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University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Secondary Essay Prompts

Austin, TXMDPublicVerified for 2026-2027

Avg GPA

3.93

Avg MCAT

517

Class size

50

SJT required

None

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School 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.

  1. 01

    Dell Medical School does not use a written secondary essay application. Selected applicants (about 20% of the pool) receive an invitation to complete a video-response secondary after Dell screens the TMDSAS primary.

    Not applicable

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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