MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAY EXAMPLES ARE A GREAT IDEA TO REVIEW SO THAT YOU CAN TACKLE
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON SECONDARY PROMPTS... THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SECONDARY MEDICAL
SCHOOL APPLICATION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU ARE A GOOD “FIT” WITH THE VALUES OF
THE SCHOOL THAT YOU’RE APPLYING TO... AND TO ASSESS WHAT UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCOMING COHORT... SO WHEN YOU GET TO THAT STAGE IN THE APPLICATION
PROCESS… IT’S HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES TO BASE YOUR ESSAYS ON… AND THIS VIDEO WILL
HELP YOU STRATEGIZE FOR SOME OF THE MOST COMMON SECONDARY ESSAY PROMPTS…
HI! MY NAME IS NATALIE STOBERMAN AND I’M AN ADMISSIONS ASSOCIATE HERE AT BEMO. BEFORE
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IN. IN THIS VIDEO… I’LL DIVE INTO HOW YOU
CAN… - PREPARE YOUR SECONDARIES WITHOUT A PROMPT…
- AND SHARE SOME EXAMPLES OF MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAYS ON DIVERSITY AND CULTURE…
AND ON HOW TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF….
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YOU WATCH UNTIL THE OF THE VIDEO…. I'LL REVEAL SOME STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP YOU
ACE YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAYS… SO, LET’S GET STARTED!
PREPARING YOUR SECONDARIES WITHOUT THE PROMPT SECONDARY ESSAYS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO PLAN
AND EXECUTE… BECAUSE YOU USUALLY HAVE A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME TO PREPARE THEM. WHILE
YOU CAN TAKE TIME TO WRITE YOUR PRIMARY APPLICATION ESSAYS... YOUR SECONDARY ESSAYS SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE INVITATION TO COMPLETE THEM...
BE AWARE THAT SOME SCHOOLS GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR SECONDARIES, SO BE
SURE TO FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS… THESE TIGHT DEADLINES MAKE MANY STUDENTS WONDER
WHETHER THEY CAN BEGIN PREPARING THEIR SECONDARY ESSAYS BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THE EXACT PROMPTS...
SO I’M HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME TIPS THAT WILL HELP YOU ORGANIZE YOUR TIME AND MAXIMIZE YOUR
CHANCES FOR SUCCESS. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
IF YOU CHECK OUT OUR BLOG FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAY PROMPTS…
WHICH YOU CAN FIND THE LINK FOR IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIDEO... YOU CAN PULL OUT COMMON THEMES
FOR THE SCHOOLS YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO... ONCE YOU’VE FOUND THE SCHOOL
YOU’RE INTERESTED IN… THEN CREATE AN ESSAY OUTLINE OR ROUGH COPY THAT ADDRESSES EACH
OF THESE THEMES... THOUGH SCHOOLS MAY CHANGE THEIR PROMPTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR... PRE-PLANNING
AT LEAST SOME OF YOUR ESSAYS WILL MAKE YOU MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WITH YOUR WRITING… WHICH
SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO CREATE CONSISTENTLY WELL THOUGHT OUT ESSAYS...
EVEN IF THE PROMPTS DO CHANGE, THE THEMES OFTEN REMAIN PRETTY SIMILAR. THIS MEANS THAT
YOU CAN PRE-DRAFT ESSAYS BASED ON COMMON THEMES THAT TEND TO RECUR IN SECONDARY ESSAYS...
