qatar-weill.cornell.edu Healing Hands Essay Competition 2015 : Medical College

Organization : Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Contest : Healing Hands Essay Competition 2015
Country : Qatar
Deadline : April 23rd, 2015

Website : https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/
Submit your Essay: https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/

Healing Hands Essay Competition 2015:
Calling all Qatari high school students! Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar is pleased to announce its Annual High School Essay Competition, encouraging young people to share their views on becoming a doctor in Qatar. Four lucky winners will receive Doctor of the Future Summer Scholarships: A fully funded, 2-week experience-of-a-lifetime at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, where they will visit prominent research laboratories and spend time with distinguished Weill Cornell faculty in New York campus.

Best Essays:
The winning essays and 20 finalists will receive honorable mentions at a reception hosted by the WCMC-Q dean.

Participation:
“Coping With Disability” is this year’s theme. Around the world, people suffer from physical, mental, and emotional disabilities that limit their participation in everyday activities. People with chronic disabilities face daily challenges and frustrations, such as a blind child finding her way across a playground, a paralyzed man struggling to move from bed to wheelchair, or a dyslexic worker trying to read an important email. However, individuals and societies can do much to help those coping with such disabilities.

Your task is to write an 800-word essay that focuses on a particular disability and describes what you would do to improve the lives of those affected.

Terms And Conditions:
Competition is only open for Qatari nationals currently enrolled in high schools and pre-college programs
Essay must be an original work and in ENGLISH
Competition will open on February 15th, 2015
Submission deadline: April 23rd, 2015

For additional information, please contact Mrs. Noha Saleh at or call 44928521.