2011-2012 NYU Application Thread

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Waitlisted!

I feel like the 30 min. interview was interesting....I didn't even have a chance to say how much I love NYU or why I would be a good fit.

Let's hope for an acceptance later on the road!
 
Rejected.. Interviewed in Jan. I'm surprised cause I thought my interviews went well but im not all that heart broken. Accepted to one of my top choices so that eases the sting.
 
Have any MSTP applicants heard anything (or seen any status changes) post-interview?
 
Waitlisted as well. Interviewed in Jan.

Staying positive!
 
captainmarrow said:
Waitlisted. 🙁

Can't say I had the best interview experience here. My interviewer asked me two questions: How old are you and how many siblings do you have. The rest of the "interview" consisted of him holding an extended one-sided conversation whose topic of discussion ranged from the Cleveland Lerner Clinic to ancient British history to aliens, back to Cleveland Lerner Clinic to a random woman named Nancy and how hilarious she was, to suicide rates at Columbia back in his day, then back to Cleveland Lerner Clinic. I don't believe NYU was mentioned once! There were no transitions between any of these topics, no segues to speak of. It was just a mish-mash of whatever thoughts took form in his head. Finally, he thanked me for coming in to interview. I was shocked. It was a surreal experience and I fully expected a camera crew to rush in and yell, "Surprise! Okay, now on to your real interview!" But there was no other interview....

The only questions asked of me after the initial two were rhetorical, so they were just questions to set up his next topic of conversation. I wanted to fill out the survey that NYU sent after the interview but my interviewer's name wasn't even on the list to choose from! What the heck!?

Oh well. I really did love NYU.

I'll keep hope alive. Good luck to fellow waitlisters out there!
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We must have had the same interviewer. I received a twenty minute elaboration on what I could expect as a student... at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. And I had no idea what to say. But at least you are waitlisted. Good luck :luck:
 
Does anyone know how much of the wait list eventually get an acceptance? Is NYU like Pity, where they wait list a lot of students so many eventually get accepted, or is the wait list basically a dead end? I didn't realize how much I loved NYU till I got wait listed and was heartbroken!
 
suddenlyforever said:
does anyone know how much of the wait list eventually get an acceptance? Is nyu like pity, where they wait list a lot of students so many eventually get accepted, or is the wait list basically a dead end? I didn't realize how much i loved nyu till i got wait listed and was heartbroken!
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+1
 
Rejected, interviewed late October. Really, NYU? A status update?
 
I had the same dizzying interviewer as you two, down to the anecdotes. Cleveland clinic and innovation in curriculum. Not a single question about myself. I smiled and nodded almost the entire time. Waitlisted.

Probably because of that, I left feeling like NYU was far more corporate and impersonal than the other places I interviewed, so I am not that sad. Not having anyone on the admissions committee who has met you and knows that you genuine, sane, and basically kind is a big disadvantage. Strange!
 
idonotcare said:
This belongs on the most bizarre interview thread. Wow....
I had the same problem with the survey, tho my interviewer was extremely nice and encouraging. Same results tho.
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Also, Post #1000 in this thread. 👍
 
Rejected, interview mid December.

Not surprised, but still disappointed. My chances for this year continue to dwindle~
 
Waitlisted also, interviewed early November. Anyone have an idea of what the acceptance/waitlist/reject ratio is like post interview. Looking at last years numbers, it sounds like almost 40% of all interviewees get accepted, so I think us waitlisters still have a shot!
 
muleta4 said:
Waitlisted also, interviewed early November. Anyone have an idea of what the acceptance/waitlist/reject ratio is like post interview. Looking at last years numbers, it sounds like almost 40% of all interviewees get accepted, so I think us waitlisters still have a shot!
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I hope so... this one hurts a lot... Plz Plz waitlist moveeeee
 
Also waitlisted. Real shame, because I felt like the interview went well and I liked the area.

This has already been asked (and not answered), but does anyone know how much action the waitlist gets?
 
NeuralNetwork said:
For all those asking about waitlists, I am not sure about the numbers and ratios and such, however if this can offer any peace to an anxious mind: I stayed with student hosts, and all of them came off the waitlist.
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NeuralNetwork said:
US News (for Class of 2014 I believe):
7241 applied
956 interviewed
419 accepted
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I think that all of us waitlisted candidates can take comfort in the fact that there's no way NYU accepts anywhere near 419 applicants outright.

My (uninformed) guess is that they accepted roughly half of their class size (~165 students) in the Dec. 15 wave, and half in the Feb. 15 wave. A few Dec 15 people might decline their admission offer, so I'd imagine the Feb 15 wave is slightly larger than the Dec. 15 wave. If didn't overaccept at all, we'd be looking at 180-200 acceptances so far, leaving 220-240 to eventually come off the waitlist if past trends hold up.

Based on the proportion of acceptances to waitlists we've seen for both this year's and the past year's Dec and Feb waves, I'd say it's unlikely that they overaccept much at this stage in the game.

/over-speculation
 
Wait listed, interviewed early November.

A little annoyed (though not surprised since I missed the two waves), since my interview consisted of how great the school was, the direction it is heading, and how I would be a great fit. I would have preferred a real interview.
 
