University of Florida College of Medicine

1. Students at UFCOM regularly write about and discuss encounters with patients that shape their professional identity. Choose one of the provided reflections and describe how the writer grew from the experience.

2. If you think there is any additional information that would help the admissions committee in its review of your application, please use the space below.

1. Reflect upon your life experiences, values and/or personal background. How do these help frame how you envision your future contributions as a physician?

1. How do you know that you want to be a physician?

2. Tell us something about yourself that will enhance the UNMC College of Medicine.

3. Students at UFCOM regularly write about and discuss encounters with patients that significantly shape their professional identity. Through this process, we all learn to become better physicians and human beings. Below are two reflections by our students: one is a poem, and the other is an essay. Read and reflect on both, then choose one and describe how the writer grew from the experience. In your response, consider the affirmation from the Hippocratic Oath.

1. If you are not a legal resident of Florida according to your AMCAS application, write a statement describing your association with the State of Florida.

2. If you are a re-applicant to UNMC, how is your application different this year?

3. If this is your first application to UNMC but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle?

4. What is your personal rationale for applying to UNMC, especially if you are not from Nebraska?

5. Have you had a personal interaction with UNMC faculty or advisors that prompted your application?

6. What are you most proud of in your life?

7. What have you learned from working with people whose backgrounds are different from yours?

1. Tell us about a time when you had to overcome adversity.

2. Below are several quotes from Dr. Frankl that address finding purpose and meaning in suffering. After reading and reflecting on his insights, please choose one or two quotes and describe experiences where you have observed these principles in action, either in your own life or in the lives of others.

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain.