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Frank H. Netter MD Secondary Application Prompts

Prompts have been updated November 2023

Prompts

If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year? If you are a re-applicant, please address steps taken to improve your application for medical school.

(200 words)

Why is it important to you to go into medicine and become a physician?

(200 words)

What quality or attribute do you think is most important in being a physician? Please explain.

(200 words)

As a medical student and future physician, you will be faced with many uncertain situations. Please describe a situation when you were asked to do something that was beyond your capabilities. How did you handle the situation? Please provide a specific example.

(400 words)

Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive community, and we believe that each person brings their own unique experiences and attributes. How have your experiences, personal/family background or personal identity impacted your values and attitudes in working with others who will be both similar and different from you?

(400 words)

If applicable, please address any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not explained in your application.

(250 words)

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About Frank H. Netter MD

Mission

The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine enables medical students to attain their highest personal and professional potential in a collaborative environment that fosters academic excellence, scholarship, lifelong learning, respect and inclusivity.

Vision

The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine will be a model for educating diverse, patient-centered physicians who are partners and leaders in an inter-professional primary care workforce responsive to health care needs in the communities they serve.

Important details

Primary Deadline: Usually around Dec 1st
Secondary Deadline: Usually around Dec 15th
Secondary Fee: $100
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waived
Casper Required: Yes
PREview Required: No
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: No

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Old essays

If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year?

(150 words)

What quality or attribute do you think is most important in being a physician? Please explain.

(150 words)

Please provide an experience when you have encountered and addressed a conflict. How did you work through the conflict? How would you apply what you learned from this experience as a medical student and future physician?

(400 words)

Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive student body. What do you feel that you will bring to enrich the incoming SOM class and community?

(200 words)

In your experience through the COVID-19 Pandemic, how do you see your role as a frontline provider in future public health emergencies?

(200 words)

Optional

Please address any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not explained in your application. (250 Words)

Frank H. Netter MD Secondary Application Prompts

Prompts

If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year? If you are a re-applicant, please address steps taken to improve your application for medical school.

Why is it important to you to go into medicine and become a physician?

What quality or attribute do you think is most important in being a physician? Please explain.

As a medical student and future physician, you will be faced with many uncertain situations. Please describe a situation when you were asked to do something that was beyond your capabilities. How did you handle the situation? Please provide a specific example.

If applicable, please address any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not explained in your application.

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About Frank H. Netter MD

Mission

Vision

Important details​

Join Us in Keeping the Ultimate Med School Essay List

Old essays

If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year?

What quality or attribute do you think is most important in being a physician? Please explain.

Please provide an experience when you have encountered and addressed a conflict. How did you work through the conflict? How would you apply what you learned from this experience as a medical student and future physician?

Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive student body. What do you feel that you will bring to enrich the incoming SOM class and community?

In your experience through the COVID-19 Pandemic, how do you see your role as a frontline provider in future public health emergencies?

Optional

Important details