Quinnipiac (Netter)

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University North Haven, CT · Private · MD

Median MCAT: 511
Median GPA: 3.70
Class size: 95 (9,426 applicants)
Tuition: $65,080 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AMCAS deadline: Dec. 1, 2026
Secondary deadline: Dec. 15, 2026

Essays

Work while in school (Short answer)

If you have worked while enrolled as a full-time student, how many hours per week did you work on average and for how many years?

Application year and re-applicants (200 words)

If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year? If you are a re-applicant, please address steps taken to improve your application for medical school.

Specialty interests (200 words)

Although your interests may change, how do you currently envision your specialty interests and future career in medicine and why?

Experiences for patient care (200 words)

Tell us about some of your experiences that you believe will help you to take better care of patients.

Feeling unprepared (400 words)

As a medical student and future physician, you are faced with many uncertain situations. Please describe a situation when you were asked to do something that you felt unprepared for. How did you handle it?

Working across difference (400 words)

At Netter SOM, we value service to each other and others in the community. Please share how you have made efforts to work with people from a different background than you. What did you learn from these efforts?

Academic record gaps (250 words)

If applicable, please address any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence, or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not explained in your application.

Editor's notes

Don't let the Dec. 1 AMCAS deadline lull you. The last Casper date Netter accepts is Nov. 12, and you get one attempt per cycle. Book Casper early, send results as soon as you have them, and treat the late AMCAS date as a backstop, not a plan.
Every verified applicant gets the secondary, so the screen happens on what you write there. Four required essays at 200 to 400 words is a real workload. Draft them in the summer so you're not writing 1,200 words in December.
Netter's identity is primary care-minded medicine: a community physician mentor from the first September, and 42% of the 2026 class matched into primary care. Your specialty essay and patient-care essay should sound like someone who wants that training, whatever field you end up in.
Netter's median MCAT has held at 511 for three classes while applications rose to 9,426. Numbers near the median are competitive here. The essays and the Casper carry weight.