2025-2026 Buffalo (Jacobs)

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2025-2026 Buffalo Secondary Essay Prompts:

1. The Jacobs School of Medicine recognizes the many options you have in choosing medical schools in which to apply. Using personal experiences or connections, in 300 words or less, explain how Western New York and/or the Jacobs School align with your values, making it a place you feel would be a good fit for you to not only complete your medical education but continue your career.

2. In 300 words or less, please explain how you would respond to a fellow student who muttered a racist or homophobic statement under their breath in your presence and that of other peers?

3. In 300 words or less, please share an example of when you received feedback and how you used that information for self-improvement or asked someone for help.

Miscellaneous short questions about NY residency or connections


Good luck to all applying!

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IS Secondary.

1. The Jacobs School of Medicine recognizes the many options you have in choosing medical schools in which to apply. Using personal experiences or connections, in 300 words or less, explain how Western New York and/or the Jacobs School align with your values, making it a place you feel would be a good fit for you to not only complete your medical education but continue your career.

2. In 300 words or less, please explain how you would respond to a fellow student who muttered a racist or homophobic statement under their breath in your presence and that of other peers?

3. In 300 words or less, please share an example of when you received feedback and how you used that information for self-improvement or asked someone for help.

Also many questions about whether you live in NY, own a home in NY, have a drivers license in NY, went to high school in NY, filed your taxes in NY, have a bank account in NY, etc. They really want NY citizens I believe.

@wysdoc
 
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IS Secondary.

1. The Jacobs School of Medicine recognizes the many options you have in choosing medical schools in which to apply. Using personal experiences or connections, in 300 words or less, explain how Western New York and/or the Jacobs School align with your values, making it a place you feel would be a good fit for you to not only complete your medical education but continue your career.

2. In 300 words or less, please explain how you would respond to a fellow student who muttered a racist or homophobic statement under their breath in your presence and that of other peers?

3. In 300 words or less, please share an example of when you received feedback and how you used that information for self-improvement or asked someone for help.

Also many questions about whether you own a home in NY, have a drivers license in NY, went to high school in NY, etc. They really want NY citizens I believe.

@wysdoc
All the SUNYs do favor NY residents.
 
how are you guys approaching the racism prompt? It feels tempting to just treat it like a casper prompt
 
how are you guys approaching the racism prompt? It feels tempting to just treat it like a casper prompt
I pretty much wrote down step by step how I would confront and respond to the person. I would assume you would treat it like a casper prompt lol
 
I pretty much wrote down step by step how I would confront and respond to the person. I would assume you would treat it like a casper prompt lol
Also taking into account if other people heard the comments.
 
for the part where we need to assign pre-reqs, do we assign all relevant classes? or can we choose what we want to that fulfils their requirement? For example, in total I took about 8 biology classes. Can i choose only the first 3 for the bio pre-req?

also why are there two different sections per category (Bio is one, then bio lab is a second, then i see a third and fourth bio section (bio and bio lab again))?
 
for the part where we need to assign pre-reqs, do we assign all relevant classes? or can we choose what we want to that fulfils their requirement? For example, in total I took about 8 biology classes. Can i choose only the first 3 for the bio pre-req?

also why are there two different sections per category (Bio is one, then bio lab is a second, then i see a third and fourth bio section (bio and bio lab again))?
Hi! Are you referring to the Jacobs secondary or the UConn secondary because I don't see a selection to pick pre-reqs in the Jacobs one? If you're actually talking about the latter, then yeah I was also confused. I was thinking to put only one course per section that I have but it says we can put more than one course per pre-req so I put more than the minimum. So for the first Bio section, for example, I put all my bio classes from undergrad and the respective labs in the lab section. But in the next bio section, I inputted biochemistry and my other biology related classes. Same with the chemistry ones.
 
Hi! Are you referring to the Jacobs secondary or the UConn secondary because I don't see a selection to pick pre-reqs in the Jacobs one? If you're actually talking about the latter, then yeah I was also confused. I was thinking to put only one course per section that I have but it says we can put more than one course per pre-req so I put more than the minimum. So for the first Bio section, for example, I put all my bio classes from undergrad and the respective labs in the lab section. But in the next bio section, I inputted biochemistry and my other biology related classes. Same with the chemistry ones.
Wait, I'm talking about the Jacobs secondary. I see two parts, one is "Required Prerequisite Courses" and the second is the essay portion.

 
Wait, I'm talking about the Jacobs secondary. I see two parts, one is "Required Prerequisite Courses" and the second is the essay portion.

Really? I'm looking at the Jacob's secondary I submitted and I do not see a section for putting in pre-reqs. Can anyone else here verify this?
 
This is what I see:
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Really? I'm looking at the Jacob's secondary I submitted and I do not see a section for putting in pre-reqs. Can anyone else here verify this?
It's in the portal but not in the exact same section as the secondary application
 
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This is what I see in my applicant gateway portal. Is there another link somewhere that I didn't check?
 
No idea, I only clicked the link I got in my email.
Well I got an email from them today saying that my file is complete and ready for review so maybe I don't need to worry about that. They probably added the section for the pre-reqs way later since I got my secondary a couple of days after my primary got verified but I'm not 100% certain.
 
Well I got an email from them today saying that my file is complete and ready for review so maybe I don't need to worry about that. They probably added the section for the pre-reqs way later since I got my secondary a couple of days after my primary got verified but I'm not 100% certain.
yeah, I got the same email. And I haven't submitted the prereqs yet.
 
did anyone not receive a secondary yet from this school?
 
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