Florida State University - Secondary Essay Prompts

1 .Please provide a description of your family.

2 .Please provide a description of where you grew up (i.e. rural area, large city, etc.)

3 .Indicate what you do for fun and diversion (hobbies, special interests, etc.).

4 .What is a unique trait, experience, or interest that we would not normally learn about you?

5 .If there is an important aspect of your personal background or identity, not addressed elsewhere in the application, that you are comfortable voluntarily sharing with the Committee, we invite you to do so here. Many applicants will not need to answer this question. Examples might include significant challenges in access to education, unusual socioeconomic factors, identification with a minority culture, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine.

6 .Why are you choosing to apply to the FSU College of Medicine? Please be specific describing what is particularly attractive about FSU COM.

7 .What do you feel are your personal and scholastic qualifications for the study of medicine?

8 .If you have previously interviewed or applied to the College of Medicine, what steps have you taken to improve your application?

9 .In what field/specialty of medicine do you envision yourself working ten years from now? Please list no more than three (3) specialties.

10 .Write a short statement describing how you envision using the specialty/ties you listed above to advance our mission.