University of Virginia
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program
Linkage Timelines
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
August or October
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Verify eligibility for linkage (undergraduate GPA and prerequisites)
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Attend Pittsburgh Linkage Visit Day (optional)
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Confirm intention to apply to the Linkage Program
September
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Complete Experience Worksheet assignment
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Meet with your advisor and/or linkage advisor to discuss your Experience Worksheet and brainstorm Personal Statement topic(s)
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Request Letters of Recommendation through Interfolio (send Committee Letter request to salko@virginia.edu)
October
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Begin drafting a Personal Statement
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Discuss Personal Statement with advisor for feedback
November
November 1
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Confirm final decision to pursue linkage
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Send AMCAS ID number Pittsburgh at admission@medschool.pitt.edu
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Pittsburgh sends directions for filling out the AMCAS application
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Check on status of your Letters of Recommendation (Committee Letters will be done in time for the secondary application)
November 30
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Submit final Experiences section & 1st draft of Personal Statement to advisor(s) for feedback
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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
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Finalize Personal Statement and Experiences
December 15th -
Submit AMCAS application by December 15th to begin verification process
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Verify with UVA Registrar that Fall semester grades are posted on official transcript and then send directly to Pitt Med
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Send all Letters from Interfolio to AMCAS
January
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Complete and submit secondary application before January 18th
February
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Pittsburgh sends interview invitations early February
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Students interview at Pittsburgh mid-to-late February
March
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Final admissions decisions are released by Pittsburgh mid March
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All acceptances are contingent upon successful completion of Spring semester with a cumulative 3.75+ GPA for entire post-bac year
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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!
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
October 27
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Student decides with advisor about applying
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Applicant completes AMCAS application without submitting it to AMCAS
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Applicant gives AMCAS application to Linkage Program Coordinator
November 17
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UVA Advisors send nomination documentation to GW Director of Admissions
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Applicant’s letter to Dean Koutroulis stating reasons for applying to GW linkage Program
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UVA Advisors' Letter of Support to GW on behalf of the Applicant
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AMCAS application with calculated overall minimum GPA of 3.6
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Copy of linkage institution application
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Copy of transcripts, including applicant’s summer linkage program grades
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Copy of SAT, ACT or GRE scores
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Copy of linkage institution’s internal, confidential assessment of the student Interview or written recommendation
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Resume
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Copies of the letters of recommendation applicant submitted as part of linkage institution application
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Institution action and information regarding any conviction, guilty plea or no lo contendere plea to a criminal offense.
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Syllabi and additional information on any online modalities used for courses especially the nature of lab courses primarily taught through distance methods
Selection Process – December, January, February
1) By December 5: Admissions Office notifies post-baccs of interview and sends Secondary Application
for applicant to complete and return (with fee for Secondary Application)
2) By January 29: Linkage Program Coordinator sends Director of Admissions a Reference letter and Transcript with fall grades
3) By February 13: Linkage applicant interviews at GW (virtually)
4) By March 8: Admissions Office sends out accept or reject letters
For Accepted Linkage Program Students (No guarantee for admission to MD Program): Applicant must provide Director of Admissions their program of studies to fulfill course requirements and midterm grades and final grades in each course when available.
5) By April 30: Applicants Accepted to the Linkage sit one time only for the MCAT no later than April 30. Applicants to the linkage may not have taken the MCAT previously.
May & June
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Final GPA, MCAT official score received and review of any other requested materials for determination of final acceptance
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UVA PBPM Academic Performance
- Maintain an overall 3.5 GPA
- No grade lower than a B- (receipt of a C or below will terminate contract)
- No institutional action
- MCAT Requirements: MINIMUM Overall score of 512
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Required course work: 8 semester hours, including 2 semester hours of lab work in each of the following:
- Biology or zoology
- General chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Physics
- Social / Behavioral Science
- Biostatistics, Math, or Research
- English (6 semester hours)
- Biochemistry recommended
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