 Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine promises a well-rounded nurturing and challenging curriculum and student experience. Stick around to learn about their ins and outs. Thank you so much for watching. This is Write Your Acceptance. Make sure you hit that subscribe button and the bell so you don't miss a video. So doing your due diligence to really figure out what medical schools you're going to apply to is key, right? But really finding out the particular kind of strengths for each program and what they offer and how they're slightly potentially different can be key not only to figuring out where you see yourself and your best fit, but also kind of for your secondaries, especially for the why us essays. So this video, hopefully is chock full of information for you to really figure out kind of program best fit and the kind of valuable details that differentiate each program. So right from the outset, the website has two brief videos, and they'll kind of give you some profile information. There's about 64, 65 students per class. Their first graduating class had 100% match rate, which is huge, it's great. And they engage medical students at FAU, engage in clinical experiences from year one. So they have a very kind of hands-on experience, but they also have a very nurturing side. And one of the, a couple of students kind of reflect on how teachers, how professors are incredibly nurturing, and they're constantly checking in on them and how they're doing. And so, so you get that kind of snapshot very quickly. But let's talk about different points so that we can kind of break down some stuff. Hi, my name is Dr. Josie. This is Write Your Acceptance. After working with hundreds and hundreds of students and teaching college writing for the last 15 years, I know what the ad comes all looking for. And now it's your turn. So let's get started with learning about FAU and seeing if this is a good fit for you. So point one is a robust curriculum. So they use a problem-based learning. It's very hands-on. They use kind of patient simulations to kind of talk through things that, lessons that they learn. Problem-based learning curriculum is then reinforced with kind of hands-on simulation on patient cases. The anatomy class consists of eight students per cadaver. Two and a couple of professors kind of roaming around. So you definitely have a lot of hands-on experience. And like I mentioned, there's a state of the art kind of simulation center with mannequins and there you can take history and treatment and physical diagnosis and you learn how to suture and run a code. You even learn how to deliver baby. So it's very kind of hands-on for the students, which is great. And so here are, and I'll share this as a document to write and link it below, the clinical curriculum for year one and two. So this is a lot more information for you and how it begins with the kind of foundations of medicine, professionalism, ethics, cultural competency, communication. So it goes into that clinical curriculum and those foundations. And then the College of Medicine also integrates five threads throughout the curriculum. And so these are important. So this is important information, not so much for you to be able to regurgitate it because I'm putting it below, but it's important because it'll allow you to have the language that they use to talk about themselves and reflect upon their kind of role within medicine and preparing the next generation of physicians. So this is very important for the secondary specifically. So what do they value and how can you match up your previous experiences and why this is a good fit for you? So the why us, very particular, this information you can kind of use to really strengthen those essays. Too many times I see very basic secondaries that basically just swap the name and you can use it. It's a start for a rough draft, but then you really want to kind of bring in the brand of each school and what they value and some of this kind of language you can use for that. And so you have the competencies and objectives, right, the education goals, program goals. And so ultimately they have a ton of information on leadership, community service and their curriculum. So those are the three kind of, I would say leadership, community service and curriculum, right, and intellectual development. Those are their three kind of top three principles for a well-rounded education in their program. Point two is offering clinical experiences within diverse contexts. I think that that's very important. It is kind of suggested in the introductory video, but I don't see it too much there, but I do see it in the rest of their website. So I think not only clinical experiences early on, but also within diverse contexts and that's very interesting. They have a plethora of areas. They have multiple hospitals that they have relationships with. But basically geriatrics, substance abuse, public health, epidemiology, they have connections with Cleveland Clinic in Florida. And so the first two years you kind of shadow work with primary care physician or an internist and you're also kind of serving the underprivileged populations, communities in the broader area. So those are kind of the first two years. And then in year three, they have kind of, like I mentioned, different specialties, but also including psychiatry, OBGYN, pediatrics. And so you get exposed to other kind of sub-specialties, palliative care, emergency medicine, pathology, radiology. So you definitely have a breadth of specialties that you will be kind of exposed to. So point three is your kind of optionality with the College of Business. So the dual degree programs, they have an MD MBA or an MD MAJ. And so the MBA class or the College of Business classifies the MD as like a concentration. So like if you were a finance major or have a business background in your undergrad kind of career, you have certain pre-rex, then you only need like 36 credits. If not, you have some pre-rex. The MAJ does not require pre-rex. And so they have, and I'll link this below, the application process basically like first year medical students kind of can start the application process. And then second, third and fourth year medical students are encouraged to start the application at least four weeks prior to the semester in which they would like to take the business classes. So I'll link that below in case you want to see that. They do feel, I don't know that I would say it's a trend, but I do see more and more students kind of interested in that kind of MD MBA, kind of not crossover, but dual degree opportunity, optionality. Point four are their amazing research opportunities. So I will link this all below, but you have various, I mean, first you have information on the kind of plethora and breadth of faculty research. And that is very interesting because you can kind of, you know, mention a professor in that YA secondary, right? And you can kind of talk about their research, especially if it connects to research that you've done. But if not, then you have all these different tracks that you can focus on, geriatric, discovery research, epidemiology, integrative health, and a couple more, but you have, you know, faculty oversight, you have specialty tracks that you can kind of lay out and it would be with like affiliate faculty. And so kind of link all of this below, but you have such great opportunities to really deepen your kind of, you know, a bench to bedside kind of exposure. Point five is the student life. FAU on their website does a great job of really kind of showcasing their med students are not robots and that they have a well rounded kind of, they foster nurturing experience and they have all these student interest groups and they celebrate kind of diverse cultural events on campus and there are various student organizations and I'll link all this below, but you can kind of from medical specialties to internal medicine to competencies in medical Spanish to Jewish Association of Health and Medical Professionals. You have a ton, a ton, a ton of student organizations that you can really kind of not only, you know, meet your fellow students and kind of nurture relationships with your future colleagues, basically, but also kind of have a reprieve from the everyday kind of hustle and bustle, right? Pressures of school. Are you applying to FAU or if you're watching are an FAU med student, comment below, share your thoughts about the program and yeah, thanks. Now some fun facts of like the class profile. This is on their website as of the latest that they've kind of tallied up. They had about 3700 applications last cycle or two cycles or go. They're about 40% men, 60% women, 23% were underrepresented minorities, 68% were Florida residents. The mean MCAT score was 512 and GPA was 3.76 and number matriculated was 65. So it is definitely a small class, right, where you kind of get to know most of your peers or if not all. I also want to share some of the FAQs that I thought were interesting, they had a lot more, but these are kind of questions that crop up throughout the cycle of different schools that I kind of share information on. So I wanted to share that with you. So do we accept international students or DACA status? No, they do not accept international students, nor do we accept students that are foreign trained professionals or have obtained their higher education from another country other than Canada. So that is very important. We only accept you as citizens and permanent residents of the United States. Can prerequisite lower division courses be taken at a community college? Yes. However, additional upper level science courses are incurred and expected in preparation for the MCAT, right? So this is a question I get every once in a while. For FAU, yes, you can take some, but additional upper level very important that you take in a four year institution. Is the CASPER test required? Yes. So they do require the 90 minute test. And so they kind of basically link to it there. How do I make secondary application updates? You are allowed to make three updates to your secondary application using the MAP, right? The portal. You may add information or additional experiences. So that's something to kind of keep top of mind. Thank you so much for watching. I hope this video was helpful. I hope you learned a thing or two about FAU. 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