Touro University Nevada 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

   Why are you interested in pursuing this degree at Touro Nevada?

   1500 characters
2. 02

   What award(s) or recognition(s) have you received within the last five years?

   1500 characters
3. 03

   What volunteer experience have you had during the last three years?

   1500 characters
4. 04

   What research experience have you had during the last three years?

   1500 characters
5. 05

   Please tell us about your extracurricular activities or hobbies.

   1500 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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