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Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

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(If Applicable) If your school has a Pre-Health or Pre-Medical Committee, and your letters are submitted by three individual letter-writers rather than your school’s Committee, please explain why you are not submitting a Committee letter.

No character/word limitOptional2024-2025Historical

Briefly describe your health-related experiences. Be sure to include important experiences that are in your AMCAS application, as well as any recent experiences (200 words)

200 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

If you have any updates or new information to report since you have submitted your AMCAS primary application, please briefly describe below (200 words)

200 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

List your entire curriculum plan for the 2025-2026 academic year. If you are not in school, please briefly describe your plans for the coming year (200 words)

200 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

Optional: Please describe your interest in public health and how you wish to combine this interest with a career in medicine (500 words or less).

500 words or lessOptional2021-2022Historical

What do you consider to be the role of the physician in the community? (200 word max)

200 word max2021-2022, 2022-2023Historical

Emory School of Medicine is committed to recruiting and educating medical students who will help deliver quality health care and will promote the health of our patients. In our community, this includes learning about and addressing the health care needs of our most under-served populations. Please describe any of your activities that have been in service to under-served communities (200 words)

200 words2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

Briefly describe your interest in Emory and the Emory degree program you have selected (200 words)

200 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple