Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

150 word limit each

‍1. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class?

2. Describe the last time you were criticized by a peer or supervisor. How did you handle it?

3. Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with. Why was this person difficult? How did you handle that person?

4. What would be the best example that shows you are a person of integrity?

5. If given the opportunity to attend medical school, where would you see yourself in ten years?

6. If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (If not applicable, please enter N/A in the box below)

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Essay Topics ('23 - '24)

1. Describe a time when you were faced with problems or stresses that tested your coping skills. What did you do? (1500 char)

2. Provide us with a specific example of something you did which helped build enthusiasm in others. (1500 char)

3. How would you describe yourself in terms of your ability to work as a member of a team? (1500 char)

4. Describe the last time you were criticized by a peer or supervisor. How did you handle it? (1500 char)

5. What does it mean to be emotionally intelligent? How have you effectively used your skills in emotional intelligence in the past? (1500 char)

6. Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with. Why was this person difficult? How did you handle that person? (1500 char)

7. What would be the best example that shows you are a person of integrity? (1500 char)

8. If given the opportunity to attend medical school, where would you see yourself in ten years? (1500 char)

9. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class? (1500 char)

10. If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (500 char).

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

1. Describe a time when you were faced with problems or stresses that tested your coping skills. What did you do? (1500 char)

‍2. Provide us with a specific example of something you did which helped build enthusiasm in others. (1500 char)

‍3. How would you describe yourself in terms of your ability to work as a member of a team? (1500 char)

‍4. Describe the last time you were criticized by a peer or supervisor. How did you handle it? (1500 char)

‍5. What does it mean to be emotionally intelligent? How have you effectively used your skills in emotional intelligence in the past? (1500 char)

‍6. Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with. Why was this person difficult? How did you handle that person? (1500 char)

‍7. What would be the best example that shows you are a person of integrity? (1500 char)

‍8. If given the opportunity to attend medical school, where would you see yourself in ten years? (1500 char)

‍9. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class? (1500 char)

‍10. If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (500 char).

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Essay Topics ('21-'22)

1. Describe a time when you were faced with problems or stresses that tested your coping skills. What did you do? (1500 characters)

2. Provide us with a specific example of something you did which helped build enthusiasm in others. (1500 characters)

3. How would you describe yourself in terms of your ability to work as a member of a team? (1500 characters)

4. Describe the last time you were criticized by a peer or supervisor. How did you handle it? (1500 characters)

5. What does it mean to be emotionally intelligent? How have you effectively used your skills in emotional intelligence in the past? (1500 characters)

6. Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with. Why was this person difficult? How did you handle that person? (1500 characters)

7. What would be the best example that shows you are a person of integrity? (1500 characters)

8. If given the opportunity to attend medical school, where would you see yourself in ten years? (1500 characters)

9. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class? (1500 characters)

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

1. If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (3000 characters)

2. Have you ever been exposed to long periods of significant stress in your life (months at a time)? Even if you haven’t if you were to encounter such a challenge, how would, or did you, cope with it.(3000 characters)

3. Sometimes it is necessary to work in unsettled or rapidly changing circumstances. When have you found yourself in this position? Tell us exactly what you did. (3000 characters)

4. If you were working on a small group project and you thought that another student wasn’t meeting his/her responsibility, how would you feel about this situation and how would you handle it? (3000 characters)

5. If given the opportunity to attend medical school where would you see yourself in ten years? (3000 characters)

6. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class? (3000 characters)

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Essay Topics ('19-'20)‍

1. If you were enrolled in fewer than 12 units/credits for more than 1 semester/2 quarters during your undergraduate education, please provide a brief explanation below. (3000 characters)

2. Sometimes it is necessary to work in unsettled or rapidly changing circumstances. When have you found yourself in this position? Tell us exactly what you did. (3000 characters)

3. If you were working on a small group project and you thought that another student wasnt meeting his/her responsibility, how would you feel about this situation and how would you handle it? (3000 characters)

4. If given the opportunity to attend medical school where would you see yourself in ten years? (3000 characters)

5. Diversity comes in many forms. How do you think you might contribute to the diversity of the class? (3000 characters)