University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

1. Please write a short essay explaining your reasons for applying to the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. We recommend that you limit your essay to approximately 550 words.

1. Please describe your research interests and share how our research opportunities will help you advance your career goals.

2. OPTIONAL: Please feel free to use this space to convey any additional information you might wish the Committee to know (e.g., if you are not currently completing a degree, please share your planned or current activities for this application cycle).

1. Please share with us the personal and professional experiences that have best prepared you to work in our diverse clinical environment.

2. Optional Additional Information: Please use this space to provide any additional information you would like the Committee to know. For example, if you are not currently pursuing a degree, please share your planned or current activities for this application cycle. We suggest limiting your response to about 300 words.

3. Optional Additional Information: Please use this space to share any additional information you would like the Committee to know. For example, if you are not currently pursuing a degree, please describe your planned or current activities for this application cycle. You may also want to include any impact that COVID-19 has had on your educational, research, or extracurricular plans. We recommend limiting your response to about 300 words.

4. If your school has a premedical committee or premedical advisor who writes a letter for each applicant, and you chose not to utilize this service, please explain your decision in the text box below. We suggest limiting your response to about 200 words.

5. Please feel free to use this space to convey any additional information that you might wish the Committee to know. For example, if you are not currently completing a degree, please share your planned or current activities for this application cycle. We suggest that you limit your text to about 300 words.

6. If your school has a premedical committee or premedical advisor who composes a letter for each applicant from your school and you chose not to avail yourself of this service, please provide an explanation in the text box below for your decision not to do so. We suggest that you limit your text to about 200 words.

1. Share with us a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and how you dealt with it. In your response, identify both the coping skills you called upon and the support person(s) from whom you sought advice.

2. Essay Question 3 (Suggested Word Limit: 450): Share a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and explain how you dealt with it. In your response, identify the coping skills you used to resolve the dilemma and the person or people from whom you sought advice.

3. Share with us a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and how you dealt with it. In your response, please identify the coping skills you used to resolve the dilemma, as well as the support person(s) from whom you sought advice.

4. Share a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and explain how you dealt with it. In your response, identify the coping skills you used to resolve the dilemma and the support person(s) from whom you sought advice. We suggest limiting your essay to about 550 words.

5. Students at the Pritzker School of Medicine complete the majority of their clinical training at UChicago Medicine (UCM). UCM, nationally recognized by the AAMC for sustained commitment to community engagement, partnership, and collaboration, has a primary service area where poverty is over double the state level. Additionally, our students lead numerous community-based initiatives throughout Chicago, including six free clinics that primarily serve uninsured patients. Please share with us the personal and professional experiences that have best prepared you to work in this clinical environment. (450 words)

6. Medical education requires humility and resilience as students learn to become physicians prepared to deliver exceptional care within a rapidly changing and sometimes challenging healthcare landscape. Share with us a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and how you dealt with it. In your response, identify both the coping skills you called upon to resolve the situation, and the support person(s) from whom you sought advice. (450 words)

1. Essay Question 1 (Suggested Word Limit: 450) Students at the Pritzker School of Medicine complete the majority of their clinical training at UChicago Medicine (UCM). UCM is one of the top ten most racially inclusive hospitals in the United States, serving a primary area that includes 12 South Side zip codes where poverty rates are more than double the state average. Additionally, our students lead six free clinics in diverse neighborhoods throughout the city of Chicago. Please share with us the personal and professional experiences that have best prepared you to work in this diverse clinical environment.

2. Students at the Pritzker School of Medicine complete the majority of their clinical training at UChicago Medicine (UCM), which is one of the top ten most racially inclusive hospitals in the United States. UCM serves a primary area that includes 12 South Side zip codes, where poverty rates are more than double the state average. Additionally, our students lead six free clinics in diverse neighborhoods throughout the city of Chicago. Please share with us the personal and professional experiences that have best prepared you to work in this diverse clinical environment.

1. Essay Question 2 – MD Only Applicants (Suggested Word Limit: 450) All MD students participate in our longitudinal Scholarship & Discovery research program, which provides protected curricular time, mentoring, and funding for students to pursue their scholarly interests. Please describe your research interests and explain how our research opportunities will help you achieve your career goals.

2. (MD-Only Applicants) All MD students participate in our longitudinal Scholarship & Discovery research program, which provides protected curricular time, mentoring, and funding for students to pursue their scholarly interests. Please describe your research interests and explain how our research opportunities will help you achieve your career goals.

3. All MD students participate in our longitudinal Scholarship & Discovery research program, which offers protected curricular time, mentoring, and funding for students to pursue their scholarly interests. Please describe your research interests and share how our research opportunities will help you advance your career goals. (450 words - MD only)