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2012-2013 SUNY Upstate Application Thread
Started by gettheleadout
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Couple of different parking options with different prices depending on how close you want to be and if you want covered or uncovered parking. The most expensive parking is garage west, covered, connected by bridge to the hospital, about 70-something a month. There are two (I think?) other open lots, one a little bit of a walk from campus but I think there's a shuttle, and I believe it's 30 bucks a month. I live off campus and park in the 70 dollar option.
Hi Everyone,
If anyone is thinking about living off campus, I paired of with another guy who is also starting this fall. We are thinking about living off campus in maybe a house. It is just us two at the moment but we are potentially open to going with another person. We are budgeting no more than $600 total for rent and utilities together.
Must be a small dog lover...
PM if interested.
If anyone is thinking about living off campus, I paired of with another guy who is also starting this fall. We are thinking about living off campus in maybe a house. It is just us two at the moment but we are potentially open to going with another person. We are budgeting no more than $600 total for rent and utilities together.
Must be a small dog lover...
PM if interested.
So I know this response is a bit delayed but wanted to offer my advice. I was told that once you matriculate to any medical school, you are required to withdraw from all other medical schools. So I do not think it would be possible to hold a spot while essentially starting school somewhere else. Hope this helps! Good luck with your decision
So is it safe to assume that you are not getting off from the regular waitlist, not the HPA? =[
I was accepted with a 3.38 science gpa
I didn't realize the grading here was done on a curve... that scares me! I too hope they change to P/F. Any current med students like to weigh in on the current grading scheme? Do you hate it? I just dread the thought of going through med school with us all eyeballing each other since we know only a certain percentage of us can honor.
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From interview day the kids didn't seem to mind much at all.
A lot of them go to class. That's one of the biggest differences I noticed from other places I interviewed at where there's only P/F
Not everyone can pass?
Whoops. Let me just nip this train of paranoia (that I started) in the bud. The current grading system is set up such that a certain percentage of students get high honors, a certain percent get honors, and then to pass you just need to get above a certain score. I assume the course director would decide this, but I'm not really sure. So no, EVERYONE can pass. Just not everyone can get honors/high honors.
Sorry, I didn't understand this myself before. I didn't mean to freak everyone else out too!
^Source: heard from a current med student
Withdrew my acceptance. Too risky trying to get an M.D. here, the grading and accreditation problems have dissuaded me from matriculating, and I advise that anyone who has other schools does the same.
I see you're trying to force some waitlist movement.
Haha if only you knew what you were talking about..... Ah well glad you chose to go somewhere else.
Withdrew my acceptance yesterday and decided to go to my hometown school. Definitely one of the more difficult decisions I have made...I was very impressed with Upstate after meeting some of the students and staff. Upstate was my first acceptance and I'll never forgot how happy it made me to receive that email. I'm glad someone else will now get the to have that feeling. Good luck!
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Yay! When I first heard about this I was so excited! I cannot wait for August!
Does anyone know when we are supposed to send in our final (post-acceptane) transcripts? My school's health professions department is not getting back to me so I was wondering if there was a deadline
I think I remember the deadline being a week before orientation
Just withdrew my acceptance. Hope it goes to one of you guys!
I had this same question. I called, and the admissions office told me that it's due in January of the first year, so we have quite a while.
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Also does anyone know what book is being used for biochem in the first year?
I got a call this morning saying that I got accepted off the HP waitlist. I have two days to decide. I'm not 100% sure yet but I will most likely withdraw as I had already made plans at another school. Either way I will let them know tomorrow and if I do withdraw I hope an SDN'er gets the spot!
Congratulations. Good to hear of some movement.
Thanks! Officially withdrew several hours ago, good luck guys!
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