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University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
San Juan, PR•Public, Urban
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
1.An autobiographical statement which should include: the origin and development of your motivation to be a physician, your prior experiences in health care, steps taken to explore a career in medicine, your eventual goals as a physician, personal attributes that would make you a good physician. Please do not repeat what you wrote in your AMCAS Personal Comments (this will already be on file with our office). If you have already covered all of the above topics in your AMCAS application, use this space to let the Admissions Committee know who you are in addition to being someone who wants to be a physician.
Autobiography / Personal StoryPersonal Attributes
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
2.How have your experiences prepared you to be a physician?
Why Medicine
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
3.What perspectives or experiences do you bring that would enrich the class?
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
4.What obstacles have you experienced and how have you overcome them?
Adversity / Challenge
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
5.How have societal inequities in the U.S. affected you or patients you have worked with?
Social Justice & Inequities
ChanceModerate
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2025
2024
2023
2022
Max 250 words
6.For re-applicants: From your most recent application until now, how have you strengthened your application?
Re-Applicant