Secondary Questions
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No questions reported for 2026-2027. Showing 2024-2025, the latest reported prior cycle.
Question 1
As a physician, you never know what type of patient you will serve. Based on your past experiences, please describe or highlight factors or situations that demonstrate your ability to work with individuals from multicultural communities. (Characters: 3500)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 2
The Texas A&M School of Medicine embraces the Aggie Core Values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service. Please elaborate on the personal characteristics, values, accomplishments, and experiences that you believe will demonstrate your potential to contribute to the school and the profession of medicine. (Characters: 3500)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 3
Describe any circumstances that indicate hardship, such as financial difficulties, personal or family illness, a medical condition, a death in the immediate family, or educational disadvantages not mentioned in your primary application essays. What strategies have you used to address these circumstances? (Characters: 3500)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 4
OPTIONAL QUESTION: Please list the area(s) of medicine that appeal to you and provide a brief explanation. (Limit your response to 50 words or 250 characters.) Do not leave this blank. If not applicable, please indicate so. (Characters: 250)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 5
EnMed Prompts (you will write these IN ADDITION to the regular MD prompts above): 1. Describe what a work week would look like in your ideal future career. What activities would you engage in throughout that week? Please be concise and answer the question directly in a technical writing style. (250 words max)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 6
List the knowledge, skills, and experiences you have acquired through your coursework, and describe how these have prepared you to create innovative medical technologies. Include lab courses, senior design/capstone projects, and similar hands-on courses, as well as any planned activities. (Please respond in list format, not as an essay or in a creative writing style.)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 7
List the knowledge, skills, and experiences you have gained from extracurricular activities (non-coursework based), such as internships, research, student organizations, work experience, personal projects, and hobbies, as well as any planned activities. Then, describe how these have prepared you to create innovative medical technologies. (Please answer this question in list format, not as an essay or in a creative writing format.)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 8
How will the Engineering Medicine program help you achieve your career goals and aspirations in ways that a traditional MD program cannot? Please be concise and answer the question directly in a technical writing style. (250 words max)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 9
Briefly describe any entrepreneurial activities you have participated in that demonstrate your passion for innovation. If you have not participated in any, please leave this section blank. Please be concise and answer the question directly in a technical writing style. (250 words max)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 10
Will you have completed an undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science by the time you matriculate to EnMed? Yes/No
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 11
Will you have completed a graduate degree in engineering or computer science by the time you matriculate to EnMed? Yes/No
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.
Question 12
Will you have completed a graduate degree in a discipline other than engineering or computer science by the time of matriculation, excluding a pre-med post-baccalaureate program? (250 words max; you are not required to answer if this does not apply to you.)
Reported cycle: 2024-2025. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.