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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.

1. In addition to training as a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the items below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will have no bearing on applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you might also apply. What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1000 character limit)

  • Clinical Research
  • Healthcare/disparities/medical undeserved communities
  • Academic Medicine
  • Community Health
  • Simulation in medical education
  • Health systems science
  • Telehealth Advocacy

2. Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain what activities and/or careers you have pursued in the time between your college education and your application. Please explain (no limit) (If yes) No essay needed. 3. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors or other information you feel would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, prevailing over adversity. You may expand upon but not repeat TMDSAS or AMCAS application information. This section is mandatory. Please make sure you submit an essay or your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit)

2025-2026
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. In addition to training as a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the items below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will have no bearing on applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you might also apply. What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1000 character limit)

  • Clinical Research
  • Healthcare/disparities/medical undeserved communities
  • Academic Medicine
  • Community Health
  • Simulation in medical education
  • Health systems science
  • Telehealth Advocacy

2. Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain what activities and/or careers you have pursued in the time between your college education and your application. Please explain (no limit) (If yes) No essay needed. 3. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors or other information you feel would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, prevailing over adversity. You may expand upon but not repeat TMDSAS or AMCAS application information. This section is mandatory. Please make sure you submit an essay or your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit)

2024-2025
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. In addition to training as a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the items below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will have no bearing on applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you might also apply. What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1000 character limit)

  • Clinical Research
  • Healthcare/disparities/medical undeserved communities
  • Academic Medicine
  • Community Health
  • Simulation in medical education
  • Health systems science
  • Telehealth Advocacy

2. Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain what activities and/or careers you have pursued in the time between your college education and your application. Please explain (no limit) (If yes) No essay needed. 3. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors or other information you feel would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, prevailing over adversity. You may expand upon but not repeat TMDSAS or AMCAS application information. This section is mandatory. Please make sure you submit an essay or your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit)

2023-2024
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. In addition to training as a competent physician, please select up to two additional areas of interest from the items below that you may want to pursue during your medical studies. Your responses will have no bearing on applications to joint degrees or special programs to which you might also apply. Options include:

  • Clinical Research
  • Healthcare/disparities/medical underserved communities
  • Academic Medicine
  • Community Health
  • Simulation in medical education
  • Health systems science
  • Telehealth
  • Advocacy
    What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? (1,000 character limit)

    2. Are you planning to matriculate into medical school immediately after completing your undergraduate education? If not, please explain what activities and/or careers you have pursued in the time between your college education and your application. (no limit)

    3. Indicate any special experiences, unusual factors or other information you feel would be helpful in evaluating you, including, but not limited to, education, employment, extracurricular activities, prevailing over adversity. You may expand upon but not repeat TMDSAS or AMCAS application information.
    This section is mandatory.
    Please make sure you submit an essay or your application will not be reviewed by the committee. (2000 character limit).

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