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Describe yourself (1000 characters).
Please explain any inconsistencies in your university, graduate, or professional school academic performance and/or MCAT scores. If the question does not apply to you, please put N/A in the box provided (1000 characters).
Has your college or university, graduate or professional school attendance been interrupted for any reason? If yes, please explain. Also, please explain any extended gaps in activity/employment in your post-graduate history. If the question does not apply to you, please put N/A in the box provided. (1000 characters)
Please describe your personal experiences with the structural and social determinants of health in your life and community, how they shaped your engagement with medicine and your future ideas for doctoring (1000 characters).
Tell us about a community with which you identify and how you are involved with it (1000 characters).
Is there anything else you would like the admissions committee to know when reviewing your application? If so, please use the space provided (1000 characters).
In the 'Work and Activities' section on your AMCAS application, you provided the following list of experiences. Please select the experience that you feel has been the most meaningful in influencing your desire to pursue a career in medicine, explain why, and also describe what aspect of that experience best equips you to make an impact in the medical profession. Describe what aspect of that experience best equips you to make an impact in the medical profession. (1000 characters)
What unique life experiences, personal attributes and/or perspectives will you bring as
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Please use this space to tell us anything about yourself that you would like us to know.
If you have an Undergraduate Pre-Professional Advisory Committee...please tell us why not
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Describe how AWSOM's mission and values align with your personal and professional goals.
What unique qualities or individual lived experiences do you possess that make you uniquely suited to become a physician?
Describe your experiences engaging in the community, and how those experiences have prepared you for a future as a physician.
How do you cultivate a relationship with a person who may be very different from you?
How do you practice whole health in your personal life, and how do you aspire to incorporate whole health principles when caring for the community?
If you are taking time off between college graduation and medical school matriculation, please tell us why.
Is there any additional information not included elsewhere in your application you would like the admissions committee to know?
Which trait do you think you embody most and how will that be valuable to patient care?
Which trait might you need to improve upon? How will you improve in this area and how will this be of value in your role as a physician?
Describe any personal qualities and/or lived experiences that add context to your application that shape who you are as an individual and aspiring healthcare leader.
Lifelong learning and intellectual curiosity are essential for continued professional development and growth. Please share an example of intellectual exploration you are passionate about and your approach to exploring this area.
Share a non-academic failure you've experienced. How did you handle it, what did you learn, and how do you generally approach life's challenges?
The mission of the Arizona State University's School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering is to transform healthcare delivery, produce healthcare leaders, and address health challenges facing Arizona and beyond, by integrating medicine, engineering, technology, and the humanities. Please describe the role(s) you would like to play in helping ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering to achieve its mission.
Please share any additional information that you wish the Admissions Committee to know. Essays can focus on your current activities if you are not currently pursuing a degree, your connection to ASU or the greater Phoenix area, any academic disruptions you would like to clarify, or other information that provides insight on your candidacy.
What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that has prepared you for this career path? (Select up to two areas of interest: Clinical Research, Healthcare/disparities/medical underserved communities, Academic Medicine, Community Health, Simulation in medical education, Health systems science, Telehealth, Advocacy)
Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If no, please explain the activities/careers you have pursued between college and this application.
Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors or other information you feel would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, prevailing over adversity.
At FCoM, our mission, vision, and values shape our purpose, set our aspirations, and inform our decisions. Please select which value you find most energizing and why. Discuss how this value has impacted your life.
Our curriculum centers around a whole-person approach to healing in a community of service-learning, inspired by the love and grace of Christ. Discuss how your spiritual experiences, faith, or personal beliefs have influenced your life and your decision to pursue medicine as a career.
As a newer medical school, our students will help shape a new culture and build lasting community. Reflect on a time when you embraced ambiguity, sharing specific examples where you contributed to creating a culture of growth, collaboration, and adaptability.
Describe the changes to your application from previous cycles – include developments to your academics, experiences, and/or personal attributes.
Do you hope to attend medical school immediately after earning your undergraduate degree? If no, describe how you've spent your time leading up to applying to medical school.
Provide a timeline or narrative highlighting any notable aspects of your educational journey that you believe are especially relevant or significant to us better understanding who you are.
