Essay Topics ('23 - '24)

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in the top track choice you indicated.

2. Each of us relates to others through characteristics that make up our individual diversity. Tell us how your diversity is reflected not only in your personal and professional activities, but also in your relationship with others, particularly in diverse learning environments.

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

Please submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each).

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in the top choice track you indicated.

2. We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual inflections that constitute our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and to the diversities of others manifests in your personal and professional activities.

3. Share with us your thoughts about the relevance – or not – of diverse learning environments in which you wish to learn medicine.

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

Posting this year's secondary essay prompts (500 words maximum each) below.

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in the top choice track you indicated.

2. We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual inflections that constitute our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and to the diversities of others manifests in your personal and professional activities.

3. Share with us your thoughts about the relevance – or not – of diverse learning environments in which you wish to learn medicine.

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Essay Topics (2019-2020)

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual inflections that constitute our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and to the diversities of others manifests in your personal and professional activities.

3. Share with us your thoughts about the relevance “ or not “ of diverse learning environments in which you wish to learn medicine.

Essay Topics (2018-2019)

ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)

1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. We are all unique in different ways. Explain how your personal diversity manifests in your personal and professional activities.

3. Share with us your thoughts about the relevance “ or not “ of diverse learning environments in which you wish to learn medicine.

Essay Topics ('17 - '18)

ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)

1. Please tell us why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine “ MN even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. Please tell us how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo?

Essay Topics ('16 - '17)

There were no essay prompts in the secondary application for the 2015-2016 cycle, just an application fee.

Essay Topics ('15 - '16)

There were no essay prompts in the secondary application for the 2015-2016 cycle, just an application fee.

Essay Topics ('14 - '15)

No Secondary Essay!

Essay Topics ('13 - '14)

No Secondary Essay!