The Lyran Imperial Medical Common Application System, or LIMCAS for short, was a centralized application system for medical schools in the Lyran Star Empire. It allowed one to apply to a maximum of 25 medical schools in one admissions cycle. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Off Coverage")
Components[]
Academic credentials[]
One could put in a high school transcript or, in the event an applicant applied to medical school after completing some college coursework, a college transcript.
Essay[]
The essay, which stated why one wanted to apply to medical school, one's career goals in medicine as well as one's background, must not exceed 5,300 characters.
Letters of recommendation[]
It required three letters of recommendation:
- The first letter of recommendation must be written by a doctor
- The second letter of recommendation must be written by a teacher
- The third letter of redommendation can be written by a third party (for MD/PhD applicants, it was recommended that the letter be written by an active researcher in the field the applicant did research in)
Early admissions[]
LIMCAS allowed applicants to apply early action at several schools, while it allowed applicants to apply at only one medical school in early decision. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Express Delivery")