Why BU Chobanian & Avedisian SOM? Boston Medical Center is the largest safety net hospital in New England, serving primarily people who are publicly insured, people of color, immigrants, and low-income people in the Greater Boston Area. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment?
Use this space to provide any additional information you feel will provide us with a comprehensive understanding of your strengths as a candidate for a career in medicine. Do not include information already provided in your AMCAS application or other sections of the supplemental application. Most students leave this blank.
Describe the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to the Brody School of Medicine.
At the Brody School of Medicine, our mission places a strong emphasis on serving the community—both within Brody and throughout Eastern North Carolina and the state. Can you describe a meaningful experience from your past that reflects your commitment to service, and how it shaped your understanding of its importance in healthcare?
Can you describe any interactions or experiences you've had with individuals from rural communities? In what ways have these experiences influenced your understanding of the unique challenges and needs they face?
Describe your future career goal(s) including your specialty(ies) of interest and the location where you hope to practice. How do you envision using the specialty(ies) you listed to advance the mission of Brody?
Why have you chosen to apply to CNUCOM?
Did you have a Pre-Health Advisor at your undergraduate institution? If so, please tell us about your experience. How did it help you in your journey to to apply to medical school? If not, please let us know how you worked independently to find out more about applying to medical school and the path of your journey to apply?
In which direction would you like to see healthcare progress over the next decade?
If your education has not been continuous since high school, please explain why. Examples of discontinuities include time taken off while obtaining your undergraduate degree, in addition to gap years.
If you have previously applied to medical school, what have you accomplished since that time that would warrant your admission now?
Is there anything you would like the Admissions Committee to know that is not reflected elsewhere in your application?
How do you feel about standardized tests? How did you prepare for the MCAT? What tools or preparatory courses/material did you use and how did you study? Do you feel like your score reflects how you will perform in medical school? From what you have learned, do you think it will help you in the way you will study or prepare for USMLE exams?
Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class?
Describe the last time you were criticized by a peer or supervisor. How did you handle it?
Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with. Why was this person difficult? How did you handle that person?
What would be the best example that shows you are a person of integrity?
If given the opportunity to attend medical school, where would you see yourself in ten years?
If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (If not applicable, please enter N/A in the box below)
Show Us - How have you changed the lives of others? What have you experienced that has fostered a deep sense of compassion?
Show Us - How have you explored new interests, cultures, or people? Have you identified a need and taken the initiative to respond to that need?
Show Us - What are the ways you demonstrate you have an active mind? What innovative solutions have you employed in your work, healthcare, or hobbies?
Create an abstract-style narrative describing the impact of the experiences you included in your portfolio artifacts and how they have shaped your understanding of and connection to the Carle Illinois values of Compassion, Curiosity, and Creativity.
The Admissions Committee is interested in gaining more insight into you as a person. Please describe a significant personal challenge you have faced that helped shape you as a person. Examples may include a moral or ethical dilemma, a situation of personal adversity, or a hurdle in your life that you worked hard to overcome. Please include how you got through the experience and what you learned about yourself as a result.
Describe an experience (or experiences) that changed how you understand the relationship between a person's health and the conditions of their life.
If applicable, please reflect on the time you are taking between college graduation and medical school matriculation, including why you chose to take a gap/growth year(s) and what you will be doing or have done during this time.
Is there any further information that you wish to share with the Admissions Committee that may not be captured in the rest of your application?
Describe your motivation for applying to the CMU College of Medicine and your future career in medicine. Finally, describe how your preparation and background will contribute to the mission of the CMU College of Medicine.
If you have applied to any medical school in previous cycles, what have you done since your last application to prepare yourself for a career in medicine? If you have not applied to medical school previously, write 'N/A' in the box.
If you have lived in a MI county, Please provide a brief summary of your affiliation with any County selected
Describe what activities you have engaged in since degree completion.
The university's vision statement is 'Excellent health and wellness for all in a world without health disparities'. Describe how you envision yourself contributing to the CDU vision statement.
Describe your commitment to transforming the health of diverse and underserved communities.
Detail the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to the CDU MD Program.
Please describe a personal experience in which you have encountered discrimination.
How will you utilize your medical knowledge and skills to contribute positively to your community after completing medical school?
Have you participated in any CDU programs (pipeline, degree, community, research, etc.)? If yes: Please list the CDU program(s).
How did you hear about our the CDU COM program?
How will you use your life experience with poverty and housing insecurity as a physician?
If you are reapplying, please describe any new experiences, achievements, or developments since your last application. How have these contributed to your personal, academic, or professional growth?
What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine, and how have your personal experiences...
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Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback...
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Describe an experience where you helped someone who was going through a difficult time...
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Is there anything about yourself that you feel self-conscious about?...
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What are two causes or activities you are most passionate about?...
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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science continuously strives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
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Did you work for compensation during college (either during the school year or summers)? If so, what did you do? How many hours a week did you work?
If you have graduated from college, please briefly summarize what you have done in the interim.
Please describe your most meaningful leadership positions.
Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons values diversity in all its forms. How will your experiences contribute to this important focus of our institution and inform your future role as a physician?
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Please describe your anticipated educational, employment, volunteer, or other activities between completing your AMCAS application and matriculating to medical school
Tell us about something that makes you a unique applicant to CMSRU. How will CMSRU help you fulfill your mission?
Medical school involves hard work and can be stressful at times. Tell us about activities that you use to help maintain a work-life balance and respond to stress.
Please share with us something unique about your pathway to medical school, including any obstacles you may have faced.
Please state your reasons for applying to Creighton University School of Medicine.
Using an example or examples, describe the effect that your experience(s) engaging with disadvantaged and/or underserved populations have had on you own growth and development. Reflect on how this/these experience(s) will impact your career as a future physician.
Describe how you have dealt with a personal challenge or major obstacle that you have overcome. Focus on what you learned about yourself and how it will help you during the challenges you might face in medical school.
Medicine requires individuals to uphold professional standards even in difficult situations. Describe a personal experience that influenced your understanding of professionalism and explain how it will guide your conduct in medical school.
Please reflect on your entire application, is there anything you would like to further share with the Admissions Committee? Gap(s) in your education, personal and/or academic challenges, etc.
Please describe your current activities/employment if you are not currently enrolled as a fulltime student.
"Women and Men for and with Others" is a fundamental Jesuit value...Reflect on a meaningful service experience or community engagement activity that shaped your understanding of serving others.
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Explain why the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is a good fit for your medical education journey?
The School of Medicine, in a culture of community, scholarship and innovation, is dedicated to inspiring diverse, promising students to lead and transform medicine for the betterment of humanity. How do you feel you would contribute to the Zucker School of Medicine's mission and values and where do you see this taking you in the future?
Tell us about yourself and why you feel like you may be a good fit for Drexel University College of Medicine.
We recognize that each applicant's journey is unique. If there were any extenuating circumstances that limited your involvement in service, academic, or other preparatory experiences—including MCAT preparation/taking—please share them here. If none, simply type 'N/A' in the response area.
If you have applied to medical school before, reflect on any meaningful experiences, growth, or updates that you feel have enhanced your application since the last time you applied. If this is your first application cycle, simply type 'N/A' in the response area.
Share with us your story. This is your opportunity to allow us to know how you wish to be addressed, recognized, and treated.
Trust and rapport are essential in your day-to-day interactions with people. How do you cultivate a relationship with a person who may be very different from you?
Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who was different from you or for a cause or idea that was different from yours. Define your view of advocacy. What risks, if any, might be associated with your choice to be an advocate?
Not achieving a goal or one's desire can sometimes be disheartening. What have you discovered from your setbacks and disappointments and how does this translate to your current way of thinking?
What do you value most as a leader and as a contributor? What attributes do you possess as a leader and as a team member and how do you apply them on a daily basis?
Critical thinking involves a number of characteristics. Research experience enhances critical analysis skills. Describe any research experience or similar experience in which you utilized critical thinking. How will critical thinking be important in your future career?
Potential sources of health inequities exist. Duke's Moments to Movement (M2M) is a collective stand to address these issues. Discuss your experience with disparities in health, health care and society.
Drawing from your clinical experiences, how have you fostered a connection with people?
Please let us know any additional information that you would like us to consider while reviewing your application.
