2000 Character limit for all questions

1. What is the nature of your interest in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine?

2. The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you. Katz seeks an engaged student body with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and interests to enhance the medical school experience for everyone. Please use the space below to describe what makes you unique as an applicant, an obstacle that you had to overcome, or how you will contribute to the Katz community.

3. Tell us about your special interest in the campus you selected.

4. What are your plans for the current year – June 2025 until June 2026?

5. Have you completed a pathway/pipeline program offered through Katz or another medical school?

These types of pathway/pipeline programs include Diversity Scholars, STEP-UP, Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) or other similar programs sponsored by a medical school.

2000 Character limit for all questions

1. What is the nature of your interest in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine?

2. The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you. Katz seeks an engaged student body with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and interests to enhance the medical school experience for everyone. Please use the space below to describe what makes you unique as an applicant, an obstacle that you had to overcome, or how you will contribute to the Katz community.

3. Tell us about your special interest in the campus you selected.

4. What are your plans for the current year – June 2025 until June 2026?

5. Have you completed a pathway/pipeline program offered through Katz or another medical school?

These types of pathway/pipeline programs include Diversity Scholars, STEP-UP, Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) or other similar programs sponsored by a medical school.

5 Essays and miscellaneous other questions:

1. Are you interested in the MD/MA in Urban Bioethics program? (yes/no)

2. Are you interested in the MD/MBA program? (yes/no)

3. Are you interested in the MD/Certificate in Narrative Medicine program? (yes/no) (no pop-ups)

The Essays:

a. What is the nature of your interest in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine? (2000 characters)

b. The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you. Katz seeks an engaged student body with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and interests to enhance the medical school experience for everyone. Please use the space below to describe what makes you unique as an applicant, an obstacle that you had to overcome, or how you will contribute to the Katz community. (2000 characters)

c. Tell us about your special interest in the campus you selected. (2000 characters)

d. What are your plans for the current year – June 2024 until June 2025? (2000 characters)

e. The Coronavirus pandemic has affected all of us.Please use this space to describe to us how you were impacted academically, personally or professionally by COVID-19. (2000 characters)

f. Have you completed a pathway/pipeline program offered through Katz or another medical school? These types of pathway/pipeline programs include Diversity Scholars, STEP-UP, Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) or other similar programs sponsored by a medical school. (yes/no)

If yes:

a. Name of Program:

b. Medical School sponsor of the pathway/pipeline program:

(All prompts have a 2,000 character limit):

1. What is the nature of your interest in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine?

2. The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you.

LKSOM seeks an engaged student body with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and interests to enhance the medical school experience for everyone. Please use the space below to describe what makes you unique as an applicant, an obstacle that you had to overcome, or how you will contribute to the LKSOM community.

3. Tell us about your special interest in the campus you selected.

4. What are your plans for the current year – June 2023 until June 2024?

5.The Coronavirus pandemic has affected all of us.

Please use this space to describe to us how you were impacted academically, personally or professionally by COVID-19.

6. Have you completed a pathway/pipeline program offered through LKSOM or another medical school? These types of pathway/pipeline programs include Diversity Scholars, STEP-UP, Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) or other similar programs sponsored by a medical school. (Y/N)