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Yeah, I feel the same way. I got put on pre-interview hold a few months back, so I'm calling this a rejection. Plenty of schools are still inviting though, so don't lose hope.
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Yeah, I feel the same way. I got put on pre-interview hold a few months back, so I'm calling this a rejection. Plenty of schools are still inviting though, so don't lose hope.
@jagydoc, congrats on your interview invite!
I am hoping to be in the same boat; I was complete late December only after getting --what I believe is-- a really encouraging email from AMC: "As you evaluate your multiple options in pursuing your career as a physician, we would like you to consider Albany Medical College. Your background indicates that you possess the drive and passion to be successful and along with the proper necessary credentials could be a great fit for AMC." I really want the opportunity to interview / attend because AMC is one of my top choices. Hopefully I will get one of those spots in March, April.
....and ditto; good luck to all!
yeah. that email!!
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Interviewed at AMC this past Wednesday...I had two interviews, both were pretty low-key. One was a staff member who teaches the 1st year class about the healthcare system, and the other was an ED physician who had absolutely no information on me, I'm not entirely sure why. The staff was great and I'm really hoping to hear back with an acceptance! This has been my first and only interview so far...
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Good luck Jenesis, hope you get in.
Congratulations....if you do not mind to share how many dates are still available? Have been complete since early Nov, but no news.
i think there were 3 days left, but the 2 later days was divided into two shifts, good luck
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Ok, so last year, they took people off UC as early as January. And when I interviewed in October, they said they expected to review the UC list for the first time in January, and would likely accept off the UC list then. I called them in early February, and they explained the UC list is a completely different way than I've heard before. They said they wouldn't touch UC until May 15, but would accept off UC before releasing a wait list. They said they would release the wait list in early June. So say they release the wait list on June 1, they would accept people off UC between May 15 and June 1, then would transfer some of the remaining UC people to the wait list and reject the rest. UC isn't a wait list, but it's also not something they're going to review until they know how many seats they will have open.
I think people might be hanging onto multiple acceptances longer than they expected.
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Today is the day that they vote on my fate... 
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Thanks everyone! Just found out today I got on the UC list, it's better than a rejection!
I actually knew one of the 1st years who gave the tour when I was there for my interview, so I emailed her asking how this whole UC list thing goes. She essentially said that they update the UC list every month, so there CAN be movement...but most of it probably won't happen til May.
Just gotta keep my fingers crossed! Good luck to everyone 🙂
I actually knew one of the 1st years who gave the tour when I was there for my interview, so I emailed her asking how this whole UC list thing goes. She essentially said that they update the UC list every month, so there CAN be movement...but most of it probably won't happen til May.
Just gotta keep my fingers crossed! Good luck to everyone 🙂
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I've also been complete since that time.. I called the Admissions Office today and spoke with a really nice lady who told me that they are behind and still have approximately 1000 applications to go through. She also told me that mine has not yet been reviewed (although I doubt my 30 MCAT will secure me an interview spot here). According to her, Albany is still sending out interviews until approx the end of March/beginning of April. She said they are still very much sending out invites, so let's just keep on hoping
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+1 on the UC status today.
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I'm really hoping the UC list MOVES this spring... I'd love to be here in the fall...
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I'm hoping that it's at least a little more likely than getting in off a wait list.
I've also been complete since that time.. I called the Admissions Office today and spoke with a really nice lady who told me that they are behind and still have approximately 1000 interviews to go through. She also told me that mine has not yet been reviewed (although I doubt my 30 MCAT will secure me an interview spot here). According to her, Albany is still sending out interviews until approx the end of March/beginning of April. She said they are still very much sending out invites, so let's just keep on hoping
30 MCAT got me interview and on UC list here...there is still hope for ya
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Rejected from Albany this morning, pre-interview. I was placed on hold for a few months and now switched to 'no interview.'
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Thanks! That makes me feel better 😳 even though I doubt I still have a shot this year, I'm now more inclined to re-apply here next year
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Been complete since October and haven't heard a single peep. It took forever for them to verify my secondary (2-3 months). I have not been put on hold either...
I think gujuDoc mentioned that this probably means I'm part of the 1000 apps yet to be processed. They have to at least look at us right? I mean, we submitted a secondary fee for a reason, I hope. But I wonder if there's any chance left for interviews at this point.
I think gujuDoc mentioned that this probably means I'm part of the 1000 apps yet to be processed. They have to at least look at us right? I mean, we submitted a secondary fee for a reason, I hope. But I wonder if there's any chance left for interviews at this point.
i was in no-man's land after being complete since august, and got an interview this past week. Hang in there, i think everyone stil has a chance, there were interview dates through april
I would hope that they would send out rejection notices to students on regular basis, so at least applicants would know if they will be interviewed or not. At this point there is very little hope.
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Hey, anyone know how important albany's interview is? (as in some places weigh very heavily on interview, others not so much). and how do their waitlists work?
I have an interview with them coming up...
I have an interview with them coming up...
