Several changes in our admissions policies and procedures have been made for the 2009 entering class admissions cycle. They are outlined below.

Deadline

Our AMCAS deadline is December 1, 2008. Deadline extensions will not be granted. AMCAS applications will be processed only when they are transmitted to us electronically by AMCAS. We will not make supplemental applications available or make any other decision on the basis of AMCAS applications that are printed and sent to us by applicants or others.

Applicants must change their addresses and other contact information through AMCAS. We have no way of independently changing any information in the AMCAS database. So please do not write to us and ask us to change your mailing address, email address, or phone number. You must do that yourself through AMCAS. The secondary application fee is $75.

Institutional affinity card

When your AMCAS application arrives in the Office of Admissions you will be sent an email stating that it has arrived. You will also be given the URL for an on-line institutional affinity card. If your mother or father received their MD degree from the University of Miami, or if your mother or father is a full-time regular faculty member at the Miller School of Medicine, go to the web site and fill out the card. If your parents do not meet either of these criteria, do not fill out the card. Your application will be processed in the order in which it was received, regardless of whether you complete and return the card or not. All information submitted is subject to verification.

Requirements for receiving a supplemental application

The Miller School of Medicine has a new policy of sending secondary applications to all US citizens and permanent residents who submit an AMCAS application. It will be the applicant's decision whether to fill out the secondary application and submit it. In this regard, all applicants should remember that our last three entering classes had an average undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.7, a science GPA of 3.6, and an average MCAT composite score between 31 and 32. To be truly competitive potential applicants should have credentials comparable to those of our most recent classes. Supplemental applications received in the Office of Admissions after January 15^th will not be processed.

MCAT examination

Applicants for the 2009 entering class must take the MCAT exam no later than the last test date in 2008. MCAT scores from January, 2009, and later test dates will not be considered.

Letters of recommendation and transcripts

Do NOT have letters of recommendation, transcripts or other documents sent to us until after you have submitted your supplemental application on line. Sending them to us beforehand can actually slow down the processing of your application. Sending transcripts is strongly discouraged unless they include substantial coursework not included on your AMCAS application.

Campus selection

The medical curriculum at our regional campus in Boca Raton, Florida, is four years long. Students admitted to the regional campus of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will finish all four years of the curriculum at Boca Raton. Therefore, indicating which campus you would prefer to attend on your supplemental application becomes all the more important. If you select the Miami campus to attend, you will be considered only for admission at the Miami campus. If you select the Boca Raton campus to attend, you will be considered only for admission to the Boca campus. If you indicate that you have no preference, you will be considered independently for admission to the Miami campus and to the Boca Raton campus. The campuses are described elsewhere at this web site along with recent descriptions of the curriculum at each.

MD-PhD Program Applicants

The MD-PhD Program is offered only on the Miami campus and not at the regional campus in Boca Raton. If you are interested in applying to our MD-PhD program you must select the Miami campus as your preferred campus to attend. Applicants who apply only to the regional campus in Boca Raton will not be considered for the MD-PhD program.