University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine

1. Describe how your background and unique lived experiences will contribute to JABSOM's mission.

2. Describe your most important volunteer work and why it was meaningful.

3. Describe any personal connection to JABSOM and/or Hawaii and the Pacific that you may have. If not, explain why you have chosen to apply to JABSOM.

4. If you are a re-applicant to JABSOM, please complete the following additional essay: Describe the efforts you have made to further improve your application to the MD Program. (600-word limit)

1. Please select ONE of the three questions below:

1. A) Resilience is defined as "the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, particularly through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands." Reflect on a challenge you have faced. In what ways do your attitudes and actions related to this challenge demonstrate resilience? (600-word limit)

2. Describe a personal experience that demonstrated your resilience. What did you learn from that experience that may help you manage similar situations in the future?

1. Describe any personal connection you may have to JABSOM and/or Hawaii and the Pacific. If you do not have a personal connection to JABSOM and/or Hawaii, please explain your interest in attending JABSOM. (600-word limit)