Welcome to the Secondary Essay Library Playlist! As you go through this playlist, you are going to see individual videos about how to answer each of the most common questions…

“Why should we accept you?” This is a common question that strikes fear into the hearts of students in the medical school interview and in their secondary essays.  But here’s…

How do you talk about something that maybe you are embarrassed of and you’re scared that it’s going to keep you out of medical school? We’ve all had shortcomings in…

With less than half of the applicants getting accepted to medical school every year, there are obviously a lot of reapplicants during each application cycle. Several schools will ask if…

If you’ve had any breaks in your education, be prepared to talk about those in your medical school secondary essays.  Schools would want to understand why you’ve taken time off…

If you’re applying to osteopathic medical schools, several of them will ask you why you’re interested in osteopathic medicine in the secondary essays. How should you go about answering this…

Where do you see yourself in 10 or 15 years? This is a very common question that comes up in medical school secondary essays. Do you know your answer? Somebody…

What specialty do you want to practice in the future? This is different from the question asking where you see yourself in x years because you don’t have to be…

Where do you see healthcare heading? This is a question that scares a lot of medical school applicants because we aren’t experts. But it doesn’t need to be so intimidating.…

If you’re applying to medical school in a gap year or you’re planning on taking a gap year, you’ll likely have a secondary essay question you’ll have to answer about…