Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Select the area(s) of interest that you have experience or related activities with (please check all that apply). For each selected area, please list your experience and/or activities; completed, current or planned. There is a 150-word limit for each selected area: Practice in an underserved area and/or work with an underserved population, Rural/Border health, Medical Research/Academics, Primary Care, or Other (please describe below).

Have you ever participated in any TTUHSC special programs? *Checklist* Middle School to Medical School (M2M) Early Dedication to Medical Education (EDME) Future Healthcare Professional’s Experience (FHPE) Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) Premedical Enrichment Program (PEP) Graduate Medical Education Sciences (GMES) N/A

Have you experienced any road bumps in your academic career? (Low academic performance, dropping, retaking, or failing courses, etc.) If so, please explain your circumstance. (250 words or less)

Family Medicine Accelerated Track prompts: What motivates you to participate in the FMAT program?

Family Medicine Accelerated Track prompts: What experiences have you had that would prepare you for this intensive program?

Medicine and Engineering prompts: What projects have you been involved in that require programming and/or machine languages? What languages do you prefer?

Please tell us about your favorite recreational/leisure activities.

If you are applying to a dual degree program, please rank them in order of preference. MD/MBA MD/MPH FMAT MD/PhD MD/JD MD&E

Have you experienced any hardship or adversity; personally or professionally? If yes, please share your experience with us.

Please share with us your ideal practice. For example: Where would you practice? Who would your patients be? What would your specialty be?

Do you consider yourself from West Texas or as having West Texas ties? If yes, what town or county did you reside in, or what other factors would you cite?

Medicine and Engineering prompts: Please list the highest-level math/chemistry/physics course you have taken or are currently taking.

As a part of your journey, please share any instances when a goal of yours was deterred or even halted. What lessons did you learn from this experience, and how did it shape your approach to future challenges?

Medicine and Engineering prompts: Describe your motivation to pursue this program at TTUHSC, be sure to include how you expect to benefit from our program.

Family Medicine Accelerated Track prompts: What, in your opinion, distinguishes Family Medicine from other medical specialties?

Medicine and Engineering prompts: How do you anticipate this program making you a more efficient caregiver?

Do you consider yourself to be first generation? If yes, please explain your reasoning (Examples of Definition: both of your parents are born outside of the USA, both of your parents have education or a degree outside of the USA, both of your parents do not have an education higher than high school). (100 Words or Less)