Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
These are the secondary application essay prompts for Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.
about Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Secondary Deadline: March 1, 2026
Secondary Fee: $200
FAP Waiver: Yes
Casper Required: Yes
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: Yes
Mission
The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is committed to training osteopathic physicians, with a particular emphasis on practicing medicine in underserved communities, and to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine.
We value and support public service, research, graduate medical education, and osteopathic clinical service in the community that will strive to improve health outcomes for those we serve.
We will work to educate students through the use of the latest innovative education techniques using summative and formative measures so as to graduate qualified osteopathic physicians.
2025-2026
In no more than three paragraphs that will fit on this single page (if the essay creates a second page, it is too long), please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives.
2024-2025
This Personal Statement is different than the essay that had been submitted with your AACOMAS application.
Although there is no specified length to this essay, please limit the length of this Personal Statement to the space available on this page. Please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives.
Although there is no specified length to this essay, please limit the length of this Personal Statement to the space available on this page. Please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives.
2023-2024
This Personal Statement is different than the essay that had been submitted with your AACOMAS application.
In no more than three paragraphs that will fit on this single page (if the essay creates a second page, it is too long), please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives.
a) Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b) Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c) How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d) How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
In no more than three paragraphs that will fit on this single page (if the essay creates a second page, it is too long), please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives.
a) Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b) Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c) How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d) How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
2022-2023
This Personal Statement is different than the essay that had been submitted with your AACOMAS application. Although there is no specified length to this essay, please limit the length of this Personal Statement to the space available on this page.Please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives. Consider addressing a few of the following areas:
a) Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b) Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c) How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d) How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
a) Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b) Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c) How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d) How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
2020-2021
1. Please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives. Consider addressing a few of the following areas:
a. Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b. Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c. How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d. How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
a. Why Osteopathic Medicine?
b. Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
c. How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
d. How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
2019-2020
Please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives. Consider addressing a few of the following areas:
Why Osteopathic Medicine?
Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
Why Osteopathic Medicine?
Have you been exposed to a diverse environment and how did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
2018-2019
The secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle are the same as above.
2017-2018
On a separate word document, please discuss how your background, experience or academic program has prepared you for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicines Mission, Goals, or Objectives. Consider addressing a few areas:
Why Osteopathic Medicine: Have you been exposed to a diverse environment?
How did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school? How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
Why Osteopathic Medicine: Have you been exposed to a diverse environment?
How did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school? How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
2016-2017
Please discuss how your background, experience, or academic program has prepared for meeting Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Mission, Goals, or Objectives. Consider addressing a few areas:
Why Osteopathic Medicine?
Have you been exposed to a diverse environment?
How did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
Why Osteopathic Medicine?
Have you been exposed to a diverse environment?
How did you contribute?
How have your academic background and personal experiences prepared you for medical school?
How were you influenced by a shadowing experience?
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