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Below are the secondary prompts for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Want to maximize your chances for an interview invite? Work with our expert medical school admission consultants to put your best foot forward through our secondary application editing services.
If you took a gap year: 700 char box describing activities
If you took time off *during* undergrad: 700 char box describing why / what you did 600 chars for academic honors and awards.
Briefly describe your single, most rewarding experience. Feel free to refer to an experience previously described in your AMCAS application.
This space is limited to 900 characters. Please type directly in this box or, you can create your essays in a word processor and then cut and paste your response into the essay box. Please do not use tabs or hard returns.
Are there any areas of medicine that are of particular interest to you? If so, please comment.
This space is limited to 1100 characters. Please type directly in this box or, you can create your essays in a word processor and then cut and paste your response into the essay box. Please do not use tabs or hard returns.
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.
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Briefly describe a situation where you were not in the majority. What did you learn from this experience?
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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.
This space is limited to 1100 characters. Please type directly in this box or, you can create your essays in a word processor and then cut and paste your response into the essay box. Please do not use tabs or hard returns.
MSTP:
Please list your area(s) of interest in graduate study. These may be general and/or specific: (270 chars)
If you are planning to defer admission: 180 chars to explain why.
Foreign language proficiency
List names of ppl writing MD/PhD letters for you.
