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2025-2026 Arizona-Tucson Secondary Essay Prompts (all are different from last year)

1) Describe a time when you were part of a team working toward a common goal. This experience can be within or outside of the healthcare field. What was your role on the team, how did you contribute to its success collaboration with your peers? Reflect on what this experience taught you about collaboration and how it has prepared you for a career in medicine. (Limit: 350 words)

2) Please describe a time in your life when you faced a significant personal challenge that wasn't related to academics. How did you handle this challenge, and how will the coping skills you’ve developed help you in medical school and beyond? (Limit: 350 words)

3) “The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson trains future physicians to provide high-quality and compassionate care, develops scientists focused on exciting discoveries, and nurtures undergraduate and graduate students interested the many professions in health care and the health sciences.

Consistent with this mission, we strive to bring together individuals with a demonstrated commitment to serve as care providers, physician-scientists, clinical leaders, medical educators and public health experts.

Applicants should exhibit qualities of altruism, academic excellence, leadership and dedication to becoming lifelong learners through research endeavors and academic development.”

Please describe what draws you to our mission and the role(s) you see yourself playing in helping the College of Medicine – Tucson in achieving this mission. (Limit: 350 words)

4) As a healthcare provider, you will work with patients from a wide range of communities and varied lived experiences. Please describe your experience engaging with individuals from different perspectives and explain how you will apply the lessons learned from these experiences as a physician. (Limit: 350 words)

5) If you have applied to medical school before, please share what you have done since you last applied. (Limit: 350 words)


Good luck to all applying!

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+1 IS but for some odd reason there is no secondary tab on the portal.

Edit ~ 20 min later I got it

1) Describe a time when you were part of a team working toward a common goal. This experience can be within or outside of the healthcare field. What was your role on the team, how did you contribute to its success collaboration with your peers? Reflect on what this experience taught you about collaboration and how it has prepared you for a career in medicine. (Limit: 350 words)

2) Please describe a time in your life when you faced a significant personal challenge that wasn't related to academics. How did you handle this challenge, and how will the coping skills you’ve developed help you in medical school and beyond? (Limit: 350 words)

3) “The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson trains future physicians to provide high-quality and compassionate care, develops scientists focused on exciting discoveries, and nurtures undergraduate and graduate students interested the many professions in health care and the health sciences.

Consistent with this mission, we strive to bring together individuals with a demonstrated commitment to serve as care providers, physician-scientists, clinical leaders, medical educators and public health experts.

Applicants should exhibit qualities of altruism, academic excellence, leadership and dedication to becoming lifelong learners through research endeavors and academic development.”

Please describe what draws you to our mission and the role(s) you see yourself playing in helping the College of Medicine – Tucson in achieving this mission. (Limit: 350 words)

4) As a healthcare provider, you will work with patients from a wide range of communities and varied lived experiences. Please describe your experience engaging with individuals from different perspectives and explain how you will apply the lessons learned from these experiences as a physician. (Limit: 350 words)

5) If you have applied to medical school before, please share what you have done since you last applied. (Limit: 350 words)

Hours wasted pre-writing 🙂
 
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Can you please confirm that the questions @NeuroticCalculator posted are the complete secondary?
thanks, wysdoc
Yes, that is the complete secondary. The only additional question would be if we had applied in the past: If you have applied to medical school before, please share what you have done since you last applied. (Limit: 350 words)
 
I didn't receive the secondary today but was verified back in May. is it normal for this school to send out waves? I assume no reason to worry probably lol
 
+1 OOS MSTP

Describe a time when you were part of a team working toward a common goal. This experience can be within or outside of the healthcare field. What was your role on the team, how did you contribute to its success collaboration with your peers? Reflect on what this experience taught you about collaboration and how it has prepared you for a career in medicine. (Limit: 350 words)

Please describe a time in your life when you faced a significant personal challenge that wasn't related to academics. How did you handle this challenge, and how will the coping skills you’ve developed help you in medical school and beyond? (Limit: 350 words)

“The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson trains future physicians to provide high-quality and compassionate care, develops scientists focused on exciting discoveries, and nurtures undergraduate and graduate students interested the many professions in health care and the health sciences.
Consistent with this mission, we strive to bring together individuals with a demonstrated commitment to serve as care providers, physician-scientists, clinical leaders, medical educators and public health experts.
Applicants should exhibit qualities of altruism, academic excellence, leadership and dedication to becoming lifelong learners through research endeavors and academic development.”
Please describe what draws you to our mission and the role(s) you see yourself playing in helping the College of Medicine – Tucson in achieving this mission. (Limit: 350 words)

As a healthcare provider, you will work with patients from a wide range of communities and varied lived experiences. Please describe your experience engaging with individuals from different perspectives and explain how you will apply the lessons learned from these experiences as a physician. (Limit: 350 words)

Please list faculty members at the College of Medicine – Tucson who’s research you are interested in.

Please describe your activities during gaps between your graduation from college and matriculation in MSTP. (500 words)

What was your rationale behind choosing your undergraduate major? Would you choose a different major if you could start all over again? (500 words)

Discuss your research project(s) and your contribution to the project(s). (500 words)

In your opinion, what is the most exciting area of scientific research in biomedicine? How would you address this question? (500 words)
 
Does anyone know how strict they are on prerequisites? To be specifc- I didnt take physiology- should I even apply?
 
Does anyone know how strict they are on prerequisites? To be specifc- I didnt take physiology- should I even apply?
They are strict, but you can take them up until matriculation. Did you take anatomy? They accept anatomy as a physio class
 
is it a donation if I submit on the 16th day from when I received my secondary?
Idk if ur messing around lol but they say 30 days after you receive it is the deadline
 
Idk if ur messing around lol but they say 30 days after you receive it is the deadline
Nah, i really am not,.. I just have the 2 week mark for each secondary submission and I was waiting to get paid to submit. I noticed the 30 day but I assumed thats before its expired not what is ideal.
 
I haven't heard back, but I'm not too worried, it's very early for UA. I know several IS people who did not get interviews until very late (Feb/Mar) timeframe last cycle and still got acceptances. I think they have a very long cycle
Were these people complete early in the cycle?
 
I haven't heard back, but I'm not too worried, it's very early for UA. I know several IS people who did not get interviews until very late (Feb/Mar) timeframe last cycle and still got acceptances. I think they have a very long cycle
Ah ok thank you! I just got an IS II so I guess I have my question answered.
 
Wow congratulations! Manifesting this speedy response for myself, haha. Can I ask when you were complete?
Thank you! Joining that manifestation of a speedy response for you too. I was complete by 7/17! COM-T is one of my top choices so I was shooting for a faster turnaround on my secondary application.
 
OOS interview hold as well. I always take these as a soft R, but some say it is not the case for every school.
 
+1 MSTP OOS interview hold, not sure what this means
 
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