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2025-2026 Kentucky Secondary Essay Prompts:

1. Why have you chosen to apply to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine?

2. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine's (UKCOM) mission statement promotes an environment that encourages excellence in education, access to high-quality health care, and transformative research to improve the health and wellness of Kentuckians and beyond. Please describe how your past experiences or future plans contribute to enriching and enhancing the learning environment at UKCOM.

3. If you are a non Kentucky resident, you are required to elaborate on your Kentucky ties if applicable (personal, familial e.g.)

4. Your combination of life experiences make you uniquely you. Talk about one such experience and how it has helped you prepare to be a physician.
5. Describe an experience or situation which made you feel grateful?

6. Please share unique, personally important, and/or challenging facts in your life and/or work experiences. Please discuss how such factors have influenced your goals and preparation for a career in medicine.

7. Describe a situation where you were not in the majority.

8. Please elaborate on your selection of first-choice campus.

9. Please elaborate on your selection of alternate campus (if applicable).

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[TXTripleDore]

+1 OOS Secondary, Really Strong Ties
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1. Why have you chosen to apply to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine?
2. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine's (UKCOM) mission statement promotes an environment that encourages excellence in education, access to high-quality health care, and transformative research to improve the health and wellness of Kentuckians and beyond. Please describe how your past experiences or future plans contribute to enriching and enhancing the learning environment at UKCOM.
3. If you are a non Kentucky resident, you are required to elaborate on your Kentucky ties if applicable (personal, familial e.g.)
4. Your combination of life experiences make you uniquely you. Talk about one such experience and how it has helped you prepare to be a physician.
5. Describe an experience or situation which made you feel grateful?
6. Please share unique, personally important, and/or challenging facts in your life and/or work experiences. Please discuss how such factors have influenced your goals and preparation for a career in medicine.
7. Describe a situation where you were not in the majority.
8. Please elaborate on your selection of first-choice campus.
9. Please elaborate on your selection of alternate campus (if applicable).

 

[thestrugglingpremedd]

+1 OOS Secondary

 

[CK89]

Does this school screen secondaries for OOS anymore? I got mine like a few hours after my primary went through, last year I had to wait like two weeks.

 

[jonjonbon]

+1 OOS Secondary

 

[silverlining098]

+1 OOS Secondary...but no ties to KY. Is it even worth submitting the secondary?

 

[adresearchgal]

+1 OOS Secondary...but no ties to KY. Is it even worth submitting the secondary?

I am wondering the same

 

[worriedproposal]

anyone else having trouble not repeating experiences between these secondaries? I feel like three of these questions are asking like the same thing.

 

[watx]

I am wondering the same

I think generally, UK and Louisville look for out-of-state students to have ties to the state.

 

[coffmants]

Heads up to any out of state applicants, they only have in person interviews this year so make sure you're willing to do that if you're going to submit a secondary!

 

[uglywesternblot]

+1 OOS secondary

 

[pdb008]

+1 OOS secondary

 

[CK89]

People who're complete, how long did it take for your LORs to be verified by them?

 

[prvo223]

People who're complete, how long did it take for your LORs to be verified by them?

a day or two after i submitted my secondary

 

[RockClimberMed]

Yall get to be the lucky first class btw..Also not sure if this will apply to your class or the next but the spots for the Lexington campus are increasing by at least 20

 

[KiGnome]

That is incredible! I saw the construction site last summer while completing research at Markey. Returning for a postbacc. I'm quite exciting about this program (would it be strategic to include new development in the "Why Us" or no?).

 

[prvo223]

That is incredible! I saw the construction site last summer while completing research at Markey. Returning for a postbacc. I'm quite exciting about this program (would it be strategic to include new development in the "Why Us" or no?).

you could if there is something specific that you are excited about and that is new to the program that stands out. also i heard there are more spots for this class because of the larger space but could also just be rumor