Dartmouth (Geisel) Secondary Essay Prompts
These are the secondary application essay prompts for Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.
About dartmouth Geisel school of medicine
Secondary Deadline: December 1, 2024
Secondary Fee: $130
FAP Waiver: Yes
CASPer Required: No
Screens Applications: No
Accepts Application Updates: Yes
Mission
To improve the lives of the communities we serve through excellence in learning, discovery, and healing. To foster an inclusive, diverse community that reflects our world and addresses the most challenging issues in health care.
Vision
- To be the medical school that sets the standard for educating physicians, scientists, and teachers to be leaders of change in creating a healthier, better world; and
- To build a diverse and inclusive community reflective of our world in order to enrich learning, foster innovation and help tackle the most vexing challenges in health care.
Values
- Excellence
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Diversity
- Integrity
- Innovation
- Accountability
2024-2025
If working, let us know something about the nature of your job.
If your plans or courses change subsequently, please inform the Admissions Office by email at [email protected]. (no word limit)
2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file. (no word limit)
3. What aspects of the Geisel School of Medicine draw you to apply? Please include the characteristics and strengths you will bring to our program and how you hope to contribute to our community. (no word limit)
4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other”.(250 words)
2023-2024
2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file. (No limit)
3. Please tell us specifically why you are interested in Geisel: (no word count)
4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other” (250 word limit)
2022-2023
2021-2022
2. What else do you feel is important for us to know about you? You can use this space to highlight something not addressed in your application, including new experiences not in your AMCAS application. You can also talk about how COVID -19 impacted you. For example, it may have caused disruptions or changes in your plans. If there is something you would like to share regarding how this event impacted you, share that information here. (1000 words max)
2020-2021
1. Please indicate your plans for the upcoming year
2. Please share something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application that you feel might be helpful to our Admissions Committee.
3. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other”. (250 words)
2019-2020
Optional:
2. What else do you feel is important for us to know about you? Please use this space to highlight something not addressed in your application, including new experiences not in your AMCAS application. (200 words)
2018-2019
The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.
2017-2018
1. Please indicate your plans for the 2017-2018 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change subsequently, you need to inform the Admissions Office by email at [email protected].
2.Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file.
Other Questions
3. Pre-Med Requirements (fill-in)
4. Is there anyone in your immediate family who is a graduate of Dartmouth? (Note: You do not need to list yourself if you are a Dartmouth College graduate.) Please list below with class, relationship, and school affiliation (i.e., Dartmouth College, Geisel School, Thayer School, Tuck School
2016-2017
1. Please indicate your plans for the 2016-2017 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change subsequently, you need to inform the Admissions Office by email at [email protected]
2. Please share with us something about yourself that is not addressed elsewhere in your application and which could be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file.
Premedical Requirements
3. Applicants need not have completed all premedical courses at the time of application, but required courses must be completed and documented prior to matriculation at the Geisel School in August 2017. Please list below the courses you have taken, or plan to take, to fulfill the Geisel School’s premedical requirements. Please check the box next to any course in progress during the application year. We require one year each (8 semester hours or equivalent) of Physics and General Biology, plus one-half year (3 semester hours or equivalent) of Calculus or Statistics, and two years of chemistry which must include one-half year of Biochemistry and one-half year of Organic Chemistry. Advanced Placement courses for which you have received official college credit and that will appear on a college transcript may be used to fulfill the requirements.
4. Please Note: For semester hours, please feel free to list either the AMCAS converted hours or what appears on your transcript. If you are on a trimester or quarter system, please know we are used to seeing variations in semester hours depending on how your school awards credit. For course names, abbreviations are fine and we ask that you only list the courses you are using to meet each requirement and not include additional courses taken in that subject area.
5. Is there anyone in your immediate family who is a graduate of Dartmouth? (Note: You do not need to list yourself if you are a Dartmouth College graduate.) Please list below with class, relationship, and school affiliation (i.e., Dartmouth College, Geisel School, Thayer School, Tuck School).
6. If you are not a U.S. Citizen and you have Permanent Resident status, you are required to submit a copy of your valid Alien Registration Card (‘Green Card’). Until the copy is received, your file will not be considered complete
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