Here are Medical University of South Carolina’s secondary questions.
2024-2025
For MSTP:
- (Required) Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical University of South Carolina. (Please describe in 250 words or less)
- (Required) Please share the type of research you want to pursue in graduate school.
- (Required) We desire to train students and physicians to work with the diverse patients of our state and nation. Please share any important aspects of your background, identity and/or experiences that have impacted your appreciation for and ability to relate to diverse communities, patient populations, etc.
- (Optional) The Admissions Committee strongly encourages you to share personal challenges that you have overcome and that are unique to you. These challenges may include economic disadvantage, limited access to healthcare, adverse life experience(s), disability, and/or the quality of your early educational environment. Please discuss how such challenges have impacted your preparation and goals in your journey to medicine and may help you to uniquely contribute to MUSC College of Medicine. (Please describe in 500 words or less).
- (Required) Are you a re-applicant to MUSC College of Medicine? (yes/no)
- If yes, describe what you have done since last applying (i.e. your activities, involvement, preparedness, etc.) to strengthen your candidacy for medical school. (Please describe in 250 words or less)
2023-2024
No word/character count indicated.
– What additional qualifications have you acquired since your last application? (if applicable)
– Do you have any other ties to South Carolina that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider? (if applicable)
– What are your medical practice goals?
– Describe your employment status since you completed your bachelor’s degree (part-time, full-time, and dates) (only if you have graduated)
– In what region of the country do you want to practice medicine? Why?
– What areas of medicine are you interested in at this time, or what areas do you plan to pursue?
– Do you have any accomplishments or experiences that make you a unique applicant?
– Explain any impact that COVID-19 may have had on your educational, research, volunteering or employment plans.
– Working as part of a team is an important aspect of your medical education at our School of Medicine and as a practitioner in the future. Please share at least one experience where you worked as part of a team to accomplish a goal/objective. What was your role as a part of the team and what did you learn from working with others? How did you deal with conflict on the team and/or working with a team member who you disagreed with?
2020-2021
No essays required for this application cycle.
2018-2019
Each has a 2,000 character limit:
What are your medical practice goals?
If it has been more than six months since you completed your bachelor’s degree, please describe your employment status since that time (part-time, full-time, and dates).
In what region of the country do you want to practice medicine? Why?
What areas of medicine are you interested in at this time, or what areas do you plan to pursue?
Do you have any accomplishments or experiences that make you a unique applicant?
2017 – 2018
Write a brief essay that includes discussion of the following:
- why you are applying to MUSC – MUST RESPOND TO THIS
- previous research experience(s)
- current research interests
- why you want to pursue the dual degrees
- your long range goals
- extracurricular/community/professional activities
- membership in professional organizations
2016 – 2017
There were no essay prompts in the secondary application for the 2016-2017 cycle.
2013 – 2014
There were no essay prompts in the secondary application for the 2013-2014 cycle.
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