University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

1. Briefly describe your reasons for wanting to attend medical school at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. In your essay, please discuss any personal connections you may have to The University of Toledo, the UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences (formerly the Medical College of Ohio), the city of Toledo, or the Northwest Ohio region, if applicable.

1. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students is resilience and adaptability. This competency encompasses the ability to tolerate stressful or changing environments and to adapt effectively to them. Additional characteristics of this competency include persistence and the ability to recover from setbacks.

2. "Recognizing and acting on the obligation to inform one's own judgment."

3. "Recognizing and acting on the obligation to inform one's own judgment:"

4. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students is resilience and adaptability. This competency encompasses the ability to tolerate stressful or changing environments and to adapt effectively to them. Additional characteristics of this competency include persistence and the ability to recover from setbacks. Discuss a specific experience from your life that you believe demonstrates your competence in resilience and adaptability as described above. In your discussion, explain how you think this experience will help you face new challenges in medical school.

1. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students involves cultural competence. The competency involves several distinct domains… Discuss a specific experience from your life that you feel demonstrates your level of competence in one of the above domains. (Clearly indicate which domain you are responding to.)

2. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students involves resilience and adaptability… Discuss a specific experience from your life that you feel demonstrates your level of competence in resilience and adaptability.

3. Please use the space below for anything you might wish to discuss related to the corona virus (COVID-19) public health crisis.

4. Please briefly describe what activities you are/have been engaged in during the period between undergraduate school and medical school.

5. If you feel you have any aspects of your record that may potentially negatively influence your application to our medical school, we encourage you to use this space to discuss them.

6. "Will one or more years pass between your graduation from college or university (bachelor's degree) and your expected matriculation to medical school? YES/NO"

7. Are you reapplying to the MD program at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences?

1. (Optional) Please use the space below to discuss anything related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health crisis. Possible topics include, for example, your biggest lessons and insights from the pandemic; creative ways you served your community during the crisis; or hardships you faced as a result of the virus or quarantine. (You will have an opportunity to discuss the impacts on your coursework and grades in a separate item.) Maximum word count: 600.

2. If you believe there are aspects of your record that may negatively impact your application to our medical school, we encourage you to use this space to discuss them and provide the admissions committee with additional context about your application. Examples of possible topics include MCAT scores that are lower than our class average, low grades, withdrawn courses, or institutional actions/student conduct violations. Maximum word count: 500.

3. If you believe there are aspects of your record that may negatively impact your application to our medical school, we encourage you to use this space to discuss them and provide the admissions committee with additional context regarding your application. Examples of potential topics include MCAT scores that are below our class average, low grades, withdrawn courses, or institutional actions/student conduct violations.

4. (Optional) Please use the space below to discuss anything related to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Possible topics may include, for example, your biggest lessons and insights from the pandemic; creative ways you served your community during the crisis; or hardships you faced as a result of the virus or quarantine. (You will have an opportunity to discuss the impacts on your coursework and grades in a separate item.)

5. Discuss any important aspects of your personal background, identity, or educational journey that you believe would provide the Admissions Committee with greater insight into your medical school application. Briefly explain how these factors have influenced your motivation to pursue a career in medicine. Examples may include challenges you have overcome in accessing education; identification with a minority culture, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity; and unique pathways to medical school through professional employment, military service, family caregiving, or other circumstances.

1. We invite you to briefly discuss any other connections you may have to The University of Toledo, the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, the city of Toledo, or the region of Northwest Ohio.

2. We invite you to briefly discuss any connections you may have to The University of Toledo, the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, the city of Toledo, or the Northwest Ohio region, or to provide additional information about the affiliations you mentioned above. Maximum word count: 500.

3. We invite you to briefly discuss any connections you may have to The University of Toledo, the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, the city of Toledo, or the Northwest Ohio region, or to provide additional information about the affiliations you mentioned above.

1. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students is cultural competence. This competency encompasses several distinct domains, including:

2. "Demonstrate your understanding of the socio-cultural factors that influence interactions and behaviors."

3. "Demonstrating an appreciation for and respect for multiple dimensions of diversity."

4. "How can engaging with diverse and competing perspectives serve as a resource for learning, citizenship, and work?"

5. "Recognizing and appropriately addressing bias in ourselves and others:"

6. "How do you interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds?"

7. Discuss a specific experience from your life that you believe demonstrates your level of competence in one of the six domains mentioned above. Clearly indicate which domain you are addressing. In your discussion, explain how this experience will influence your future contributions to the culture of diversity and inclusion at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, as well as in your career as a physician.

8. Discuss a specific experience from your life that you believe demonstrates your competence in one of the above domains. In your discussion, explain how you think this experience will influence your future contributions to the culture of diversity and inclusion at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

9. One of the AAMC Core Competencies for entering medical students involves cultural competence: "Demonstrates knowledge of socio-cultural factors that affect interactions and behaviors; shows an appreciation and respect for multiple dimensions of diversity; recognizes and acts on the obligation to inform one's own judgment; engages diverse and competing perspectives as a resource for learning, citizenship, and work; recognizes and appropriately addresses bias in themselves and others; interacts effectively with people from diverse backgrounds." Discuss a specific experience from your life that you believe demonstrates your cultural competence.

10. Essay #1 (Required): The University of Toledo College of Medicine is committed to excellence in education that prepares graduates to deliver quality health care. Developing cultural competence is an important goal in our curriculum. Cultural competence is defined as the awareness, understanding, and ability to use specific methods to effectively address cultural issues and their role in health and health care. Please discuss a life experience in which you believe you demonstrated cultural competence.