The acceptance package will include the Acceptance Letter and instructions on how to accept the offer through your application portal and complete the Residency Affidavit. Within your portal you will also have access to:
- A copy of your formal offer of admission
- Review of AMCAS-supported Criminal Background Check requirement
- Review of Technical Standards and the chance to respond if an accommodation is needed
- Review of state Residency Affidavit for Tuition Purposes
- Information regarding submission of final transcripts
If the accepted student does not accept the offer in their portal within the appropriate timeframe, the Admissions Office will make every effort to contact the applicant to determine their intent. Not accepting the offer within the time specified in the letter will be grounds for cancellation of the offer of acceptance at the discretion of the Director of Admissions.
A criminal background check is initiated by CERTIPHI via AMCAS when an applicant is admitted to a program (beginning in January of the year that the applicant plans to enroll). As additional institutions offer acceptance to that applicant, those schools are also provided access to the result of the original CBC. Each M.D. Program will develop their own criteria for continuing an offer of acceptance based on information received. We anticipate that each response will be viewed on a case-by-case basis within the scope of the entire application.
The M.D. Program Admissions Office evaluates completed applications from both residents and non-residents of the State of Florida. Qualified non-Florida residents may be invited for an interview. However, as a state-supported institution, UCF has a responsibility to assure that a large majority of each matriculating class will be composed of Florida residents.
For initial determination of residency for tuition purposes as a newly admitted medical student at UCF, you can submit the Residency Classification Form to the College of Medicine Admissions Office. This is available within your portal.
UCF M.D. Admissions Process – Choose Your Medical School
The UCF M.D. program intends to honor the spirit of the AAMC Protocols for both Applicants and Admissions Officers.
UCF does not charge a seat deposit.
UCF requests that applicants honor the protocol deadlines determined by the AAMC:
- April 15, 2025: Reduce acceptance holdings to three programs/offers or less.
- April 30, 2025: Reduce acceptance holdings to one program/offer.
UCF has established the following Choose Your Medical School Deadlines:
- May 1, 2025 at 3:00pm EDT: Accepted students must Plan to Enroll (PTE).
- June 16, 2025 at 3:00pm EDT: Accepted students must complete the Commit to Enroll (CTE) process. This means that applicants will have signed the CTE agreement and will have removed themselves from other acceptances and wait lists.
UCF will continue to partner with our accepted and waitlisted applicants via email and telephone communications to assist applicants with understanding their probability of acceptance and any other questions about the UCF or national acceptance environment. This includes our normal monthly acceptance status updates to those on the alternate and wait list.
UCF wants applicants to know that the use of Plan to Enroll (PTE) and Commit to Enroll (CTE) are VOLUNTARY to the applicant until the deadlines set forth by individual programs.
- UCF does not require PTE selection until the specified deadline.
- UCF does not recommend selecting CTE until you are absolutely ready to do so. Upon selecting CTE you must advise any other programs to which you have an acceptance or alternate/wait list position that you are withdrawing from that program.
Medical schools, not the AAMC, are the only entities that have any enforcement power in this process. As such you should review the policies of any M.D. program to view their stated policies and deadlines regarding accepted or wait listed applicants.
UCF wants to partner with you for this process for your own benefit. You are welcome to contact us for any information whether you are accepted, alternate/wait listed, or withdrawn in order to assist you as you make important decisions regarding your future.
Please visit this website for information and instructions regarding all REQUIRED Enrollment Requirements for the UCF COM M.D. Program https://med.ucf.edu/student-affairs/student-services/enrollment-requirements/.
The M.D. Program educates physicians who are capable of entering residency training (graduate medical education) and meet all requirements for medical licensure. All candidates are evaluated according to the same standards and criteria.
Delineation of technical standards is required for the accreditation of U.S. medical schools by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). The technical standards describe the essential abilities required of all candidates.
Reasonable accommodation in achievement of the standards is defined under federal statutes applied to individuals with disabilities. Such accommodations are intended to support the successful completion of all components of the M.D. degree.
The technical standards for the M.D. degree are applied in concert with other policies of the university, including academic policies, academic standards established by the faculty, and student conduct policies.
The technical standards include the following:
- The M.D. Program supports a broad, undifferentiated degree attesting to the acquisition of general knowledge in all fields of medicine and the basic skills requisite for the practice of medicine.
- The guidelines for admission as set forth by LCME must continue to govern the decisions of medical school faculties.
- The medical education process, which focuses on the safety and well-being of patients, differs markedly from post-secondary education in fields outside the health sciences.
- The primary responsibility for the selection of students and the content of the curriculum rests with the medical school and its faculty.
- All candidates in the M.D. Program must possess physical, cognitive, and emotional capabilities required to undertake the full curriculum and to achieve the levels of competence required by the faculty.
- Candidates who meet the academic criteria and who demonstrate the ability to meet the technical standards listed in this document are eligible for consideration for admission, progression, and graduation.
Admission to M.D. Program is conditional based on the ability to meet these technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodation. Candidates are asked to certify that they are able to meet the technical standards of the program.
Individuals with questions regarding technical standards are encouraged to contact the College of Medicine’s associate dean for students. UCF Student Accessibility Services (SAS) provides strategies to candidates with disabilities. Case-by-case consideration of alternate styles of achievement are applied to candidates in advanced stages of screening for admission and those who are enrolled.
Standards in five areas must be met by all candidates: Observation, Communication, Motor Function, Cognitive, and Professional.
Observation
Candidates are reasonably expected to:
- observe demonstrations and participate in experiments in the basic sciences
- observe patients at a distance and close at hand
- demonstrate sufficient use of the senses of vision and hearing and the somatic sensation necessary to perform a physical examination
- integrate findings based on these observations and to develop an appropriate diagnostic and treatment plan
Communication
Candidates are reasonably expected to:
- communicate in verbal and written form with health care professionals and patients, including eliciting a complete medical history and recording information regarding patients’ conditions
- perceive relevant non-verbal communications such as changes in mood, activity, and posture as part of a physical examination of a patient
- establish therapeutic relationships with patients
- demonstrate reading skills at a level sufficient to individually accomplish curricular requirements and provide clinical care for patients using written information
Accommodation through use of a trained intermediary or other communications aide may be appropriate when this intermediary functions as an information conduit.
Motor Function
Candidates’ motor and sensory functions must be sufficient to diagnose and deliver effective patient care by consistently, quickly, and accurately integrating all data gathered through whatever sense(s) employed.
Candidates are reasonably expected to:
- perform physical examinations and diagnostic procedures, using such techniques as palpation, auscultation, and percussion
- complete routine invasive procedures as part of training, using universal precautions without substantial risk of infection to patients
- perform basic laboratory tests and evaluate routine diagnostic tools such as EKGs and X-rays
- respond in emergency situations to provide the level of care reasonably required of physicians
- participate effectively in physically taxing duties over long hours and complete timed demonstrations of skills
Cognitive
Candidates must have sufficient cognitive abilities and effective learning techniques to assimilate the detailed and complex information presented in the medical curriculum.
They are reasonably expected to:
- measure, calculate, analyze, synthesize, extrapolate, and reach diagnostic and therapeutic judgments
- recognize and draw conclusions about three-dimensional spatial relationships and logical sequential relationships among events
- formulate and test hypotheses that enable effective and timely problem-solving in diagnosis and treatment of patients in a variety of clinical modalities
- understand the legal and ethical aspects of the practice of medicine
- remain fully alert and attentive at all times in clinical settings
Problem-solving, the critical skill demanded of physicians, requires all of these intellectual abilities.
Professional
Candidates are expected to demonstrate behavior and social attributes that enable the effective practice of medicine.
Candidates are reasonably expected to:
- demonstrate the judgment and emotional stability required for full use of their intellectual abilities
- possess the perseverance, diligence, and consistency to complete the medical college curriculum and prepare to enter the independent practice of medicine
- exercise good judgment in the diagnosis and treatment of patients
- complete all responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of patients within established timelines
- function within both the law and ethical standards of the medical profession
- work effectively and professionally as part of the health care team
- relate to patients, their families, and health care personnel in a sensitive and professional manner
- participate effectively in physically taxing duties over long work hours, function effectively under stress, and display flexibility and adaptability to changing and uncertain environments
- maintain regular, reliable, and punctual attendance for classes and clinical responsibilities
- contribute to collaborative, constructive learning environments, accept constructive feedback from others, and respond with appropriate modification
Compassion, integrity, interpersonal skills, interest, and motivation are all personal qualities that are assessed during the admission and educational processes.
All candidates are responsible for meeting acceptable standards for behavior and intellectual functioning. Only minimal accommodation is foreseen with regard to the professional section of the technical standards.
Criminal Background Check
A Criminal Background Check (CBC) is initiated via AMCAS when an applicant is admitted to a program (beginning in January of the year that the applicant plans to enroll). As additional institutions offer acceptance to that applicant, those schools are also provided access to the result of the original CBC. Each M.D. Program will develop their own criteria for continuing an offer of acceptance based on information received. We anticipate that each response will be viewed on a case-by-case basis within the scope of the entire application.
The UCF Medical Doctor (M.D.) program is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME), which maintains accreditation standards for all U.S. educational programs that culminate in the M.D. degree. There are three steps to licensure for medical doctors in the U.S. The initial two national exams must be taken and passed successfully while in our M.D. program, which is a prerequisite for both graduation and entry into a medical doctor residency program at a location within the U.S. The third exam is typically taken approximately one year after graduation from the M.D. program, while in residency training. This third exam is used for state licensure as a physician and provides the physician with the sanction to practice as a physician in that state.
At this time, the UCF M.D. curriculum meets the educational eligibility criteria for a medical doctor in all U.S. states, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.