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Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Motivation and Fit

  • 1. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? Please tell us in a few sentences why you are interested in your top track choice.


    2024-2025
  • 2. MSTP Only: In a brief paragraph (max. 500 characters), explain why you are specifically applying to the Mayo Clinic MD-PhD Program.


    2023-2024
  • 3. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? In a few sentences, please explain your interest in the top choice track you indicated.


    2021-2022 2024-2025
  • 4. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine? In a few sentences, please explain your interest in the top track choice you indicated.


    2023-2024
  • 5. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, even if you receive acceptances from other highly ranked medical schools?


    2019-2020 2020-2021
  • 6. Why are you specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, even if you receive acceptances from other highly ranked medical schools?


    2018-2019
  • 7. ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each). Please explain why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Minnesota, even if you receive acceptances from other highly ranked medical schools.


    2017-2018

Community, Diversity, and Equity

  • 1. Tell us how your diversity is reflected not only in your personal and professional activities, but also in your relationships with others in diverse learning environments.


    2024-2025
  • 2. Each of us connects with others through the characteristics that define our individual diversity. Please explain how your diversity is reflected in your personal and professional activities, as well as in your relationships with others, especially in diverse learning environments.


    2024-2025
  • 3. Each of us connects with others through the characteristics that define our individual diversity. Please explain how your diversity is reflected not only in your personal and professional activities but also in your relationships with others, especially in diverse learning environments.


    2023-2024
  • 4. We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual traits that contribute to our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and the diversities of others is reflected in your personal and professional activities.


    2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 5. Share your thoughts on the relevance, or lack thereof, of diverse learning environments in your pursuit of a medical education.


    2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 6. Related Read: Writing a Diversity Secondary Essay for Medical School


    2021-2022
  • 7. We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual traits that contribute to our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and with the diversities of others is reflected in your personal and professional activities.


    2019-2020
  • 8. We are all unique in various ways. Please explain how your personal diversity is reflected in your personal and professional activities.


    2018-2019
  • 9. Please describe how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo.


    2017-2018