2023-2024 Alabama

[wysdoc]

2023-2024 Alabama Secondary Essay Prompts

State of Residence Section:
1. Non-Alabama Resident with Ties to Alabama: Describe any ties or meaningful experiences you have had related to the state of Alabama or UAB Medical Center (1500 characters)

2. All Applicants: if the area you spent most of your life before college differs from where you currently consider your permanent address, please explain (1500 characters)

Essay Section:
3. Where do you see yourself in your medical career fifteen to twenty years from now? (750 characters)

4. Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics or experiences that would add to the learning environment for your classmates. (750 characters)

5. Describe a patient interaction with the healthcare system. This could be a direct patient observation (in person or virtual) during a shadowing/clinical experience or a personal experience within the healthcare system. What did you learn from this experience? (750 characters)

6. Describe a fulfilling or challenging community service experience and how you grew personally from the experience. (750 characters)

7. UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment? (750 characters)

8. (OPTIONAL): Describe your identity and how it has impacted the development of your values and attitudes toward individuals different from yourself and how this will impact your interactions with future colleagues and patients. (750 characters)

9. (OPTIONAL): Please share any information you want us to know about you that is not included in your AMCAS application or in this secondary application. (750 characters)

Additional Experiences Section:
10. You have a separate page to add any experiences that you did not have listed on your AMCAS application



Good luck to everyone applying!

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[BarrBodyGuy]

any secondaries yet??

 

[OreoLover365]

@wysdoc here are the secondary prompts:

State of Residence Section:
1. Non-Alabama Resident with Ties to Alabama: Describe any ties or meaningful experiences you have had related to the state of Alabama or UAB Medical Center (1500 characters)

2. All Applicants: if the area you spent most of your life before college differs from where you currently consider your permanent address, please explain (1500 characters)

Essay Section:
3. Where do you see yourself in your medical career fifteen to twenty years from now? (750 characters)

4. Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics or experiences that would add to the learning environment for your classmates. (750 characters)

5. Describe a patient interaction with the healthcare system. This could be a direct patient observation (in person or virtual) during a shadowing/clinical experience or a personal experience within the healthcare system. What did you learn from this experience? (750 characters)

6. Describe a fulfilling or challenging community service experience and how you grew personally from the experience. (750 characters)

7. UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment? (750 characters)

8. OPTIONAL: Describe your identity and how it has impacted the development of your values and attitudes toward individuals different from yourself and how this will impact your interactions with future colleagues and patients. (750 characters)

9. OPTIONAL: Please share any information you want us to know about you that is not included in your AMCAS application or in this secondary application. (750 characters)

Additional Experiences Section:
10. You have a separate page to add any experiences that you did not have listed on your AMCAS application

 

[Labe]

OOS secondary received 12:21 EST

 

[Mined23]

oos received 10:26

 

[sonder88]

7. UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment? (750 characters)

8. OPTIONAL: Describe your identity and how it has impacted the development of your values and attitudes toward individuals different from yourself and how this will impact your interactions with future colleagues and patients. (750 characters)

Having trouble differentiating what these two questions are asking.

 

[Labe]

7. UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment? (750 characters)

8. OPTIONAL: Describe your identity and how it has impacted the development of your values and attitudes toward individuals different from yourself and how this will impact your interactions with future colleagues and patients. (750 characters)

Having trouble differentiating what these two questions are asking.

7 is an essay why you want to work with diverse and often marginalized populations. Do you have any experiences with underserved or ethnic minority patients? Why do you want to serve these populations?

8 is more of a traditional diversity essay, but more so limited to your own identity (rather than experiences like is the case for their other diversity essay).

 

[wysdoc]

thanks for sharing the questions, @OreoLover365

 

[harry_potter138]

+1 OOS secondary

 

[greenmstp]

Has anyone gotten a secondary for the MSTP yet?

 

[StressedStudent71232]

Has anyone gotten a secondary for the MSTP yet?

Nope still waiting here

 

[Purple&Gold8]

Has anyone gotten a secondary for the MSTP yet?

I received an email this morning saying I have been moved into initial review phase but no secondary yet

 

[greenmstp]

MSTP Secondary Received

 

[thatmeticulouschick]

+1 oos, mstp

 

[Streptagonist]

+1 oos, MSTP

 

[wipwop]

Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics or experiences that would add to the learning environment for your classmates.

UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment?

Are these not essentially the exact same thing? The second question is just a little more wordy.

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

hey yall, does UAB screen for secondaries?

 

[Labe]

hey yall, does UAB screen for secondaries?

Believe they have a minimum stats threshold for secondaries listed somewhere online.

 

[OreoLover365]

hey yall, does UAB screen for secondaries?

I don't think so. As long as you pass their 495 MCAT and 3.0 science GPA in-state requirement (3.3 science GPA out-of-state)

It is on this website: Selection Criteria - Heersink School of Medicine | UAB

 

[chazzamd]

Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics or experiences that would add to the learning environment for your classmates.

