2013-2014 Albert Einstein Application Thread

BU Medical Sciences
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
Seifu2011 said:
Thanks for sharing.

PS- any one else complete months ago with not a peep since?
Click to expand...
Same boat. I am actually in this situation with a few schools that have already been rejecting. I was complete everywhere before September. GL!
 
DRos28 said:
Same boat. I am actually in this situation with a few schools that have already been rejecting. I was complete everywhere before September. GL!
Click to expand...
Same here!! Except I added 2 extra schools later, so those were complete mid-Sept. Best of luck to you as well!
 
Pandaeac said:
A little over two weeks until January 15th!
Click to expand...

I hope you guys stay excited. In retrospect getting an acceptance here ranks as one of the best things that has ever happened to me. The institution will support and nurture you as you develop into an amazing doctor, not to mention that they really spoil the crap out of us.

As a 4th year interviewing all over the country I can say that the Einstein name is well regarded throughout the country from the west to the east (UCSF/Stanford to Brigham/MGH). Come here and the sky is the limit. Good luck!

Feel free to PM if any questions about the school. (i'm not so up to date on the pre-clerkship curriculum, if you have questions about that you should ask one of the second or first years on here)
 
zebalong said:
I hope you guys stay excited. In retrospect getting an acceptance here ranks as one of the best things that has ever happened to me. The institution will support and nurture you as you develop into an amazing doctor, not to mention that they really spoil the crap out of us.

As a 4th year interviewing all over the country I can say that the Einstein name is well regarded throughout the country from the west to the east (UCSF/Stanford to Brigham/MGH). Come here and the sky is the limit. Good luck!

Feel free to PM if any questions about the school. (i'm not so up to date on the pre-clerkship curriculum, if you have questions about that you should ask one of the second or first years on here)
Click to expand...

Thanks for offering to answer questions! I was reading a post from a few years ago from a student who was unhappy with how their 4th year was at AECOM. They mentioned it was really hard to get time off for interviews. Does this still hold true? Has this been your experience?
 
Pandaeac said:
Thanks for offering to answer questions! I was reading a post from a few years ago from a student who was unhappy with how their 4th year was at AECOM. They mentioned it was really hard to get time off for interviews. Does this still hold true? Has this been your experience?
Click to expand...

I am in the worst possible situation so i can speak to this really well. The caveat is 90%-95% of my classmates are in a better position then I am in terms of setting up interviews, either A. they needed to take less interviews or B. they had really easy rotations during the interview months (its all done on a lottery system).

I am interviewing at 24 places because i am applying to an advanced spot so i need prelim interviews as well (advanced = radiology, derm, anesthesia, rad onc blah blah blah). If you don't get it, don't worry, by the time youre applying you'll figure it out =), needless to say i need to schedule all of my interviews and i have the worst possible mandatory rotations during the interview months (medicine sub-i). I am allowed 6 days off total which isn't much. BUT i have been so fortunate to have the Einstein administration be very responsive and work with me to fit in all of my interviews.

Basically i had to fill up the month of Dec. as much as possible, since everyone gets a full month off for interviews (i interviewed on christmas eve and am interviewing tomorrow yay!...) and i showed the head of the clerkship, what interviews i needed to still take and what dates i had set up during my rotation. They were super accommodating even though it pushed me over the limit, i'll be honest that i did make up some of those days by working on the weekends but by the time you're in fourth year working weekends is no big deal AND hours on the weekend are always shorter then if you worked a weekday so it was sort of a win win.

In short, no matter what you decide to apply into, you'll have the time off for interviews. Administration at einstein is VERY responsive if you take the initiative to reach out to them. It takes a little bit of planning (ie let them know once you schedule your interviews, don't wait for like the week before you have to leave) but it almost always works out. Best thing is, after these two months of medicine you are basically home free for the rest of 4th year. 4th year at Einstein is the best year of your life, once you get here take ADVANTAGE of it - make a bucket list and start checking things off .
 
zebalong said:
I am in the worst possible situation so i can speak to this really well. The caveat is 90%-95% of my classmates are in a better position then I am in terms of setting up interviews, either A. they needed to take less interviews or B. they had really easy rotations during the interview months (its all done on a lottery system).