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It weighs very heavily. Once you've passed the initial screen the interview is the major determinant of admission vs. UC vs. wait list vs. reject
They have a hybrid wait list. Once you interview the ADCOM gives you a score that is set in stone. There is a cutoff for offer of acceptance, so if your score is above that you're offered admission. If it's below but the committee felt you should rank higher than waitlist, you still have a chance once they gauge how full the class is and they start lowering the cutoff score. This can happen before May 15. Any movement from the waitlist happens later in the year I think.
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I was invited for an interview recently after being completed in September. There were still multiple dates in March and April... Don't lose hope! 
PS: Plane ticket seems to be very very expensive... Did everybody from CA spend close to $500 for airfare or am I missing something...?
PS: Plane ticket seems to be very very expensive... Did everybody from CA spend close to $500 for airfare or am I missing something...?
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Everyone gets placed on the UC list and then in May the upper portion of the UC list becomes the WL.
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Grats on the interview invite! I'm flying in from CA tomorrow and spent about $450 on my plane ticket when I got it about a month ago. Albany's a small airport, so not a whole lot of flights go through there, I imagine, so no big discount fares. And the way gas prices are rising doesn't help, I'm sure.I was invited for an interview recently after being completed in September. There were still multiple dates in March and April... Don't lose hope!
PS: Plane ticket seems to be very very expensive... Did everybody from CA spend close to $500 for airfare or am I missing something...?
Also, when I got my interview invite, there was only one date listed on the website, but when I called they said they actually had other dates available. Maybe they have all the available dates posted up now, but anyway, it seems like they've still got slots. Although, from what I've heard April is as far as they usually interview, but they seem to do 3 sessions a week (Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday morning and afternoon). One of the dates that is listed as unavailable for student hosts is the last week in April, so I guess that means they must interview through then. Good luck to everyone who's still waiting to hear from them!
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Do they reject anyone post interview? Or is everyone not accepted placed UC?
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I have a March 31st interview and i've seen they are pretty low-key. Any recommendations or info on how AMC does the whole process? Thanks.
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I saw a much earlier post that someone rejected post interview. I would assume there were others, not something people want to post about.
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I was rejected post-interview. Interviewed in early Jan.
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albany's website is confusing as hell. what grading system is this school using? is there a student handbook or something
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Here is explanation of their grades:
http://www.amc.edu/Academic/Undergraduate/EvaluationStudentPerformance.html
What was explained to me at the interview is that it is modified Pass/Fail - it is based on your Z-score, and most everyone gets a Good (+/- about 1.5 standard deviations, or about 90% of the class). If you're above that you get Excellent (E) and above that is Excellent with Honors (EH). E is probably about 10 students, and EH is probably about 1-3. If you score below the Good region, you'll get an Marginal (M), or if you do really poorly, a Unsatisfactory (U). You only fail and have to remediate if you get a U, not if you get an M. The curriculum is systems-based (they call it "themes"), and you can fit 1-2 in during the summer. If it's more than what can fit during the summer, only then do you need to redo the whole year.
The students stressed that you have to try pretty hard to get a U for a system block - you often can see the score distribution posted after each test, and they might map out where the G range is and point out if you're in U territory, so with this knowledge your grade can be fixed in time for the next test or the final, and of course only the overall grade for the block matters. And if you do get a U in one of the blocks, it's unlikely you'll get 2 and have to redo the whole year because presumably you'd be studying a little harder or adjusting your study methods to avoid that.
There is no requirement for failing a certain number of people, and the range for the Good grades will vary based on whoever is in charge of each system, and probably based on how the distribution falls.
Additionally, when reporting this information for residency applications, students seemed to say it was more like Pass/Fail because residencies would either see the overall grade distributions and thus essentially see the fact that pretty much everyone gets a G, or that the school only reports if you were in the top third or not. I also heard at one point that clinicals were graded in the same EH/E/G/M/U fashion, but the website seems to mention an additional "professional profile", which no one mentioned... but we didn't run into too many third or fourth years during the day, so I'm not entirely sure about grading during clinicals.
On the website it mentions that this top third of the class determination (which seems to be cumulative through the 3rd year) is course duration weighted, because the themes are of varying number of weeks in length.
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That sucks, no UC list or anything.
If you don't have an acceptance, good luck getting in elsewhere!
It's not over yet.
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No, the interviews are all for spots in the class. You will be ranked after your interview based on the vote of the admissions committee and acceptances are based on whether you meet the score cutoff. They are conservative about the acceptances initially to make sure they don't overaccept, but will lower the cutoff score as the season progresses in order to fill the class with the appropriate number of students.
Keep in mind, however, that although the class is 140, about 30-40 of these are already guaranteed for students in BS-MD programs. So there are about 100 traditional application spots available. (They will accept 2-3 times the open seats since obviously not everyone will matriculate.)
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Ahhhh, thanks. I wish you the best, as you know. PM me if you have any interviews, WL's and hopefully acceptances.
I don't think thats how it works based on the earlier posts in the thread. Accepted and UC seemed to get responses at the same time. I'm waiting for a response as well from last week.
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