University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

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.

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

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

2. What was the most enjoyable experience you had in the past year? (3-5 sentences)

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

3. What are three things you don't care about at all?

4. Describe a situation in which you didn’t get something you felt you deserved.

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

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

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

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

9. If you had significant wealth, how would you distribute your charitable donations?

10. Optional: Is there anything else you would like us to know? If so, please provide your response.

11. If you had immense wealth, how would you distribute your charitable donations?

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

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

14. Have you ever applied to any medical school (M.D., D.O., or international)? (Yes/No)

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.

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

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

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?

2. Describe a situation in which you did not receive something you believed you deserved.

3. What aspect of preparing to apply to medical school did you find most challenging? (3-5 sentences)

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

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