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I'm on the waitlist for surgery. Why would anyone withdraw an acceptance from a free, great school?
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Speedbug said:
I'm on the waitlist for surgery. Why would anyone withdraw an acceptance from a free, great school?
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Assuming the fear of being locked into residency is a big deterent. Though you can change, it is not guaranteed people will take you considering you only did 3 years of school and most likely little to no research.
 
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Assuming the fear of being locked into residency is a big deterent. Though you can change, it is not guaranteed people will take you considering you only did 3 years of school and most likely little to no research.
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dont scare me like that man, cmon now
 
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Haven’t heard anything yet unfortunately
 
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Withdrew my acceptance for the peds track. Good luck to those still waiting! Movement will undoubtedly happen after the 30th as others are still deciding.
 
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GarytheGoat said:
Assuming the fear of being locked into residency is a big deterent. Though you can change, it is not guaranteed people will take you considering you only did 3 years of school and most likely little to no research.
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MS1 here. Just want to clear up some misinformation. There is a lot of room to do research in this school and get involved in programs under the NYU system. No student is "locked" into a residency as well. If you decide you want to do residency elsewhere, that is an open option to you as well.
 
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yankeecandle313 said:
MS1 here. Just want to clear up some misinformation. There is a lot of room to do research in this school and get involved in programs under the NYU system. No student is "locked" into a residency as well. If you decide you want to do residency elsewhere, that is an open option to you as well.
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let’s say all of a sudden, i wanted to do dermatology or neurosurgery. how would that turn out?
 
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let’s say all of a sudden, i wanted to do dermatology or neurosurgery. how would that turn out?
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NYULISOM is extremely flexible, but the main focus of the program and the school is to train primary care physicians. If you change your mind after medical school, that's totally understandable and fine and the school will do all they can to help you secure a residency. But if you already are certain you want to be in a competitive specialty, be advised that it will be difficult in a condensed program.
That being said, you can take a year off for research, which is something medical students even in a traditional 4-year program do for competitive specialties
 
yankeecandle313 said:
NYULISOM is extremely flexible, but the main focus of the program and the school is to train primary care physicians. If you change your mind after medical school, that's totally understandable and fine and the school will do all they can to help you secure a residency. But if you already are certain you want to be in a competitive specialty, be advised that it will be difficult in a condensed program.
That being said, you can take a year off for research, which is something medical students even in a traditional 4-year program do for competitive specialties
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such a well put reply. thank you for the great response :).
 
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Can someone please explain what a primary care surgeon is? I applied for the surgery specialty and don't understand how it fits into the primary care goal of the school.
 
Speedbug said:
Can someone please explain what a primary care surgeon is? I applied for the surgery specialty and don't understand how it fits into the primary care goal of the school.
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they are also trying to fix the predicted physician shortage and these are one of the specialities that fewer people go into because of lesser pay but more arduous work-life balance.
 
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fd25 said:
Did you receive an additional email after the one asking you to confirm your waitlist interest?
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Yeah essentially asking again if I wanted to stay on the waitlist. Did anyone else as well?
 
Has anyone else on the WL gotten no update emails asking about staying on the WL? My portal still says I've been WL but I've gotten none of the update emails asking about interest

In a similar vein, those of you who did or did not receive yesterday's email, had you previously clicked PTE to another school? Just curious if there was any correlation
 
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messy-morning said:
Has anyone else on the WL gotten no update emails asking about staying on the WL? My portal still says I've been WL but I've gotten none of the update emails asking about interest

In a similar vein, those of you who did or did not receive yesterday's email, had you previously clicked PTE to another school? Just curious if there was any correlation
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I PTEd and received the interest email before yesterday.
 
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messy-morning said:
Has anyone else on the WL gotten no update emails asking about staying on the WL? My portal still says I've been WL but I've gotten none of the update emails asking about interest

In a similar vein, those of you who did or did not receive yesterday's email, had you previously clicked PTE to another school? Just curious if there was any correlation
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I received the first update mid-April but not the second one sent out earlier this week. I PTE’d at another school after the update was already sent out to some folks here.
 
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Just withdrew my acceptance off the waitlist for IM, best of luck to anyone still waiting to hear!
 
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Fingers crossed someone withdraws their OBGYN A! 🙃
 
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So... Anyone brave enough to call the school and ask what’s up?
 
Was anyone else able to successfully withdraw from the waitlist? I emailed Admissions to withdraw but no one replied, and I just want to make sure they received my message...
 
randomando said:
Was anyone else able to successfully withdraw from the waitlist? I emailed Admissions to withdraw but no one replied, and I just want to make sure they received my message...
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they replied to me like 30 seconds after I emailed them
 
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Accepted off the waitlist today! Sent in a LOI about 2 weeks ago :)
 
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premedmc said:
Accepted off the waitlist today! Sent in a LOI about 2 weeks ago :)
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Congratulations! That’s great news. I’m on the surgery WL and really hoping to be pulled off. :)
 
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Alfie1212 said:
Congrats!! which speciality? and also did you get that recent email asking if you were still interested?
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SavingLives101 said:
Did they tell you anything about the waitlist movement? Like if this was the first round?
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OB/GYN, yes, I received the second still interested email.

They said there were 2 OB/GYN spots and someone recently withdrew(Saw someone said they planned to commit earlier this thread. Unsure if that happened). Seems like they are sending out offers as they receive news that someone will not be attending, so not sending A's through rounds.
 
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OB/GYN, yes, I received the second still interested email.

They said there were 2 OB/GYN spots and someone recently withdrew(Saw someone said they planned to commit earlier this thread. Unsure if that happened). Seems like they are sending out offers as they receive news that someone will not be attending, so not sending A's through rounds.
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Thanks for the reply and congratulations!!! I’m really happy for you :)
 
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what's the avg mcat/gpa for this program? couldn't seem to find the class profile anywhere
 
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OB/GYN, yes, I received the second still interested email.

They said there were 2 OB/GYN spots and someone recently withdrew(Saw someone said they planned to commit earlier this thread. Unsure if that happened). Seems like they are sending out offers as they receive news that someone will not be attending, so not sending A's through rounds.
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oh yeah that was me haha. I plan to commit! on a few other waitlists but pretty sold with NYU LI
 
dentaldiva2000 said:
Oops turns out I need to subscribe. Do you know it by any chance?
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I don’t think it’s ethical to share information from a subscription that everyone else pays for, sorry.

If you’re currently applying to med school though, I highly advise you subscribe to MSAR; it’s a valuable tool in the application process. It doesn’t cost too much money but if you can’t afford it, AMCAS does offer a fee waiver I believe.
 
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MapleLeafs said:
I don’t think it’s ethical to share information from a subscription that everyone else pays for, sorry.

If you’re currently applying to med school though, I highly advise you subscribe to MSAR; it’s a valuable tool in the application process. It doesn’t cost too much money but if you can’t afford it, AMCAS does offer a fee waiver I believe.
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GarytheGoat said:
Wow. I feel bad for your future classmates.
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i dont sign in to comment anymore but i had to reply to this

i understand u dont wanna be used for ur subscription but not ethical? gimme a break n show sum altruism every now n then lmao
i hope u dont have this attitude towards everything otherwise i share gary’s sentiment
 
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