Secondary Essay Prompts – 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.

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.