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Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
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Program Overview
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
Secondary Deadline
Supplemental Application Deadline for M.D./PH.D. – October 1, 2026 Supplemental Application Deadline for M.D. only – November 1, 2026
Secondary Fee
$100
FAP Waiver
No
Casper Required
Yes
Screens Applications
No
Accepts Application Updates
Yes
Mission
Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community service locally and globally.
Vision
Improving health through science, scholarship and innovation.
Values
- Respect
- We promote and support diversity, inclusion and equity
- We value our colleagues and ourselves as the College’s most valuable assets
- We earn the loyalty of those we serve through our commitment
- Integrity
- Honesty, ethics and openness guide our interactions
- We encourage transparent analysis of our policies, process, procedures and decisions
- We are accountable for our actions
- Innovation
- We lead through visionary innovation and creativity
- We foster a healthy culture of change
- We turn vision into action
- Teamwork
- We form mutually beneficial partnerships to achieve results
- We look past ourselves to focus on the impact of our actions
- We recognize all who contribute to our work
- Excellence
- We focus on quality and value
- We commit to continuous quality improvement for outstanding outcomes
- We are effective and efficient
Application Cycles
2026-2027
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.
2025-2026
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.
2024-2025
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.
2023-2024
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.





