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2025-2026 Colorado Secondary Essay Prompts

**This school has emphasized in the past to not repeat content from your AMCAS PS**

1. The pillars of our curriculum are Leadership, Curiosity, and Commitment. Tell us about how you have embodied one or more of these attributes in your path to medicine thus far. In which of these areas do you see the most opportunity for personal growth and why? Limit this response to 500 words.

2. Please describe how your background and/or unique life experiences have shaped your approach to creating welcoming, respectful, and collaborative environments for people from all walks of life.
(300 word max)

Optional Essays Based on Interest:

Fort Collins Branch

Please tell us why you are interested in being a part of the 4-year CUSOM at CSU (Fort Collins Branch campus)? With the background that FCB’s smaller class sizes and unique structure lead to a highly interactive curriculum, please tell us how this campus matches your learning style and personal philosophy. Limit your statement to 1500 characters, including spaces (approximately 300 words).

Colorado Springs Branch
The Colorado Springs LIC Program exists at the intersection of academic and community medicine. Colorado Springs LIC students experience the myriad of academic, private, corporate, military, non-profit, and public service organizations that come together to care for a community. Clinical, didactic, and project-based learning emphasizes how physician leadership and community engagement can promote the health of communities. Didactic education is based in Colorado Springs with clinical sites spanning small cities along the Southern Front Range including Pueblo, Cañon City, Monument, and Woodland Park. Please describe how participation in the Colorado Springs LIC Program would advance your career goals and how your life experiences align with an interest in our program. If applicable, you may also note any ties to Colorado Springs or the Southern Front Range. Please limit your statement to 300 words.

Rural branch
Why are you interested in being a rural physician? How will rural life and work fit your personal and professional goals? You may include your past experiences and ties or interest to rural Colorado. Limit your statement to 1500 characters, including spaces (approximately 300 words).

For Aerospace engineering dual degree
Describe your career path up to this point and how that has led to your interest in human spaceflight. What is your motivation for seeking a dual degree in Aerospace Engineering and how does this fit into your vision for your career.



Good luck to all applying!

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1. The pillars of our curriculum are Leadership, Curiosity, and Commitment. Tell us about how you have embodied one or more of these attributes in your path to medicine thus far. In which of these areas do you see the most opportunity for personal growth and why? Limit this response to 500 words.
2. Please describe how your background and/or unique life experiences have shaped your approach to creating welcoming, respectful, and collaborative environments for people from all walks of life. (300 word max)

Optional ones based on choice:
Please tell us why you are interested in being a part of the 4-year CUSOM at CSU (Fort Collins Branch campus)? With the background that FCB’s smaller class sizes and unique structure lead to a highly interactive curriculum, please tell us how this campus matches your learning style and personal philosophy. Limit your statement to 1500 characters, including spaces (approximately 300 words).

The Colorado Springs LIC Program exists at the intersection of academic and community medicine. Colorado Springs LIC students experience the myriad of academic, private, corporate, military, non-profit, and public service organizations that come together to care for a community. Clinical, didactic, and project-based learning emphasizes how physician leadership and community engagement can promote the health of communities. Didactic education is based in Colorado Springs with clinical sites spanning small cities along the Southern Front Range including Pueblo, Cañon City, Monument, and Woodland Park. Please describe how participation in the Colorado Springs LIC Program would advance your career goals and how your life experiences align with an interest in our program. If applicable, you may also note any ties to Colorado Springs or the Southern Front Range. Please limit your statement to 300 words.

Why are you interested in being a rural physician? How will rural life and work fit your personal and professional goals? You may include your past experiences and ties or interest to rural Colorado. Limit your statement to 1500 characters, including spaces (approximately 300 words).

Describe your career path up to this point and how that has led to your interest in human spaceflight. What is your motivation for seeking a dual degree in Aerospace Engineering and how does this fit into your vision for your career.
 
Question about the first prompt: "The pillars of our curriculum are Leadership, Curiosity, and Commitment. Tell us about how you have embodied one or more of these attributes in your path to medicine thus far. In which of these areas do you see the most opportunity for personal growth and why? (500 words)"

So I understand that we should discuss how we've embodied one of those characteristics. For the last sentence in the prompt, are they asking us what OTHER characteristic (other than the one you've already talked about in the majority of the essay) has space for improvement/growth?
 
Question about the first prompt: "The pillars of our curriculum are Leadership, Curiosity, and Commitment. Tell us about how you have embodied one or more of these attributes in your path to medicine thus far. In which of these areas do you see the most opportunity for personal growth and why? (500 words)"

So I understand that we should discuss how we've embodied one of those characteristics. For the last sentence in the prompt, are they asking us what OTHER characteristic (other than the one you've already talked about in the majority of the essay) has space for improvement/growth?
I read it as: demonstrate strength in all three and also pick one as a growth area.
 
Question about the first prompt: "The pillars of our curriculum are Leadership, Curiosity, and Commitment. Tell us about how you have embodied one or more of these attributes in your path to medicine thus far. In which of these areas do you see the most opportunity for personal growth and why? (500 words)"

So I understand that we should discuss how we've embodied one of those characteristics. For the last sentence in the prompt, are they asking us what OTHER characteristic (other than the one you've already talked about in the majority of the essay) has space for improvement/growth?
Ah see I read it as, talk about which of these characteristics you have embodied. Then talk about which of them you see the most opportunity for personal growth in. So I was picking Leadership and Commitment as ones I have embodied, then talking about how I have the most room for growth in Curiosity.

Maybe I am off base?
 
Ah see I read it as, talk about which of these characteristics you have embodied. Then talk about which of them you see the most opportunity for personal growth in. So I was picking Leadership and Commitment as ones I have embodied, then talking about how I have the most room for growth in Curiosity.

Maybe I am off base?
I don't think that is a bad way to answer the question. The question does leave room by saying "one or more." I think the more you can show strengths in all three, while also leaving room for growth, the better.
 
Ah see I read it as, talk about which of these characteristics you have embodied. Then talk about which of them you see the most opportunity for personal growth in. So I was picking Leadership and Commitment as ones I have embodied, then talking about how I have the most room for growth in Curiosity.

Maybe I am off base?
That's also what I'm doing, except showing strength in all three but then also how I have the most room to grow in leadership. since there's plenty of room to touch on all three
 
the payment system is still broken (at this point I think it's intentional until they release the secondary for everyone)
 
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