This post sums it up best. Found from NYMC 2013 thread...It is something that bothers me, so I am choosing to go elsewhere. No one knows the implications of the merge - I'd just not rather take the risk:
"I wouldn't come here.
I'm an MD student here at NYMC and all I can say is that if I were in your shoes and I had an acceptance at another pre-allopathic, US medical school, I would take the other acceptance. I'm not a member of the student senate so I may not be as well informed as some of the other posters here but I know I signed up for New York Medical College not NYMC at Touro. The idea of a medical school selling their integrity to a diploma mill institution with a history of scandal is sickening. The school is in some serious financial trouble and basically they are willing to sell their reputation to keep the school afloat. Touro may have sold their online division but apparently they still like selling degrees from their institution.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19797601/
Maybe Touro is trying to become more legit by merging with NYMC but everyone knows that it's very hard to regain credibility once you tarnish your reputation. So what does that say about NYMC if it wants to associate their academic credentials with Touro? They may not be able to sell MD degrees but realize that your MD degree will be coming from a school with connections to a questionable institution. I would have rather have been bought out by a pharmaceutical company. At least we would have become a state of the art research school.
Some other stuff to consider: Touro has at least 1 other DO school. If the schools merge what does that mean for the reputation of NYMC? What does that mean for 3rd year clerkship spots? Other students are saying that oh yes, we would have access to this great hospital in NJ. In the same paragraph they are saying "I am sure there is a lot of information I am not privy to". Basically everything is a big fat unknown. No one, not even the administrators know what's going on.
And yes, I am clearly biased cause I am pissed off. I debated whether to post here or not but I felt that you guys deserved a differing opinion. You guys deserve to have what little information is available. And consider this, do you want to go to a medical school that has such little regard for the opinions of students or alumni? I doubt the alumni have any clue what's going on given the fact that the med students just found out a few days ago from word of mouth. This place has so little respect for its students that it won't keep us informed. Yeah the negotiation is under a confidentiality clause...but shouldn't the students have been involved in the decision making process in the first place?
I'm trying to transfer out of this place asap, but it's unlikely it'll work. It's very hard to transfer between medical schools. Consider this the warning, I never had."
