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1. Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical College of Georgia and how medical education at MCG will help you achieve your future career goals and desired specialty. (300 word limit)

2. At the core of MCG’s mission is community engagement and providing care to underserved communities. Please describe your engagement or your personal experience with underserved communities. (300 word limit)

3. Please describe your motivation for becoming a physician. Provide an example of an impactful clinical experience or patient encounter which reinforced your desire to enter medicine. (300 word limit)

4. The art of medicine requires resilience on the part of its practitioners. There can be perceived failure even when the medical team has done everything right. Please describe a time when you were part of something that failed. What did you learn from this experience? (300 word limit)


5. The Admissions Committee considers an applicant’s personal attributes and life experiences to be vital in fulfilling MCG’s educational mission and addressing the healthcare needs of Georgia’s complex and geographically dispersed population. In this context, how would you contribute to the MCG community and help meet the healthcare needs of Georgians? (300 word limit)


6. Please describe the specific geographical area (state, city, town or country if applicable) in which you would most likely practice medicine and why. (300 word limit)


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7. Please explain any inconsistencies in your academic record or delays in your path to medicine. This may include below average course performance, grade trends, MCAT scores, bridge (gap) years etc. If no inconsistencies have occurred, please select "N/A." (300 word limit)

8. Please list any additional coursework or certifications which may not be captured on your primary AMCAS application. If not applicable, please select "N/A." (300 word limit)

9. If you have completed an undergraduate degree, please describe your plans for the remainder of the current application cycle. (Ex. may include post-bacc, Master’s, employment…). If no additional information is applicable, please select "N/A." (300 word limit)

10. Please list any additional clinical experiences that are not included on your AMCAS application. Please include the physician’s name OR type of experience (i.e., Nursing, PA, EMT, E.R. Scribe, etc.) in the description column below along with the location, dates and total number of hours. If no additional experiences have occurred, please select "N/A." (300 word limit)

11. If applicable, indicate any updates to your application since AMCAS submission or other information you feel the admissions committee should consider which may not be captured in other areas of your application. If no additional information is applicable, please select "N/A." (300 word limit)
 
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