Question 1
Please respond to TWO of the six essay prompts below. (300 Words maximum) 1. Describe a situation where your team’s success depended on your ability to learn a new skill or perspective quickly. How did your contributions specifically alter the group’s outcome? 2. Analyze a time that you made an error in a professional or academic setting. Provide your response, how you disclosed it, and any changes you made to prevent it from recurring. 3. Scientific inquiry is important for being a physician. Describe a time you encountered a claim or piece of information that you initially doubted. How did you verify the truth and how will this skepticism serve you as a physician? 4. Identify a specific trait that you look for in your physicians that you currently lack. What is your plan to develop this attribute during your time at John Sealy School of Medicine? 5. If you have any work experience, particularly with significant responsibilities, explain how those skills will help you be a better physician. 6. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and the Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, regional mission, or other attributes that make you especially interested in matriculating here?
Reported cycle: 2026-2027. Length limit not supplied as a separate source field.