Secondary Essay Prompts for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN.

2019 – 2020

  • Write a brief autobiography. As completely and precisely as possible, give a picture of yourself, your family, and events you consider important to you. In doing so, identify the values that are of greatest importance to you. If you have completed your undergraduate education, please comment on what you have done or have been doing since graduation. (1200 words)
  • Please discuss a challenging situation or obstacle you have faced in the past. Why was it challenging? How did you handle it? Knowing what you know now, would you do anything differently? What did you learn? (500 words)
  • An additional section for MD-PhD applicants to list pubs, presentations, and abstracts.

2016 – 2017

  • Autobiography: Write a brief autobiography. As completely and precisely as possible, give a picture of yourself, your family, and events you consider important to you. In doing so, identify the values that are of greatest importance to you. If you have completed your undergraduate education, please comment on what you have done or have been doing since graduation. (1200 words)
  • Challenge: Please discuss a challenging situation or obstacle you have faced in the past. Why was it challenging? How did you handle it? Knowing what you know now, would you do anything differently? What did you learn? (500 words)

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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Essay

Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

2017 – 2018

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

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Admissions Requirements

2017-2018 Accepted Student Data
Median GPA = 3.91
Median MCAT = 521
Applications = 6337
Interviewed = 587
Matriculated = 99

Learn more about this school:

Vanderbilt University SOM
Office of Enrollment Services
Light Hall 303
Nashville, TN 37232 USA
(615) 322-2145
(615) 322-2312

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