Weill Cornell Secondary Essay Prompts
(If you have updated prompts, please submit them at updatesecondaries.com)
These prompts are from the 2021 Application Cycle and are unchanged from the previous cycle.
All prompts have a 200-word limit.
Prompts:
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2018-2019) academic year, what are your plans? | How to Write About Your Gap Years in Secondary Essays
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. | How to Answer Secondary Prompts about “Why Us”
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. | How to Write About Your Obstacles, Challenges, and Problems in your Secondary Essays
- For MD-PhD applicants only: Please list the names of any Tri-Institutional faculty members with whom you’d like to do research. You do not need to list reasons, names are sufficient.
Primary Deadline: October 15, 2021
Secondary Deadline: Unknown (Try to turn your secondaries around within two weeks after receiving)
Secondary Fee: $100
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waived
CASPer Required: No
VITA Required: No
Screens Applications: No
Accepts Application Updates: Yes/Email
Weill Cornell Medical College Mission:
Weill Cornell Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences are committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care, and the advancement of the art and science of medicine. To this end, our mission is to provide the finest education possible for medical students and students pursuing advanced degrees in the biomedical sciences, to contribute to the lifelong education of physicians throughout their careers, to conduct research at the cutting edge of knowledge, to improve the healthcare of the nation and the world both now and for future generations, and to provide the highest quality of clinical care for the communities we serve. Success in any of these areas contributes to success in the others.
