The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Secondary Essay Prompts
Avg GPA
3.95
Avg MCAT
519
Class size
232
SJT required
CASPer
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine is a public school, so TX residents have a meaningful admissions advantage here.
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.
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Long School of Medicine does not use a traditional written secondary essay set. Application is complete upon receipt of MCAT. Applicants invited to interview must complete CASPer and a standardized one-way video interview (SOWVI) before the interview date.
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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.
- Heads up: this school also requires CASPer, so build that into your timeline alongside the essays.
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