FIU Wertheim

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Miami, FL · Public · MD

Average MCAT: 510
Average GPA: 3.86
Class size: 128
Tuition: $65,737 (per year, nonresident)
Out-of-state applicants: Limited

Deadlines

AMCAS deadline: Dec. 1, 2026
Early Decision Program: Aug. 1, 2026
Secondary deadline: Jan. 15, 2027

Essays

Since graduation

Please explain what you have been doing, or will be doing since graduation prior to your planned matriculation to medical school.

Why FIU (1,200 characters)

Why did you choose to apply to FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine?

Background and patient care (1,200 characters)

Describe how your experiences and background have influenced the way you approach patient care and communication.

Others' needs before your own (1,200 characters)

Describe a time you put another person's needs before your own. What did you do, and what motivated your actions?

Clinical experience (1,200 characters)

Describe a meaningful clinical or hands-on care experience. What did it teach you about the realities of patient care, including any challenges or limitations you observed?

Prerequisite exceptions (1,000 characters)

Use this area to explain any exception to the prerequisites at your institution.

Academic record (1,000 characters)

Is there any additional information about your academic record that you would like the Admissions Committee to know? Please include any academic difficulties or course withdrawals.

Editor's notes

FIU is a Florida school in practice: 95% of the Class of 2030 is from the state. Out-of-state applicants are considered, but your file needs a real reason to train in Miami, and your why-FIU essay is where you make it.
Think hard before choosing early decision. You need a 3.70 GPA, 3.50 science GPA and 510 MCAT, everything in by Aug. 1, and you can't apply anywhere else until FIU decides by Oct. 1. It's a good fit only if FIU is clearly your first choice and your numbers clear the floor.
The four secondary essays are only 1,200 characters each, and they overlap: patient care, putting others first, clinical realities. Map four different experiences before you write. Otherwise you'll tell the same clinical story three times.
Interviews are two 30-minute conversations on Zoom. FIU says to know your application, current health care issues and medical ethics, so prepare for both why-medicine questions and an ethics discussion.