Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

2. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

3. If this is your first application to the UNMC College of Medicine, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (750 characters)

4. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine, especially if you are not from Nebraska? (1000 characters)

5. Have you had a personal interaction with UNMC faculty or advisors that prompted your application to UNMC College of Medicine (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

6. What are you most proud of in your life? (1500 characters)

7. Tell us about a time when you have had to overcome adversity. (1500 characters)

8. How do you know that you want to be a physician? (1500 characters)

9. Tell us something about yourself that will enhance the UNMC College of Medicine. (1500 characters)

10. What have you learned from working with people whose background is different from yours? (1500 characters)

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Essay Topics (’23 – ’24)

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain. (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

2. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

3. If this is your first application to UNMC, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

4. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine, especially if you are not from Nebraska? (1000 characters)

5. What are you most proud of in your life? (1500 characters)

6. Tell us about a time when you have had to overcome adversity. (1500 characters)

7. Tell us something about yourself that will enhance the UNMC College of Medicine? (1500 characters)

8. What have you learned from working with people whose background is different from yours? (1500 characters)

Other yes/no questions as well.

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

1. Are you the first person in your immediate family to pursue a career in healthcare? If not, what medical professions are your immediate family members a part of? (N/A if not applicable) (100 characters)

2. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain. (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

3. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

4. If this is your first application to UNMC, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

5. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine, especially if you are not from Nebraska? (1,000 characters)

6. What are you most proud of in your life? (1,500 characters)

7. Tell us about a time when you have had to overcome adversity. (1,500 characters)

8. What have been the positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on your personal and professional life? (1,000 characters)

9. Given the potential impact on shadowing opportunities since 2020, how do you know that you want to be a physician and what the career entails? (1,500 characters)

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Essay Topics ('21 - '22)

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain. (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

2. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine? (1,000 characters)

3. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected you professionally and personally? (1,000 characters)

4. What are you most proud of in your life? (1,500 characters)

5. Tell us about a time when you had to overcome adversity. (1,500 characters)

6. Given the lack of shadowing opportunities over the last 18 months, how do you know that you want to be a physician and what the career entails? (1,500 characters)

OPTIONAL ESSAY(S)

1. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

2. If this is your first application to UNMC, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (N/A if not applicable) (750 characters)

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine? (1000 Characters)

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected you professionally and personally? (1000 Characters)

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Essay Topics ('19 - '20)

Why do you want to attend the University of Nebraska College of Medicine? (1000 character limit)

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Essay Topics ('18 - '19)

Why do you want to attend the University of Nebraska College of Medicine? (1000 character limit)

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Essay Topics ('17 - '18)

Why do you want to attend the University of Nebraska College of Medicine? (1000 character limit)

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Essay Topics ('16 - '17)

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Essay Topics ('15 - '16)

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Essay Topics ('14 - '15)

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Essay Topics ('13 - '14)

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