Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

Strict 7-day deadline to return this secondary

1. Have you previously applied for admission to any college at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center? If you answered yes to the previous question, please indicate the entry year(s) and which UTHSC college you applied to (e.g., Dentistry, Graduate Health Science, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, or Pharmacy). (Optional, 200 characters)

2. List all courses you are taking or planning to take within the current academic year (e.g., Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025). List course(s), title, and credit hours. (Optional) 1000 characters

3. Any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS primary application?(Optional) 500 characters.

4. Imagine you are a medical student in a clinic and encounter a patient whose cultural background and beliefs differ significantly from your own. The patient is hesitant about a treatment plan that is standard practice but conflicts with their personal beliefs. How would you approach this situation to ensure the patient feels heard and respected while also providing the best possible care? (Required) 3000 characters

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Essay Topics ('22-'23)

Optional essays:

1. Provide any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS Primary application (500 Characters)

2. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to provide our applicants with an optional essay prompt for this years UTHSC COM secondary application. Please use the text field below to share with us how you may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including academic, financial, medical disruptions, etc. It would also be helpful for us to hear if any of your planned experiences in shadowing, volunteering, research, employment, or other activities were suspended due to the pandemic. (2500 Characters).

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Essay Topics ('21-'22)

1. Any additional information not previously provided in the personal comments of your AMCAS primary application. 500 characters)

2. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to provide our applicants with an optional essay prompt for the year's UTHSC College of Medicine secondary application. Please use the text field below to share with us how you may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including academic, financial, medical disruptions, etc. It would also be helpful for us to know if any of your planned experiences in shadowing, volunteering, research, employment, or other activities have been suspended due to the pandemic. (2500 characters)

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Essay Topics ('20 – '21)

No secondary questions for the 2020–2021 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)

1. Briefly describe your single, most rewarding experience. Feel free to refer to an experience previously described in your AMCAS application.

2. Are there any areas of medicine that are of particular interest to you? If so, please comment.

3. Briefly describe a situation where you had to overcome adversity; include lessons learned and how you think it will affect your career as a future physician.

4. Briefly describe a situation where you were not in the majority. What did you learn from the experience?

OPTIONAL QUESTION:

1. The Admissions Committee values hearing about each candidate for admission, including what qualities the candidate might bring to the School of Medicine if admitted. If you feel there is information not already addressed in the application that will enable the Committee to know more about you and this has influenced your desire to be a physician, feel free to write a brief statement in the space below. You may address any subject you wish, such as being a first generation college student, or being a part of a minority group (whether because of your sexual orientation, religion, economic status, gender identity, ethnicity) or being the child of undocumented immigrants or being undocumented yourself, etc. Please note that this question is optional and that you will not be penalized should you choose not to answer it.

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)

No secondary questions for the 2018-2019 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('17 – '18)

No secondary questions for the 2017-2018 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('16 – '17)

No secondary questions for the 2016-2017 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('15 – '16)

No secondary questions for the 2015-2016 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('14 – '15)

No secondary questions for the 2014-2015 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('13 – '14)‍

No secondary questions for the 2013-2014 application cycle.