Rush University - Secondary Essay Prompts

1 .RUSH Medical College is located on Chicago’s Near West Side and serves a diverse patient population. We seek to train physicians who can connect with diverse patient populations with whom they may not share a similar background. Tell us about a life experience that has broadened your own world view or enhanced your ability to understand those unlike yourself and what you learned from this experience.

2 .Distance traveled is the metaphorical distance that represents the journey an applicant undertakes throughout their life, encompassing achievements, personal identity, and the competencies developed along the way. The Committee on Admissions seeks and values the skills and competencies that applicants develop as a result of their individual experiences, and recognizes them as desired and essential attributes of a future physician. Based on your experiences and your distance traveled, please describe any adversities, challenges, and/or marginalized experiences that you have encountered.

3 .Please describe the effect of these adversities, challenges, and/or marginalized experiences on you as an individual. Explain how you overcame them, what skills you built, what lessons you learned, and how these experiences motivated you to be a doctor.

4 .If applicable, describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your application to and/or preparation for medical school.

5 .Use this space to provide additional information, that is non-COVID related, you would like the Committee on Admissions to be aware of when reviewing your application.