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A New York City PA program embedded in Weill Cornell Medicine with rigorous medical education and broad supervised clinical training.
The principal mission of the Weill Cornell Graduate School MSHS Physician Assistant Program is to educate highly competent, compassionate, and culturally sensitive physician assistants drawn from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who will be capable of practicing and excelling in varied clinical and academic settings.
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Preference for strong academics (GPA >=3.5, GRE >50th pct, rigorous science coursework, research experience), strong LORs, thoughtful personal statement/essays, community service, leadership, PCE above the 500-hr minimum, life experience (military, cross-cultural, adversity, PA shadowing), Cornell/WCM/NYP affiliation.
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
Program admissions informationThe program pointed to elective rotations as a real strength — a way to see many different clinical perspectives before graduating — and singled out the anatomy cadaver lab as a curriculum highlight. They described the learning environment as demanding but supportive, with students leaning on both classmates and faculty through a heavy course load, and emphasized that PAs practice as part of a team alongside physicians and NPs rather than in isolation. One practical tip from the room: make sure any planned or in-progress coursework is entered in CASPA as planned or in-progress so reviewers can see your full academic picture.
Shared at the fair on Jul 11, 2026; paraphrased program-level notes. This is a past event, not an upcoming session. Confirm current guidance with the program.
PAEA Virtual PA Admissions Fair (CareerEco), July 11 2026 - program-level, paraphrased; qualitative only
Admission to the Weill Cornell MSHS PA Program is a three-step process: CASPA application, secondary application, and a personal interview with the MSHS PA Program Admissions Committee Members. The website does not specify whether the interview is individual or panel-style, or whether it is conducted in person or virtually.
Source checked Aug 1, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationReview each course, its lab, and the program’s policies. Your links are planning records; the program decides equivalency.
Courses shown as alternatives in the table are not all required. Confirm the accepted route with the program.
| Course | Credits | Lab | Min grade | Your coursework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology with labs2 course(s) | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Required | Not specified | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Chemistry with labs2 course(s) | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Required | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Microbiology1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesLab strongly recommended but explicitly not required. | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not required | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Biochemistry1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesLab strongly recommended but explicitly not required. | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not required | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
| Combined Anatomy and Physiology course sequence Published alternative to separate Anatomy and Physiology; credit/count minima not specified. | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
| Anatomy1 course(s) | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
| Physiology1 course(s) | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
English Composition or college-level writing equivalent1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesRhetoric, college writing or expository writing may qualify. | Not publishedCourse counts; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Course counts are published, not individual credit minima. B or better in prerequisites is expected/recommended, not a hard cutoff: the FAQ explicitly considers grades below B holistically. Science courses should be completed within ten years of application submission; retain this published wording rather than infer an absolute exclusion. Statistics, Medical Terminology and Research Methods are recommended. AP/IB cannot fulfill prerequisites; online courses considered, traditional classroom preferred. Science substitutions are not accepted.
When courses must be complete: Self-report in-progress/anticipated courses in CASPA before electronic submission. Completion before application is strongly recommended; the reviewed page does not publish a mandatory final prerequisite-completion date.
2026-08-01 prior-cycle deadline has passed; next-cycle date is not verified.
Published nonresident full-program tuition
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Medical interviewing, diagnostics, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and surgical aspects of care; mostly in-person instruction with selected online components.
Required medical, surgical and other core experiences, elective rotations and research methodology/application.
Published curriculum is effective beginning with the Class of 2028; prior cohorts follow their own handbook. Completion deadlines include approved leaves and are not the normal program length.
Cohort year and experience averages need verification.
Published class statistics describe the named cohort or population. They are not admission minimums or acceptance probabilities.
Graduate outcomes
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