August  

• Verify eligibility for linkage (undergraduate GPA and prerequisites)

 

September    

• Complete Experience Worksheet assignment

• Meet with your advisor and/or linkage advisor to discuss your Experience Worksheet and brainstorm Personal Statement topic(s)

• Request Letters of Recommendation through Interfolio (send Committee Letter request to salko@virginia.edu)

 

October                                 

• Begin drafting a Personal Statement

• Discuss Personal Statement with advisor for feedback

• Attend Virtual Visit with Pitt Med

 

November

   November 1                           

• Confirm final decision to pursue linkage

• Send AMCAS ID number Pittsburgh at admission@medschool.pitt.edu 

• Pittsburgh sends directions for filling out the AMCAS application

• Check on status of your Letters of Recommendation (Committee Letters will be done in time for the secondary application)

   November 30

• Submit final Experiences section & 1st draft of Personal Statement to advisor(s) for feedback

• Request all transcripts, including UVA's for your summer grades, be sent to AMCAS. 
  Note: You'll need to send transcripts from any dual enrollment, community college, undergraduate and graduate programs.

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December

   December 1st 

• Finalize Personal Statement and Experiences
  December 15th

• Submit AMCAS application by December 15th to begin verification process

• Verify with UVA Registrar that Fall semester grades are posted on official transcript and then send directly to Pitt Med

• Send all Letters from Interfolio to AMCAS

 

January      

• Complete and submit secondary application before January 15th

• Pittsburgh sends interview invitations late January

 

February                                

• Students interview at Pittsburgh in early February
   

March                                    

• Final admissions decisions are released by Pittsburgh mid March

• All acceptances are contingent upon successful completion of Spring semester with a cumulative 3.75+ GPA for entire post-bac year

• Any grade below a “B” will initiate a re-review and is grounds for loss of eligibility to participate in the Linkage Program

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Mid August- Classes begin!