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University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Motivation and Fit

  • 1. MD-PHD: Please provide the names of faculty with whom you would like to meet, if invited for an interview. For each faculty member suggested, provide a sentence or two explaining why you would like to meet that person.


    2024-2025

Career Goals and Future Aspirations

  • 1. If you answered yes, please provide an explanation on what occurred with your application process or previous matriculation to medical school.


    2024-2025

Personal Attributes and Characteristics

  • 1. What is the most enjoyable experience you have had recently?


    2017-2018 2018-2019 2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 2. What was the most enjoyable experience you had in the past year? (3-5 sentences)


    2014-2015 2015-2016

Understanding and Commitment to Medicine

  • 1. Essay Questions: 1. What do you see as the physician's role in public health? Please answer the question. 2. (Optional) Is there anything else you would like us to know? (Y/N) If yes, please provide your response.


    2022-2023
  • 2. What do you see as the physician's role in public health? Please answer this question. Optional: Is there anything else you would like us to know? If so, please provide your response.


    2021-2022
  • 3. What do you see as the role of a physician in public health? Please answer the question.


    2020-2021
  • 4. What aspect of the future of medicine concerns you the most? (3-5 sentences)


    2015-2016

Other

  • 1. What is the most fun you’ve had lately?


    2024-2025
  • 2. If you had to give yourself a nickname, what would it be?


    2024-2025
  • 3. What are three things you don't care about at all?


    2024-2025
  • 4. Describe a situation in which you didn’t get something you felt you deserved.


    2024-2025
  • 5. Have you previously applied to or attended medical school (M.D., D.O., international)?


    2024-2025
  • 6. Is there anything else you would like us to know? Please respond in 200 words or less (max. 1,400 characters)


    2024-2025
  • 7. MD-PHD: List your publications and papers submitted including one or two sentences describing your role on each publication.


    2024-2025
  • 8. If you had to choose a nickname for yourself, what would it be?


    2017-2018 2018-2019 2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 9. If you had significant wealth, how would you distribute your charitable donations?


    2017-2018 2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 10. Optional: Is there anything else you would like us to know? If so, please provide your response.


    2020-2021
  • 11. If you had immense wealth, how would you distribute your charitable donations?


    2018-2019
  • 12. If you had the power to change anything, what would it be? Please provide your answer.


    2018-2019
  • 13. Write a sentence that is false, and then explain why you wish it were true.


    2015-2016 2017-2018
  • 14. Have you ever applied to any medical school (M.D., D.O., or international)? (Yes/No)


    2016-2017
  • 15. What is the most fun you have had recently? 2. If you could give yourself a nickname, what would it be? 3. If you had enormous wealth, how would you allocate your charitable donations? 4. Describe a situation in which you feel you did not receive something you deserved.


    2016-2017
  • 16. If you could choose a nickname for yourself, what would it be? Please respond in 3-5 sentences.


    2014-2015 2015-2016
  • 17. If you had significant wealth, how would you allocate your charitable donations? (3-5 sentences)


    2014-2015 2015-2016

Personal Experiences and Challenges

  • 1. What is the most fun you have had lately? 2. If you had to give yourself a nickname, what would it be? 3. What are three things you do not care about at all? 4. Describe a situation in which you did not receive something you felt you deserved. 5. Are you a member of a group that is underrepresented in medicine? (Y/N) If yes, which group? How does underrepresentation affect your community? 6. Have you previously applied to medical school (M.D., D.O., international)? (Y/N) If yes, upon reflection, what do you think went wrong?


    2022-2023
  • 2. Describe a situation in which you did not receive something you believed you deserved.


    2017-2018 2020-2021 2021-2022
  • 3. What aspect of preparing to apply to medical school did you find most challenging? (3-5 sentences)


    2014-2015

Community, Diversity, and Equity

  • 1. Do you believe you belong to a group that is underrepresented in medicine? (Yes/No)


    2016-2017

Academic and Research Experiences

  • 1. MD-PHD: Please indicate fields of study for which you have a special interest. For example: Anatomy, Biostatistics, Molecular Biology, etc.


    2024-2025