Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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?