11 prompts in the archive
Describe a time when you needed to ask for help. (200 words)
Provide a one to three sentence summary of your current research interest. Limit your response to 100 words or less
If you are currently not a full time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year.
What are your career goals? Describe which features of the MD/PhD Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai you will leverage to achieve them? (200 words)
What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it, and what did you learn from it?
Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address this situation, if at all?
Were there any adverse circumstances in your premedical preparatory journey including but not limited to impact from COVID-19?
Please tell us why you have chosen to apply to the MD-PhD Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your background not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine.
Same as MD above
Please tell us about a time when an experiment didn't go as planned or yielded an unexpected result. How did you approach this challenge and what did you learn?