Creighton University

 

The Post-Baccalaureate Committee knows that you have worked very hard to reach this stage in the medical school admissions cycle.  As we proceed together, we hope that we can make the adventure as pleasant as possible.

 

Throughout the application process you will receive email communications rather than paper until a final decision is made about your application.  This includes communications about missing information, interview invitations, and confirmation of interviews.  Needless to say, check your Email often and notify us of changes in your email address.

Many applicants who report problems with receiving communications from us use email programs such as Hotmail and Yahoo whose ‘spam filters’ intercept our communications.  It is imperative that you check your email program to determine if you can override the spam filters and authorize all communications from “creighton.edu.”  If you cannot override the filter, you should look at your Spam folder to see if the email host program has intercepted a Creighton communication.

 

To be eligible to apply for the Creighton University School of Medicine Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine – 2009, an applicant must be:

• A U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States
   
• Must have earned a baccalaureate degree with a significant science focus
   
• Must have applied to, and have been denied entry into, an LCME accredited allopathic medical school
   
• MUST NOT have been previously accepted to a medical school
   
• Must not be currently enrolled in medical school or another health or allied health professions degree-granting program 
   
• Creighton University requires that each accepted applicant withdraw any active applications to such degree-granting programs as a condition of acceptance to the Post-Baccalaureate Program

Please submit the following items to us as soon as possible.  Upon submission, all credentials become the property of Creighton University and are not returnable.  Please ensure that your full name and AMCAS ID Number appear on all correspondence.

NOTE: If an applicant’s AMCAS application from the Fall 2008 or Fall 2009 entering class is on file in the Creighton University Office of Medical Admissions, several of the required items may already be in the office.  The applicant should check with the Office of Medical Admissions to ascertain status of the applicant’s file.  You may use the toll-free number for this purpose: (800) 325-4405.

1.  Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine Application Form

Note that our Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine Application is obtained through this website.  The application form is an MS Word .doc fillable form that will allow you to:

• Complete the application.
• Save a copy of the filled application for your records.
• Send as an attachment in an email to the Office of Medical Admissions at postbac.appl@creighton.edu.

The completed form must be received by the Office of Medical Admissions by January 16, 2009.

• Technical Standards (Question 16)
  
  Please follow the link to the CUSOM Technical Standards.  Read the standards carefully and consult our office if you have any questions.  After you have read and understand fully the Technical Standards, complete Question 16 on the Application Form.  If you have questions about these standards, please email our office at: postbac.appl@creighton.edu.

• Background Check (Question 17)
  
  Please follow the link to the Premedical Postbaccalaureate Background Check Policy.  Read the policy carefully and consult our office if you have any questions.  After you have read and understand fully the Background Check Policy, complete Question 17 on the Application Form.  If you have questions about this policy, please email our office at: postbac.appl@creighton.edu.

• Photographs
  
  Photographs are used for identification purposes only.  Please include a recent digital photo in the space provided on the Application Form.  If a digital photograph is not available please forward a paper photograph to the Office of Medical Admissions at the address listed below.  We ask that you sign the back of the photo in ink.

Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine: 2009
Office of Medical Admissions
Creighton University School of Medicine
Criss III Room 574
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178

• Personal Statement (Question 19)
  
  The Personal Statement should provide the Admissions Committee with:
  
  
• Information about your future goals as they relate to the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine and your career in medicine; discussing the reasons for your interest in the Program and your expectations from the program.
• Provide discussion of Question 9 relating to the communities you were brought up in.

2.  AMCAS Application

Applicants are asked to submit a copy of his/her most current and verified AMCAS Application report to medical school.  The report should include the AMCAS Summary Application Report page.

3.  AMCAS Designated Programs section from the AMCAS Application

This form will list all schools to which the applicant has applied.  Creighton University does not have this form in its possession even if you are a current applicant to Creighton University School of Medicine.

4.  MCAT Scores

Please Submit scores for all attempts at the MCAT not reported in the AMCAS application above. These scores may be copies of reports received by the applicant.

5.  Transcripts

Applicants are asked to submit official transcripts of all academic work.  It is essential that all applicants arrange for an official transcript from each post-secondary institution previously and/or currently attended to arrive at the Office of Medical Admissions no later than January 16, 2009.

If you have earned a degree from an institution, the transcript must reflect that status.  If you are currently enrolled in a degree program we ask that you submit a transcript by January 16, 2009, and then request that a transcript be sent after the posting of your grades/degree.  We are aware that AMCAS has already received your transcripts; however, Creighton University also needs to receive official copies.

Applicants are responsible to submit their transcripts to the Office of Medical Admissions.  If official transcripts are not received by January 16, 2009, and you have not contacted our office to obtain an extension, we reserve the right to withdraw your application.

6.  Letters of Recommendation

Three letters of reference from teachers and/or community leaders are required for admission purposes.  Please request that these letters of reference be sent directly to the Office of Medical Admissions and that they address the following:

• Commitment to the study of medicine.
• Potential for academic success in the Post Baccalaureate Program in Medicine.
• Evidence of demonstrated empathy and compassion for humankind.
• Rationale for applicant’s lack of success so far to gain entry into the study of medicine.

Note: Recommendation letters already on file from the 2008 CUSOM application cycle, the 2009 CUSOM application cycle, or the 2008 CUSOM Postbac application cycle may suffice; however, current letters may shed new light on the applicant’s qualifications for this program.

 

You will be notified by email when your file is complete.  If you do not receive an email notification within 10 days after you feel that your application should have been complete please contact the Office of Medical Admissions at: postbac.appl@creighton.edu to ascertain what items have not yet been received.  The Office of Medical Admissions will attempt to notify you by email about missing elements in your file.  However, you are responsible for ensuring that your file is complete.

Time is of the essence!  Your file cannot receive consideration by the Committee on Admissions until it is complete.  The deadline for the receipt of all of the application materials in the Office of Medical Admissions is at the close of business (4:30 PM CST) on Friday, January 16, 2009.

 

Updates to your files are allowed after files are complete.  The Committee particularly appreciates receiving grade updates for coursework in progress during the time of application.  Please do not send books, tapes, or bulky objects.  Please email all updates to the Office of Medical Admissions at: postbac.appl@creighton.edu.

 

All applications will be reviewed for interview after the application deadline of January 16, 2009.  Applicants selected to receive an interview will receive an interview invitation via email.  Interviews require a full day’s commitment on the part of the candidate.  Details about the interview will be contained in the email invitation.

 

After the completion of all interviews, seven participants and a list of alternates will be selected. Selected participants will be notified by letter of their acceptance.  The remaining applicants will be sent a letter of rejection, or placement on the alternate list.

 

Please submit all questions pertaining to program eligibility, financial aid, etc. for the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine to the HS-Multicultural and Community Affairs Office (HS-MACA) at: postbac@creighton.edu.

Please submit all questions pertaining to the admissions process for the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine to the Office of Medical Admissions at: postbac.appl@creighton.edu.