NSU MD (Nova)

Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private · MD

Average MCAT: 512
Average GPA: 3.75
Class size: 50
Tuition: $73,407 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Essays

Teamwork and leadership (4,000 characters)

Please provide an example that indicates your ability to function effectively as a productive member of a team working toward a common objective. Elaborate on leadership roles you held in this capacity and how you solved problems that arose. Indicate highlights learned from this experience.

Problem solving for PBL (4,000 characters)

Please share some personal examples of problem solving in a team environment and/or leadership experience that would lead to your success in a Problem Based Learning environment.

Unknown traits (4,000 characters)

At the NSU MD program, we value the unique perspective that each applicant brings. Identify any traits, life experiences, or interests that a professor or advisor would not normally know about you.

Academic work beyond prereqs (4,000 characters)

How has your academic work beyond the “traditional” pre-medical school requirements (i.e., introductory biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and introductory physics) prepared you for medical school and for a career in medicine? Please highlight any service-learning activities that align with humanism in medicine.

Challenges (yes or no) (4,000 characters)

Have you encountered significant personal or professional challenges that have shaped your motivation to pursue a career in medicine and service to others?

Challenges explanation (4,000 characters)

If applicable, please describe how your experience with challenges has informed your perspective, decision-making, or approach to helping others. You may include reflections on your educational path, life experiences, or other formative events. If not applicable, please type NA.

Gaps or inconsistencies (4,000 characters)

Do you have any gaps or inconsistencies in either academic or standardized test performances throughout your undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate career? If you answered yes to the previous question, please explain. If you have selected no, please type NA.

Time gap before matriculation (4,000 characters)

Is there a time gap between earning your last degree (baccalaureate or other) and the expected time of your medical school matriculation? If you answered yes to the previous question, please explain. If you have selected no, please type NA.

Employment (4,000 characters)

Were you employed full-time (or part-time) during your undergraduate or graduate years? If you answered yes to the previous question, please explain. If you have selected no, please type NA.

Reapplicant (4,000 characters)

Have you previously applied to any medical school (M.D., D.O., international)? If yes, please explain what steps you have taken to improve your overall application profile for this admissions cycle. If you have selected no, please type NA.

Editor's notes

Get your letters in before you touch the secondary. NSU MD treats a submitted secondary as a complete file, takes no updates unless you're waitlisted, and wants letters received before you submit. Whatever is in your file on that day is what the committee reads.
Two of the four main essays ask about teamwork and group problem solving, and that's no accident. NSU MD teaches in case groups of seven or eight, and the interview is an MMI built around core competencies. Your file should show, more than once, how you think with other people.
Don't forget PREview. It's required, there's no minimum score, and NSU MD uses your highest PREview score alongside your MCAT in the first screen. Book it early enough that the score is on file when your secondary goes in.
The price is the same for Floridians and everyone else, $135,112 for the first year on the school's estimate, and about half the posted class came from out of state. Residency isn't the barrier here. The cost is.