Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts

1. Have you ever participated in an international mission or relief trip? If yes, please explain: (no limit)

2. Do you have research experience? If yes, please explain: (no limit)

3. Work experience, volunteer experience, shadowing experience w/description

4. Have you ever applied to OCOM? Have you submitted an application to another medical school within the last two years? If you answered ‘yes’ to either question above, to which medical school(s) did you apply, and what improvements have you made to your application? (1,500 character limit)

5. Have you ever been subject to revocation or suspension of a professional license, censured, reprimanded, or placed on probation for reason(s) relating to professional competence or conduct by a state licensing authority?
If yes, please explain: (500 character limit)

6. Have you ever had disciplinary action taken against you by any professional society or professional association?
If YES, please explain (500 characters)

7. Have you ever been subject to disciplinary action for academic or other reasons in any of the colleges, universities, graduate, or professional schools that you attended?
If YES, please explain (500 characters)

8. Are there any disciplinary actions pending or expected to be brought against you?
If YES, please explain (500 characters)

9. Do you have any misdemeanors, felonies, or other offenses which may or may not have resulted in conviction or have been dismissed? Do you have any civil charges which may or may not have resulted in conviction or have been dismissed (including any traffic violations but excluding parking violations)?
If YES, please explain (500 characters)

10. Is there any information of which OCOM should be aware that is relevant to your ability to complete the osteopathic medicine education program and to be certified for licensure?
If YES, please explain (500 characters)

Short Answer Questions:
1. Why did you choose Orlando College of Osteopathic medicine (OCOM)? Please be specific describing what is particularly attractive about OCOM. (500 WORDS)

2. Is there any additional information about your academic record that you would like the Admissions Committee to know? Please include any academic difficulties or course withdrawals. (500 WORDS)

3. Orlando is a vibrant and multicultural, multilingual city. You will be exposed to cultures and languages different from your own while living and studying in this city. Please explain in detail an experience in which you collaborated, worked, or were exposed to diverse backgrounds. Please describe the impact the experience had on you. (500 WORDS)

4. Resilience is “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” Consider a challenge you have experienced. How are your attitudes and actions regarding your challenge a reflection of resilience? (500 WORDS)