Yale MSTP

[Naijaba]

I'm going to be a first year medical student at Yale this year. I was thinking about applying to their MSTP program, and I just noticed a major change on their website:

http://medicine.yale.edu/mdphd/admissions/info.aspx

It seems that they will no longer accept AMCAS applicants -- instead only internal applicants? Obviously this would be good news for me, but can anyone confirm that I am reading this correctly??

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[Coclean]

Ummm. They are definitely accepting AMCAS applications for incoming first year MD/PhD applicants. Just spoke to a professor there yesterday.

 

[Enkidu]

I'm going to be a first year medical student at Yale this year. I was thinking about applying to their MSTP program, and I just noticed a major change on their website:

http://medicine.yale.edu/mdphd/admissions/info.aspx

It seems that they will no longer accept AMCAS applicants -- instead only internal applicants? Obviously this would be good news for me, but can anyone confirm that I am reading this correctly??

Maybe you should quote the section thats confusing you. I looked over it and it just looks like a description of how current medical students can apply to the program. I didn't see anything to suggest that only current medical students can apply.

 

[Naijaba]

Maybe you should quote the section thats confusing you. I looked over it and it just looks like a description of how current medical students can apply to the program. I didn't see anything to suggest that only current medical students can apply.

Yeah sure. I was probably seeing what I wanted to see, but I came to my conclusion based on the links on the left side of the page:

"Information for Applicants" and "(Old) Application Process"

The "Information for Applicants" section does not mention AMCAS -- it only talks about internal applicants. AMCAS is only mentioned in the "Old" application process section. There doesn't appear to be anything else that is different about applying via AMCAS -- so why the use of the word "Old"?

I know Brown's MD/PhD program only accepts individuals affiliated with Brown, so I was thinking maybe Yale is taking a similar approach.

 

[Enkidu]

Yeah sure. I was probably seeing what I wanted to see, but I came to my conclusion based on the links on the left side of the page:

"Information for Applicants" and "(Old) Application Process"

The "Information for Applicants" section does not mention AMCAS -- it only talks about internal applicants. AMCAS is only mentioned in the "Old" application process section. There doesn't appear to be anything else that is different about applying via AMCAS -- so why the use of the word "Old"?

I know Brown's MD/PhD program only accepts individuals affiliated with Brown, so I was thinking maybe Yale is taking a similar approach.

Any program that's doing this is essentially committing suicide, so I'd avoid them.

 

[PfNO22]

I know Brown's MD/PhD program only accepts individuals affiliated with Brown, so I was thinking maybe Yale is taking a similar approach.

No, I talked to them on the phone recently. AMCAS is for MD/PhD

 

[Naijaba]

No, I talked to them on the phone recently. AMCAS is for MD/PhD

What do you mean? On Brown's website:

http://med.brown.edu/mdphd/

It says that "At present, the MD/PhD Program only considers applications from those who are internal to the Brown University community..."

Do you mean that they use AMCAS applicantions to decide between internal applicants?

 

[delirium81]

PfNO22 is talking about Yale, not Brown.

 

[Naijaba]

PfNO22 is talking about Yale, not Brown.

Oh okay, well case closed.

 

[PfNO22]

PfNO22 is talking about Yale, not Brown.

I concur.