Essay Topics ('22 – '23)

No secondary questions for the 2021–2022 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)

No secondary questions for the 2021–2022 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('20 – '21)

No secondary questions for the 2020–2021 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)

1. An autobiographical statement which should include (250 word limit): the origin and development of your motivation to be a physician, your prior experiences in health care, steps taken to explore a career in medicine, your eventual goals as a physician, personal attributes that would make you a good physician. Please do not repeat what you wrote in your AMCAS Personal Comments (this will already be on file with our office). If you have already covered all of the above topics in your AMCAS application, use this space to let the Admissions Committee know who you are in addition to being someone who wants to be a physician.

2. How have your experiences prepared you to be a physician? (250 words)

3. What perspectives or experiences do you bring that would enrich the class? (250 words)

4. What obstacles have you experienced and how have you overcome them? (250 words)

5. How have societal inequities in the U.S. affected you or patients you have worked with? (250 words)

6. For re-applicants: From your most recent application until now, how have you strengthened your application? (250 words)

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)

There were no essay prompts in the secondary application for the 2018-2019 cycle

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Essay Topics ('17 – '18)

No Essay Topics

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Essay Topics ('16 – '17)

No Essay Topics

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Essay Topics ('15 – '16)

No Essay Topics

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Essay Topics ('14 – '15)

No Essay Topics

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Essay Topics ('13 – '14)

No Essay Topics