University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 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

   If you have submitted an AMCAS application to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine before we invite you to use this space to provide additional information about your previous application. This can include year(s) applied, outcome of application, and ways you have strengthened your application since your last application. [Leave blank if this does not apply]

   1000 charactersOptional
2. 02

   Use the space below if you would like to share information about a family member who is a graduate of one of our Miller SOM educational or residency programs or who is a current faculty or staff member. This information could include the name of the family member, program(s) they are/were affiliated with, (if alumni) graduation year, and how this family member's experience with the University of Miller SOM shaped your career trajectory or has otherwise impacted your decision to apply to our program. [Leave blank if this does not apply]

   1000 charactersOptional
3. 03

   Why are you applying to the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine? In your essay, please provide a response that clearly articulates how you believe our program specifically will enhance your education/training, what you feel you will uniquely contribute to our learning community, and/or what features of our medical school prompted you to apply.

   5000 characters
4. 04

   In the space below, please discuss any experiences you may have had serving, working, living, and/or learning in broadly diverse environments that you believe would enable you to thrive in and contribute to our Miller SOM and Greater Miami community.

   5000 characters
5. 05

   In the space below, we invite you to choose one of our #MedCanes values and discuss how you exemplify that value. -Integrity: Demonstrating honesty and fairness in our words and actions -Collaboration: Working together in teams to achieve common goals -Accountability: Taking ownership and responsibility for our actions and outcomes -Respect: Treating others with dignity and compassion -Excellence: Giving of ourselves in a way that exceeds expectations

   5000 characters
6. 06

   Use the space below if you would like to briefly discuss anything else that you want the Admissions Committee to know that you feel has not been covered in your primary and secondary applications.

   5000 charactersOptional

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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