I am interviewing at 24 places because i am applying to an advanced spot so i need prelim interviews as well (advanced = radiology, derm, anesthesia, rad onc blah blah blah). If you don't get it, don't worry, by the time youre applying you'll figure it out =), needless to say i need to schedule all of my interviews and i have the worst possible mandatory rotations during the interview months (medicine sub-i). I am allowed 6 days off total which isn't much. BUT i have been so fortunate to have the Einstein administration be very responsive and work with me to fit in all of my interviews.

Basically i had to fill up the month of Dec. as much as possible, since everyone gets a full month off for interviews (i interviewed on christmas eve and am interviewing tomorrow yay!...) and i showed the head of the clerkship, what interviews i needed to still take and what dates i had set up during my rotation. They were super accommodating even though it pushed me over the limit, i'll be honest that i did make up some of those days by working on the weekends but by the time you're in fourth year working weekends is no big deal AND hours on the weekend are always shorter then if you worked a weekday so it was sort of a win win.

In short, no matter what you decide to apply into, you'll have the time off for interviews. Administration at einstein is VERY responsive if you take the initiative to reach out to them. It takes a little bit of planning (ie let them know once you schedule your interviews, don't wait for like the week before you have to leave) but it almost always works out. Best thing is, after these two months of medicine you are basically home free for the rest of 4th year. 4th year at Einstein is the best year of your life, once you get here take ADVANTAGE of it - make a bucket list and start checking things off .
Click to expand...

Thanks so much for the detailed response! Is having December off for interviews common or something specific to Einstein?
 
Pandaeac said:
Thanks so much for the detailed response! Is having December off for interviews common or something specific to Einstein?
Click to expand...
From what I gather from other applicants on the interview trail, it is pretty specific to Einstein, but other schools do have some sort of "time off" for interviews.
 
zebalong said:
From what I gather from other applicants on the interview trail, it is pretty specific to Einstein, but other schools do have some sort of "time off" for interviews.
Click to expand...

So cool! Now I need to find a way to calm down for the next two weeks hah
 
Pandaeac said:
So cool! Now I need to find a way to calm down for the next two weeks hah
Click to expand...

Take a breather and try hard not to worry about it! 🙂

It's best to try not thinking about it haha

MS2 here btw, so feel free to toss any questions my way about the pre clerkship years (years 1 + 2)

Good luck with the remaining interviews/waiting for acceptances!
 
I know I should not be complaining, but I was one of the first groups to get interview here (Oct.). And now it's been 3 months with no email or anything from the office. All my friends have gotten acceptances from other places and I'm still waiting on Einstein. I'm so nervous I keep checking this website and my email every 30 mins. I wish they would tell us soon.
 
SummerTea said:
I know I should not be complaining, but I was one of the first groups to get interview here (Oct.). And now it's been 3 months with no email or anything from the office. All my friends have gotten acceptances from other places and I'm still waiting on Einstein. I'm so nervous I keep checking this website and my email every 30 mins. I wish they would tell us soon.
Click to expand...

January 15th seems to be the established day for acceptances at AECOM! Just 10 more days of patience. Good luck!
 
SummerTea said:
I know I should not be complaining, but I was one of the first groups to get interview here (Oct.). And now it's been 3 months with no email or anything from the office. All my friends have gotten acceptances from other places and I'm still waiting on Einstein. I'm so nervous I keep checking this website and my email every 30 mins. I wish they would tell us soon.
Click to expand...

January 15th is the date.... don't expect anything before that lol

I think in general the more "prestigious" the school, the later they let you know
 
But I applied as MD/PhD. So on their website they said "end of December" for earliest acceptance. Not sure if they follow the MD-only deadline now.
 
