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2009-2010 SUNY Downstate Application Thread
Started by shemarty
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no email. your username and password are both your amcas ID
Curious too.
you guys should PM redrower. i met him at downstate yesterday and i'm pretty sure he stayed with a student host the night before.
p.s. it was a GREAT interview. very conversational. our tour guides were also pretty cool. the lunch sucked, but i guess you can't win 'em all 🙂 overall, i liked the school a lot!
Ditto on the lunch. It's funny, but it actually did stick out as an aggressively mediocre lunch. But, lunch did seem to be the worst thing about Downstate, so I feel like it's a great school.🙂
there should be no reason for any school in ny to offer ****ty lunch.
we should rank the schools by their interview lunch
we should rank the schools by their interview lunch
Does anybody know the approx % of interviewed students that are offered acceptances?
when were you at downstate-- yesterday too?
and yeah, i think it's cool that the lunch was the worst part. i mean, besides that tiny little holding room they put us in for hours on end 🙄
What kind of lunch? Hot plate? Sandwich? Mcdonalds?
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sandwiches, chips, water, and apples.
although i had my own special kosher meal that included pickles. hooray.
Downstate on Wednesday. Yeah, it said in the packet that the lunch was provided by the Alumni Group, which just made me shake my head. Alumni, you're doing it wrong! But really, I don't care so much about the bland sandwich and disconcertingly red apple plus all the excitement of bottled water and chips that taste only of potatoes.
But the holding pen, I totally forgot about that. It was like a tiny prison where you waited to be whisked away into the wilds of the campus. Just not conducive to keeping conversation going at all. Everything else was cool. Really great students, facilities, matched with an interviewer in my field. And good tuition for in-staters. 👍
meh, okay tuition for in-staters. i'm in state for NY but also for MA (it's true. don't get me started.) and umass' tuition is only 8,000 and change per year 😀
but yeah, crazy holding pen! one kid had his interview in the room attached to it. so we could hear everything. everything. we tried to keep the conversation going so we wouldn't be tempted to listen... whenever there was an awkward silence someone would be like "so i drink a lot of coffee..." it was mad weird. that poor kid.
yo that kid will be me
calling it right now, my room will be attached and everyone will be able to hear it. hopefully nothing shady happens 🙂 (i dont know how to type out any other smilies except the regular one so i overuse it)
calling it right now, my room will be attached and everyone will be able to hear it. hopefully nothing shady happens 🙂 (i dont know how to type out any other smilies except the regular one so i overuse it)
Yeah, the interview thing happened to us too. We couldn't hear everything, but it was so, so awkward.
Well, if you have a better suggestion for NY state tuition, I would love to hear it! 😉
Mine's in two weeks. Should've said I have special dietary conditions and made them get me some nice lunch...🙄
i actually have special dietary needs and my lunch was still not good
Ha, imagine that.
*hands out crappy ham sandwiches to everyone*
Lunch person: Oh you have special dietary needs, here's your special sandwich!
You: WTF, it's just the same sandwich without the ham!
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ha ha.
seriously, though, in brooklyn that shiv doesn't happen. i had a really intense pre-wrapped kosher meal. :shudder:
This reminded me of that scene from Roadtrip... "I can't have sugar on my pancakes..."
This reminded me of that scene from Roadtrip... "I can't have sugar on my pancakes..."
Oh, god. Don't remind me! Why isn't there a /vomit smiley?
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so whats the interview day like
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5. COM Admissions Online Checklist
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5. COM Admissions Online Checklist
You can now check the status of your application using our on-line admission checklist. This system will allow you to check the status of items required for the processing of your application. ( Please note that access to your checklist will be enabled seven days after the date of this email) The URL to the admission checklist is:
http://spelunker.downstate.edu/admissions/admissions-checklist/source/portal_logon.asp
You will be able to login with your assigned USERNAME and PASSWORD (below).
USERNAME: AMCAS ID
PASSWORD: AMCAS ID
The checklist utilizes a green check mark for completed items and a red "X" for incomplete or missing items.
Please note that our office will also notify you in writing if required items are still missing and when your application is complete.
Additional information about SUNY Downstate and our College of Medicine, is available at sls.downstate.edu/admissions. If you have any additional questions, please email us at: [email protected].
Sincerely,
SUNY Downstate Admissions Office
There is a hosting program, we just don't have many volunteers offering housing. You can e-mail Illana Levine and she can help you out.
Someone asked before about Number of acceptances - you can refer to the school selector spreadsheet for that, but it's usually double the amount of spots in the class, which is 180 - so they probably accept about 350 - 400 people total.
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did they tell you that you would hear by oct 15?
They told us around there.
I have an interview in NY at another school (I'm OOS) in November--do you guys know/think this is the kind of school I could drop an email or call to let them know I'll be in the area then and see if they're planning to offer me an interview anytime soon? Is that bad practice in general? I appreciate any advice 🙂
they asked me for further information a month ago... but since i havent heard anything
does DS do silent rejections 🙁
does DS do silent rejections 🙁
It couldn't hurt, I guess.
Don't lose hope!
Did anyone else NEVER get this email. I searched my spam box and all emails from Downstate and none had this info. I also never got the email saying my application is complete even though I called them and it is.
I didn't either and I'm complete. Weird.
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I don't think I got it either. I wouldn't worry about it.
I just hand delivered my secondary on friday
about a month or so, I think.
dang, none of the schools that i should hear on o-15 emails...
Yeah it sucks. Why can't they just email or call us? Snail mail is so outdated.
They are afraid of technical difficulties resulting in massive acceptance emails. Err on the side of caution?
I suppose you're right. But I don't like snail mail at all, so slow.
Could be just a matter of formality. When I interviewed at UF last year, they told us that they were switching to e-mails that year because apparently, applicants prefer expediency over formality. We were all like "no shiz".
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