Since no one posted the stanford essays:
The Committee on Admissions regards the diversity of an entering class as an important factor in serving the educational mission of the school.
The Committee on Admissions strongly encourages you to share unique, personally important, and/or challenging factors in your background, such as the quality of your early educational environment, socioeconomic status, culture, race, ethnicity, or life or work experiences. Please discuss how such factors have influenced your goals and preparation for a career in medicine.
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Why do you feel you are particularly suited for this practice scenario? What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path?
The Stanford School of Medicine curriculum integrates the scientific basis of medicine with clinical practice. A key element of this curriculum is a requirement for in-depth didactic and scholarly activities through participation in a scholarly concentration of your choice. Details of the curriculum and scholarly concentrations are available at
http://med.stanford.edu/md/curriculum, which we ask you to review prior to answering the following essay question.
Please limit your answer to 1,000 characters including spaces.
How will the Stanford curriculum, and specifically the requirement for a scholarly concentration, help your personal career goals?
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