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Wake Forest - Secondary Essay Prompts

Access our complete list of all Secondary Essay Prompts from Wake Forest in Winston Salem, NC for the 2019-2025 admissions cycles.

1 .The mission of our academic health system is to improve health for all. Consider your abilities, insights, and previous experiences and then tell us about your potential to help improve health for all.

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Max 200 words
Chance
33%

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

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Max 200 words
Chance
99%

3 .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?

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Max 200 words
Chance
99%

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

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Max 200 words
Chance
83%

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

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Max 200 words
Chance
83%

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

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Max 150 words
Chance
99%

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

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Max 50 words
Chance
99%