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University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Irvine, CA

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Please describe to the Admissions Committee a challenge or disappointment you have overcome and what you learned about yourself from that experience. (1500 characters)

1500 characters2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

Have you completed your Bachelors Degree (B.A/ B.S). Please clarify for the Admissions Committee your activities (school, work, and/or volunteer, travel, etc.) since receiving your undergraduate degree. You may list them in chronological order or you may incorporate them into an essay, stating why you chose particular activities. If you have just received or will receive your undergraduate degree this year, please discuss your plans for current year. (1500 characters)

1500 characters2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple

Have you ever had difficulty accessing quality education or healthcare? If so, please describe how this impacted you and others in your community. (1500 characters)

1500 characters2025-2026New

What research accomplishment are you most proud of and why? (1500 characters)

1500 characters2025-2026New

(Optional) Do you identify as being part of a marginalized group socioeconomically or in terms of access to quality education or healthcare? If so, please describe how this inequity has impacted you and your community. (1500 char)

1500 charOptional2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025Historical

Please describe to the Admissions Committee a research challenge you have overcome and what you learned from that experience. (1500 characters)

1500 characters2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2025-2026School Staple

What does it mean, to you, to be an MD/PhD? (1500 characters)

1500 characters2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2025-2026School Staple

Please list all posters, manuscripts (published or planned) you would like the Admissions Committee to consider (1500 characters)

1500 characters2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2025-2026School Staple

What personal accomplishment are you most proud of and why? (1500 characters)

1500 characters2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026School Staple