Why have you chosen to apply to Quillen College of Medicine? How do your personal and professional goals align with Quillen's mission and values?
Briefly describe your exposure to medicine.
What do you think you will like best about being a physician?
What do you think you will like least about being a physician?
Describe yourself and your medical career as you see it ten years from now.
Please indicate your reasons for applying to VHS-EVMS at ODU.
Optional prompt regarding personal experience or ties to diverse communities (e.g. race/ethnicity, culture, LGBTQ+, differently-abled/disabled).
Optional prompt addressing how individual circumstances, barriers, or discrimination have affected your education and medical school application journey.
List your entire curriculum plan for the 2025-2026 academic year. If you are not in school, please briefly describe your plans for the coming year
Briefly describe your health-related experiences. Be sure to include important experiences that are in your AMCAS application, as well as any recent experiences
Briefly describe your interest in Emory and the Emory degree program you have selected
Please describe any of your activities that have been in service to under-served communities
If you have any updates or new information to report since you have submitted your AMCAS primary application, please briefly describe below
Medicine and Officership are time-honored professions that unite at 'America's Medical School' in rewarding and challenging ways. What are your thoughts and impressions about serving as a uniformed medical corps officer, and why do you want to pursue this career path?
The Uniformed Services University features a unique curriculum that prepares students to care for those in harm's way. Please describe what in your research about our school and its values attracts you to our institution's mission and approach.
Physicians, military physicians in particular, often navigate situations that are uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Describe a time when you faced a challenging situation that required you to adapt in the face of uncertainty. What did you learn from the experience, and how do you think you will apply what you learned as an aspiring military physician?
You may use this field to enter any information that you would like to share that was not provided on your AMCAS application.
Will you be enrolled as a student this year? Whether or not you will be a full-time student, please provide details of your activities/employment for the application year.
Describe why you would like to attend the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU. What values, skills, talents, and life experiences would you contribute to our community?
Describe a time when you demonstrated leadership by guiding a group or organization toward a shared goal.
If you are a reapplicant for medical school, please share examples of personal or professional experiences that you believe have strengthened your application.
Please explain what you have been doing, or will be doing since graduation prior to your planned matriculation to medical school.
Describe how your experiences and background have influenced the way you approach patient care and communication.
Why did you choose to apply to FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine?
Describe a time you put another person's needs before your own. What did you do, and what motivated your actions?
Describe a meaningful clinical or hands-on care experience. What did it teach you about the realities of patient care?
Use this area to explain any exception to the prerequisites at your institution.
Is there any additional information about your academic record that you would like the Admissions Committee to know?
Please provide a description of your family.
Tell us what you do for fun and diversion (hobbies, special interests, etc.).
If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending...
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Although your interests may change, how do you currently envision your specialty...
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Tell us about your lived experiences that will enable you to provide quality care...
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As a medical student and future physician, you will be faced with many uncertain...
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At Netter SOM, we value service to each other and others in the community...
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Please indicate your plans for the 2025-2026 academic year. If in school, please list your courses.
Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file
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Are there specific aspects of the Geisel School of Medicine that draw you to apply? What are the characteristics and strengths you will bring to our program, and how will you contribute to our community?
Dartmouth values a culture of inquiry and respect and encourages dialogues that harness diversity and openness of thought. Reflect on a situation where you felt different from those around you, or one where your perspective differed from others.
Do you plan to apply for the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program? (Y/N)
List the five most important attributes you believe a physician should possess.
If you have previously applied to medical school, please describe your significant experiences between this year's application and your previous application.
If you selected regional medical campus preferred or regional medical campus only in question 6, please explain in detail...
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Please provide the Admissions Committee with a brief summary of your activities...to account for full-time activity (approx. 30-40 hours/week)...
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What are your specific interests and experiences related to that aspect of the MD Program?
What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced?...
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What is your specific interest in the MD Program at GW?...
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The Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) strives to ensure that its students become respectful physicians, with cultural humility, who embrace all dimensions of caring for the whole person...
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Is there any further information that you would like the Committee on Admissions to be aware of when reviewing your file that you were not able to notate in another section...