UAB Medicine provides quality health care and compassionate service to every patient, every time, regardless of their individual differences or circumstances. Our academic medical center attracts patients from across the world who represent many cultures, religions, lifestyles, and economic backgrounds. Why are you specifically interested in beginning your medical education in this environment, and how do you feel that your previous experiences will prepare you for this unique learning environment?

Are these not essentially the exact same thing? The second question is just a little more wordy.

I'm thinking maybe the second one you could talk a little bit more about UAB and what it offers, and in the first one talk more about yourself?

 

[Dr. Anonymouss]

Current M4 here on an away rotation and I must say UAB is amazing. If you have the chance to attend then pick this school. I will be doing everything I can to attend residency here. It blows my MD school out of the water. Great city, huge hospital, and many diverse and interesting cases to see.

 

[chazzamd]

Current M4 here on an away rotation and I must say UAB is amazing. If you have the chance to attend then pick this school. I will be doing everything I can to attend residency here. It blows my MD school out of the water. Great city, huge hospital, and many diverse and interesting cases to see.

vital question. how far from the med school is the nearest waffle house

 

[Dr. Anonymouss]

vital question. how far from the med school is the nearest waffle house

lol a few blocks.

 

[chazzamd]

lol a few blocks.

sold

 

[wysdoc]

vital question. how far from the med school is the nearest waffle house

Your waffle needs will be met, @chazzamd

 

[wizardsofwavelyplace]

2. All Applicants: if the area you spent most of your life before college differs from where you currently consider your permanent address, please explain (1500 characters)
with this prompt, I am kind of unsure what they are asking, what do I say if both areas are mostly the same.

 

[opabiniafan]

2. All Applicants: if the area you spent most of your life before college differs from where you currently consider your permanent address, please explain (1500 characters)
with this prompt, I am kind of unsure what they are asking, what do I say if both areas are mostly the same.

if you've moved around different states you should answer this prompt. if you've moved neighborhoods or cities in the same state I think you're fine. I'm pretty sure this is just a residency question for OOS/IS

 

[greenmstp]

MSTP II Received!! (OOS, submitted 7/25)

 

[opabiniafan]

MSTP R this morning (submitted 7/23). Crazy how bad the regular MD program wants me 🙄

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

MSTP R this morning (submitted 7/23). Crazy how bad the regular MD program wants me

What is MSTP?

 

[opabiniafan]

What is MSTP?

MD/PhD program that is funded by the NIH (not all MD/PhD programs are)

 

[hopefuldoctorintraining]

Does anyone know when ED and RD II go out? I could not get a good gauge from previous year's threads

 

[opabiniafan]

Does anyone know when ED and RD II go out? I could not get a good gauge from previous year's threads

I'd imagine ED II has already happened given that they need to give applicants a response by 10/1 by the latest

 

[The REAL Doc McStuffins]

OOS Pre secondary R. Haven’t even taken MCAT yet 🤷🏾‍♀️😂

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

I just submitted my secondary, RD. How long after submission of the secondary application do they offer II/R?

 

[Purple&Gold8]

I just submitted my secondary, RD. How long after submission of the secondary application do they offer II/R?

For MSTP, I submitted 8/9 and have not heard anything, but someone that submitted 8/7 got an II not sure about MD.

 

[BarrBodyGuy]

OOS II, submitted 7/30

 

[Labe]

OOS II, submitted 7/30

Congrats! Is that for RD and MD-only?

 

[sonder88]

Has anyone IS gotten an II?

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

any RD IIs yet?

 

[BreadMan]

OOS II received, regular MD

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

OOS II received, regular MD

CONGRATULATIONS!!! do u mind sharing stats and when u submitted secondary?

 

[BreadMan]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! do u mind sharing stats and when u submitted secondary?

Thanks! 514, ~4.0. Submitted late July. Very strong ties to state

 

[opabiniafan]

These "competitive applicant" webinar emails got me geeking. If i'm such a competitive applicant just give me that interview 🥱

 

[peanutbutterprincess]

will we know that we got the R in real-time or will they wait until the end of the cycle?

 

[Jkp1675]

will we know that we got the R in real-time or will they wait until the end of the cycle?

Two people on Cycletrack have reported receiving rejections already. I hope that helps!

 

[Little-Dude]

Two people on Cycletrack have reported receiving rejections already. I hope that helps!

Where do we access cycle track?

 

[pintailedwhydah]

IS Regular MD, just received II tonight. Complete on 7/31

 

[Purple&Gold8]

Where do we access cycle track?

CycleTrack

CycleTrack is a free system for tracking and visualizing medical school applications while crowdsourcing data to make admissions more transparent.

cycletrack.org

 

[ebebebe]

OOS II. Complete 7/20