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2024-2025 Maryland Secondary Essay Prompts:

1. (Optional) How would you describe your cultural background? (1000 characters)

2. Describe here the reason why you are specifically interested in attending the University of Maryland School of Medicine. (1000 characters)

3. Please describe what you will be doing during the 2024-2025 academic year. If you graduated/will graduate in 2024, what are your plans for the coming year until you matriculate to medical school? (1000 characters)

4. Briefly describe your most meaningful exposure to clinical medicine. (1500 characters)

5. Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service. (1500 characters)

6. Without limiting the discussion to your own identity, please describe how you envision contributing to the values of equity and inclusivity at our School of Medicine, and in the medical profession. (1500 characters)

7. What does it mean to you to enter into a profession? (1500 characters)

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Hey all! I know Maryland usually requires a non-STEM LOR from a professor if you don't have a committee letter. Does the same apply for those with a letter packet organized by a pre-med committee? Or in that case would my letter packet have to include a non-STEM?
 
SubwayFiveDollarFootlong said:
Hey all! I know Maryland usually requires a non-STEM LOR from a professor if you don't have a committee letter. Does the same apply for those with a letter packet organized by a pre-med committee? Or in that case would my letter packet have to include a non-STEM?
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to be safe I would say definitely include a non-STEM in the letter packet. Letter packets are not the same as a committee letter so I would def make sure just to cover your bases!
 
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"Aside from summer and holiday breaks, have there been any pauses or delays in your education semesters between high school and college, during college, or after college?"

Does a gap year after May 2024 graduation count as a pause in education?
 
albatross234 said:
"Aside from summer and holiday breaks, have there been any pauses or delays in your education semesters between high school and college, during college, or after college?"

Does a gap year after May 2024 graduation count as a pause in education?
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since they include after college i think that means they count gap years. can you post the secondary essays?
 
bsajeev said:
since they include after college i think that means they count gap years. can you post the secondary essays?
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1. (Optional) How would you describe your cultural background? (1000 characters)

2. Describe here the reason why you are specifically interested in attending the University of Maryland School of Medicine. (1000 characters)

3. Please describe what you will be doing during the 2024-2025 academic year. If you graduated/will graduate in 2024, what are your plans for the coming year until you matriculate to medical school? (1000 characters)

4. Briefly describe your most meaningful exposure to clinical medicine. (1500 characters)

5. Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service. (1500 characters)

6. Without limiting the discussion to your own identity, please describe how you envision contributing to the values of equity and inclusivity at our School of Medicine, and in the medical profession. (1500 characters)

7. What does it mean to you to enter into a profession? (1500 characters)
 
albatross234 said:
1. (Optional) How would you describe your cultural background? (1000 characters)

2. Describe here the reason why you are specifically interested in attending the University of Maryland School of Medicine. (1000 characters)

3. Please describe what you will be doing during the 2024-2025 academic year. If you graduated/will graduate in 2024, what are your plans for the coming year until you matriculate to medical school? (1000 characters)

4. Briefly describe your most meaningful exposure to clinical medicine. (1500 characters)

5. Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service. (1500 characters)

6. Without limiting the discussion to your own identity, please describe how you envision contributing to the values of equity and inclusivity at our School of Medicine, and in the medical profession. (1500 characters)

7. What does it mean to you to enter into a profession? (1500 characters)
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thank you!
 
that last question... How are y'all going about this? Confused if they are just trying to get a sense of our understanding of professionalism?
 
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How is everyone approaching the question about your most meaningful exposure to clinical medicine. If you listed a clinical experience as most meaningful on AMCAS are you writing about the same one? I feel that makes sense, but then it also feels like I am kind of repeating what I already wrote.
 
nickname493 said:
How is everyone approaching the question about your most meaningful exposure to clinical medicine. If you listed a clinical experience as most meaningful on AMCAS are you writing about the same one? I feel that makes sense, but then it also feels like I am kind of repeating what I already wrote.
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I think there are many ways to go about it. I would always refrain from double dipping unless you have a secondary that tells you it’s okay to do so. If you are taking a completely different spin/angle, it could work tho.
 
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for those who have done gap years, are you basically writing the same essay for prompt for "Please describe what you will be doing during the 2024-2025 academic year. If you graduated/will graduate in 2024, what are your plans for the coming year until you matriculate to medical school? " and "Aside from summer and holiday breaks, have there been any pauses or delays in your education semesters between high school and college, during college, or after college?"
My activities during gap years have been the same and carried out for 2 years now.
 
skyswitz said:
for those who have done gap years, are you basically writing the same essay for prompt for "Please describe what you will be doing during the 2024-2025 academic year. If you graduated/will graduate in 2024, what are your plans for the coming year until you matriculate to medical school? " and "Aside from summer and holiday breaks, have there been any pauses or delays in your education semesters between high school and college, during college, or after college?"
My activities during gap years have been the same and carried out for 2 years now.
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I am taking one so my answers will prob be the same or reference each other.

If you have taken multiple years, maybe try to make a distinction like what you learned during the first year and how it changes your goals for the second year? Idk the fact that asked the same question twice makes me think they may want us to provide more info
 
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robin24 said:
+1 OOS II (my first one!!), Submitted 7/21
Also, when I went to choose dates, it looks like the earliest dates are in November?? Can anyone else who received IIs today confirm because I am hoping I didn't miss anything 😅
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Yep earliest for me was Oct 28 and the next one was Nov 4! I hate to wait that long but it seems like that’s what we’re doing lol
 
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