Albert Einstein Secondary Essay Prompts
(If you have updated prompts, please submit them at updatesecondaries.com)
Prompts have been updated April 2023. (Older essays, if available are below)
Prompts:
- I have taken time off from school between high school and college.
- I have taken time off from school during my undergraduate years.
- I have taken at least a year off from school since college graduation, including this year that I am applying.
- I have taken and received credit for online science core courses (e.g. chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, physics and mathematics) that were taken prior to the Covid Pandemic (earlier than Spring 2020)
- I have applied previously to medical school.
- I have submitted an AMCAS application to Einstein previously.
- I am/was a graduate student in the Sue Golding Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
- I was accepted to medical school previously but did not attend.
- I was previously enrolled in medical school.
- I can attest that I have fulfilled the Albert Einstein College of Medicine COMPETENCIES (http://www.einstein.yu.edu/educatio…pplication-procedure/course-requirements.aspx) for admission. If you answered, “no” to the above question, please explain. For example, if you plan to take pre-medical course work in the coming summer, fall, or spring, please list the courses and tell us when and where you will be taking them. If your answer was, “yes,” please write “NA” in the box below.
- I will have a Baccalaureate Degree by the time I matriculate into medical school.
- I am presently holding a deferral from another medical / graduate / professional school.
- I have received a grade of “F” during my college/graduate school years.
- I have received a grade of “D” during my college/graduate school years.
- I have received a grade of “W” during my college/graduate school years.
- I have received a grade of “W” during my college/graduate school years.
- I have received a grade of “I” during my college/graduate school years.
- As an undergraduate, I transferred from one college to another.
- I have been the recipient of a warning notice for a non-academic issue that did NOT result in a disciplinary action.
- I have been subject to a disciplinary action and/or administrative action, expunged or not, while an undergraduate or graduate student.
- I currently have disciplinary charges pending.
- I have been prohibited or suspended from practicing in a professional capacity because of alleged misconduct.
- Please tell us the year Parent/Guardian received their highest academic degree, the name of that degree and the name of the school. If high school or less, please write “high school or less.”
- If you were employed during the academic year, other than during winter and summer breaks, please write the number of hours you worked per week, and tell us what you did and why you were employed.
- If you indicated, above, that you will have, “Two individual letters (up to 5 are allowed),” please provide the names, titles and institution of your letter writers; please use a separate line for each. Please note that one letter must be from your major and your second letter from a science faculty member (two science letters from two different faculty members in the same department is acceptable). If this does not apply to you, please write “NA” in the box below.
- If you indicated, above, that you will have, “Two individual letters (up to 5 are allowed),” please provide the names, titles and institution of your letter writers; please use a separate line for each. Please note that one letter must be from your major and your second letter from a science faculty member (two science letters from two different faculty members in the same department is acceptable). If this does not apply to you, please write “NA” in the box below.
- If you are a Post-Baccalaureate student (not a Master’s Degree student), please indicate whether a letter or statement of “Good Standing” been included in your letter packet? If “yes,” please indicate the name, title and school from which the letter has been submitted. If “no,” please indicate when such a letter or statement will be uploaded to the AMCAS Letter Writer. If this does not apply to you, please write “NA.”
- Did you take your last science course more than 5 years ago?
- If you have an Undergraduate Pre-Professional Advisory Committee at your college or university, and have chosen NOT to request a letter from that Committee, please tell us why not.
- Have you worked in basic or clinical research at Einstein/Montefiore?
- Have you participated in an Einstein/Montefiore Pipeline Program during high school, college or after?
- If you answered “yes” that you have worked with us here at Einstein/Montefiore, will a letter from an Einstein/Montefiore faculty member be included in your evaluations? Please tell us the name, title and department of the letter writer.
- Do you have a family member who is a current employee (non-faculty) of an Einstein/Montefiore affiliated hospital?
- Do you have a SIBLING who is currently enrolled as an Einstein medical or graduate student?
- Do you have a family member who is currently a Faculty member at an Einstein/Montefiore affiliated hospital?
- Anything else you would like to share with us?
Primary Deadline: October 15, 2021
Secondary Deadline: Unknown (Try to turn your secondaries around within two weeks after receiving)
Secondary Fee: $120
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waived
CASPer Required: No
VITA Required: No
Screens Applications: No
Accepts Application Updates: Yes Post Interview/Email
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Mission:
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine prepares physicians who will excel in both the science and the art of medicine. The M.D. Program supports the overaching mission and goals of Einstein (http://einstein.yu.edu/about/). Our founding mandate has been to combine the pursuit of scientific excellence with the social mission to improve human health through engagement in our local, national, and global communities.
Einstein’s dynamic curriculum offers its students the ability to combine a solid foundation in the biomedical and population health sciences and rigorous, hands-on clinical training with the flexibility to pursue their interests in research and to meet the healthcare needs of underserved populations in the Bronx, the greater New York metropolitan area, and beyond. Einstein attracts a diverse student body and provides a collegial and collaborative environment that fosters our students’ growth as future clinicians, educators, physician scientists, and leaders in the field.
Ours is the only institution in the world to which Albert Einstein agreed to give his name. In addition to his stature as a scientist, Einstein’s moral and compassionate views on human affairs place him clearly in the camp of philosopher and humanist as well as scientist. Our students and faculty – indeed, all members of our community – continue to honor his legacy. Our graduates are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate clinical care as well as to the lifelong pursuit of biomedical knowledge that will improve the standard of medical care for all.
Former Prompts (before 23-24 cycle)
These prompts are from the 2021 Application Cycle and are unchanged from the previous cycle.
- Is there anything at all that you would like to share with the Committee on Admissions that might not be apparent from your AMCAS application or from what you have already answered on this Secondary Application?
