Secondary Essay Prompts for the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in Portland, OR.

2019 – 2020

  • What experience have you had that has given you insight into the patients you hope to eventually serve?
  • Other than work-life balance, what will be your greatest challenge in becoming a physician?
  • Discuss a time in your life that demonstrated your resilience.
  • Please describe your path through the OHSU UME Admissions Recommended Premedical Competencies, with special attention to experiences that are not reflected in your transcript. Do not include specific grades or test scores in your response.
  • Give an example of personal feedback in the last few years that was difficult to receive. How did you respond?
  • Please discuss how your personal experience demonstrates the ability to overcome adversity and contributes to diversity in the provision of healthcare. Please include any insight into the diversity that you would bring to OHSU School of Medicine and the profession of medicine in the context of OHSU’s definition of diversity: Diversity at OHSU requires creating and sustaining a community of inclusion. We honor, respect, embrace and value the unique contributions and perspectives of all employees, patients, students, volunteers and our local and global communities. Diversity may include age, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We respect diversity of thought, ideas and more. Diversity maximizes our true potential for creativity, innovation, quality patient care, educational excellence and outstanding service.

2016-2017

  1. What experience have you had that has given you insight into the patients you hope to eventually serve? Please limit to 1500 characters.
  2. What will be your greatest challenge in becoming a physician? Please limit to 1500 characters.
  3. Give an example of a time when you tried your best to work with a person or a group but the problems still remained. What did you learn from the experience? Please limit to 1500 characters.
  4. Describe a time when you did not receive what you felt you deserved, and how you reacted. Please limit to 1500 characters.
  5. Give an example of personal feedback in the last few years that was difficult to receive. How did you respond? Please limit to 1500 characters.
  6. Please discuss the diversity that you would bring to the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and the profession of medicine. Please limit to 2000 characters.
  7. Optional
    • Explain your adversity in: Economic, Educational, Cultural, Family. Please limit to 4000 characters.

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Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Secondary Essay

Oregon Health & Science University School 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.

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine.

2017 – 2018

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

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Admissions Requirements

2017-2018 Accepted Student Data
Median GPA = 3.76
Median MCAT = 511
Applications = 6305
Interviewed = 570
Matriculated = 160

Learn more about this school:

Oregon Health & Science SOM
Oregon Health & Science University
Office of Admissions
2730 SW Moody Avenue
Portland, OR 97239 USA
(503) 494-2998
(503) 494-3400

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