University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Secondary Essay Prompts
These are the secondary application essay prompts for University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Medicine at Galveston. To put your best foot forward and maximize your chance of an interview invitation, visit our secondary application editing page.
About University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Medicine at Galveston
Secondary Deadline: November 8, 2024
Secondary Fee: $70
FAP Waiver: Yes
CASPer Required: Yes
Screens Applications: Yes
Accepts Application Updates: No
Mission
UTMB will strive to create tomorrow’s medicine today by discovery and application of new knowledge, and by inspiring lifelong learning and clinical excellence. We will accomplish this mission through innovative leadership and a steadfast commitment to scholarship and service excellence by:
- Educating and inspiring skilled physicians and scientists who are dedicated to lifelong learning and reflect the diversity of the people whom we serve.
- Enhancing the well-being of our global community by expanding the frontiers of our basic and applied scientific knowledge and its translation from the bench to the bedside.
- Improving the health of all individuals by providing outstanding evidence-based, compassionate, culturally fluent patient care, which recognizes the utmost importance of human interest, values and dignity.
- Sharing our talents to form partnerships with others–individuals, communities, governments, foundations, schools/universities and industries–in the service of our community, our state and the world.
Vision
Our vision is to achieve international recognition as one of the “BESST”* medical schools in the United States.
* “Building Excellent Scholarship and Service Together”
2024-2025
Please respond to two of the six essay prompts below.
1. Describe a time when you learned in a team. How will this experience help you as a medical student?
2. Describe a time when you made a mistake. How did you acknowledge it, respond, and remediate the situation?
3. Scientific inquiry is important for being a physician. Define a time when you engaged in scientific inquiry and how do you think it would help you be a better physician?
4. What attributes do you look for in your physician(s)? Which of these attributes do you need to develop? How will you develop them?
5. Do you have any work experience and if so, how do you think those skills will help you as a physician?
6. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and the Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, or other attributes that make you especially interested in matriculating here?
2023-2024
A. Please select 2 of the 5 below essay prompts to respond to (300 word count):
1. Describe a time when you advocated for someone whose social identity (e.g., race, gender, sex, religion, socioeconomic status, ability status, etc.) differed from yours. Explain the situation and why advocacy was necessary.
2. Describe a time you were wrong. Why were you wrong? How did you respond?
3. How do you define curiosity? Provide an example in which curiosity helped solve or expand your knowledge and experience outside of the academic environment.
4. What attributes do you look for in your physician(s)? Which of these attributes do you need to develop? How will you develop them?
5. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, or other attributes which make you especially interested in matriculating here?
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2022-2023
2. Describe a time you navigated a challenging circumstance. How will this experience help you succeed in medical school or as a physician?
3. John Sealy School of Medicine values inclusion and advocacy. Describe a time when you advocated for someone whose social identity (e.g., race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, ability status, etc.) differed from yours. Explain the situation and why advocacy was necessary.
4. Describe a time you were wrong. Why were you wrong? How did you respond?
5. How do you define curiosity? Provide an example in which curiosity helped solve or expand your knowledge and experience outside of the academic environment.
6. What attributes do you look for in your physician(s)? Which of these attributes do you need to develop? How will you develop them?
7. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and the Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, or other attributes which make you especially interested in matriculating here?
2021-2022
2. Describe, if relevant, circumstances in your life that represent a hardship (e.g. financial difficulties, illness, educational disadvantage). How have these circumstances impacted you, and how do you believe they will impact your practice of medicine? (300 words)
3. What does health equity mean to you? How will you as a physician promote health equity and foster diversity and inclusion? (300 words)
2020-2021
2. Describe, if relevant, circumstances in your life that represent a hardship (e.g. financial difficulties, illness, educational disadvantage). How have these circumstances impacted you, and how do you believe they will impact your practice of medicine? (300 word limit)
3. Describe your experience(s) working in teams and articulate the impact of this experience on you. In particular, how did you manage any disagreements or conflicts that arose in the process? (300 word limit)
2019-2020
There were no secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle.
2018-2019
There were no secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle.
2017-2018
There were no secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle.
2016-2017
There were no secondary application essay prompts from this medical school application cycle.
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