Secondary Essay Prompts – Emory University School of Medicine

2017 – 2018

• The Emory School of Medicine strives to ensure that its students become respectful physicians who embrace all dimensions of caring for the whole person. Please describe how your personal characteristics or life experiences will contribute to the Emory School of Medicine community and bring educational benefits to our student body. (1000 characters)
• 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 of this or the AMCAS Application? (1000 characters)
• Why have you chosen to apply to the Emory School of Medicine and how do you think your education at Emory School of Medicine will prepare you to become a physician for the future? (1 page, formatted at your discretion, upload as PDF)
• List your entire curriculum plan for the current academic year. If you are not currently 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.
• What do you consider to be the role of the physician in the community?
• If you have any updates or new information to report since you have submitted your AMCAS primary application, please briefly describe below.
• All 200 words.

• List your entire curriculum plan for the current academic year. If you are not currently 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.
• What do you consider to be the role of the physician in the community?
• If you have any updates or new information to report since you have submitted your AMCAS primary application, please briefly describe below.

All 200 words.

2016 – 2017

• List your entire curriculum plan for the 2015-2016 academic year. If you are not currently in school, please briefly describe your plans for the coming year. (200 Words)
• Briefly describe your health-related experiences. Be sure to include important experiences that are in your AMCAS application, as well as any recent experiences. (200 Words)
• Briefly describe your interest in Emory and the Emory degree program you have selected. (200 Words)
• What do you consider to be the role of the physician in the community? (200 Words)
• If you have any updates or new information to report since you have submitted your AMCAS primary application, please briefly describe below. (200 Words)

Topics covered in this presentation:

• When should I submit my secondary essays?
• Pay attention to the word/character limits.

• Can I recycle secondary essay prompts for multiple schools?
• Identify topics that you left out of your primary application.
• And, much more.