Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

Optional supplement for the primary application:

CHSU’s mission is closely tied to supporting California’s Central Valley. Please explain any personal connection you may have to the local area and its residents (2000 characters including spaces).

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Essay Topics ('23 - '24)

Required supplement for the primary application:

1. CHSU’s mission is closely tied to supporting California’s Central Valley. Please explain any personal connection you may have to the local area and its residents (2000 characters including spaces).

Additional secondaries released later:

1. CHSU-COM values a diverse student body that reflects our region and our world. Please explain how you personally would contribute to diversity at CHSU-COM. (250 words)

2. Describe some common healthcare disparities that may be found in a resource-limited area, such as the California Central Valley. How might the presence of CHSU-COM help to alleviate those disparities? (250 words)

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

1. CHSU-COM values a diverse student body that reflects our region and our world. Please explain how you personally would contribute to diversity at CHSU-COM. (250 words)

2. Describe some common healthcare disparities that may be found in a resource-limited area, such as the California Central Valley. How might the presence of CHSU-COM help to alleviate those disparities? (250 words)

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)‍

1. CHSU-COM values a diverse student body that reflects our region and our world. Please explain how you personally would contribute to diversity at CHSU-COM. (250 words)

2. Describe some common healthcare disparities that may be found in a resource-limited area, such as the California Central Valley. How might the presence of CHSU-COM help to alleviate those disparities? (250 words)

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‍Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)‍

1. CHSU-COM values a diverse student body that reflects our region and our world. Please explain how you personally would contribute to diversity at CHSU-COM. (maximum of 250 words)

2. Discuss the personal importance or impact of a book that you read in the past year. (maximum of 250 words)

3. Explain the relationship between teamwork and professionalism in the healthcare setting. (maximum of 250 words)

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)‍

1. Explain how CHSU-COM may benefit the California Central Valley. How might the presence of an osteopathic medical school affect the local community over the next twenty years? (250 words)

2. CHSU-COM values a diverse student body that reflects our region and our world. Please explain how you would contribute to diversity at CHSU-COM. (250 words)

3. Describe any education, work experience, extracurricular activities, or volunteer opportunities that have contributed to your motivation to enter the field of medicine. (250 words)

4. Describe a situation in which you felt you were able to make a significant contribution or to show leadership. What was the biggest challenge in that situation and what was the biggest reward? (250 words)