Ponce (PHSU)

Tuition: $75,960 (per year, nonresident)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine Ponce, PR · Private · MD

Deadlines

Briefly explain your interest in the program and your academic or professional goals

The bilingual rule decides this application. Ponce requires English and Spanish, may test your Spanish, interviews you in both languages and asks for 3 credits of Spanish. If your Spanish isn't clinical-grade, apply to the St. Louis campus instead. It's the same M.D. and the same AMCAS.
The Dec. 30 AMCAS deadline is late, but don't treat it as your target. A file that's complete in the fall can only help.
Check your residency before you budget. Residents of Puerto Rico, Missouri and Illinois pay $48,674 in tuition; everyone else pays $75,960, a gap of more than $27,000 a year.
PHSU's minimums (2.7 GPA, 494 MCAT) are floors, not targets. The school says competitive applicants often exceed them, and it limits you to scores from your first three MCAT attempts.