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Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

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Please address any institutional action, including honor code or conduct code violations, from your time as an undergraduate and graduate student. Applicants may answer ‘None’ to this question if the action was deleted, expunged, or otherwise removed from their record by the institution.

No character/word limit2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

Please provide a cell phone number at which you can be contacted in reference to your application.

No character/word limit2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

The mission of Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is to educate physicians and health professionals to meet the health care needs of medically underserved and rural areas of Georgia. Summarize your work and learning experiences that you believe reflect congruence with this mission. Based on your understanding of our mission, where and what do you envision yourself doing after completion of medical school and residency?

230 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

If you wish to, please briefly explain to the Admissions Committee experiences, attributes, or qualifications you believe are unique to you that will strengthen the educational environment at MUSM.

230 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

Describe your experiences in service to others and your community and how they have helped prepare you to be a physician.

230 words2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

Do you consider yourself to have been raised or to be residing in an area that is medically underserved or in a county that consists of medically underserved populations? By medically underserved we mean populations vulnerable to poor health due to difficulties accessing adequate health care services. This may be due to factors including but not limited to: education level; poverty; being uninsured or underinsured; lack of a usual source of care other than the emergency department; belonging to a socially marginalized group with poorer health outcomes; cultural or language barriers to receiving quality medical care; distance or lack of transportation to needed medical care. Please explain.

230 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

Please provide below an alternate e-mail address (different from the one listed on the Primary AMCAS Application) to which we can send you correspondence related to your application.

No character/word limit2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

If you wish to discuss your perceptions of your academic readiness for the rigors of a medical school curriculum or explain poor grades in college coursework or MCAT scores to the Admissions Committee, please do so below.

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

Please explain to the Admissions Committee factors that you could not highlight above that would help the Admissions Committee better understand your unique circumstances. If you would like to briefly highlight any substantial updates with regard to your application (example, volunteer experiences) that have occurred after you submitted the Primary AMCAS Application, please summarize them below.

230 words2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

Describe your personal experience with rural medicine.

230 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.

230 words2025-2026New

If you are currently not a fulltime student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year.

230 words2025-2026New

If you are a re-applicant, what have you done to enhance your re-application?

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