Snuke said:
Wait listed, interviewed early November.

A little annoyed (though not surprised since I missed the two waves), since my interview consisted of how great the school was, the direction it is heading, and how I would be a great fit. I would have preferred a real interview.
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likewise.
 
Snuke said:
Wait listed, interviewed early November.

A little annoyed (though not surprised since I missed the two waves), since my interview consisted of how great the school was, the direction it is heading, and how I would be a great fit. I would have preferred a real interview.
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same here
 
Snuke said:
Wait listed, interviewed early November.

A little annoyed (though not surprised since I missed the two waves), since my interview consisted of how great the school was, the direction it is heading, and how I would be a great fit. I would have preferred a real interview.
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Same.
 
Waitlisted as well. My interviewer said that I would be a good fit for the school and the city.
Meh...really want to go here.

I just can't win with some of these schools. Interviewed in January.
 
sr6622 said:
Waitlisted as well. My interviewer said that I would be a good fit for the school and the city.
Meh...really want to go here.

I just can't win with some of these schools. Interviewed in January.
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Mine said the same thing. At least you're waitlisted though; no email or call here. Just check my status online and rejected.
 
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Have any MSTP applicants heard anything (or seen any status changes) post-interview?
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I'm an MSTP applicant. I checked my status online this morning-- waitlisted. I have no idea how active the waitlist is for MSTP applicants. I've heard they accept something like 40 students per class, but I don't know if some of those 40 are initially waitlisted.
 
Snuke said:
Wait listed, interviewed early November.

A little annoyed (though not surprised since I missed the two waves), since my interview consisted of how great the school was, the direction it is heading, and how I would be a great fit. I would have preferred a real interview.
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I guess it's sort of hit or miss here. I had an interviewer who was interested in me and asked great questions. That said, this seems to be a problem at a lot of schools with just one, short interview (e.g. the scenario you described happened to me at Columbia). It's kind of luck based in terms of who you get. That's why, despite its shortcomings, I like the other end of the spectrum, i.e. MMI.
 
sibitrum said:
I guess it's sort of hit or miss here. I had an interviewer who was interested in me and asked great questions. That said, this seems to be a problem at a lot of schools with just one, short interview (e.g. the scenario you described happened to me at Columbia). It's kind of luck based in terms of who you get. That's why, despite its shortcomings, I like the other end of the spectrum, i.e. MMI.
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I agree that having just the one interview leaves everything up to chance. Out of every interview day, I always felt that I did well when I had two interviewers; whenever I had the one, it always went wrong, somehow.

Too bad - I really enjoyed NYU. We'll see what happens now.

And ouch, to those who just received a status update. Not even an email? That's a bit harsh.
 
Snuke said:
I agree that having just the one interview leaves everything up to chance. Out of every interview day, I always felt that I did well when I had two interviewers; whenever I had the one, it always went wrong, somehow.

Too bad - I really enjoyed NYU. We'll see what happens now.

And ouch, to those who just received a status update. Not even an email? That's a bit harsh.
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You were too good for them...
 
My interview was also very strange and I was also waitlisted. Oh well, I have some great options already...

On a separate note, I'm wondering if any NYU students would care to answer a few questions about their curriculum. I know the main advantage is that you have a few more clinical clerkships under your belt by the time you graduate, which helps with testing and residency matching. However, I figure there must be some trade-offs. Are the first 1.5 years grueling because all that material is condensed? Do you feel like it would be more reasonable/better for your education to have 2 years? Does it take away time from doing something extracurricular like research/community service?

Thanks in advance. I'd like this information just to help me better make decisions down the road, if I'm eventually accepted.
 
First, I wanted to throw in my 2 cents about interviews/notifications. I interviewed at 13 schools +/- and toward the end of the trail, I got the feeling that interviews don't really play a huge part in the admissions decision. Of course, there are exceptions. At one school, I hit it off with one interviewer, thanked her in an email after I got home, and she said she hoped I would accept the offer they would extend to me. At Columbia, I had 1 30 min interview w/ the surgeon telling me why P&S is exceptional. Didn't say a word the whole time. Because experiences vary to such extents, I can't imagine schools place great weight on them. Un/fortunately, it's still a numbers game to a large extent, plus your PS & CV. Interviews are there to weed out the weirdos.

Also, while I know it's frustrating that the admissions process could be nicer to the applicants, I found that I was most upset about the actual decision, not when and how I got notified. Maybe I went into it with a large helping of cynicism, but I never expected any part of the process to be a cake walk where my well-being is thought of primarily. The schools from which I had not heard about interview invites into mid/late Jan, I assumed were rejections. Wait lists and rejections do sting, regardless of how and when you find out. You win some, you lose some. That's life.

