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Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2025 – 2026
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,525 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2025-2026) academic year, what are your plans? (1,525 characters max)
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Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2024 – 2025
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,525 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,525 characters max)
- If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2024-2025) academic year, what are your plans? (1,525 characters max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2023 – 2024
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,525 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,525 characters max)
- If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2023-2024) academic year, what are your plans? (1,525 characters max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2022 – 2023
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,525 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,525 characters max)
- If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2022-2023) academic year, what are your plans? (1,525 characters max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2021 – 2022
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,525 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,525 characters max)
- If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,525 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2021-2022) academic year, what are your plans? (1,525 characters max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2020 – 2021
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (1,500 characters max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it.
- (Optional) If applicable, please tell us about any special circumstances related to COVID-19 that could help us understand you better. (1,500 characters max)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2020-2021) academic year, what are your plans? (1,500 characters max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2019 – 2020
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. (1,500 characters max – including spaces)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (1,500 characters max – including spaces)
- (Optional) If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2019-2020) academic year, what are your plans? (1,500 characters max – including spaces)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2018 – 2019
- If you are not attending college during the upcoming (2018-2019) academic year, what are your plans? (200 words max)
- Please write a brief statement giving your reasons for applying to Weill Cornell Medical College. (200 words max)
- Please describe a challenge you faced and how you addressed it. (200 words max)
- 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. (200 words max)
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2017 – 2018
There are four brief essays on the Supplemental Application. Please limit each statement to no more than 200 words.
- 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.
Weill Cornell Secondary Application Essay Prompts: 2016 – 2017
There are four brief essays on the Supplemental Application. Please limit each statement to no more than 200 words.
- 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.