🌾ECU's Rural Health Mission: ECU trains dentists for North Carolina's rural and underserved communities. Connect your response to this mission if applicable — mention rural background, public health interests, or service commitments.
❌Leadership Failure — Own It: The leadership question specifically asks about failure. Don't reframe a failure as a success. Show genuine self-reflection, what you'd do differently, and how this shapes your leadership approach now.
✏️Proofread Thoroughly: Read each response aloud and have a mentor review it. Typos and grammatical errors signal carelessness to admissions committees.
📅Submit Early: Most schools review secondaries on a rolling basis. Submitting within 2 weeks of receiving your secondary significantly improves your interview chances.