Do it 4 SCIENCE said:
On a separate note, I'm wondering if any NYU students would care to answer a few questions about their curriculum. I know the main advantage is that you have a few more clinical clerkships under your belt by the time you graduate, which helps with testing and residency matching. However, I figure there must be some trade-offs. Are the first 1.5 years grueling because all that material is condensed? Do you feel like it would be more reasonable/better for your education to have 2 years? Does it take away time from doing something extracurricular like research/community service?
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So, the trade-off is more that they cut stuff out of the curriculum vs. actually squash 2 years into 1.5.
For example, we didn't have lectures on every bacteria & virus that you'll find in Step 1 review books (nor were we tested on it).
Instead, they stressed they're teaching us the broader concepts that we can apply to other microbes (how their structural components allow immune system evasion etc).
I'm pretty sure the Basic Science component is the one that's trimmed the most (ie. the systems patho/physiology is mostly intact).
The only place where I would say the pace was a problem was immunology. Or maybe because that was just poorly taught.
This is just 1 persons's opinion, but I personally love it.
You forget everything by the time you take Step 1, so why be miserable memorizing it now?
The real learning goes on on the wards.
I can't compare it to other med schools, but I do know that we have tons of time.
Sure crunch time before exams we all take it down a few notches, but people take tons of trips over the weekend to visit friends/family all over the US.
We go out pretty much every weekend.
The only thing I would want to change is to make the H&P class we take more legit -- give us more practice so we're more prepared for the wards, but I'm OK w/ the science aspect of things.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any other questions
 
etherpentane said:
Also, while I know it's frustrating that the admissions process could be nicer to the applicants, I found that I was most upset about the actual decision, not when and how I got notified. Maybe I went into it with a large helping of cynicism, but I never expected any part of the process to be a cake walk where my well-being is thought of primarily. The schools from which I had not heard about interview invites into mid/late Jan, I assumed were rejections. Wait lists and rejections do sting, regardless of how and when you find out. You win some, you lose some. That's life.
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You're right, but I wasn't nearly as stung by rejections/waitlists from other schools. I spent a lot of my own time and money interviewing at NYU, and the fact that the admissions office didn't even have the courtesy to send me a simple e-mail notifying me of my rejection was mildly offensive--I had to find out via status update. If I didn't use SDN, I wouldn't have known that NYU was even updating applicants' status pages post-interview so I would have been waiting hopefully for who knows how long after they made a decision on my application. Every single other school has sent me an email notification when a decision was made post-interview. I don't think it's too much to expect.
 
etherpentane said:
You forget everything by the time you take Step 1, so why be miserable memorizing it now?
The real learning goes on on the wards.
I can't compare it to other med schools, but I do know that we have tons of time.
Sure crunch time before exams we all take it down a few notches, but people take tons of trips over the weekend to visit friends/family all over the US.
We go out pretty much every weekend.
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This is the most useful thing any med student has ever said about a school on SDN. My number one concern is being happy/having some sort of personal life. Thanks 🙂
 
Accepted to NYU SOM! Really excited, one of my top choices! Anyone else accepted? As for those that have not yet, dont worry! Im sure most of you will get chosen off the waitlist..always remember- they didnt have to waitlist, yet they did! And it must be for a good reason....


🙂
 
I hear NYU accepts a number of people of the waitlist.

My interviewer was even talking about NYU's waitlist and about how a 1st year she interviewed got waitlisted when he was supposed to get accepted..........Foreshadowing much? HAHA.

I'm not that disappointed but...more nervous because I'm also trying to coordinate with someone with schools, and it's so freakin' SCARY!
 
vanquishS said:
Congratulations!! I assume you were amongst the lucky valentines day calls 😍
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Yes I was 😳😳

I had a great time at NYU, my interviewer was awesome. Super positive experience
 
I'm in the class of 2014 and I can tell you that, after finishing my first few rotations, having half a year less in the classroom makes little to no difference. You would forget nearly all of it anyways. You truly learn on the wards and see almost everything you learned about in classes again, plus, you actually retain it. They mix us up with the class of 2013 and I see almost no difference in our knowledge bases. Also, we take Step 1 after we finish all our clerkships, making it much easier to study for IMO. The clerkships serve as a review and make retaining the information easier. We'll essentially be reviewing basic science material, which the clinical/disease/pharm down well when we do Step 1 stuff. I think we will have a huge advantage because of this -- keep this in mind.

I love the new curriculum and so does every single person I've talked to in my class. The pace is fine and I had plenty of time to do what I wanted in the first 1.5 years.

Keep in mind it's pass/fail.
 
Also, when I applied, NYU took a ton off the wait-list. A significant number of people with multiple NY acceptances, scholarships or Ivy acceptances hold NYU and drop it right before the deadline.
 
CoffeeCzar said:
Also, when I applied, NYU took a ton off the wait-list. A significant number of people with multiple NY acceptances, scholarships or Ivy acceptances hold NYU and drop it right before the deadline.
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is the deadline may 15th?
 
CaramelFrapp said:
is the deadline may 15th?
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Yes it is CaramelFrapp.

Also thank you for the insight CoffeeCzar and etherpentane. It's definitely very helpful, and good to hear. I appreciate it. Now it's just time to cross my fingers and wait some more.
 
Anyone going to second look? Seems like it should be fun.
 
JSU said:
Anyone going to second look? Seems like it should be fun.
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I look forward to checking it out even though I'm sure NYU is where I'll be attending. I want to see the NYSIM center in action!🙄
 
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