Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

Involvement in community is one of the pillars of the University of Rochester School of Medicine education. Tell us about a community you identify with and how you are involved with it. (200 words)

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Essay Topics ('23 - '24)

1. (Optional) Please share any challenges and/or special circumstances that impacted your application. (200 words)

2. If you previously applied to medical school, briefly describe any experiences you have been part of since your previous application. (200 words)

3. Tell us about a community you identify with and how you're involved with it? (200 words)

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Essay Topics ('22-'23)

1. (Optional) Please share any challenges and/or special circumstances that impacted your application. 200 words

2. If you previously applied to medical school, briefly describe any experiences you have been part of since your previous application. 200 words

3. Please briefly describe your research interests, and describe how the opportunities at the University of Rochester fit with your goals for graduate training. Please include names of up to five investigators whose research programs interest you. No limit

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. Recognizing that applying for the 2022 application cycle was complicated for many reasons, please share any challenges and/or special circumstances that impacted your application, beyond the commonly experienced disruptions. (250 words)

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Essay Topics ('20 – '21)

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. Recognizing that applying for the 2021 application cycle was complicated for many reasons, please share any challenges and/or special circumstances that impacted your application, beyond the commonly experienced disruptions. (250 words)

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)

No essays or prompts.

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)

No essays or prompts.

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Essay Topics ('17 – '18)

No Essays

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Essay Topics ('16 – '17)

No Essays

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Essay Topics ('15 – '16)

No Essays

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Essay Topics ('14 – '15)

No Essays

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Essay Topics ('13 – '14)

No Essays