Ponce Health Sciences University

Address

Admissions Office / P.O. Box 7004 / Ponce, PR USA 00732

Phone

787-8402575

Email

admissions@psm.edu
Admissions Website
Admissions Requirements
Letters of Rec Requirements

Overview

Savvy Rank
The Savvy Rank is a combination of admissions selectivity (MCAT, GPA, acceptance rate), research ranking, and primary care ranking.
999
School Type
Whether the school confers an MD or DO degree, is an international (Intl) school for Americans or is a Canadian (CA) school
MD
Public/Private
Private
Year Founded
1980
US News Rank - Research
Unranked
US News Rank - Primary Care
Unranked
Cost
Out-of-state tuition, from cheap ($) to obscenely expensive ($$$$$)
$$$
Weather Rating
How nice is the weather, from crappy () to excellent ()

City Size
< 500K

Getting In

Median GPA
3.65
Median MCAT
499
Research Rating
A combination of factors to show the school's research ranking and research opportunities, from very little research () to lots ()
Out-of-State Rating
Whether the school is very out-of-state friendly (), somewhat friendly (), not friendly (), or in-state only ()

International Friendly
How friendly the school is toward international applicants
No
Med School Class Size
Class sizes range from 40 students to 400




Application
AMCAS
Letters of Rec Required
Get Premium Content Now
Get Savvy Pro

Secondary Essays

Secondary Essay Difficulty
How many essays, how long, and how unusual the prompts, from easy () to brutal ()
Screen Before Secondaries
Does the school read your primary before sending a secondary?
No secondary
Typical Secondary Release Date
When does a school usually release its secondary relative to other med schools (though it may vary from year to year)?
Early
Secondary Fee
$85
Other Tests

Interviews

Interview Type
Interview Invites Begin
Interview Format
MMI - Multiple Mini Interview; Traditional - two-way conversation
Traditional
Accepts Updates?
Does the school accept update letters?
Yes

Secondary Essay Prompts

Essay Topics ('22 – '23)‍

1. Explain your interest in graduate studies and your long-range professional plan.

‍

Essay Topics ('21 – '22)‍

1. Explain your interest in graduate studies and your long-range professional plan.

‍

Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

No secondary questions for the 2020-2021 application cycle.

‍

Essay Topics ('19 – '20)‍

Ponce School of Medicine does not require a secondary application. Instead, a stronger emphasis is placed on your interview process.

Premium Access

Unlock Content

Key Quote

Discussion

The Savvy Pre-Med is powered by
Passport Admissions provides one-on-one admissions advising for students applying to medical school.

All information about medical schools was collected from the websites of the schools, using publicly available information.

About

Search ToolsBlogToolsVirtual Interview PracticeVirtual ShadowingContact

Resources

Disclaimer

All work on this site is our own. The content for the Savvy med school search was found on the webpages of the respective medical schools.