Essay Topics ('23 – '24)

1. Are you currently enrolled in classes? Yes/No >> (If not), please describe your current activities (300 words)

2. Please describe something you deserved but didn’t get and how you felt about it. (300 words)

3. (Optional): Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? (500 words)

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Essay Topics ('22 – '23)

1. What has been your most humbling experience and how will that experience affect your interactions with your peers and patients? Word Count: 300

Optional: Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? Word Count: 500

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)

1. Please reflect on a challenging non-academic experience you have faced. Describe the event, how you reacted to it, and what you have learned about yourself and others by experiencing it. (300 words)

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. In less than 500 words, is there anything you'd like the admission committee to know about you that wasn't mentioned on the primary application?

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)‍

1. What is your most important relationship or who is the most influential person in your life and why? (Word Count: 300)

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? (Word Count: 500)

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)‍

1. What is your most important relationship or who is the most influential person in your life and why? Word Count: 300

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? Word Count: 500

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)‍

1. Why do you wish to attend OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine? (300 words)

2. What is your most important relationship or who is the most influential person in your life and why? (300 words)

3. Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? (300 words)

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Essay Topics ('17 – '18)‍

1. Please describe any additional accomplishments (e.g, clinical or research experience, additional coursework, updated MCAT score, community service, leadership experience) since your last application to OSU-COM: This question applies if you have previously applied to OSU-COM (5000 characters max)

2. If not currently in school, describe present activity: (500 words max)

3. Why do you wish to attend OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine? (500 words max)

4. Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? (500 words max)

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Essay Topics ('16 – '17)‍

1. Please describe any additional accomplishments (e.g, clinical or research experience, additional coursework, updated MCAT score, community service, leadership experience) since your last application to OSU-COM: This question applies if you have previously applied to OSU-COM (5000 characters max)

2. If not currently in school, describe present activity: (500 words max)

3. Why do you wish to attend OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine? (500 words max)

4. Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you? (500 words max)

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Essay Topics ('15 – '16)

1. If not in school, what are your current activities. (500 words)

2. Why OSU. (500 words)

3. Any additional information you want to provide us. (500 words)