Baylor College of Medicine

1. MD/PhD: Why do you think Baylor’s MD/PhD Program is a good fit for you? (1500 characters)

2. What knowledge, skills, and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1,000 character limit)

3. What knowledge, skills, and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path?

4. Is becoming a physician a second career for you? If so, what was your first career choice?

1. What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1000 characters)

2. Are you planning to matriculate immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, explain the activities or careers you have pursued in the interim. (No limit)

3. MD/PhD: Describe your plans for the 2023-2024 academic year. (1000 characters)

4. Essay 1: In addition to training to become a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the list below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will not affect your applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you may also apply. What knowledge, skills, and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1000 character limit) - Clinical Research - Healthcare Disparities/Medically Underserved Communities - Academic Medicine - Community Health - Simulation in Medical Education - Health Systems Science - Telehealth Advocacy

5. Essay 2: Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain the activities and/or careers you have pursued during the time between your college education and your application. (If no, please provide an explanation with no limit. If yes, no essay is needed.)

6. In addition to training to become a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the list below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will not affect your applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you may also apply.

7. Are you planning to enroll in medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain the activities and/or careers you have pursued during the time between your college education and your application. (no limit)

8. In addition to training to become a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the list below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will not affect your applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you may also apply. The options include:

9. Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain the activities and/or careers you have pursued during the time between your college education and your application. (Limit not stated)

10. Is becoming a physician a second career for you? If so, what was your first career choice? (2000 characters)

11. If you are a career changer, consider this: Is becoming a physician your second career? If so, what was your first career choice?

1. MD/PhD: Describe a characteristic that enables you to interact with a wide range of people. (1000 characters)

1. Indicate any special experiences or unusual factors that would be helpful in evaluating you. (2000 characters)

2. MD/PhD: Provide full citations for any published articles. (No limit)

3. 2022-2023 Baylor Secondary Essay Prompts: (edited to present the questions in the correct order)

1. Essay 3: Please describe any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you. This may include, but is not limited to, your education, employment, extracurricular activities, and overcoming adversity. You may expand upon, but not repeat, information provided in your TMDSAS or AMCAS applications. This section is mandatory. Please ensure you submit an essay; otherwise, your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit)

2. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you. This may include, but is not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, and overcoming adversity. You may expand upon, but not repeat, information provided in your TMDSAS or AMCAS applications. This section is mandatory. Please ensure you submit an essay; otherwise, your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit)

3. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, and overcoming adversity. You may elaborate on, but not repeat, information from your TMDSAS or AMCAS application. This section is mandatory. Please ensure you submit an essay; otherwise, your application will not be reviewed by the committee.

4. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you. This may include, but is not limited to, your education, employment, extracurricular activities, and overcoming adversity. You may elaborate on this information, but do not repeat details from your TMDSAS or AMCAS applications. (2000 character limit)

5. If you have taken a gap year or years, please explain what you have been doing or will be doing since graduating from your undergraduate institution.

6. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you. This may include, but is not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, and overcoming adversity. You may expand upon, but not repeat, the information provided in your AMCAS application.

7. (REQUIRED). Please indicate any special experiences, unusual factors, or other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating you. This may include, but is not limited to, your education, employment, extracurricular activities, and experiences overcoming adversity. You may expand upon, but not repeat, the information provided in your AMCAS application.

1. In addition to training as a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the provided options. (No character limit)

1. MD/PhD: Please describe your primary research interests for PhD training. (1000 characters)