Do they still have the prompts from last year about global activities and switching courses to pass/fail and whatnot or did they take those out?
From the portal:
2. If you were offered an option to continue courses with a standard grading system or switch to Pass/Fail, and you elected Pass/Fail, please describe the reason(s) for your decision here. (Gives you 500 characters)
6. Have you participated in any global activities outside of the U.S. prior to submitting your AMCAS application? (If yes, it gives you 1000 characters).
Some other questions asked other than the main prompts Adrenaline Junky posted:
1. Were there changes to your academic work and/or personal circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic that you would like to share with the committee? (If yes, Please describe these changes during this time in 500 characters or less.)
(2 is the P/F question)
3. Have you taken any online courses for credit? (not due to the COVID-19 pandemic). (If yes, asks you how many then asks you to list all science courses taken online.)
4. Have you been nominated for or received an award from any state, regional or national organization? (If yes, let's you name the award and upload a document.)
5. Have you taken or are you planning to take time off between college graduation and medical school matriculation? (If yes, gives you 500 characters.)
(6 is the global activities question.)
(7 is the diversity prompt.)
(8 is the prompt about navigating uncertainty.)
9. Do you identify as a first-generation college graduate and/or having a low-income background?
We recognize that the definition of “low income” can vary based on geographic location and size of your household, but there are other factors that may be consistent with low-income, such as having qualified for free/reduced lunch in middle/high school, having received Pell grants or work-study aid during college, having qualified for Medicaid/Social Security benefits, or having attended a high school with low per capita funding or title 1 designation and/or a low percentage of seniors receiving a high school diploma. (Does not ask for any elaboration if you say yes.)
10. Have you or your family experienced economic hardships? (If yes, gives you 1000 characters).
11. Have you ever been employed at the University of Pennsylvania Health System or Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and worked with a University of Pennsylvania faculty mentor(s)? If yes, please indicate name, department, phone number of faculty member(s), and start/end dates.
(12 is the "Why Us?" prompt.)
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you dont know what the essay wants you to talk about, you have to come up with a scenario that might or might not meet the requirements, dont know if it is going to be any good but you still have to write it!
