For those who are applying for the UMKC 6-Year BA/MD program this year (entering in 2025), I just wanted to make you all aware that both the General Application for Admission to UMKC and the School of Medicine Online Supplemental Application are available now. Both applications have to be completed in order to have a complete file.
Go here and read very carefully the UMKC BA/MD application timeline: https://med.umkc.edu/bamd/timeline/
Since most of you are probably still on your summer break and your senior year of high school has not started yet, you may want to start filling out both applications as you have 3 full months (13 weeks from today to be exact) to do it.
Both are due by November 1st, which is on a Friday. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE have both applications completed & submitted before that November 1st date. Don’t wait until October 31st or November 1st to submit, as unplanned computer glitches and system overloads can sometimes happen.
Do not submit your application late as there are more than enough students who follow directions and submit the application on time that you risk your entire application not even being looked at. If you’re someone who procrastinates (and I think we all somewhat have that quality, just at very different levels), at least for this one thing, do not do it. Get out a planner/calendar/organizer smartphone app and break up the application for completion into pieces in this next 13 weeks.
Read the instructions in the supplemental application VERY carefully. Here’s an example: The supplemental application asks for 3-5 people (teachers, counselors, school administrators) to submit a reference form online on your behalf (formal letters of recommendation are not accepted for application to UMKC’s BA/MD program). Make sure you submit those requests to those people BEFORE you finally end up submitting your application. Give them more than enough time to fill it out because keep in mind that your teachers, counselors, school administrators at your high school are getting requests from many other students for their college applications too. All application materials supporting documents (Reference forms, High school transcripts, Test scores) must also be submitted by November 1st to be considered on time. So it’s not just your application that you fill out that has to be submitted on time, but also the UMKC School of Medicine receiving the other stuff by that date as well.
One of the reasons that the application takes time is that certain sections take longer to think and write out, whether that’s a description of your involvement in different activities & organizations or the personal statement (500 words) & short essays (250 words each). Since those take the longest, take time to work on those now, go through rough drafts and revisions. Maybe have an English teacher or your school counselor look over and proofread your personal statement and essays to make sure that your writing & writing style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/help-center/who-should-i-ask-review-my-college-essay.