2025-2026 Chicago Med (Rosalind Franklin)

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2025-2026 Rosalind Franklin Secondary Prompts

All have 150 word limits

1. What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine, and how have your personal experiences or background shaped your desire to become a physician?

2. Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback. How did you navigate it, and what did you learn from the experience that will help you succeed in medical school?

3. Describe an experience where you helped someone who was going through a difficult time. How did you approach the situation, and what did you learn about the importance of empathy in providing care?

4. Is there anything about yourself that you feel self-conscious about? How have you
addressed it, and what have you learned about yourself through this process?

5. What are two causes or activities you are most passionate about? How do these passions reflect your values and goals as a future physician?

6. Applicants may submit an optional statement that specifically addresses the following prompt: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science continuously strives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Each applicant’s lived experience provides an opportunity to contribute to our mission. Please share the ways in which your personal experiences, values, qualities and perspectives will enrich RFU and our community.


Good luck to all applying!

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All have 150 word limits
  1. What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine, and how have your personal experiences or background shaped your desire to become a physician?
  2. Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback. How did you navigate it, and what did you learn from the experience that will help you succeed in medical school?
  3. Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback. How did you navigate it, and what did you learn from the experience that will help you succeed in medical school?
  4. Is there anything about yourself that you feel self-conscious about? How have you
    addressed it, and what have you learned about yourself through this process?
  5. What are two causes or activities you are most passionate about? How do these passions reflect your values and goals as a future physician?
  6. Applicants may submit an optional statement that specifically addresses the following prompt: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science continuously strives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Each applicant’s lived experience provides an opportunity to contribute to our mission. Please share the ways in which your personal experiences, values, qualities and perspectives will enrich RFU and our community.
 
All have 150 word limits
  1. What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine, and how have your personal experiences or background shaped your desire to become a physician?
  2. Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback. How did you navigate it, and what did you learn from the experience that will help you succeed in medical school?
  3. Tell us about a time when you faced a significant challenge or setback. How did you navigate it, and what did you learn from the experience that will help you succeed in medical school?
  4. Is there anything about yourself that you feel self-conscious about? How have you
    addressed it, and what have you learned about yourself through this process?
  5. What are two causes or activities you are most passionate about? How do these passions reflect your values and goals as a future physician?
  6. Applicants may submit an optional statement that specifically addresses the following prompt: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science continuously strives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Each applicant’s lived experience provides an opportunity to contribute to our mission. Please share the ways in which your personal experiences, values, qualities and perspectives will enrich RFU and our community.
Sorry, replace question 3 with the one below! @chilly_md

3. Describe an experience where you helped someone who was going through a difficult time. How did you approach the situation, and what did you learn about the importance of empathy in providing care?
 
do you guys think for prompt 3 they want a clinical or clinically-adjacent story? I feel like the " ... what did you learn about the importance of empathy in providing care? " part signals this should be a clinical experience and not really a personal experience. what yall think?
 
do you guys think for prompt 3 they want a clinical or clinically-adjacent story? I feel like the " ... what did you learn about the importance of empathy in providing care? " part signals this should be a clinical experience and not really a personal experience. what yall think?
If this helps, I am a nurse, and I chose to write about a time at my job during my 1st undergrad. It was a home improvement store lol, but the prompt works just as good for this story. I would go for something that isn't forced.
 
bruh 150 words is so barebone. i have good essays but they are SKELETONS in RFU's prompts. i dont really care tho idk what they actually expect. im telling stories and narrating so these adcoms better read in between the lines and not expect me to spell this stuff out for them
 
also how can RFU just name drop DEI like that rn in 2025? Lol aren't other institutions getting cooked for using those buzzword? how is RFU getting away with this
 
also how can RFU just name drop DEI like that rn in 2025? Lol aren't other institutions getting cooked for using those buzzword? how is RFU getting away with this
This and the 150 words is crazy like you said. I have finished the essays, but I have to be sure they hit with only 150 words -_-
 
do you guys think for prompt 3 they want a clinical or clinically-adjacent story? I feel like the " ... what did you learn about the importance of empathy in providing care? " part signals this should be a clinical experience and not really a personal experience. what yall think?
Same here, I am trying to write a personal experience non-clinical related. I am thinking that it would be fine as long as u touch on how that experience will help in a clinical setting. Correct me if I am wrong please.
 
Same here, I am trying to write a personal experience non-clinical related. I am thinking that it would be fine as long as u touch on how that experience will help in a clinical setting. Correct me if I am wrong please.
bet im doing the same. the rest of this secondary is full of my clinical exp so gotta diversify a bit
 
Anyone have any advice for prompt 5? I cant tell if theyre asking about passions outside of academics to get a better feel for who we are as people or if they want like... literal activities that we probably already have listed in our primary. I feel wary talking about causes im passionate about in fear of becoming too political. I could do activities im passionate about from my primary but I feel like its just repetitive at that point. Would it be dumb to talk about something like my passion for music or food or something????? Lol
 
Anyone have any advice for prompt 5? I cant tell if theyre asking about passions outside of academics to get a better feel for who we are as people or if they want like... literal activities that we probably already have listed in our primary. I feel wary talking about causes im passionate about in fear of becoming too political. I could do activities im passionate about from my primary but I feel like its just repetitive at that point. Would it be dumb to talk about something like my passion for music or food or something????? Lol
The way I interpreted it is that they are asking for social justice or diversity prompts. I related it back to my volunteering and inequalities I saw there.
 
Does it make sense to answer the DEI prompt if you're an ORM and haven't really advocated for equity in regards to DEI?
 
Has anyone received the final confirmation email that their application is complete? I paid and submitted the application, but the status is still showing "awaiting" in the portal.
 
Has anyone received the final confirmation email that their application is complete? I paid and submitted the application, but the status is still showing "awaiting" in the portal.
mine too, I think they said it takes a couple days to update
 
also how can RFU just name drop DEI like that rn in 2025? Lol aren't other institutions getting cooked for using those buzzword? how is RFU getting away with this
Maybe they're just not the kind of place to update things in a timely fashion?
 
+1 OOS Secondary

For the DEI prompt, there doesn't seem to be a word/character limit. What should we aim for in terms of length then? I don't want to go overboard, since their other prompts only allow 150 words.
 
For the DEI prompt, there doesn't seem to be a word/character limit. What should we aim for in terms of length then? I don't want to go overboard, since their other prompts only allow 150 words.
There is a 150-word limit for the DEI prompt. On the website, if you try to type more, it will stop you 🙂
 
mine too, I think they said it takes a couple days to update
have you guys received an application complete email? i got an email confirming my application was received and an email confirming my payment but no email saying my app is complete...
 
have you guys received an application complete email? i got an email confirming my application was received and an email confirming my payment but no email saying my app is complete...
Not yet, submitted 7/2 as well.
 
I submitted 7/4 and just got the received email. Were you able to get one yet? I wonder what the delay is from...
have you guys received an application complete email? i got an email confirming my application was received and an email confirming my payment but no email saying my app is complete...
Just got an email confirming that my application is under review/complete! I'm OOS, submitted 7/16
 
Is it letting anyone else edit their secondary essays? Mine gives me the option to type/erase and hit update and I'm worried I did it wrong. This might be slightly neurotic but aren't we all at this point.
 
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