University of Louisville School of Medicine

1. Why are you choosing to apply to the University of Louisville School of Medicine?

2. Why have you chosen to apply to the University of Louisville School of Medicine?

3. Discuss briefly why you have chosen to pursue a career in medicine and how your personal characteristics align with those you believe are most essential for physicians.

4. What factors influenced your choice of college(s)?

1. Practice after residency: How do you envision your medical practice after completing your residency training? Please include your choice of medical specialty and location.

1. Describe how your life experiences and personal attributes prepare you to provide excellent and equitable care to diverse patient populations.

2. How do you evaluate your college record?

1. How has the pandemic influenced your perspective on the healthcare system and your potential contributions to the medical field?

1. List and describe any additional experiences, interests, hobbies, or skills that are not included in other areas of your application or that you have completed since submitting your AMCAS application.

2. If you are a reapplicant, what has changed since your previous application or in your approach to this year's admissions cycle?

3. Optional: If you are a reapplicant, what has changed since your previous application or in your approach to this year's admissions cycle?

1. Describe any challenges that have significantly impacted your academic productivity or extracurricular achievements.

2. Describe your most significant personal accomplishments and experiences, and explain how they may relate to your potential contributions to the medical community.

3. Academic productivity and the ability to engage in extracurricular activities can be affected by various challenges. For example, students from rural areas, those who held regular jobs during their college years, or those who are the first in their families to graduate from college may not have the same access to opportunities and support as students from other backgrounds. Adversity can shape both who you are and what you can offer your future classmates, colleagues, and patients. Please describe any challenges you consider significant in your lived experience.

4. How effectively did your high school prepare you for college?

5. Please describe any circumstances that negatively impacted your academic performance during college.

1. Which areas of medical practice are you interested in pursuing during residency? How do you see yourself practicing medicine after residency training, including location?

2. If you are not a Kentucky resident, please explain any personal or familial ties to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. If you are a Kentucky resident, please type "Not Applicable" in the text box below.

1. What has been your most significant contribution to your community, through service or volunteerism? What was its impact on the community and on you?

2. What has been your most significant contribution to your community through service or volunteerism? What impact did it have on the community and on you?

3. The University of Louisville School of Medicine's mission is to improve the health of our patients and the diverse communities we serve through excellence and leadership in education, patient care, research, and community engagement. Please describe how your life experiences and personal attributes have prepared you to provide excellent and equitable care to diverse patient populations.

4. How have your cultural experiences shaped your view of how you can contribute to the medical field and enhanced your ability to provide equitable care for a diverse patient population?