Carle Illinois College of Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
Avg GPA
3.88
Avg MCAT
516
Class size
64
SJT required
None
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The 2025-2026 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
Compassion artifact: In the three artifacts we ask you to SHOW US how compassion, curiosity, and creativity have played out in your life, and how you exemplify these values. Each artifact should be uploaded as a PDF (one page for each value, formatted no larger than 8.5" x 11"). Show Us - How have you changed the lives of others? What have you experienced that has fostered a deep sense of compassion?
One PDF page per value - 02
Curiosity artifact: Show Us - How have you explored new interests, cultures, or people? Have you identified a need and taken the initiative to respond to that need?
One PDF page per value - 03
Creativity artifact: Show Us - What are the ways you demonstrate you have an active mind? What innovative solutions have you employed in your work, healthcare, or hobbies?
One PDF page per value - 04
Impact Statement: In 250 words or less, create an abstract-style narrative describing the impact of the experiences you included in your portfolio artifacts and how they have shaped your understanding of and connection to the Carle Illinois values of Compassion, Curiosity, and Creativity.
250 words
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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