2025-2026 Texas Tech Lubbock

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2025-2026 Texas Tech Lubbock Secondary Essay Prompts

1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is responsible for providing primary health care to 108 counties of West Texas. We are interested in hearing about the areas of medicine that interest you.

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities for each respective interest in the available text box. (150 Words Each)
Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population
Rural/Border health
Medical Research/Academics
Primary Care
Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.) If so, please explain your circumstance. (250 words or less)

3. As a part of your journey, please share any instances when a goal of yours was deterred or even halted. What lessons did you learn from this experience, and how did it shape your approach to future challenges? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

MD/MBA
MD/MPH
FMAT
MD/PhD
MD/JD
MD&E

5. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us. (200 words or less)

6. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

7. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

8. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

9. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 Words or Less)

10. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs? *Checklist*
Middle School to Medical School (M2M)
Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME)
Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE)
Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP)
Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES)
N/A

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The following are extra questions to answer if you are applying to either of these special programs at TTUHSC

Medicine and Engineering (MD&E) (read about it HERE)

MD&E PROMPTS:
1. Describe your motivation to pursue this program at TTUHSC, be sure to include how you expect to benefit from our program. (200 words or less)
2. How do you anticipate this program making you a more efficient caregiver? (200 words or less)
3. Please list the highest-level math/chemistry/physics course you have taken or are currently taking. (200 words or less)
4. What projects have you been involved in that require programming and/or machine languages? What languages do you prefer? (200 words or less)
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Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) (read about it HERE ) 3 year MD path leading to FM residency in Lubbock, Amarillo, or Permian Basin
FMAT PROMPTS
1. What motivates you to participate in the FMAT program (200 words or less)?
2. What experiences have you had that would prepare you for this intensive program (200 words or less)?
3. What, in your opinion, distinguishes Family Medicine from other medical specialties (200 words or less)?


Good luck to all applying!

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[TXTripleDore]

@wysdoc Secondary received just now.

1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is responsible for providing primary health care to 108 counties of West Texas. We are interested in hearing about the areas of medicine that interest you.

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities for each respective interest in the available text box. (150 Words Each)
Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population
Rural/Border health
Medical Research/Academics
Primary Care
Other (Please describe below)

2. Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.) If so, please explain your circumstance. (250 words or less)

3. As a part of your journey, please share any instances when a goal of yours was deterred or even halted. What lessons did you learn from this experience, and how did it shape your approach to future challenges? (250 words or less)

4. If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference.

MD/MBA
MD/MPH
FMAT
MD/PhD
MD/JD
MD&E

5. Have you experienced any hardship or adversity, personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us. (200 words or less)

6. Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities (100 words or less)

7. Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be? (100-word limit)

8. Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite? (100 words or less)

9. Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 Words or Less)

10. Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs? *Checklist*

MD&E PROMPTS

1. Describe your motivation to pursue this program at TTUHSC, be sure to include how you expect to benefit from our program. (200 words or less)

2. How do you anticipate this program making you a more efficient caregiver? (200 words or less)

3. Please list the highest-level math/chemistry/physics course you have taken or are currently taking. (200 words or less)

4. What projects have you been involved in that require programming and/or machine languages? What languages do you prefer? (200 words or less)

FMAT PROMPTS

1. What motivates you to participate in the FMAT program (200 words or less)?

2. What experiences have you had that would prepare you for this intensive program (200 words or less)?

3. What, in your opinion, distinguishes Family Medicine from other medical specialties (200 words or less)?

 

[radiant-math]

FYI, there is a mistake in some of their emails and CASPer is NOT required. It is bolded in one of the emails to make sure to send your score, but this school does not appear on the distribution list. I called the admissions office and it is a mistake in the automated emails, they said they haven’t updated it yet but confirmed it is no longer required moving forward!

 

[wysdoc]

FYI, there is a mistake in some of their emails and CASPer is NOT required. It is bolded in one of the emails to make sure to send your score, but this school does not appear on the distribution list. I called the admissions office and it is a mistake in the automated emails, they said they haven’t updated it yet but confirmed it is no longer required moving forward!

@radiant-math Thanks for the update. Texas Tech El Paso does want the CASPer test but Texas Tech Lubbock is not listed.

Most Texans apply to many, if not all, of the TMDSAS schools, so they will be needing to complete CASPer + Duet.

 

[carson16666]

I'm not sure what to write for this prompt: Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.)

