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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION College of Medicine's Copy Name ____________________________________________ Please give the Committee, in essay or outline form, a profile of yourself and your family including, for example, travel experience, fun and diversion, family traits, education, occupations, hobbies, interests. If married, please include your spouse, and children if any   In the secondary application process the admissions committee want you to give them a good reason to why they should invite you for an interview. The secondary form should be filled out and sent back in a timely manner. remember that the secondary is stamped with the date that it is sent out, and the date it was returned. This is the area in which you want to make yourself look as good as possible as an applicant. Your secondary essays should be interesting so the committee will want to find out more about you. Prepare now, start getting involved in interesting projects, volunteer in different areas of the hospital, join clubs, work for a private practioner, learn how to give physicals or immunizations at a free clinic. Remember there will be other applicants who have good grades plus valuable medical or research experience.   Sample Secondary Questions Please describe the type of community in which you would like to practice after completion of medical training. Please describe the communities in which you have lived. Please discuss the type of medical practice you would like to engage in after completion of training. Please report all work or volunteer experiences in communities needing physician services and/or populated largely by Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Mexican-Americans, or American Indians.   <= BACK TO THE FUTURE   Sample Interview Questions Tell me about yourself. Why do you want to be a doctor? What are your extracurricular activities? What newspapers do you read? Books? What are your hobbies? Describe a typical day in your life. Who has the greatest influence in your life? What have you done to acquaint yourself with what a doctor does? What do you think is the most pressing issue in medicine today? How would your plans differ if we were under socialized medicine today? What will you do if you do not get into medical school? Tell me about your research. What do you think about euthanasia? Would you tell your patient he has eight months to live, etc.? Pretend you were I; what would you look for in a candidate? There are 1000 candidates equally as qualified should we pick you? Why do doctors have such a high suicide rate? Describe your personality. What are your positive qualities? Your negative qualities? What was the best thing that ever happened to you? The worst? What will you be doing in medicine 10-15 years from now? What would you do to solve the current maldistribution of doctors? How would you like to be remembered by your peers? Would you use placebos? Under what circumstances? What kind of people do you dislike? What do you know about HMO's, DRG's (any current medical issues)? Do you like to change peoples minds? Describe the worst doctor you ever met, and tell me why he was the worst. What do you value most in life? Have you had a new idea lately? What was it? Why haven't you done any research? (worked in a hospital?) If you had all the money in the world what would you do? What do you think about AIDS? Why did you go to (fill in your school here)? Would you "pull the plug"? Under what circumstances? Have you read any books on medicine? If you had three weeks to do anything you pleased, what would you do? What is the worst thing you can think of, in being a doctor? What have you done that has given you a sense of accomplishment? How do you think a doctor in general practice spends his day? If you could start life over, what would you do differently? What is the greatest responsibility you ever had to assume? What is success to you? Describe a stressful situation and how you coped with it. From your experience in providing patient care as a volunteer, what have you learned about yourself? About hospitals? From your research experience, what have you found most rewarding? Most frustrating? If you had the power to make one major change to improve health care services in the United States, what would it be? If medicine as a career didn't exist, what would you have chosen to do? Who will be your support person in medical school? Do you have any questions? <= GET BACK JO JO More of Dr. Hinkely's comments about the essay (personal statement) The essay, although important, is read very quickly. You need to write a clear and concise statement. Double spaced essays that did NOT use all of the room provided, were common among applicants that were accepted to U.M. Medical School. If you took some time off, or had to withdraw from some classes, provide a brief explanation of the reason. Explain why you want to go to Medical School. Explain why you'll be good at medicine. Give your essay to someone that doesn't know you, and see what they think of that "person".  The material on this page is in the public domain. It derives from a lecture (23 Feb 94), given by Dr. Richard Dix who served on the University of Miami School of Medicine Admissions Committee for six years, and by statements made by Dr. R.E. Hinkley (directly above), Associate Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Management at University of Miami School of Medicine, during a lecture given on 25 Jan 96.