Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts

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.

1. 01

   Are you currently enrolled in an academic program? If not, please describe your current activities.

   300 words
2. 02

   Which of the following Elective Programs are you interested in: Global Health, Rural Medicine, Tribal Medicine, or Urban Underserved? Please explain what interests you about this elective program.

   No stated limit
3. 03

   What experiences have motivated you toward a career in osteopathic medicine? Please share a meaningful experience you have had while in the health professional field.

   300 words
4. 04

   Is there any additional information you would like the college to know about you?

   500 wordsOptional

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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