Morehouse School of Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts

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

about Morehouse School of Medicine

Secondary Deadline: January 2, 2026
Secondary Fee: $50
FAP Waiver: Full Fee Waived
Casper Required: No
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates:

Mission

The mission of the Morehouse School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program is to lead the creation and advancement of health equity by empowering and educating the next generation of physician assistants to achieve academic, personal, and professional success and become committed life-long learners who will provide compassionate, high quality, patient-centered care to meet the primary health care needs of the urban and rural underserved populations in Georgia and the nation. 

Values

  • Integrity
  • Wisdom
  • Knowledge
  • Excellence
  • Innovation
  • Service
  • Compassion
  • Leadership
  • Professionalism

2025-2026

1. Give an example when you have shown resilience and how you would overcome academic adversity if encountered in medical school. 2. In what ways do you plan to contribute to the Morehouse School of Medicine community, both during your time as a student and beyond? 3. Imagine you’re a healthcare provider working at a community clinic with limited resources. You’re responsible for distributing a small number of free glucose monitors to patients with diabetes. You have two patients who qualify: one is highly engaged, follows care instructions, and has shown consistent improvement. The other struggles with managing their condition due to low literacy, language barriers, and unstable housing, and often misses appointments. You only have one monitor left. Who do you give it to—and why? How would you navigate this situation in a way that reflects a commitment to health equity?

2024-2025

1. Identify the one type of medical career listed below to which you may wish to devote the majority of your professional efforts:
Primary Care
Other Specialty Care
Research/Teaching
Undecided
Briefly explain the reasons for your selections in the Perceptions of Your Medical Career Section. (999 characters)

2. Type a brief statement setting forth the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to Morehouse School of Medicine and any information about yourself you feel would be of interest to the Committee of Admissions in the consideration of your application. (9999 characters)

2023-2024

1.Briefly explain the reasons for your selections in the Perceptions of Your Medical Career Section.

2.Type a brief statement setting forth the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to Morehouse School of Medicine and any information about yourself you feel would be of interest to the Committee of Admissions in the consideration of your application.

2022-2023

1. What percent of your professional time do you anticipate devoting to: 1. Administration 2.Teaching 3.Patient Care 4.Research (999 characters)

2. Briefly explain the reasons for your selections in the Perceptions of Your Medical Career Section. (999 characters) – This prompt is based on your answer to this question: Identify the one type of medical career listed below to which you may wish to devote the majority of your professional efforts: Primary Care, Other Specialty Care, Research/Teaching, Undecided

3. Type a brief statement setting forth the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to Morehouse School of Medicine and any information about yourself you feel would be of interest to the Committee of Admissions in the consideration of your application. (9999 characters)

2021-2022

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

2020-2021

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

2019-2020

1. Type a statement setting forth the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to Morehouse and any information about yourself you feel would be of interest to the Committee on Admission in the consideration of your application. Please keep the response to about one page. (You may want to type your answer in a Word Processor while you are off-line and paste your response here)

2. What percent of your professional time do you anticipate devoting to (Administrative, teaching, patient care, research)? In which size community do you think you would like to practice? (Large metropolitan, small city, large town, small town/rural area/reservation). Briefly, explain the reasons for your selections. (no word limit)

2018-2019

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

2017-2018

1. Type a statement setting forth the key motivational factors in your decision to apply to Morehouse and any information about yourself you feel would be of interest to the Committee on Admission in the consideration of your application. Please keep the response to about one page. (You may want to type your answer in a Word Processor while you are off-line and paste your response here)

2016-2017

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

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