IF YOU PLAN ON TAKING THIS ROUTE, MAKE SURE THAT EACH EXAMPLE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE PROMPT
AND ADDRESSES THE QUESTION BEFORE USING IT... MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAY EXAMPLE: DIVERSITY
AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE PROMPT THESE TYPES OF PROMPTS ARE MEANT TO INVESTIGATE
WHETHER YOU WOULD BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL COHORT... THIS IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO DESCRIBE SOME PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES THAT WOULD ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
FOR YOUR POTENTIAL MED SCHOOL CLASSMATES… THIS CAN INCLUDE... PERSONAL BACKGROUND AND
FAMILY HISTORY... TALENTS, AND SKILLS... AS WELL AS EXPERIENCES THAT SHAPED YOU INTO THE
PERSON YOU ARE TODAY... SO LET’S LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE OF AN ANSWER…
HERE’S THE PROMPT: “DIVERSITY COMES IN MANY FORMS. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE CLASS? “ THE ESSAY CANNOT BE LONGER THAN FIFTEEN-HUNDRED
CHARACTERS… SO HERE’S A SAMPLE ANSWER: I AM EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A STRONG
CONNECTION TO MY ROOTS... SPENDING TIME IN ITALY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE HAS ALLOWED ME TO
SEE HOW THE IDEOLOGY OF THIS CULTURE DIFFERS FROM THAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE ITALIAN SOCIETY IS OFTEN MARRED BY THE STEREOTYPE THAT THEY ARE LAZY... OR NOT WILLING
TO WORK... I BELIEVE THAT IF ONE TRULY SEES THE SOCIETY FROM AN OBJECTIVE LENS, THEY WILL
SEE A SOCIETY THAT DERIVES THEIR HAPPINESS LESS FROM MATERIAL OBJECTS AND MORE FROM LOVE
AND COMPANIONSHIP... RESULTANTLY, THERE IS A MONUMENTAL EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS... THERE IS ALWAYS TIME FOR A FAMILY MEAL... A COFFEE WITH A
FRIEND... OR AN EVENING WALK TO CLEAR ONE’S MIND….
GROWING UP, MY FAMILY ALWAYS MADE SURE EVERYONE HAD ENOUGH TO EAT... AND SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
I BELIEVE IN THIS IDEOLOGY AND VIEW THE HEALTHCARE FIELD AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHERS LIVE
A FULL AND FRUITFUL LIFE PURSUING THEIR OWN HAPPINESS…
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE CONSISTENTLY GIVEN MY LOVED ONES THE
ABILITY TO LIVE AUTONOMOUSLY AND BE PRESENT IN MY LIFE... IT IS A SERVICE AND A GIFT THAT
THEY HAVE GIVEN ME AND A GIFT THAT I WISH TO SPEND MY LIFE GIVING OTHERS... MY CULTURE,
UPBRINGING, AND LIFE EXPERIENCES HAVE FOSTERED MY DESIRE TO PURSUE MEDICINE AND MY HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO LIFE... I WILL BRING THESE ELEMENTS OF EMPATHY AND
HOLISTIC CARE NOT ONLY AS A TRAINING PHYSICIAN... BUT AS A FELLOW CLASSMATE WHO IS THERE FOR
OTHERS THROUGH THE RIGORS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL… THE TOTAL CHARACTER COUNT OF THIS ESSAY IS
ONE-THOUSAND-FOUR-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE... IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THIS TYPE
OF ESSAY... YOU COULD CERTAINLY DISCUSS WHAT WE CONSIDER TRADITIONAL CATEGORIES OF DIVERSITY...
SUCH AS YOUR SEX, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION… AND THEIR IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE
AND DECISION TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN... BUT YOU CAN ALSO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC
STRUGGLES OR SUCCESSES AND HOW THEY SHAPED YOUR WORK ETHIC AND DETERMINATION TO BE A
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL… GO DEEP AND REFLECT ON YOUR UNIQUE EXPERIENCES LIKE MILITARY SERVICE
OR IMMIGRATION... AS THESE ARE CATACLYSMIC EVENTS THAT ALTER THE COURSE OF PEOPLE’S
LIVES... MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAY EXAMPLE: ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THESE PROMPTS ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO GET TO
KNOW YOU AND YOUR STORY BETTER… BUT THE KEY IS TO TALK ABOUT ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED UPON IN OTHER APPLICATION ELEMENTS… LET’S LOOK AT A SAMPLE PROMPT:
PROMPT: WHAT ELSE DO YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? YOU CAN USE THIS SPACE TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING NOT ADDRESSED IN YOUR
APPLICATION, INCLUDING NEW EXPERIENCES NOT IN YOUR AMCAS APPLICATION.
