Application Process

Application Process

An application is complete and ready for review when all of the following materials have been received. Finalists will be granted an interview. A telephone interview will be arranged for applicants who are not within a radius of 50 miles.

You can also download a copy of the applicatSAMPLE PREP 2020Application.pdfion as a guide to help prepare when filling out the application online. Please note that all applications must be turned in online, any mailed/emailed application will not be accepted. UCLA PREP Application 2020 SAMPLE.pdf

Important Dates for PREP 2020:

December 3, 2019 (1:00AM PST) - Online Application Opens

*March 3, 2020 (11:59 PST) - Application Closes

June 16, 2020 - Program Starts

July 24, 2020 - Program Ends 

*The online application & supplemental materials (including Letter of  Recommendations) needs to be received by this date to be considered for screening.

How to Apply:

STEP 1:COMPLETE AN ONLINE APPLICATION

APPLICATION FOR PREP 2020 WILL OPEN DECEMBER 3, 2019 AT 1:00AM PST.

Technical Requirement: It is highly recommended to use Mozilla Firefox browser when filling out your application. 

All documents below needs to be uploaded through the online application portal (PDF COPY REQUIRED)

• Copy of your financial aid award letter from your undergraduate institution for the current year.

• Unofficial transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (PDF Form)
• Personal Essay (minimum 1000 words, maximum 1500 words) describing your personal, family and community background; your motivation for a medical career; what you have done to develop your interest and knowledge of modern medicine; and what you hope to accomplish by participation in UCLA PREP (PDF Form)

Letter of Recommendation: Letter writers will receive an e-mail (the letter writers email address that the applicant inputed in their application) granting them access and instructions on how to upload their letters online.

• Two letters of recommendation, one from a science professor (math, biology, chemistry and other science course) and one from a premedical advisor or employer.
  • The applicant will receive an auto generated email confirmation whenever an LOR has been submitted in their behalf by their writers. 
  • It is the applicants responsibility to follow-up with their letter writers for a timely submission of their letter of recommendations.

Note for the letter writers:

You will be getting an email once a student submitted an application online and added you as a letter writer. We suggest first checking your Spam and Trash folders to ensure that the email was not accidentally classified as spam. If the recommender email message is not in any of these folders, please email uclaprep@mednet.ucla.edu with Subject Line: PREP 2020 LOR Assist and we can assist you further. The letter of recommendation needs to be uploaded before the posted deadlines above for the application to be considered complete.  

Alternatively, letter writers can submit their letters as early as December 3, 2019 through this link: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION SUBMISSION

STEP 2: UPON ACCEPTANCE TO THE PROGRAM, PLEASE SUBMIT THE ADDITONAL MATERIALS

• Completed PREP 2020 On-boarding checklist and support documents

• Official Transcript(s) (Applicant can send transcripts directly to our office as long as it is sealed from their institution)

Accepted Applicants must mail in all additional documents in ONE envelope packet. Mail documents to:
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA PREP
885 Tiverton Avenue, Suite 305
Los Angeles, CA 90095 

Winter Closure Notice: Our office will be closed for 12 days between Saturday, December 21, 2019 and January 1, 2020 and will re-open on Thursday, January 2, 2020.