Here are the prompts for Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2024-2025
1. Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1525 characters)
2. Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1525 characters)
3. If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (Optional)
(1525 characters)
4. If you are not attending college full time during the upcoming (2024-2025) academic year, what are your plans? (Optional) (1525 characters)
2023-2024
1. Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College.
2. Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it.
3. If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better.
4. If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2023-2024) academic year, what are your plans?
2020-2021
All prompts have a 1500 character limit:
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College.
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it.
- If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (Optional)
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2020-2021) academic year, what are your plans? (Optional)
2019-2020
There are three brief essays on the M.D. Supplemental Application. Please limit each statement to no more than 1,500 characters including spaces. Note: Please do not answer question three if you are attending college during the 2019-2020 academic year.
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College.
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it.
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2019-2020) academic year, what are your plans? (Optional)
2018-2019
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2018-2019) academic year, what are your plans?
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College.
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it.
- For MD-PhD applicants only: Please list the names of any Tri-Institutional faculty members with whom you’d like to do research. You do not need to list reasons, names are sufficient.
All prompts have 200 word limits.
2017-2018
- There are four brief essays on the Supplemental Application. Please limit each statement to no more than 200 words. The questions are:
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2017-2018) academic year, what are your plans?
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College.
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it
- For MD-PhD applicants only: Please list the names of any Tri-Institutional faculty members with whom you’d like to do research. You do not need to list reasons, names are sufficient
Good luck to everyone applying!
