Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
These are the secondary application essay prompts for Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.
about Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Secondary Deadline: April 15, 2025
Secondary Fee: $0
FAP Waiver: N/A
CASPer Required: No (Highly Recommended)
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: Yes
Mission
To educate and train compassionate osteopathic physicians, skilled in the science of patient-centered osteopathic medical care, dedicated to the ethical and social principles of the osteopathic profession, committed to lifelong learning, and focused on service to the underserved. This mission will be accomplished at the undergraduate and graduate medical education levels through excellence in teaching, research, service, and scholarly activity.
2024-2025
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2023-2024
1. List any significant volunteer, community service and/or mission experiences you have had that is not listed on your AACOMAS application. Provide the organization name, hours/week, duration of experience, as well as a brief description of your duties. (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about any healthcare experiences you have had that are not listed on your AACOMAS application. Provide organization name, hours/week, duration of experience, and a brief description of your duties. (No word limit)
3. How do you plan to fulfill the ARCOM Mission in your practice as a physician? (No word limit)
4. What challenges do you expect to personally face most in the next 10 years as a healthcare professional? (No word limit)
5. How do you expect to overcome these challenges? (No word limit)
6. Describe an experience where you interacted with a person or people from a different background than you (ability, religion, gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, citizenship/ nationality, sexual orientation). (No word limit)
7. How did that interaction impact your mindset of the role of a physician? (No word limit)
8. If you are in a difficult basic science class and feel you are not fully grasping the information given in lecture, how would you alter your study habits or techniques to better understand the material and complete the course successfully? (No word limit)
9. What is a recent book you read that impacted the way you think about today’s world? (No word limit)
10. Please explain how this book impacted the way you think about today’s world. (No word limit)
11. How did you hear about ARCOM? (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about any healthcare experiences you have had that are not listed on your AACOMAS application. Provide organization name, hours/week, duration of experience, and a brief description of your duties. (No word limit)
3. How do you plan to fulfill the ARCOM Mission in your practice as a physician? (No word limit)
4. What challenges do you expect to personally face most in the next 10 years as a healthcare professional? (No word limit)
5. How do you expect to overcome these challenges? (No word limit)
6. Describe an experience where you interacted with a person or people from a different background than you (ability, religion, gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, citizenship/ nationality, sexual orientation). (No word limit)
7. How did that interaction impact your mindset of the role of a physician? (No word limit)
8. If you are in a difficult basic science class and feel you are not fully grasping the information given in lecture, how would you alter your study habits or techniques to better understand the material and complete the course successfully? (No word limit)
9. What is a recent book you read that impacted the way you think about today’s world? (No word limit)
10. Please explain how this book impacted the way you think about today’s world. (No word limit)
11. How did you hear about ARCOM? (No word limit)
2022-2023
The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.
2021-2022
1. Please describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
3. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. If you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
3. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. If you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
2020-2021
1. List any significant volunteer, community service and/or mission experience not previously listed on your AACOMAS application. Provide the organization name, description of duties, hours per week, and duration of experience. (No word limit)
2. List any higher education not previously submitted on your AACOMAS application. Provide institution name, dates attended, degree obtained/expected. (No word limit)
3. Please describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
4. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
5. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. If you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
6. Briefly explain how you are a good fit to the ARCOM mission. (No word limit)
2. List any higher education not previously submitted on your AACOMAS application. Provide institution name, dates attended, degree obtained/expected. (No word limit)
3. Please describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
4. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
5. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. If you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
6. Briefly explain how you are a good fit to the ARCOM mission. (No word limit)
2019-2020
1. Please describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it. Limit your response to 2-3 paragraphs. (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
3. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. if you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? (No word limit)
2. Please tell us about a time you felt proud. A narrative is not required, please simply list specialties of interest. (No word limit)
3. ARCOM students can choose residencies in a wide range of specialties. if you had to pick today, what top 2 specialties would you be interested in learning more about? (No word limit)
2018-2019
The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.
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