Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Secondary Essay Prompts

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.

1. 01

   Have you previously applied to Sidney Kimmel Medical College? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
2. 02

   Do you have a parent who received a M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College or completed residency (postgraduate) or fellowship training at Jefferson? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
3. 03

   Are either of your parents members of the Jefferson Faculty? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
4. 04

   Do you have a spouse who has graduated or is currently attending Sidney Kimmel Medical College? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
5. 05

   Do you have a sibling who has graduated or is currently attending Sidney Kimmel Medical College? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
6. 06

   Check if you are applying to one of the Educational programs below. Physician Shortage Area Program (For applicants from rural areas who plan rural practice) - DIMER Program (For Delaware residents only) - PSAP If checked, you will need to fill out a PSAP application. Uncheck if selected in error. - MD/MPH - Jeff BEACON (Jefferson Bringing Equity And Care for Our Neighborhoods)

   Not applicable
7. 07

   Have you ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic or parking violation? - Yes - No

   Yes/No
8. 08

   If invited for interview day where will you be traveling from? - City - State

   Not applicable
9. 09

   Sidney Kimmel Medical College defines diversity as the richness in human differences. How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients?

   2500 characters
10. 10

    Do you have additional information that you would like to provide at this time?

    4000 characters

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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