Secondary Essay Prompts Database

University of Nevada–Las Vegas School of Medicine (Las Vegas, NV)

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Program Overview

University of Nevada–Las Vegas School of Medicine (Las Vegas, NV)

Secondary Deadline
Recommended within 14 days of invitation; November 15, 2025
Secondary Fee
$75
FAP Waiver
Yes
Casper Required
No
Screens Applications
Yes
Accepts Application Updates
Yes
Mission
Our vision is to create a world-class center of excellence and innovation for medical education, patient care, and research that prepares Nevada’s physicians with the most advanced knowledge, treatments, and technologies while serving the health care needs of our diverse urban community.

Vision
  • Strive for Excellence
  • Drive Innovation

Values
  • Serve with Compassion and Humility
  • Demonstrate Inclusion
  • Act with Integrity

Application Cycles
2026-2027
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

Required: Why are you interested in the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and how does your background and future goals contribute to our mission? (500 words)

Required: Briefly discuss how you envision yourself contributing to the care of our growing and diverse population in the state of Nevada. (500 words)

Required: Briefly discuss how you define professionalism and how you will demonstrate professionalism in the classroom at the Kerkorian School of Medicine and in clinical training settings in our valley. (500 words)

Required: Provide a BRIEF chronological list of your time since graduating from high school up to the point of applying to medical school. Do not write in essay form here. This should simply be a list by years. (250 words)

Optional: Applicants who are Nevada Connection are strongly encouraged to share more about their tie to Nevada in this essay. Nevada residents or applicants who are out of state (western region) with no tie to Nevada may also use this box to elaborate on their commitment to Nevada, per our mission, if they would like. (250 words)

Optional: Applicants are welcome to share with the Admissions Committee any disruptions or impacts to your application components, the application process, and/or your personal life that may be relevant to your holistic profile. Please also use this area to present any information related to academic and/or MCAT performance that requires further information. (250 words)

Optional: If you have any other information you believe is important for the Admissions Committee to consider, please include it here. Do not restate information already in your primary AMCAS application. (250 words)

For individuals who are reapplicants you will also have an additional question appear in #7 due to conditional logic that is: “If you are a reapplicant to UNLV KSOM, please include your changes/improvements since your last application.”

2025-2026
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

Required: Why are you interested in the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and how does your background and future goals contribute to our mission? (500 words)

Required: Briefly discuss how you envision yourself contributing to the care of our growing and diverse population in the state of Nevada. (500 words)

Required: Briefly discuss how you define professionalism and how you will demonstrate professionalism in the classroom at the Kerkorian School of Medicine and in clinical training settings in our valley. (500 words)

Required: Provide a BRIEF chronological list of your time since graduating from high school up to the point of applying to medical school. Do not write in essay form here. This should simply be a list by years. (250 words)

Optional: Applicants who are Nevada Connection are strongly encouraged to share more about their tie to Nevada in this essay. Nevada residents or applicants who are out of state (western region) with no tie to Nevada may also use this box to elaborate on their commitment to Nevada, per our mission, if they would like. (250 words)

Optional: Applicants are welcome to share with the Admissions Committee any disruptions or impacts to your application components, the application process, and/or your personal life that may be relevant to your holistic profile. Please also use this area to present any information related to academic and/or MCAT performance that requires further information. (250 words)

Optional: If you have any other information you believe is important for the Admissions Committee to consider, please include it here. Do not restate information already in your primary AMCAS application. (250 words)

For individuals who are reapplicants you will also have an additional question appear in #7 due to conditional logic that is: “If you are a reapplicant to UNLV KSOM, please include your changes/improvements since your last application.”

2024-2025
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. Why are you interested in the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and how does your background and future goals contribute to our mission? (500 words)

2. Briefly discuss how you envision yourself contributing to the care of our growing and diverse population in the state of Nevada. (500 words)

3. Briefly discuss how you define professionalism and how you will demonstrate professionalism in the classroom at the Kerkorian School of Medicine and in clinical training settings in our valley. (500 words)

4. Provide a BRIEF chronological list of your time since graduating from high school up to the point of applying to medical school. Do not write in essay form here. This should simply be a list by years. (250 words)

5. (Optional) Applicants who are Nevada Connection are strongly encouraged to share more about their tie to Nevada in this essay.

Nevada residents or applicants who are out of state (western region) with no tie to Nevada may also use this box to elaborate on their commitment to Nevada, per our mission, if they would like. (250 words)

6. (Optional) Applicants are welcome to share with the Admissions Committee any disruptions or impacts to your application components, the application process, and/or your personal life that may be relevant to your holistic profile.

Please also use this area to present any information related to academic and/or MCAT performance that requires further information. (250 words)

7. (Optional) If you have any other information you believe is important for the Admissions Committee to consider, please include it here. Do not restate information already in your primary AMCAS application. (250 words)

2023-2024
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. Why are you interested in the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and how does your background and future goals contribute to our mission?

2. Briefly discuss how you envision yourself contributing to the care of our growing and diverse population in the state of Nevada.

3. Provide a BRIEF chronological list of your time since graduating from high school up to the point of applying to medical school. Do not write in essay form here. This should be a list by years.

4. (This field is not required.) You are welcome to share with the Admissions Committee any disruptions or impact to your application components, the application process, and/or your personal life (for example during COVID-19).

5. If you have any other information you believe is important for the Admissions Committee to consider, please include it here. Do not restate information already in your primary AMCAS application.

You may also explain you ties to Nevada with more detail in this box or any information related to academic/MCAT improvement and resiliency.

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