are hotels in brooklyn generally pretty safe? or... should i find something closer to the city?
A friend of mine got an acceptance letter by mail today! They're out!
A friend of mine got an acceptance letter by mail today! They're out!
I just got mine now too! My friend interviewed on Sept. 15th and I was Sept. 14th. Good luck to everyone, I'm sure yours are on the way!
Dude! I interviewed on the 14th as well and I just got an email notification of my acceptance!
Downstate usually sends responses about a week after the 15th via snail mail. Applicants can get accepted, rejected, put on hold, or put on the alternate list post-interview.
Asyouwereatrio isn't a New Yorker. And most NYers (along with residents of other big cities in the northeast) are not too friendly in general.
I am from New York and I can tell you that I'm probably the meanest person in the school. I never smile and I never help.
I am from New York and I can tell you that I'm probably the meanest person in the school. I never smile and I never help.
Troll med student continues to troll. Both in school and online.
accurate
I just got mine now too! My friend interviewed on Sept. 15th and I was Sept. 14th. Good luck to everyone, I'm sure yours are on the way!
^see he agrees with me.
I'm not a troll! I only tell the truth.
Should I keep a cool head if I interviewed in early October and have not heard anything yet? Too early still--right??!?!
RIGHT??!?!
Should I keep a cool head if I interviewed in early October and have not heard anything yet? Too early still--right??!?!
RIGHT??!?!
LMAO
Okay, I have some questions for the Downstate students:
Do you know many that commute from Manhattan? I was curious what's the morning commute like via metro?...I'm staying in midtown east, so I just wasn't sure what i shoudl expect in terms of getting to my interview via metro.
Coming from Seattle were we don't have the metro...just needed to ask. When I was in DC, fortunately i was staying near the campus, but when I was going underground, i saw a gigantic mob of commuters around that 8-9am morning blitz. everyone was just congested trying to get on the escalator up. Is it kinda the same thing as well? (i.e. allocate 15 minutes just to get out of the station? lol)
For the school, is there are pretty good sense of community amongst the students? Or is it more independent? Where do the students usually live, and what's access to the school like beyond normal hours?
An R1 who attended upstate told me that if i ever was in NYS, i should probably carry a pocketknife at all times-has your experience in Brooklyn supported that advice? (And I do know that having a knife doesn't mean you'll use it, but i guess my question is that, "how much do you need to be on guard?")
Is everything done online at the school? What kind of network or academic access do you guys use? Is it like Blackboard, or something else?
Sorry for the bunch of questions. Thanks!
"On hold for Spring consideration..."
What does this mean?
Interview date, por favor?Rejected via snail mail post-interview OOS. Oh well, the school was made for New Yorkers.
Interview date, por favor?
When was your file complete ?Interview invite today for 11/21! I'm trying to get the date changed.
Interviewed there today. Really liked it and the interview was pretty relaxed. Seemed like it would be a good place to attend.
Interviewed here yesterday! I must admit, the school definitely has some age. But when you put it into context of NYC in general, it's pretty normal in my opinion. Having a chance to spend an extra day here helped me get a bit more acclimated to everything-definitely.
I think what is totally winning me over is the state tuition, and the possibility of doing an MD/MPH in 4 years...(12K+ for the MPH, not bad)
The people here were quite nice, and I think they take pride in emphasizing clinicals, and trying not to win people over simply on aesthetics. Besides, if you really hate downstate, the M4s were telling us that you could do all of your elective rotations away from brooklyn (except the required ones)...
I think what really is awesome about this school is that downstate is definitely a safety-net hospital. I've never been to NYPresbyterian, but I could imagine being there having patients reluctant to see me simply because I'm an M3 or an M4. Having worked in a safety-net hospital, I know that the patients in general are often more accommodating and willing to go with the flow of things.
I think what I did like was that my interviewer had the same level of energy that I had during the interview...the others I went to were definitely lobsided which made it awkward at times. woo hoo! go downstate!
....maybe...lol
Pretty sure all their notifications are via snail mail. This one was.Velour Frog and CaliBalla - sorry to hear!
How were you notified?
are acceptances by email or snail mail? or both? i interviewed here (loved every second of it) on 9/27 and haven't heard from them.
complete early august OOS still waiting for an interview...anyone in the same position??
+1, gonna send a update letter soon.