Essay Topics ('23 – '24)‍

OSTEOPATHIC KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES, AND/OR RELATIONSHIPS

Please address each topic in a separate paragraph:1) What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (2,000 character limit including spaces)

ACADEMIC HISTORY

A. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why. Community colleges are not needed. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

B. If applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS application. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know.(1,000 character limit including spaces)

ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS (Optional)

An additional evaluation letter may be submitted directly to UNTHSC Office of Admissions by the evaluator. A letter from an osteopathic physician is highly recommended. Please indicate the name of the evaluator and whether or not they are a D.O.

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

-Did you live in a single parent household? If yes, number of years/months:

Number of Years:

Number of Months:

-Do you consider yourself financially disadvantaged?If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

-Do you consider yourself educationally disadvantaged?If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

OPTIONAL ESSAY

‍One of the values of the University of North Texas System is Courageous Integrity which means one should model exceptional standards and act in the best interest of our community. These behaviors include:

- Build trust through consistent actions that are honest, transparent, and authentic

- Provide, accept, and support open and constructive feedback

- Hold yourself and others accountable for decisions, behaviors, actions, and results

Please select a specific instance where you have demonstrated Courageous Integrity and describe how this is indicative of your character (2,000 character limit)

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Essay Topics ('22 – '23)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (2,000 characters)

2. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why. Community colleges are not needed. (1,000 characters)

3. If applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS application. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know.(1,000 characters)

4. Did you live in a single parent household?

If yes, number of years/months:

5. Do you consider yourself financially disadvantaged?

If yes, please explain.(1,000 characters)

6. Do you consider yourself educationally disadvantaged?

If yes, please explain. (1,000 characters)

7. One of the values of the University of North Texas Health Science Center is Integrity (uphold the highest ethical standards) which can be described as someone who:

- does what is right, not just what is easy, even if no one is looking

- conducts themselves with honesty, trustworthiness and dependability

- is transparent in actions

- owns, corrects and learns from successes and failures

8. Please select a specific instance where you have demonstrated Integrity and describe how this is indicative of your character (2,000 characters).

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (2,000 character limit including spaces)

2. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why. Community colleges are not needed. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

3. If applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS application. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

4. Do you consider yourself financially disadvantaged? If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

5. Do you consider yourself educationally disadvantaged? If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. One of the values of the University of North Texas Health Science Center is Integrity (uphold the highest ethical standards) which can be described as someone who: does what is right, not just what is easy, even if no one is looking; conducts themselves with honesty, trustworthiness and dependability; is transparent in actions; owns, corrects and learns from successes and failures. Please select a specific instance where you have demonstrated Integrity and describe how this is indicative of your character (2,000 character limit)

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‍Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (2,000 character limit including spaces)

2. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why. Community colleges are not needed. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

3. If applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS application. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

4. Do you consider yourself financially disadvantaged? If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

5. Do you consider yourself educationally disadvantaged? If yes, please explain. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

6. One of the values of the University of North Texas Health Science Center is Integrity (uphold the highest ethical standards) which can be described as someone who: does what is right, not just what is easy, even if no one is looking, conducts themselves with honesty, trustworthiness and dependability, is transparent in actions, owns, corrects and learns from successes and failures.

Please select a specific instance where you have demonstrated Integrity and describe how this is indicative of your character (2,000 character limit).

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (2,000 character limit including spaces)

2. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why. Community colleges are not needed. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

3.f applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS application. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know. (1,000 character limit including spaces)

4. Do you consider yourself financially disadvantaged?

5. Do you consider yourself educationally disadvantaged?

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. Please provide an example where you may have demonstrated one of the following: Leadership over a project that involved interaction with people outside your organization, Developed a plan to work through a specific situation where your ethics or moral code was challenged, Ability to improve by developing and executing a plan to succeed in an endeavor after previously being unsuccessful

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (1,000 character limit).

2. Please describe your most meaningful health-related experience. (1,000 character limit).

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Essay Topics ('17 – '18)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (1000 ch max)

2. Please describe your most meaningful health-related experience. (1000 ch max)

3. If you attended more than two colleges/universities, explain why.

4. If applicable, please update the information contained on your TMDSAS app. Indicate any additional grades earned, alterations in your proposed coursework or graduation date, additions to your extracurricular activities, name change, or anything else you feel the Admissions Committee should know.

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. TCOM seeks applicants who also have exceptional skills outside of academic performance. Please provide an example where you may have demonstrated one of the following (2000 ch limit)

a. Leadership over a project that involved interaction with people outside your organization

b. Developed a plan to work through a specific situation where your ethics or moral code was challenged

c. Ability to improve by developing and executing a plan to succeed in an endeavor after previously being unsuccessful

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Essay Topics ('16 – '17)‍

1. What experiences and/or relationships have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? (1,000 character limit).

2. Please describe your most meaningful health-related experience. (1,000 character limit).

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. TCOM seeks applicants who also have exceptional skills outside of academic performance. Please provide an example where you may have demonstrated one of the following:

a. Leadership over a project that involved interaction with people outside your organization

b. Developed a plan to work through a specific situation where your ethics or moral code was challenged

c. Ability to improve by developing and executing a plan to succeed in an endeavor after previously being unsuccessful

Be sure to indicate which characteristic you would like to address at the beginning of your response (2,000 character limit).