Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
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Prompts have been updated June 2023. (Older essays, if available are below)
Prompts:
- Please provide an example that indicates your ability to function effectively as a productive member of a team working toward a common objective. Elaborate on leadership roles you held in this capacity and how you solved problems that arose. Indicate highlights learned from this experience. (4000 characters)
- Please share some personal examples of problem solving in a team environment and/or leadership experience that would lead to your success in a Problem Based Learning environment. (4000 characters)
- At NSU M.D., we value the unique perspective that each applicant brings. Identify any traits, life experiences, or interests that a professor or advisor would not normally know about you. (4000 characters)
- How has your academic work beyond the “traditional” pre-medical school requirements (i.e., introductory biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and introductory physics) prepared you for medical school and for a career in medicine? Please highlight any service learning activities that align with humanism in medicine. (4000 characters)
- Is there a time gap between earning your last degree (baccalaureate or other) and the expected time of your medical school matriculation? If yes, please explain. (4000 characters)
- Were you employed full-time (or part-time) during your undergraduate or graduate years? If yes, please explain. (4000 characters)
- Do you believe that you are a member of a group that is under-represented in medicine? If yes, please explain. (4000 characters)
Primary Deadline: Usually around Oct 30th
Secondary Deadline: Usually around Feb
Secondary Fee: $50.00
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waiver
Casper Required: No
PREview Required: No
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Updates:
Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Mission:
Our mission at NSU MD is advancing human health through innovation in medical education, research, patient care and community engagement.
We will achieve it utilizing a patient-centered, student-centered and community-centered approach.
Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Vision:
To become an exemplary medical college internationally recognized for excellence by fostering an innovative culture that supports diversity, collaboration, critical thinking and creative leadership.
Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Values:
- Excellence
- Promoting and retaining our exceptionally high standards
- Innovation
- Creating an environment that encourages innovative thinking and positive change
- Teamwork
- Creating a culture in which everyone acts together as a team supporting our common cause
- Communication
- Exchanging information seamlessly and continuously among constituents to achieve our mission and common goals
- Diversity
- Embracing and capitalizing on a wide range of abilities, experiences, knowledge, and strengths, recognizing the importance of heterogeneity in age, background, ethnicity, physical abilities, political and religious beliefs, gender and many other attributes
- Integrity
- Behaving ethically in all situations and expecting the same from others
- Accountability
- Taking responsibility for our actions within a culture of transparency
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