Personal Characteristics
Admissions committees face the challenge each year of assembling an entering class of students who will best fulfill the mission of the school and serve the nation's diverse population. To meet this challenge, the admissions committees select candidates based on a comprehensive review of each applicant's total academic and personal qualifications. Among the qualifications they examine are an applicant's:
- Scholarship
- Accomplishments
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Emotional Maturity
- Character
- Interest in Medicine
- Sensitivity to Others
- Communication Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Sense of Caring for Others
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Commitment to service