours Spanish 9 semester hours *Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences 9 semester hours *Course work must be in psychology, sociology, economics, political sciences, or anthropologyRecommended courses are in: Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, and Psychology
- MCATOfficial results of the MCAT (www.aamc.org/mcat) scores taken within two years before application. The Admission Committee will only consider MCAT scores of 494 or above. (January MCAT score will be the last one considered during the application cycle.)
- Letters of recommendationA minimum of two letters of recommendation is required from science professors or a letter from the Pre-medical Committee uploaded through the AMCAS application.
- BilingualStudents are required to be fully bilingual in Spanish and English. Since course work could be in either language.
- Deadline: December 30thIt is the applicant’s responsibility to see that the Admissions Office receives all the documentation and completes their requirements including AMCAS, no later than December 30th. Transcripts and payment must be sent to our postal or email address:Universidad Central del CaribeAdmissions OfficePO Box 60327Bayamon, PR 00960-6032admissions@uccaribe.edu
- DepositOnce the student is admitted to the Program, must pay a $100.00 non-refundable deposit to assure a place in the SoM.
- Methods of paymentMethods of payment will be only by money order or ATM (without credit card logo). For electronic payments (wire transfer and others) you must contact the Finance Office directly.
Estatus de Residencia / Resident Status
Residency status
Resident and non-resident students have different admission processes and study costs. Your status is set by the “Legal Residency State” you report in AMCAS.
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Resident Status
The Universidad Central del Caribe, like most of the universities, established a differentiation between resident students and non-resident students for their admission process and study costs. In the School of Medicine, the AMCAS platform is used to determine the type of admission of the student, which has a specific section of “Citizenship and Residency” where the student informs his/her: “Legal Res State” (State of the United States where is defined as your legal residence).
Recommendation:
If you are a student who is a resident of Puerto Rico, but went outside of Puerto Rico just to study, you should not use the temporary address as the legal residence address. If the information is received from AMCAS with the area of legal residence in a state or country outside of Puerto Rico, you will be considered a non-resident student without the possibility of changing your residence status during your stay as a student at the UCC as established by the Board of Trustees. Using a permanent Puerto Rico postal address on the AMCAS form does not mean that it will be sufficient to consider you in a resident student status. If the area of ‘legal residency state’ is outside of Puerto Rico, it will be considered as a Non-Resident student.
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Estatus de Residencia
La Universidad Central del Caribe, al igual que la mayoría de las universidades, estableció una diferenciación entre los estudiantes residentes y los estudiantes no residentes para su proceso de admisión y costos de estudios. En la Escuela de Medicina se utiliza para determinar el tipo de admisión del estudiante la plataforma de AMCAS, la cual tiene una sección específica de “Citizenship and Residency” donde el estudiante informa su: “Legal Residency State” (Estado de los estados Unidos donde se define como su residencia legal).
Recomendación:
Si es usted un estudiante que es residente de Puerto Rico, pero salió fuera de Puerto Rico solo a estudiar, no debe utilizar la dirección temporera como la dirección de residencia legal. Si se recibe la información de AMCAS con el área de residencia legal en un estado o país fuera de Puerto Rico, usted será considerado un estudiante no-residente sin la posibilidad de cambiar su estatus de residencia durante su estadía como estudiante en la UCC según establecido por la Junta de Síndicos. El utilizar una dirección postal permanente de Puerto Rico en el formulario de AMCAS no quiere decir que será suficiente para considerarle en un estatus de estudiante residente. Si el área de “Legal Res. State” es fuera de Puerto Rico, será considerado como un estudiante No-Residente.
Policy
Criminal Background Check
All admitted applicants must consent, submit to, and satisfactorily complete a Criminal Background Check (CBC) as a condition of matriculation into the UCC-SOM.
Enrollment will not be final until the completion of the criminal background check with results deemed acceptable. All expenses associated with the CBC are the responsibility of the applicant, either directly of through arrangements with an appropriate centralized application service. Students, who do not consent to the required CBC, refuse to provide information necessary to conduct the CBC, or provide false or misleading information in regard to the CBC will be subject to the refusal of admission.
This policy applies to all applicants to the UCC-SOM educational program leading to the MD degree.
Prospective Students
Prospective students seeking admission to the UCC-SOM leading to the MD degree will be informed of this policy and its requirements will be included with the admissions materials.
New and Transfer Students
Students admitted to the UCC-SOM and Transfer students will be informed of this policy and its requirements at the time of acceptance. Once admitted, students will be required to complete a criminal background check and authorize release of results to appropriate academic and/or clinical personnel. A criminal background check will be considered a condition of acceptance.
Ready to apply?
File your AMCAS application, then complete the secondary UCC application before December 30th.