SummerTea said:
But I applied as MD/PhD. So on their website they said "end of December" for earliest acceptance. Not sure if they follow the MD-only deadline now.
Click to expand...
So did I. When I interviewed in October I was told I would hear mid-November to early December. Clearly that's not the case cause no word over here!
 
Rejected today. Was complete on 10/4. Best of luck to everyone else! :luck:
 
Just got rejected pre-interview. That's two in a row today and yesterday. Good luck to the rest of you.
 
Rejectedlol!
Totally blindsided as I was really sure I would get an interview as it is so early in the process.
 
Got an II here recently. Complete back in mid September. The interview dates they had available were in mid-late march. I know someone earlier posted that the earliest dates were in April so I guess other people must have canceled their march interviews which opened up some spots.

Sorry to everyone who got rejected. I thought for sure I was going to get the rejection email as well. Good luck to everyone still in the running!
 
I got an Interview Invite for March there this morning! Really excited 🙂
I'm sorry to everyone who got rejections, and good luck to all of you that are still waiting for decisions.
Does anyone have any advice on travel, the interview, etc.?
 
dancer150 said:
I got an Interview Invite for March there this morning! Really excited 🙂
I'm sorry to everyone who got rejections, and good luck to all of you that are still waiting for decisions.
Does anyone have any advice on travel, the interview, etc.?
Click to expand...
Where are you coming from? Will you be driving?
 
dancer150 said:
I got an Interview Invite for March there this morning! Really excited 🙂
I'm sorry to everyone who got rejections, and good luck to all of you that are still waiting for decisions.
Does anyone have any advice on travel, the interview, etc.?
Click to expand...

Congrats! It's good to hear they are still interviewing. Stats/when where you complete?
 
jram2323 said:
that's frikkin bs man. Jan 15th is late enough
Click to expand...
I find it odd that they'd tell us a specific date and then change it without informing the applicants. They will get flooded with calls by confused people if that's the case.
 
0.o perhaps they are just covering their bases 🙁 I guess we won't know till Jan 15th
 
February 1, 2014 is a Saturday, btw, which is the Sabbath. It just doesn't seem accurate that the Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University would send out acceptances all on a Saturday.

One could also take this to mean that that since this is the "earliest date" for acceptance that they are released sometime AFTER Feb 1? As in they go out at different times? I'm so confused -_-
 
On the general "Application Procedure page" it still says: "Acceptance is on a rolling admission basis. The first letters of acceptance are mailed on January 15 and are accompanied by an instructional e-mail." Dont know what to believe. I guess we will see on Wednesday.
 
Hmm... do we know for sure that that one page ever said January 15th?
 
On their website it states that the letter of acceptances are mailed out on Jan 15. Since it is via snail mail, maybe they are saying it could take upwards of two weeks for these packages to arrive to us?

I'm not sure if they also send you an email to inform you of the decision or not but this is what I understood from their site.
 
I don't think they mail acceptances. I looked at last year's Einstein thread and people got acceptance emails on the morning of 1/15. I hope the same happens for us on Wednesday.
 
Syndicate said:
I don't think they mail acceptances. I looked at last year's Einstein thread and people got acceptance emails on the morning of 1/15. I hope the same happens for us on Wednesday.
Click to expand...

I think emails my year came out at 9-930am est... that was almost 4 years ago but i think its still the same. The subject line usually says it right off the bat so you don't need to have anxiety waiting for the email to load.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

chilly_md
2024-2025 Einstein
18 19 20 21 22
Replies
1K
Views
370K
medicalthoughts33
M
chilly_md
2023-2024 Einstein
20 21 22 23 24
Replies
1K
Views
330K
tryingmyverybest
T
PapaGuava
2022-2023 Einstein
11 12 13 14 15
Replies
717
Views
217K
Pons612
P
TheDataKing
2020-2021 Albert Einstein
38 39 40 41 42
Replies
2K
Views
544K
CoolRanchDoritos
C
wysdoc
2021-2022 Einstein
16 17 18 19 20
Replies
967
Views
277K
SCNC
S
Top