Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
Avg GPA
3.47
Avg MCAT
504
Class size
180
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
Please submit a short video (maximum 8 minutes) to introduce yourself to the Noorda-COM admissions team. Be authentic, reflective, and professional, and have fun sharing your story. Your video should address the following questions: Who are you beyond your application? What does service mean to you? How do you learn, grow, and contribute as part of a team? Why Noorda and osteopathic medicine?
8 minutes (video)
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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