Marshall University Secondary Essay Prompts
These are the secondary application essay prompts for Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.
about Marshall university joan c. Edwards school of medicine
Secondary Deadline: December 15, 2025
Secondary Fee: $75
FAP Waiver: Yes
Casper Required: No
PREview Required:
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: Yes
Mission
The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University is a community-based, Veterans Affairs affiliated medical school dedicated to providing high quality medical education and postgraduate training programs to foster a skilled physician workforce to meet the unique healthcare needs of West Virginia and Central Appalachia. Building upon its medical education foundation, the school seeks to develop centers of excellence in clinical care, including primary care in rural underserved areas, focused and responsive programs of biomedical science graduate study, biomedical and clinical science research, academic scholarship and public service outreach. The School is committed to fulfilling its mission by creating a diverse and inclusive academic community that is sustained in a collegial and nurturing environment of life-long learning.
2025-2026
Required:
How does your professional goal of being a physician align with the mission and values of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine? (5000 characters)
If you are not presently attending school, please indicate your employment or other plans for the time prior to your planned enrollment in medical school. If still in school, enter N/A. (5000 characters)
Optional:
Have you previously applied to Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine?
If yes, what was the class year of your previous application and outline any significant changes or new experience from your previous application. (500 characters)
2024-2025
2. Describe a challenging experience and how it impacted your personal growth. (750 characters)
3.(Optional/New) Please provide below any additional information you believe is important in evaluating your application (e.g. additional coursework, problems with academic record, disadvantaged, etc.)
Please indicate, yes or no and then explain/describe briefly in 250 words or less.
2023-2024
2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Where do you want to serve or practice medicine? (5000 char)
3. If you are not presently attending school indicate your employment or other plans for the time prior to your planned enrollment in medical school. If still in school, enter N/A. (2000 char)
2022-2023
1. Why did you decide to apply to Marshall? (5000 characters)
2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Where do you want to serve or practice medicine? (5000 characters)
3. If you are not presently attending school indicate your employment or other plans for the time prior to your planned enrollment in medical school. If still in school, enter N/A. (2000 characters)
4. (Optional) Please share any disruptions in your academic, volunteer, work, and/or personal life related to COVID-19 that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider. (5000 characters)
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
All prompts have a 5,000 character limit.
1. Why did you decide to apply to the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine? If you have strong ties to West Virginia, please describe in detail.
2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Where do you want to serve or practice medicine?
3. If you are not presently attending school, indicate your employment or other plans for the time prior to your planned enrollment in medical school.
(no character limit)
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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