CUNY School of Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts

These are the secondary application essay prompts for CUNY School of Medicine. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.

About CUNY school of medicine

Secondary Deadline: February 1, 2025
Secondary Fee: NA
FAP Waiver: NA
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Mission 

The mission of the CUNY School of Medicine (CUNY Med) is to produce broadly-educated, highly-skilled and diverse medical practitioners to provide quality health services to communities historically underserved by primary care practitioners. The School will recruit and educate a diverse, talented pool of students to the BS/MD and Physician Assistant programs, expanding access to medical education to individuals from underserved communities, of limited financial resources, and of racial/ethnic backgrounds historically underrepresented in the medical profession.

Programs of the CUNY School of Medicine achieve academic excellence through rigorous curricula in clinically-oriented basic sciences, population health, research, exposure to a variety of health care settings, and professional development.

2017-2018

1. The City University of New York School of Medicine strives to ensure that its students become respectful physicians who embrace all dimensions of caring for the whole person. Please describe how your personal characteristics or life experiences will contribute to the City University of New York School of Medicine community and bring educational benefits to our student body. (1000 characters)

2. Is there any further information that you would like the Committee on Admissions to be aware of when reviewing your file that you were not able to notate in another section of this or the AMCAS Application? (1000 characters)

3. Why have you chosen to apply to the City University of New York School of Medicine and how do you think your education at City University of New York School of Medicine will prepare you to become a physician for the future? (1 page, formatted at your discretion, upload as PDF)

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