2025-2026
**All are a 300 word limit.**
1. Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical College of Georgia and how medical education at MCG will help you achieve your future career goals and desired specialty.
2. At the core of MCG’s mission is community engagement and providing care to underserved communities. Please describe your engagement or your personal experience with underserved communities.
3. Please describe your motivation for becoming a physician. Provide an example of an impactful clinical experience or patient encounter which reinforced your desire to enter medicine.
4. The art of medicine requires resilience on the part of its practitioners. There can be perceived failure even when the medical team has done everything right. Please describe a time when you were part of something that failed. What did you learn from this experience?
5. The Admissions Committee considers an applicant’s personal attributes and life experiences to be vital in fulfilling MCG’s educational mission and addressing the healthcare needs of Georgia’s complex and geographically dispersed population. In this context, how would you contribute to the MCG community and help meet the healthcare needs of Georgians?
6. Please describe the specific geographical area (state, city, town or country if applicable) in which you would most likely practice medicine and why.
Optional
7. Please explain any inconsistencies in your academic record or delays in your path to medicine. This may include below average course performance, grade trends, MCAT scores, bridge (gap) years etc. If no inconsistencies have occurred, please select “N/A.”
8. Please list any additional coursework or certifications which may not be captured on your primary AMCAS application. If not applicable, please select “N/A.”
9. If you have completed an undergraduate degree, please describe your plans for the remainder of the current application cycle. (Ex. may include post-bacc, Master’s, employment…). If no additional information is applicable, please select “N/A.”
10. Please list any additional clinical experiences that are not included on your AMCAS application. Please include the physician’s name OR type of experience (i.e., Nursing, PA, EMT, E.R. Scribe, etc.) in the description column below along with the location, dates and total number of hours. If no additional experiences have occurred, please select “N/A.”
11. If applicable, indicate any updates to your application since AMCAS submission or other information you feel the admissions committee should consider which may not be captured in other areas of your application. If no additional information is applicable, please select “N/A.”
2022-2023
Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. (300 words)
Please describe your motivation for becoming a physician. What contributions do you feel that you could make to the medical profession in the future? (300 words)
Please list any additional clinical experiences that are not included on your AMCAS application. Please include the physician’s name OR type of experience (i.e., Nursing, PA, EMT, E.R. Scribe, etc.) in the description column below along with the location, dates and total number of hours. If no additional experiences have occurred, please select “N/A.”
The Admissions Committee regards the diversity of an entering class as an important factor in serving the educational mission of MCG and meeting the healthcare needs of a diverse patient population. Please describe how your own personal attributes, background, or life experiences, would contribute to the diversity of the class. (300 words)
The art of medicine requires resilience on the part of its practitioners. There can be perceived failure even when the medical team has done everything right. Please describe a time when you part of something that failed. What did you learn from this experience? (300 words)
Please describe the geographical area in which you would most likely practice medicine and why. Please include the country, region, state, city and/or town in your response. (300 words)
Please explain any inconsistencies in your academic record. This may include below average course performance, grade trends, MCAT scores, etc. (300 words or N/A)
If applicable, indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information you have not already addressed in your application. (300 words or N/A)
Please discuss any disruptions to your medical school application as a result of COVID-19. This may include but is not limited to academic performance, clinical, volunteer, research and extracurricular activities. (300 words or N/A)
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