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Why have you chosen to apply to the Georgetown University School of Medicine and how do you think your education at Georgetown will prepare you to become a physician for the future?
Why are you interested in attending the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine?
Describe a time when you engaged with a perspective, culture, or experience different from your own. What did you learn, and how did it influence your personal or professional development?
Describe your experience with the field of medicine (or a related field) that has prepared you for advanced study in this area. Specifically, how have your life experiences prepared you to pursue a degree in medicine, including: coursework, clinical work, experiences in overcoming adversity, work opportunity, volunteer activities, and/or research experiences?
Are your parents/guardians Harvard Medical School alumni (MD or MD-PhD) or faculty members?
If you have already graduated, briefly summarize your activities since graduation.
If there is an important aspect of your personal background or identity not addressed elsewhere in the application, that may illuminate how you could contribute to the medical school, and you would like to share it, do so here.
Please indicate any significant (three or more weeks) restriction on your availability for interviews.
Please focus on how your interests, experiences, and aspirations have prepared you for HST (rather than identifying specific HST faculty or research opportunities).
Was your childhood home located in a rural, urban or suburban area?
Have you lived in communities which are medically underserved, or where the majority of the population is economically and/or educationally disadvantaged?
Have you worked (volunteer or paid employment) with medically underserved, economically disadvantaged and/or educationally disadvantaged populations?
After residency, do you plan to practice medicine in an underserved or disadvantaged community?
Please provide below any additional information you believe is important in evaluating your application
Why Howard University College of Medicine?
What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it, and what did you learn from it?
Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address this situation, if at all?
If you are currently not a full time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year.
If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your background not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine.
Briefly describe a specific challenge you faced and how you overcame it. What was your approach, what did you learn from the process, and how do you see those skills translating to a career in medicine?
Describe an interaction that required you to understand or engage with a perspective different from your own. How did you respond and what was the outcome?
Please review the Johns Hopkins Medicine Website. Is there an area of medicine or a particular medical specialty at Johns Hopkins that interests you and why?
Every future physician has a story. What's yours? Share the experience, insight, or connection that first made you see yourself in medicine—and how it continues to shape your path.
What draws you to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine? Reflect on how our mission, culture, and academic community align with your values...highlight specific aspects of both the Hopkins community (academic, research, and/or extracurricular opportunities) and the Baltimore community, particularly the patients and families that we serve.
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Would you like to share any additional information with the Admissions Committee about yourself that cannot be found elsewhere in your application?
During your career as a physician, you will likely encounter obstacles, and be required to overcome challenges. Please describe your experience with a situation that had an unfavorable outcome, including your reaction, how you might have responded differently, and what you learned about yourself.
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is dedicated to graduating courageous leaders who lead change through inquiry and innovation in medical education, the profession, and the healthcare system. How do your values align with this mission?
Lifelong learning is an essential process for continued professional development. This includes reflection and being open and responsive to constructive feedback. Please tell us about an area of intellectual exploration you're passionate about, and your approach to exploring this area.
Drawing from your lived experiences, how do you think knowledge of social determinants of health can be leveraged to address social justice issues within healthcare?
If Applicable: Have you previously applied to medical school? If yes, please describe your accomplishments since you last applied that would promote your acceptance?
What is the most fun you've had lately?
If you had to give yourself a nickname, what would it be?
What are three things you don't care about at all?
Describe a situation in which you didn't get something you felt you deserved.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Why are you interested in the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and how does your background and future goals contribute to our mission?
Briefly discuss how you envision yourself contributing to the care of our growing and diverse population in the state of Nevada.
Briefly discuss how you define professionalism and how you will demonstrate professionalism in the classroom at the Kerkorian School of Medicine and in clinical training settings in our valley.
Provide a BRIEF chronological list of your time since graduating from high school up to the point of applying to medical school. Do not write in essay form here. This should simply be a list by years.
Applicants who are Nevada Connection are strongly encouraged to share more about their tie to Nevada in this essay.
Applicants are welcome to share with the Admissions Committee any disruptions or impacts to your application components, the application process, and/or your personal life that may be relevant to your holistic profile.
If you have any other information you believe is important for the Admissions Committee to consider, please include it here. Do not restate information already in your primary AMCAS application.