Early Assurance

These schools accept a small percentage of their class on an accelerated timeline, and they offer students the possibility of acceptance as early as the sophomore year of college. Successful applicants trade the possibility of matriculation at all medical schools for the certainty of a seat in one particular school.

Mt. Sinai

Each fall, Mount Sinai School of Medicine admits 24 sophomores to its Humanities and Medicine Program. Applications are available online, and due in October. Interviews occur in November and December, and decisions are generally made by January. Williams has a strong history with this program, and typically two of our students are among those accepted. Accepted students commit to majoring in a non-science field, and they bypass organic chemistry, physics and the MCAT. More information is found here, at the MSSM website.

Other Early Assurance options:

SUNY Upstate

At the end of the sophomore year, Upstate considers applications from students with 3.5 or better GPAs. The prerequisite must be completed, but MCATs are not required for matriculation.

Albany Medical College

Albany will consider early applications from Williams students. Contact the HP office for more details.

University of Rochester

In 2006, U of R piloted an early assurance program for sophomores from Williams and a few other select undergraduate schools. More details can be found at the HP office.