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Just thought I'd start a thread and get to know some possible future classmates! I was super-ecstatic when i got my acceptance letter, this was my first choice! Congrats to all who got in!!
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lainy105 - Congrats on being accepted
haha, the 2010 class just got dis-plizzaced. Now you guys know how it felt for us 09ers.
To current NYCOMers...do any students have macs?
I was accepted to NYCOM a couple of weeks ago...totally excited about it. It is certainly one of my top choices. Thanks for the starting the thread...I just don't think people know about it...I just found it I
To current NYCOMers...do any students have macs?
Does anyone know which hospitals we can do rotations 3rd year at? Just curious.
A good percentage of the students (maybe 30-50% or so) don't bring laptops to lecture.
yay nycom!! i'm excited. are any of you definitely going, or is anyone still waiting to hear back on some schools?
and where IS everyone? i know more than 5 people have gotten acceptances.
Thanks for the info about macs...do you like the DPC program (that is the PBL track correct)?
I was accepted to NYCOM a couple of weeks ago...totally excited about it. It is certainly one of my top choices. Thanks for the starting the thread...I just don't think people know about it...I just found it I
To current NYCOMers...do any students have macs?
I am almost positive I am going, unless I get into Tufts. I was actually talking to my mom today, about all the financial stuff. SHe very graciously offered to pay $10,000 a year for my tuition. Now, when she did this during undergrad, my undergrad allowed to pay a certain amount each month. Does NYCOM let you do the same thing? Say, over the course of 10 months, pay $1,000 a month towards the tuition?
I'm about to send out my deposit to NYCOM. My 3 top school choices were NYCOM, PCOM and UMDNJ. I got accepted to all three. I'm almost certain that I want to go to NYCOM but many ppl tell me that I'm wrong and that I should choose either PCOM or UMDNJ.
That makes me doubt my desicion.
I want to ask what choices you, guys, had and why you chose NYCOM?
thanks
I'm an MS-1 at NYCOM. So far, I like the education that I'm getting for the most part. I like staying home and streaming lectures. That said, I would seriously consider PCOM. Many consider it the top osteopathic school. It is by far the most established osteopathic school, has many residencies as part of its GME such as Plastics, Orthopedic surgery, etc. If you're considering specializing, I would look into PCOM again. I would have went to PCOM if I had been accepted there, simply b/c they have their own integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency. NYCOM has just announced that the AOA approved a Plastic and Reconstructive fellowship for post-residency surgeons, which is great news. Either of the three schools you've chosen are excellent schools. It depends what you're interested in and where you want to live / practice.I'm about to send out my deposit to NYCOM. My 3 top school choices were NYCOM, PCOM and UMDNJ. I got accepted to all three. I'm almost certain that I want to go to NYCOM but many ppl tell me that I'm wrong and that I should choose either PCOM or UMDNJ.
That makes me doubt my desicion.
I want to ask what choices you, guys, had and why you chose NYCOM?
thanks
It's not integrated, it's a fellowship like the others. And your name wouldn't be etched into a spot anyway.I would have went to PCOM if I had been accepted there, simply b/c they have their own integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency.
I didn't realize this; on http://www.pcom.edu/Graduate_Medical_Education/Residency_Programs/Residency_Programs.html it's listed under residencies not fellowships.It's not integrated, it's a fellowship like the others. And your name wouldn't be etched into a spot anyway.
Why go to NYCOM? You can stay home 90% of the time and listen to everything online! I love NYCOM!
um.
so, to rephrase then, are you saying "go to NYCOM because you can put in as little effort as possible??"
if that's what you're saying...i'm afraid. very very afraid. medical school SHOULD be a lot of work. it should be hard. we med students should be overworked and overstressed and downright miserable. because, damn, if we can't hack 20 hour days of work and not enough sleep and stress when the only thing riding on it is a silly grade, how will we ever be ready to hack it in the rotations when it's people's lives riding on us? plus...i mean...um...my main motivating factor in working so hard nearly all the damn time is that what if the one thing i slack off on and don't learn is the one thing that makes the difference between killing and saving a patient?
methinks that being easy should not be a good selling point for a medical school, but it seems like scadalis is fixing some of that.
um.
so, to rephrase then, are you saying "go to NYCOM because you can put in as little effort as possible??"
if that's what you're saying...i'm afraid. very very afraid. medical school SHOULD be a lot of work. it should be hard. we med students should be overworked and overstressed and downright miserable. because, damn, if we can't hack 20 hour days of work and not enough sleep and stress when the only thing riding on it is a silly grade, how will we ever be ready to hack it in the rotations when it's people's lives riding on us? plus...i mean...um...my main motivating factor in working so hard nearly all the damn time is that what if the one thing i slack off on and don't learn is the one thing that makes the difference between killing and saving a patient?
methinks that being easy should not be a good selling point for a medical school, but it seems like scadalis is fixing some of that.
Streaming from home does not make medical school easy. It does make learning much more efficient for some people.
I don't think feeling stressed out during pre-clinical years is going to help you handle stress on a sub-I in your clinical years or intern year.
privetik nadusha! (i'm guessing you speak russian, me too
are most of you guys from the NYC area? i'm an upstate girl, and i'm wondering what is the best way to find an affordable apt in the area, should i decide to go to NYCOM.
privetik nadusha! (i'm guessing you speak russian, me too
are most of you guys from the NYC area? i'm an upstate girl, and i'm wondering what is the best way to find an affordable apt in the area, should i decide to go to NYCOM.
Hey, I'm from Ukraine and speak Russian too I wonder how many Russian-speakers will be in our class.
Hi all
I got in back earlier this month, interview on the 28th of Nov. I'm sending my deposit this upcoming Tuesday. GL all. I love the school, and NYC rotations, but what really got me was the PBL. PBL seems like it would fit me perfectly. However, I am still waiting on multiple schools so for now its NYCOM unless I get a difficult decision. We need more chatter on this thread