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Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine (New York, NY)

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Program Overview

Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine (New York, NY)

Secondary Deadline
November 1, 2026
Secondary Fee
$110
FAP Waiver
Yes
Casper Required
No
Screens Applications
Accepts Application Updates
Mission
At the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we are dramatically advancing the art and science of medical care through an atmosphere of intense collaborative learning, social concern, and scholarly inquiry.

Vision

If you are currently not a full time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year.

Values

If there is an important aspect of your personal background or identity or a commitment to a particular community, not addressed elsewhere in the application, that you would like to share with the Committee, we invite you to do so here.

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

1. What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it, and what did you learn from it? (250 words)

2. Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address this situation, if at all? (250 words)

3. If you are currently not a full-time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year. (100 words)

4. If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your background not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine. (150 words)

For MD/PhD applicants only: an additional question

Please tell us why you have chosen to apply to the MD-PhD Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (250 words)

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

1. What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it, and what did you learn from it? (250 words)

2. Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address this situation, if at all? (250 words)

3. If you are currently not a full-time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year. (100 words)

4. If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your background not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine. (150 words)

For MD/PhD applicants only: an additional question

Please tell us why you have chosen to apply to the MD-PhD Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (250 words)

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

1. If you are currently not a full time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year. (100 words)

2. Were there any adverse circumstances in your premedical preparatory journey including but not limited to impact from COVID-19? (100 words)

3. (Optional) If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your identity not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly also explain how such factors may have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine. Completing this section is optional.(150 words)

4. What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it and what did you learn from it? (250 words)

5. Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address the situation, if at all? (200 words)

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

1. If you are currently not a full time student, please briefly describe the activities you are participating in this academic year. (100 words)

2. If you are committed to a particular community or if there is an important aspect of your identity not addressed elsewhere in the application, we invite you to do so here. Briefly also explain how such factors may have influenced your motivation for a career in medicine. Completing this section is optional.(150 words)

3. What is the toughest feedback you ever received? How did you handle it and what did you learn from it? (250 words)

4. Describe a situation that you have thought to be unfair or unjust, whether towards yourself or towards others. How did you address the situation, if at all? (200 words)

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