Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

1. Describe why you would like to attend the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU.

2. Please explain why you would like to be admitted to the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU and what qualities make you a good fit for our College of Medicine.

3. Please explain why you would like to be admitted to the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU. What qualities make you a good fit for our College of Medicine?

4. Please explain why you would like to be admitted to the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU. What qualities make you a good fit for our College of Medicine? (1600 characters)

5. Diversity encompasses a wide range of elements. What unique qualities and traits will you bring to our college? What distinctive attributes would you contribute to the practice of medicine? What values, skills, talents, and life experiences do you possess that would enhance the cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine?

6. Regardless of whether you will be a full-time student, please provide details about your activities and employment for the application year. (1200 character limit)

7. Please explain why you would like to be admitted to the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU. (1600 character limit)

1. Describe a situation where you effectively demonstrated your leadership skills by guiding a group or organization towards a common goal.

1. How have your previous experiences, whether in paid roles or volunteer work, shaped the skills and qualities you believe will be essential for success in medical school and as a future physician?

2. You may have worked during or after college. Maintaining paid employment can be challenging, but it can also help you develop qualities that contribute to your success in medical school and beyond. Please describe your most meaningful paid employment. What made this experience significant? What qualities and skills did the job help you develop and strengthen? What traits do you feel you learned from that employer and/or the work experience? The experience does not need to be related to patient care. If you have no relevant experience, please write "not applicable."

3. Have you held any type of paid employment? If so, please describe your most meaningful employment experience and the traits you believe you developed while working for that employer. If you have not held paid employment, please write "none."

1. Regardless of whether you will be a full-time student, please provide details about your activities and employment for the application year.

2. What MCAT course did you take, and when did you take it?

1. Share a notable personal challenge that has influenced your personal growth.

2. Briefly describe a situation in which you had to overcome adversity. Include the lessons you learned and how you believe this experience will affect your career as a future physician. If you have not faced such a situation, please write "not applicable."

3. Briefly describe a situation in which you had to overcome an obstacle or faced a difficult challenge or decision. What valuable lessons did you learn? How do you believe this experience has prepared you for a career as a future physician?

4. You may have worked during or after college. Maintaining paid employment can be challenging, but it can also help develop a number of qualities that contribute to success in medical school and beyond. Please describe your most meaningful paid employment. What made this experience meaningful? What qualities and skills did the job help you develop and strengthen? (The experience does not need to be related to patient care; if you have none, please write "none.")

5. You may have worked during or after college. Maintaining paid employment can be challenging, but it can also help develop qualities that contribute to success in medical school and beyond. Please describe your most meaningful paid employment. What made this experience significant? What qualities and skills did the job help you develop and strengthen? What traits do you feel you learned from that employer and/or the work experience? (The experience does not need to be related to patient care; if you have none, please write "none.")

6. Briefly describe a situation in which you had to overcome an obstacle or faced a difficult challenge or decision. What valuable lessons did you learn? How do you think the experience has prepared you for a career as a future physician? (If none, please write "none.") (1600 characters)

7. You may have worked during or after college. Balancing paid employment can be challenging, but it can also foster a number of qualities that will help you succeed in medical school and beyond. Please describe your most meaningful paid employment. What made this experience significant? What qualities and skills did the job help you develop and strengthen? (Experience does not need to be related to patient care; if you have none, please write "none.")

8. Tell us about your most meaningful community service experience. (If you have none related to patient care, please write "none.") 2. Tell us about your most meaningful employment experience. (If you have none related to patient care, please write "none.") 3. Tell us about your most meaningful leadership experience. (If you have none, please write "none.") 4. Tell us about any creative endeavors you have participated in. (e.g., art, dance, music, etc. If you have none, please write "none.") 5. Describe a situation in which you interacted with a culturally diverse group. (If you have none, please write "none.")

1. Please share a meaningful community service experience outside of direct patient care that has been meaningful to you.

2. Describe your most meaningful community service experience that is not related to direct patient care. How did you grow from this experience? What did you learn? What aspects of serving others did you enjoy?

3. The Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual in our medical school community can achieve their full potential. We take pride in having a medical school that is rich in cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. What values, skills, talents, and life experiences would you bring to our community?

4. Your AMCAS application should reflect your community service experiences. Please describe your most meaningful community service involvement, particularly an experience that truly inspired you. How did this involvement impact you? (The experience does not need to be related to patient care.)

5. Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our differences. Describe the uniqueness you would bring to the Schmidt College of Medicine. We take pride in having a medical school that is rich in cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. What values, skills, talents, and life experiences would you contribute to our culture?

6. As a community, FAU Schmidt College of Medicine has committed to being anti-racist and addressing systemic racism in education and healthcare. Institutionalized racism can be defined as "macro-level systems, social forces, institutions, ideologies, and processes that interact with one another to generate and reinforce inequities among racial and ethnic groups." As a future medical student at FAU, how can you actively contribute to addressing and dismantling systemic racism?

7. One of the values of the FAU Schmidt College of Medicine is to provide the best medical care for all people. A major challenge for physicians in delivering optimal medical care is the impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). These are defined as the conditions in the social, physical, and economic environments in which people are born, live, work, and age. As a future doctor, what actions will you take to address SDOH?

8. Tell us about your most meaningful community service experience. How did you grow from it? What did you learn? What did you enjoy about serving others? (If you have no experience related to patient care, please write "none.")

9. Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our differences. Describe the uniqueness you would bring to the Schmidt College of Medicine. We take pride in our medical school’s rich cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. What values, skills, talents, and life experiences would you contribute to our culture?

10. As a community, Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine has committed to being anti-racist and addressing systemic racism in education and healthcare. Institutionalized racism can be defined as "macro-level systems, social forces, institutions, ideologies, and processes that interact with one another to generate and reinforce inequities among racial and ethnic groups." As a future medical student at FAU, how can you actively contribute to addressing and dismantling systemic racism?

11. One of the values of the Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine is to provide the best medical care for all people. A major challenge for physicians in delivering optimal medical care is the impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). These are defined as the conditions in the social, physical, and economic environments in which people are born, live, work, and age. As a future doctor, what actions will you take to address SDOH?

12. Your AMCAS application should reflect your community service experiences. However, please tell us more about your most meaningful community service involvement, particularly an experience that truly inspired you. How did your involvement impact you? (The experience does not need to be related to patient care; if you have none, please write "none.") (1600 characters).

13. Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our differences. Describe the uniqueness you would bring to the Schmidt College of Medicine. We take pride in having a medical school that is rich in cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. What values, skills, talents, and life experiences would you contribute to our culture? (1600 characters)

14. The college's mission is to advance the health and well-being of our community by training future generations of humanistic clinicians and scientists and translating discoveries into patient-centered care. Therefore, as a community-based medical school, community service is important to the college. What community service activity has been the most meaningful to you, and do you currently continue to dedicate your time to this activity?

15. Please describe your most meaningful community service experience. If you do not have one that is not related to patient care, please write "none." (1600 characters)

16. Describe what you would contribute to the practice of medicine—your values, skills, talents, and life experiences—and how you would enhance the cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. (1600 characters)

1. Please describe your leadership experiences and key leadership skills, such as organizing a fundraiser or holding an officer role in a club or organization. How do you motivate or influence others? If you do not have any leadership experience, please write "not applicable."

2. Good leaders add value to the healthcare profession. They possess passion, motivation, conflict resolution skills, and integrity, among other attributes and traits. Please describe your leadership experiences and key leadership skills. Have you organized a fundraiser or held a leadership role in a club or organization? How do you motivate or influence others?

3. Good leaders add value to the healthcare profession. They possess passion, motivation, conflict resolution skills, and integrity, among other attributes and traits. Please describe your leadership experiences and/or key leadership skills. Have you organized a fundraiser or held an officer role in a club or organization? How do you motivate or influence others? (If you have no relevant experiences, please write "none.") (1600 characters)

4. Our college believes in the importance of collaboration. Therefore, the ability to work in a team is vital to the success of an FAU Medical Student, and the ability to lead is equally important. Please provide an example of a time when you were part of a team and held a leadership role. How did you influence your team members to complete their tasks? How did you perform in your role within the team? What did you learn from leading the team? Did any challenges arise, and how did you overcome them? What insights did you gain about being part of a team while also holding a leadership position?

5. Please describe your leadership experiences and key leadership skills. This could include organizing a fundraiser, holding an officer role in a club or organization, or explaining how you motivate or influence others. If you do not have any leadership experiences, please indicate "none." (1600 characters)