18 prompts in the archive
Explain how interactions with people who are different from you have shaped your world view and relate how you would enrich the VTC community.
Please list any publications in the appropriate citation format using the text box below.
Tell us about constructive criticism you have received, or a personal challenge you have experienced, that you found particularly impactful. Please describe how that experience has advanced your development as a future physician thought leader.
Describe three aspects of VTCSOM and how those align with your philosophy of medicine.
Please describe a research passion: If funding were no object, what scientific study would you design? Please also describe a non-research passion.
From the following list of human qualities, choose the ONE you think is most important and explain your choice: intelligence, honor, humility, perseverance, optimism.
What advice would you give someone your age but from a different culture who is new to our country?
What do you think your chances of being accepted into medical school are this year? Please explain your answer.
Please describe something you deserved but didn’t get and how you felt about it (600 words).
Explain why integrity is more important than intelligence and perseverance using an example from your life (600 words).
Explain how your concept of diversity is both the same and different from the mainstream view (600 words).
Choose one aspect about yourself, not already reflected in your application, that you are most proud of. Explain your choice below (600 words).
A: Describe how AI could affect the integrity of medical professionals.
What can a recovering addict who didn't finish high school teach their physician?
C: Discuss a recent time when you were wrong. What made you change your mind and what did you do about it?
Who is a fictional character that is similar to you? Describe a time when you embodied that character.
Describe a time (not related to research) when you were told you had done something wrong. How has the experience changed you?
D: Who is your role model, and why?