Wake Forest Secondary Application Prompts

We seek to train physicians who can connect with diverse patient populations with whom they may not share a similar background. Tell us one experience that enhanced your ability to understand those unlike yourself and what you learned from it.

(200 words or less)

Describe a non-academic challenge you have faced and explain how you overcame it.

(200 words or less)

From your list of “most meaningful experiences” on the AMCAS application, choose one that has been the most formative in terms of your desire for a career in medicine. Why did that experience have such meaning for you in your decision-making process?

(200 words or less)

Please share an experience that demonstrates how you have collaborated with others

(200 words)

Describe your future goal(s). Reflect on your past experiences and describe how these experiences will shape your goal(s).

(200 words)

Tell us about any specific reason(s) (personal, educational, etc.) why you see yourself here at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

(150 words)

Please tell us an interesting fact about yourself that a casual acquaintance may find surprising or interesting.

(50 words)

If there is anything specific that you would like for us to know regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you and your application you may do so here.

(200 words or less.)