THE PROMPT ALSO INDICATES THAT THERE IS 500 WORD LIMIT FOR THE ANSWER.
HERE’S A SAMPLE ANSWER: MY LAST YEAR AT UNIVERSITY WAS AN ARDUOUS
TIME IN MY LIFE... MY FATHER’S HEALTH DETERIORATED, SO HE HAD TO STOP WORKING TO UNDERGO A SERIES
OF SURGERIES... DURING THIS TIME, I WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRYING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TO MY FAMILY,
AND FOCUSING ON ACADEMICS... FROM THIS SITUATION AROSE ANOTHER CHALLENGE... FINANCIALLY, I
HAD TO BEGIN TO SUPPORT MYSELF... I ALREADY WORKED AS A TUTOR, BUT HOURS WERE INCONSISTENT
AND I NEEDED TO FIND A SECOND JOB… I FOUND EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICS TA... THE HARDSHIP
OF HAVING TO BE AWAY FROM MY FAMILY IN TANDEM WITH LONG WORKING HOURS WEIGHED HEAVILY ON
ME... TO DEAL WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY... I CONSULTED ADVISORS TO SEE HOW THEY NAVIGATED
THEIR WORK-LIFE BALANCE… WITH THEIR ADVICE IN MIND I BEGAN TO REGIMENT MY WORK... ADHERING
TO BLOCKS OF TIME IN WHICH I WOULD GRADE... INVOICE STUDENTS... AND CONSTRUCT LESSONS...
I WOULD TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ON CAMPUS, SO THAT AT HOME I COULD DEDICATE MY TIME TO
STUDYING AND FAMILIAL OBLIGATIONS... DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, I WORKED DILIGENTLY AND
HAD MY TWO BEST SEMESTERS OF COLLEGE... I COULD NOT CONTROL THE SITUATION... BUT I DID
NOT LET MY CIRCUMSTANCES CONTROL OR DEFINE ME.
THIS ESSAY IS TWO HUNDRED WORDS LONG... THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN A STUDENT CHOOSES QUALITY
OVER QUANTITY!... NOTE THAT THEY *DIDN’T* USE THE ENTIRE WORD LIMIT TO TELL THEIR STORY...
REMEMBER... YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THE ENTIRE WORD LIMIT TO WRITE AN IMPACTFUL ESSAY...
SO WHAT ELSE MAKES THIS ESSAY GREAT? IT DEMONSTRATES THE STUDENT’S RESILIENCE
AND WORK ETHICS... SOMETHING HIS CLASSMATES CAN LEARN FROM AND BE INFLUENCED BY... NOT
UNLIKE THE DIVERSITY ESSAY... YOUR PERSONAL ESSAYS SHOULD SHOW...RATHER THAN TELL... WHAT
OTHERS CAN LEARN FROM YOU AND HOW YOU CAN BROADEN YOUR CLASSMATES’ HORIZONS... NOT
EVERYONE IN YOUR CLASS WILL HAVE EXPERIENCE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY OR SERVING IN
THE ARMY... NOT EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OR A FREE MEAL PROGRAM IS... FEW GET
TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS... AND NOT EVERYONE HAS TO WORK
THROUGH THEIR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY…. REFLECT ON YOUR LIFE AND
WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU... AND HOW THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
COULD BE COMPOSED INTO A GREAT NARRATIVE… IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY… CHECK OUT OUR
BLOG TO READ MORE ABOUT MEDICAL SCHOOL PERSONAL STATEMENT EXAMPLES... I HAVE INCLUDED A LINK
IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIDEO FOR EASY ACCESS… AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO HELP
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