Secondary Essay Prompts for the Florida State University College of Medicine

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, FL.

2019 – 2020

  • Travel: Indicate your significant travel experiences and include the circumstances.
  • Fun and Diversion: Indicate what you do for fun and diversion (hobbies, special interests, etc.)
  • Miscellaneous: Identify any other traits, habits, experiences, interests, etc., that a professor advisor would not normally learn about you.
  • Parents: Please provide a brief description of your parents
  • Siblings: Please provide a brief description of your siblings.
  • Practice Vision: In what field of medicine do you envision yourself working ten years from now?
  • ACT/SAT Scores (if any): Please enter your ACT and SAT scores if you have taken these exams.

2018 – 2019

Please limit your answers to 500 words per question. 7 records updated!

Travel

Indicate your significant travel experiences and include the circumstances.

Fun And Diversion

Indicate what you do for fun and diversion (hobbies, special interests, etc.)

Miscellaneous

Identify any other traits, habits, experiences, interests, etc., that a professor or advisor would not normally learn about you.

Parents

For both mother and father, give the following:

  • Where they were raised
  • 4-5 traits that would describe him/her to a stranger
  • Traits you get from him/her
  • Your rapport with him/her
  • His/her hobbies or interests

Siblings

Give names, ages and a few brief comments about your brothers and sisters.

Practice Vision

In what field of medicine do you envision yourself working ten years from now?

ACT/SAT Scores (if any)

Please enter your ACT and SAT scores if you have taken these tests.

Please limit your answers to 500 words per question.

Write a critical analysis of your personal and scholastic qualifications for the study of medicine and the realization of your professional ambitions.

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Florida State University College of Medicine.

2017 – 2018

  • The Florida State University College 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 Florida State University College 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 Florida State University College of Medicine and how do you think your education at Florida State University College of Medicine will prepare you to become a physician for the future? (1 page, formatted at your discretion, upload as PDF)

2016 – 2017

Travel

  1. Indicate your significant travel experiences and include the circumstances.
    Fun and Diversion

Indicate what you do for fun and diversion (hobbies, special interests, etc.)

Siblings

  1. Give names, ages and a few brief comments about your brothers and sisters.

Practice Vision

  1. In what field of medicine do you envision yourself working ten years from now?

ACT/SAT Scores (if any)

  1. Please enter your ACT and SAT scores if you have taken these tests.

    Self-Critical Essay

  2. Write a critical analysis of your personal and scholastic qualifications for the study of medicine and the realization of your professional ambitions.

Miscellaneous

  1. Identify any other traits, habits, experiences, interests, etc., that a professor or advisor would not normally learn about you.
    Parents
  2. For both mother and father, give the following:
    Where they were raised

    1. 4-5 traits that would describe him/her to a stranger
    2. Traits you get from him/her
    3. Your rapport with him/her
    4. His/her hobbies or interests

*Please limit your answers to 500 words per question.

Secondary essay webcast with Dr. Jessica Freedman, founder and president of MedEdits Medical Admissions.  Read more about Dr. Freedman.

Florida State University College of Medicine Secondary Essay

Florida State University College of Medicine

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.

Florida State University College of Medicine Admissions Requirements

2017-2018 Accepted Student Data
Median GPA = 3.76
Median MCAT = 506
Applications = 5866
Interviewed = 280
Matriculated = 120

Learn more about this school:

FSU-Tallahassee
Division of Student Affairs and Admissions
1115 West Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300 USA

(850) 644-7904

(850) 645-2846

Secondary Essay Prompts for Other Schools

 

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IndianaIndiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
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