Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts

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

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Secondary Deadline: December 1, 2023
Secondary Fee: $125
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waived
CASPer Required: Yes
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: Yes/Email

Mission

The School of Medicine, in a culture of community, scholarship and innovation, is dedicated to inspiring diverse, promising students to lead and transform medicine for the betterment of humanity.

Vision 

The School of Medicine aims to establish itself as a revered institution of higher medical education by means of accomplishing the following visionary objectives:

  • To be a premier “Millennial Medical School”
  • To be a major contributor to the redefining of medical education
  • To have positively changed the University, Northwell Health and the community
  • To have improved the health of the region

Values

  • Community
  • Scholarship
  • Innovation
  • Learning
  • Humanism
  • Diversity
  • Professionalism
  • Patient Centeredness
  • Reflection 
  • Vision

2023-2024

1. Explain why the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is a good fit for your medical education journey? 250 words

2. “The School of Medicine, in a culture of community, scholarship and innovation, is dedicated to inspiring diverse, promising students to lead and transform medicine for the betterment of humanity.” How do you feel you would contribute to the Zucker School of Medicine’s mission and values and where do you see this taking you in the future? 250 words

2022-2023

1. Please indicate what you have been doing since the time of graduation until now. (1500 Characters)

2. Please use this space to describe any challenge or obstacle you have faced prior to your application to medical school and how you addressed that challenge. (1500 Characters)

3. Optional: Given the COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware that there may be certain challenges you have encountered during the application process. Please use this space to describe any of those challenges. (1500 Characters)

2021-2022

1. If you are currently not a matriculated student, please indicate what you have been doing since the time of graduation until now. (1500 characters)

2. If your undergraduate education was interrupted for any reason and you were not enrolled in classes, please indicate the reasons, the duration of the interruption, and how you spent your time. This does not include time between programs post-graduation. (1500 characters)

3. Please use this space to describe any challenge or obstacle you have faced prior to your application to medical school and how you addressed that challenged. (1500 characters)

4. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware that there may be certain challenges you have encountered during the application process. Please use this space to describe any of those challenges. (optional, 1500 characters).

2020-2021

1. Please use this space to describe any challenge or obstacle you have faced prior to your application to medical school and how you addressed that challenge. (1,500 characters max)

2. (Optional) Given the COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware that there may be certain challenges you have encountered during the application process. Please use this space to describe any of those challenges. (1,500 characters max)

2019-2020

1. If you are currently not a matriculated student, please indicate what you have been doing since the time of graduation until now. (1500 characters)

2. If your undergraduate education was interrupted for any reason and you were not enrolled in classes, please indicate the reasons, the duration of the interruption, and how you spent your time. This does not include time between programs post-graduation. (1500 characters)

3. Please use this space to describe any challenge or obstacle you have faced prior to your application to medical school and how you addressed that challenge. (1500 characters).

2018-2019

The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.

2017-2018

The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.

2016-2017

The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.

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