Medical
Personal statements for MD, DO, and PA programs. 17 rubrics available, each scoring your essay across multiple dimensions with specific feedback.
Primary applications · 12
AMCAS Personal Statement — MD
Use the space provided to explain why you want to go to medical school.
CASPA Personal Statement — PA
In your own words, write a brief statement expressing your motivation or desire to become a physician assistant.
AMCAS Other Impactful Experiences — MD
This could include lived experiences related to your family background, financial background, community setting, educational experiences, and/or other life circumstances.
CASPA Life Experiences Essay — PA
Explain how your life experiences could help advance the goal of having healthcare providers who can empathize with the patient communities they serve.
TMDSAS Personal Statement — Texas MD
Explain your motivation to seek a career in medicine. You are asked to include the value of your experiences that prepare you to be a physician.
AACOMAS Personal Statement — DO
Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine, and what has prepared you?
CASPA AI and Technology Essay — PA
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and wearable health devices are changing how clinicians deliver care. How should future PAs learn to use these tools thoughtfully while maintaining strong, human-centered relationships with patients, even in settings where access to technology may be limited?
TMDSAS Personal Characteristics — Texas MD
Describe your personal qualities, characteristics, skills, or strengths, and how they will contribute meaningfully to the lives of others.
Secondary essays · 5
Medical School Secondary — Adversity / Challenge
Works for any school's adversity, challenge, setback, or failure secondary — a compact review of constraints, decisions, adaptation, and credible learning.
Medical School Secondary — Diversity / Perspective
Works for any school's diversity, perspective, or lived-experience secondary — a compact review of lived-experience evidence, real consequence, and what your perspective concretely gives your class.
Medical School Secondary — Community / Service / Mission
Works for any school's community, service, or mission secondary — reviewing your community relationship, accountable service, reciprocal learning, and mission alignment.
Medical School Secondary — Optional "Anything Else" Essay
Works for any school's optional or anything-else secondary — a compact review of whether your essay earns its slot: new information, factual context, and what it changes for the reader.
Medical School Secondary — Reapplicant Growth
Works for any school's reapplicant secondary — a compact review of diagnosed gaps, changed actions, evidence of improvement, and present readiness.