The Sidney Kimmel Medical College secondary application has a fewer number of essays, but the essays are incredibly long. Because the questions are open-ended and have not changed in the past couple of years, we strongly suggest medical school applicants to pre-write their Sidney Kimmel secondaries right after submitting their AMCAS. Our students who has successfully been accepted have shown their commitment to community medicine, healthcare disparities, urban health, and medical innovation. These are values that Thomas Jefferson University and Sidney Kimmel Medical College embody. Read more of our Sidney Kimmel secondary tips below.
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2025 – 2026
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- Have you previously applied to Sidney Kimmel Medical College? (Yes/No)
- Do you have a parent who received a M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College or completed residency (postgraduate) or fellowship training at Jefferson? (Yes/No)
- Are either of your parents members of the Jefferson Faculty? (Yes/No)
- Do you have a spouse who has graduated or is currently attending Sidney Kimmel Medical College? (Yes/No)
- Do you have a sibling who has graduated or is currently attending Sidney Kimmel Medical College? (Yes/No)
- Check if you are applying to one of the Educational programs below.
Physician Shortage Area Program (For applicants from rural areas who plan rural practice)
DIMER Program (For Delaware residents only)
MD/MPH More Information
Jeff BEACON (Jefferson Bringing Equity And Care for Our Neighborhoods) More Information - Have you ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic or parking violation? (Yes/No)
- If invited for interview day where will you be traveling from?
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College defines diversity as the richness in human differences. How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients? (2,500 characters)
- Do you have additional information that you would like to provide at this time? (4,000 characters)
Sidney Kimmel Secondaries Essay Tips
Sidney Kimmel Secondaries Pre-Writing Guidance: We strongly suggest medical school applicants to pre-write their Sidney Kimmel secondaries right after submitting their AMCAS primary application. While the wording for SKMC secondary #1 changed, it’s essentially always an open-ended diversity essay.
- It is important to read about diversity essays in our Cracking Med Secondary Essay Workbook
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Tip #1: Thomas Jefferson University is an innovative school and values community health. Therefore, the Sidney Kimmel Medical College always wants to recruit a student body that has creative and innovative ideas to improve healthcare. Reflect how you’ve been innovative in your endeavors, whether it’s through community projects or your research. You can incorporate innovation in any one of your Sidney Kimmel Medical College secondary application essays.
SKMC also loves community health. Therefore, if you can incorporate community health in one or both of your Sidney Kimmel secondaries, that would be great! What we push our students to do is to write about ways they have been innovative or creative in community health settings (essentially combining two strong values of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College Admissions committee). What are ways you want to pursue community health and find creative solutions to improve healthcare as a medical student?
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Tip #2: Highlight your leadership, passion to change healthcare, and impact on society. After reading your entire Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University secondary application, the admissions committee reader should understand: what is your vision to improve healthcare.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Tip #3: Tell stories to convey your impact and leadership. For example, if you worked for the Crisis Text Line during COVID, you can talk about a memorable texter you helped. Additionally, if you had challenges about your research, you can discuss the specific research obstacle and how you overcame it. Another student had served as a Medical Assistant and discussed how he created a new process in the medical clinic to screen patients for necessary preventative tests; then, he created a new patient care initiative to educate patients why the screening tests were important and helped them schedule future appointments. The student discussed how this created awareness for the upcoming preventative screening tests and dramatically increased the number of preventative screening tests the patients took. This is a great example of going above-and-beyond with patient care!
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Tip #4: Don’t forget to incorporate a little bit about “Why Sidney Kimmel Medical College” throughout the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University secondary questions. Talk about projects and research you want to do at Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, and the greater Philadelphia area. Read our blog post on how to answer Why This Medical School for more tips on how to incorporate “Why Sidney Kimmel.”
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Tip #6: Work with Dr. Rachel Rizal and Dr. Rishi Mediratta on your Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College secondary application essays. We can help you through our secondary essay packages. Have questions about how you can stand out? Contact us below.
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2024 – 2025
- New Question. Sidney Kimmel Medical College defines diversity as the richness in human differences. How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients? (2,500 characters max)
- Do you have any additional information that hasn’t been covered? (4,000 characters max)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2023 – 2024
- New Question. Sidney Kimmel Medical College defines diversity as the richness in human differences. How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients? (2,500 characters max)
- Do you have any additional information that hasn’t been covered? (4,000 characters max)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2022 – 2023
- Describe how the pandemic has affected your educational, work, or research plans? What has your own experience informed you about the challenges of providing equitable and inclusive care to future patients? (2,500 characters max)
- Do you have any additional information that hasn’t been covered? (4,000 characters max)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2021 – 2022
- Describe how the pandemic has affected your educational, work, or research plans? What has your own experience informed you about the challenges of providing equitable and inclusive care to future patients? (2,500 characters max)
- Do you have any additional information that hasn’t been covered? (4,000 characters max)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2020 - 2021
- If there is any additional information you would like to provide please include it. (4,000 characters max)
- How has COVID-19 impacted you?
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2019 – 2020
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2018 – 2019
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2017 – 2018
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2016 – 2017
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Sidney Kimmel Medical College Secondary Application Questions: 2015 – 2016
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