Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
Avg GPA
3.5
Avg MCAT
500
Class size
150
SJT required
None
The 2026-2027 prompts
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Collected from public applicant reports. Prompts occasionally change mid cycle, so confirm against your own secondary portal before you submit.
- 01
How do you plan to fulfill the ARCOM Mission in your practice as a physician?
No stated limit - 02
What challenges do you expect to personally face most in the next 10 years as a healthcare professional?
No stated limit - 03
How do you expect to overcome these challenges?
No stated limit - 04
Describe an experience where you interacted with a person or people from a different background than you (ability, religion, gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, citizenship/ nationality, sexual orientation).
No stated limit - 05
How did that interaction impact your mindset of the role of a physician?
No stated limit - 06
If you are in a difficult basic science class and feel you are not fully grasping the information given in lecture, how would you alter your study habits or techniques to better understand the material and complete the course successfully?
No stated limit - 07
What is a recent book or movie you've read or watched that impacted the way you think about today's world?
No stated limit - 08
Please explain how this book impacted the way you think about today's world.
No stated limit
How to write these well
- Turn secondaries around within 7 to 14 days of receiving them. Schools read speed as interest, and slow essays land in a bigger pile.
- Pre-write the universal question types (diversity, challenge, why us) once, then adapt per school. Adapting is rewriting the school specific half, not swapping the name.
- Name real programs. A why us answer that cites a specific clinic, track, or community partnership reads ten times stronger than praise for reputation or location.
- Stay under the limit without padding to reach it. Readers are working through thousands of these; a tight answer is a kindness they remember.
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