I had a bad GPA at community college, but I wrote about this in my primary. I don't really have much more to say, so should I just click no or try to come up with something?

 

[KnowsSomeAnatomy]

I'm not sure what to write for this prompt: Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.)

I had a bad GPA at community college, but I wrote about this in my primary. I don't really have much more to say, so should I just click no or try to come up with something?

I would select yes. Then just write a couple of sentences summarizing the situation and how you dealt with it. Since your primary already discusses it, I wouldn't worry about expanding on it too much, but I wouldn't indicate "no" to a question that you should address when explicitly asked about.

 

[KnowsSomeAnatomy]

Current student at HSC. Happy to answer questions as best as I can about anything to do with the school. No ties with admissions so asking me will not affect your chances or anything like that, but I'm happy to provide tips based on my own experiences etc.

 

[carson16666]

I would select yes. Then just write a couple of sentences summarizing the situation and how you dealt with it. Since your primary already discusses it, I wouldn't worry about expanding on it too much, but I wouldn't indicate "no" to a question that you should address when explicitly asked about.

Thank you. I actually emailed them and that's pretty much what they told me to do.

 

[thienmints]

Would COVID-19 and going remote be considered a road bump in my education?

 

[pearlmutter1]

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities.

For this question, can we talk about the skills we learned in the activities to be used in these areas of medicine? Or is it supposed to be just focused on describing the activities?

 

[wysdoc]

Please indicate the area(s) of medicine you are interested in and briefly describe your significant activities.

For this question, can we talk about the skills we learned in the activities to be used in these areas of medicine? Or is it supposed to be just focused on describing the activities?

Both or either. They want to know if you have done something already to pursue your areas of interest (better than just saying you think you would like it, but not finding out by doing)

 

[pearlmutter1]

Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be?

For this question, do they have a prefer people that will stay in Lubbock and primary care?

 

[wysdoc]

Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be?

For this question, do they have a prefer people that will stay in Lubbock and primary care?

Say your truth - private office, hospital, teaching at a med school- whatever

 

[Crownstarwatts]

Would COVID-19 and going remote be considered a road bump in my education?

I'd say no because going remote due to COVID literally affected everyone.

 

[wysdoc]

I'd say no because going remote due to COVID literally affected everyone.

Well yes, but some people learn better in lectures & with access to profs for questions and didn’t do as well in isolation

 

[ah26]

Current student at HSC. Happy to answer questions as best as I can about anything to do with the school. No ties with admissions so asking me will not affect your chances or anything like that, but I'm happy to provide tips based on my own experiences etc.

If I don't really have much low academic performance, would it be best to leave that question blank? Do you know anyone who did?

 

[wysdoc]

If I don't really have much low academic performance, would it be best to leave that question blank? Do you know anyone who did?

The question is worded "if applicable" so if it doesn't apply to you, answer "no" to the question

 

[thestrugglingpremedd]

Interview received! scheduled for 8/1. LM 64.

 

[fakenewyorker]

Interview received! scheduled for 8/1. LM 64.

congrats!! when was your application marked complete?

 

[KnowsSomeAnatomy]

Interview received! scheduled for 8/1. LM 64.

Congrats! The interview here is very chill. Unless you're applying to a dual-degree program or FMAt, you'll have two interviews, at least one with a faculty member and maybe one with a current student. Both are super chill in my experience. Unless they've changed something, they have access to your full application except for GPA/MCAT. Make sure you're prepared to answer any questions on your application and brush up on basic medical ethics. They will ask you to explain what you would do in a hypothetical ethical dilemma.

 

[thestrugglingpremedd]

Congrats! The interview here is very chill. Unless you're applying to a dual-degree program or FMAt, you'll have two interviews, at least one with a faculty member and maybe one with a current student. Both are super chill in my experience. Unless they've changed something, they have access to your full application except for GPA/MCAT. Make sure you're prepared to answer any questions on your application and brush up on basic medical ethics. They will ask you to explain what you would do in a hypothetical ethical dilemma.

Thank you for the advice. I will make sure to prepare. Thanks so much.

 

[thestrugglingpremedd]

congrats!! when was your application marked complete?

May 15 submitted. May 22nd transmitted to schools.

 

[aangela9]

May 15 submitted. May 22nd transmitted to schools.

When did you submit your secondary application?

 

[thestrugglingpremedd]

When did you submit your secondary application?

May 24th.

 

[fakenewyorker]

IS II received. Complete date 6/24