Early Assurance Programs

Early Assurance programs allow sophomores to gain a conditional admission offer to medical school. Students save the stress, time, and money required by applying in the regular admissions cycle. 

The early assurance programs available to Princeton students each have different selection criteria and areas of emphasis. You are encouraged to learn as much as you can about the programs before applying by attending info sessions, speaking to program participants, and researching the medical schools themselves.

FlexMed: Icahn at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

  • open to all sophomores at any college or university
  • designed to provide flexibility in the undergraduate curriculum in preparation for medical school
  • students apply directly to the program
  • application deadline: mid January 15 of sophomore year (transcripts can arrive later)
  • program website

SKMC Medical Scholars Program at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

  • open to Princeton sophomores
  • all majors considered
  • students apply directly to the program
  • application deadline: late January/early February of sophomore year
  • additional information

ACES: Academic Clinical Experience Summer Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

  • open to sophomores with an emphasis on those from economically- or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, including first-generation college-goers
  • Princeton students apply through Princeton HPA; finalists interview with the medical school
  • application deadline: January of sophomore year 
  • additional information

PASS: Penn Access Summer Scholars at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  • open to sophomores from nine colleges and universities, including Princeton with an emphasis on recruiting an experientially diverse cohort of students who will be leaders in healthcare.
  • Princeton students apply through Princeton HPA; finalists interview with the medical school
  • application deadline: January of sophomore year
  • additional information

 

 

Bon Ku and students
Dr. Bon Ku with Princeton/Jefferson students

Additional Early Assurance Programs

Early Assurance programs are often partnerships with specific undergraduate institutions and medical schools. These links offer more information about programs in which we have not had recent Princeton applicants, but we are happy to advise on any of them.

Specialized Medical School Programs

A crowd-sourced list with links to early assurance programs.

Information about Early Assurance Programs

Overview and list of MD schools from the Association of American Medical Colleges.