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.
about Hofstra University zucker school of medicine
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
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
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
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
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
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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