University of Texas Medical Branch UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine Secondary Application Prompts

Choose 3 of the 7 prompts to respond to.

• 1. Describe a situation where you have sought to enrich and/or improve the life of another individual. (300 words)
• 2. Describe a time you navigated a challenging circumstance. How will this experience help you succeed in medical school or as a physician? (300 words)
• 3. John Sealy School of Medicine values inclusion and advocacy. Describe a time when you advocated for someone whose social identity (e.g., race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, ability status, etc.) differed from yours. Explain the situation and why advocacy was necessary. (300 words)
• 4. Describe a time you were wrong. Why were you wrong? How did you respond? (300 words)
• 5. How do you define curiosity? Provide an example in which curiosity helped solve or expand your knowledge and experience outside of the academic environment. (300 words)
• 6. What attributes do you look for in your physician(s)? Which of these attributes do you need to develop? How will you develop them? (300 words)
• 7. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and the Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, or other attributes which make you especially interested in matriculating here? (300 words)