preview of supplemental application

Our MD-PhD supplemental online application does not become available to applicants until we have received a completed AMCAS application. We provide information here so that applicants and potential applicants have a preview of what to expect on the supplemental application.

To complete the MD-PhD supplemental application you will need to provide:

• Graduate Group Information
  Indicate which graduate group most closely matches your interests. Note that our program is flexible and students often apply to transfer from one graduate group to another after matriculation as their research interests evolve. The choice on the application is a starting point but does not limit you in the future.

• Intended Area of Specialization
  List key words or phrases to describe your current research interests.

• Research Summary
  List all of your research experiences (dates; name of institution; topic; time commitment; mentor). (This section will need to be entered in the appropriate fields in the on-line supplemental, so it is not necessarily helpful to prepare the list as a word processing document).

• Letters of Recommendation
  Letters of recommendation are a significant aspect of your application.  On our supplemental, you will be asked to list each significant research experience, and ideally you should have a letter of recommendation from the primary mentor of each of those experiences.  If a letter will not be provided from the mentor of a significant research experience, we will ask that you explain the reason.

• Recent and current year activities
  If you are not a full-time undergraduate student at the time of application, you will be asked to describe your activities since graduation and your plans for the current year.

• Additional Required Essay for Applicants to these Graduate Groups ONLY:

  1. Anthropology
     Please note that this statement will primarily be read by Anthropology Department faculty and should be written assuming your readers are fluent in social science/humanities theory. Please also note that some Anthropology faculty may be asked to read your statement of purpose without reviewing other aspects of your MSTP application. In your anthropological statement of purpose, we ask you to include a discussion of your 1) background in anthropology, social sciences and/or other related disciplines, 2) theoretical/topical interests and potential directions for dissertation work (most students change their topics during their training--but a statement of purpose should reveal an ability to think and frame questions anthropologically/theoretically), and 3) personal experience or previous employment/career that informs your topical/theoretical interests. (Limit 6,000 characters).
  2. History and Sociology of Science
     Please note that this statement will primarily be read by History and Sociology of Science faculty, who may be asked to review it without seeing other aspects of your MSTP application. Please provide a personal statement addressing the factors that have encouraged you to seek an education from the History and Sociology of Science Graduate Group and a statement of your research interests. The latter could include potential directions for dissertation work (understanding we do not expect students to commit to a particular direction until much later in their training) and/or problems, time periods, scientific disciplines, geographic areas, etc. which interest you. (Limit 6,000 characters).

There are some additional items of information which will also be requested on the supplemental.

Note that if you are applying to Health Care Management & Economics (Wharton) this group requires the GRE or GMAT.