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Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover, NH)

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Program Overview

Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover, NH)

Secondary Deadline
November 15, 2026
Secondary Fee
$130
FAP Waiver
Yes
Casper Required
No
Screens Applications
Accepts Application Updates
Mission
To improve the lives of the communities we serve through excellence in learning, discovery, and healing. To foster an inclusive, diverse community that reflects our world and addresses the most challenging issues in health care.
Vision
  • To be the medical school that sets the standard for educating physicians, scientists, and teachers to be leaders of change in creating a healthier, better world; and
  • To build a diverse and inclusive community reflective of our world in order to enrich learning, foster innovation and help tackle the most vexing challenges in health care.

Values
  • Excellence
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Diversity
  • Integrity
  • Innovation
  • Accountability

Application Cycles
2026-2027
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

All questions have 500-word limits.

  1. Please indicate your plans for the 2025-2026 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change (we only need to be notified about changes in prerequisite courses) subsequently, please inform the Admissions Office by email at Geisel.Admissions@dartmouth.edu.
  2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file:
  3. What aspects of the Geisel School of Medicine draw you to apply? Please include the characteristics and strengths you will bring to our program and how you hope to contribute to our community.
  4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other”.(250 words)
2025-2026
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

All questions have 500-word limits.

  1. Please indicate your plans for the 2025-2026 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change (we only need to be notified about changes in prerequisite courses) subsequently, please inform the Admissions Office by email at Geisel.Admissions@dartmouth.edu.
  2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file:
  3. What aspects of the Geisel School of Medicine draw you to apply? Please include the characteristics and strengths you will bring to our program and how you hope to contribute to our community.
  4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other”.(250 words)
2024-2025
Application Cycle
All questions have a 250-word limit.

1. Please indicate your plans for the 2024-2025 academic year. If in school, please list your courses.If working, let us know something about the nature of your job.If your plans or courses change subsequently, please inform the Admissions Office by email at Geisel.Admissions@dartmouth.edu. (no word limit)

2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file. (no word limit)

3. What aspects of the Geisel School of Medicine draw you to apply? Please include the characteristics and strengths you will bring to our program and how you hope to contribute to our community. (no word limit)

4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other”.(250 words)

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

1. Please indicate your plans for the 2023-2024 academic year. If in school, please list your courses. If working, let us know something about the nature of your job. If your plans or courses change subsequently, please inform the Admissions Office by email at Geisel.Admissions@dartmouth.edu. (no limit)

2. Please reflect on your primary application and share something not addressed elsewhere that would be helpful to the Admissions Committee as we review your file. (No limit)

3. Please tell us specifically why you are interested in Geisel: (no word count)

4. Geisel School of Medicine values social justice and diversity in all its forms. Reflect on a situation where you were the “other” (250 word limit)

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