Secondary Essay Prompts for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

2019 – 2020

  • What do you see as the most likely practice scenario for your future medical career?Private Practice
    • Academic Medicine
    • Public Health
    • Health Care Administration
    • Health Policy
    • Other
  • (1000 characters) Describe the knowledge, skills, and attributes you have developed in preparation for the career path you have chosen in the previous question.
  • (OPTIONAL, 1000 characters). The USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations program aims to support the educational development of medical students by providing opportunities for academic endeavors in areas of special interest. This program facilitates self-directed learning, enhances interactions between students and fosters relationships between students and faculty. Scholarly concentrations provide a forum where diversity of ideas and perspectives are valued. Each concentration includes elements of course work, practical application and scholarly presentation. Please review our Scholarly Concentrations website to determine which concentration would be of interest to you and answer the following question: a. How would the USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations Program help your personal career goals?
  • (2000 characters) The University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine strives to educate a very diverse set of students who bring a variety of strengths and interests to the field of medicine. The definition of diversity is broad and includes (but is not limited to) lifestyle, race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status and distance traveled through life. The definition of strength is also broad and includes (but not limited to) humanism, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, research and leadership. How do you feel your particular experiences, interests, and passions will add to the strength and diversity of the USF class and ultimately to the field of medicine?
  • (2000 characters) If you have experienced academic difficulties, please explain the situation and how it was resolved. (Please explain all grades less than a “B”, including B-, or any “withdrawal” on your transcripts).
  • (1000 characters) If you have chosen the program SELECT or BOTH, please explain how your experiences and career goals match with the mission of the SELECT program. (MD SELECT Program | USF Health)

USF Secondary Application Deadline

USF Admissions Decisions Timeline

  • As per the USF website: “Acceptances are offered on a “rolling” basis from mid-October to May.”

2018 – 2019

  1. What do you see as the most likely practice scenario for your future medical career?
  2. Please choose the single answer that best describes your career goals:
    1. Private Practice
    2. Academic Medicine
    3. Public Health
    4. Health Care Administration
    5. Health Policy
    6. Other
  3. b. Describe the knowledge, skills, and attributes you have developed in preparation for the career path you have chosen in question 4a. (2000 Characters)
  4. (Optional) The USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations program aims to support the educational development of medical students by providing opportunities for academic endeavors in areas of special interest. This program facilitates self-directed learning, enhances interactions between students and fosters relationships between students and faculty. Scholarly concentrations provide a forum where diversity of ideas and perspectives are valued. Each concentration includes elements of course work, practical application and scholarly presentation.
  5. Please review our Scholarly Concentrations website to determine which concentration would be of interest to you and answer the following question. (Scholarly Concentrations Program | USF Health)
  6. a. How would the USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations Program help your personal career goals? (2000 characters)
  7. The University of South Florida, College of Medicine strives to educate a very diverse set of students who bring a variety of strengths and interests to the field of medicine. The definition of diversity is broad and includes (but is not limited to) lifestyle, race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status and distance traveled through life. The definition of strength is also broad and includes (but not limited to) humanism, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, research and leadership. How do you feel your particular experiences, interests, and passions will add to the strength and diversity of the USF class and ultimately to the field of medicine?(2000 characters)
  8. Describe your ideas about how the medical profession can best respond to disparities in healthcare (2000 characters)
  9. If you have experienced academic difficulties, please explain the situation and how it was resolved. (Please explain all grades less than a “B” (including B-) or any “withdrawal” on your transcripts). (2000 characters)

There are also various questions about participating in SMPs or Post Baccs, crimes, and IAs that you have to answer if applicable. All 2000 characters

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

2017 – 2018

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

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.

2017 – 2018

  1. The University of South Florida, College of Medicine strives to educate a very diverse set of students who bring a variety of strengths and interests to the field of medicine. The definition of diversity is broad and includes (but is not limited to) lifestyle, race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status and distance traveled through life. The definition of strength is also broad and includes (but not limited to) humanism, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, research and leadership. How do you feel your particular experiences, interests, and passions will add to the strength and diversity of the USF class and ultimately to the field of medicine?
  2. Describe your ideas about how the medical profession can best respond to disparities in healthcare.
  3. If you have experienced academic difficulties, please explain the situation and how it was resolved. (Please explain all grades less than a “B” (including B-) or any “withdrawal” on your transcripts).
  4. What do you see as the most likely practice scenario for your future medical career?
    1. Please choose the single answer that best describes your career goals:
      1. Private Practice
      2. Academic Medicine
      3. Public Health
      4. Health Care Administration
      5. Health Policy
      6. Other
    2. Describe the knowledge, skills, and attributes you have developed in preparation for the career path you have chosen in question 4a.

2000 character count

OPTIONAL: The USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations program aims to support the educational development of medical students by providing opportunities for academic endeavors in areas of special interest. This program facilitates self-directed learning, enhances interactions between students and fosters relationships between students and faculty. Scholarly concentrations provide a forum where diversity of ideas and perspectives are valued. Each concentration includes elements of course work, practical application and scholarly presentation.

Please review our Scholarly Concentrations website to determine which concentration would be of interest to you and answer the following question. (Scholarly Concentrations Program | USF Health)

  1. How would the USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations Program help your personal career goals? 2000 character count

2000 character count for these as well

2016 – 2017

  1. What do you see as the most likely practice scenario for your future medical career
    1. Please choose the single answer that best describes your career goals:
      1. Private Practice
      2. Academic Medicine
      3. Public Health
      4. Health Care Administration
      5. Health Policy
      6. Other
    2. Describe the knowledge, skills, and attributes you have developed in preparation for the career path you have chosen in the previous question. (2000 character count)
  1. The USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations program aims to support the educational development of medical students by providing opportunities for academic endeavors in areas of special interest. This program facilitates self-directed learning, enhances interactions between students and fosters relationships between students and faculty. Scholarly concentrations provide a forum where diversity of ideas and perspectives are valued. Each concentration includes elements of course work, practical application and scholarly presentation.
  2. Please review our Scholarly Concentrations website to determine which concentration would be of interest to you and answer the following question. (http://health.usf.edu/medicine/mdprogram/scp/index.htm)
    How would the USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Scholarly Concentrations Program help your personal career goals?(2000 character count)
  1. The University of South Florida, College of Medicine strives to educate a very diverse set of students who bring a variety of strengths and interests to the field of medicine. The definition of diversity is broad and includes (but is not limited to) lifestyle, race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status and distance traveled through life. The definition of strength is also broad and includes (but not limited to) humanism, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, research and leadership. How do you feel your particular experiences, interests, and passions will add to the strength and diversity of the USF class and ultimately to the field of medicine? (2000 character count)
    1. Describe your ideas about how the medical profession can best respond to disparities in healthcare. (2000 character count)
    2. Please describe your disadvantaged circumstances and/or life obstacles and how they affected your academic performance (positively and/or negatively). Please be specific. (2000 character count) (Optional)
    3. If you have experienced academic difficulties, please explain the situation and how it was resolved. (Please explain all grades less than a “B” (including B-) or any “withdrawal” on your transcripts). (2000 character count)

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

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Secondary Essay

USF Health Morsani 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.

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Admissions Requirements

2017-2018 Accepted Student Data
Median GPA = 3.72
Median MCAT = 516
Applications = 6359
Interviewed = 573
Matriculated = 172

Learn more about this school:

USF-Morsani-Core
Office of Admissions/MDC-3
Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, FL 33612-4799 USA

(813) 974-2229

(813) 974-4990
Medical School Website

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