2013-2014 Albert Einstein Application Thread

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Have any of the MSTP applicants heard back anything at all? Interviewed back in october and they said 4-6 weeks.

I'm with you- interviewed in October, was told to hear in mid-November to early December...and here we are starting February. No one else posted about acceptances in the MD/PhD Acceptances thread though, either. I think their last interview date was last week, so maybe we will hear soon?

 

[radiogoogoo]

When in January did you guys interview? Also, no acceptances/rejections for January interviewees yet?

1/8

 

[mcathard]

rejected today pre-interview

 

[ekdoctobe]

This is killing me. 1/8 interview here. This is way more of a nail biter than the Super Bowl. Yeah, I said it!

 

[ekdoctobe]

It's nerve-wracking! In the past, have decisions been released on Saturdays or do we have to wait till Monday?

wondering the same thing, of course!

 

[Agnieszka020]

This is killing me. 1/8 interview here. This is way more of a nail biter than the Super Bowl. Yeah, I said it!

haha the Super Bowl is a small cookie in comparison 🙂

 

[ekdoctobe]

haha the Super Bowl is a small cookie in comparison 🙂

LOL...barely a crumb.

 

[Agnieszka020]

It's very quiet here today.. I guess tomorrow is always a day..

 

[jaksmith]

.....

 

[ekdoctobe]

Has anyone who interviewed in January been either accepted or rejected? Or only HP wait listed?

 

[sunnysideup3]

Interviewed at the end of Jan. No word as of yet.

 

[mindykaling]

Did anyone mistakenly get an acceptance email from the office of diversity? I just did but I haven't even interviewed here yet!

 

[Agnieszka020]

Did anyone mistakenly get an acceptance email from the office of diversity? I just did but I haven't even interviewed here yet!

That's so weird. I didn't think office of diversity is giving out acceptances in the first place.
BTW.. I interviewed mid-January and no word yet.

 

[midnight0il]

That's so weird. I didn't think office of diversity is giving out acceptances in the first place.
BTW.. I interviewed mid-January and no word yet.

I think I received a congrats from them. This was a couple of hours or days after my initial acceptance e-mail.

 

[mindykaling]

I think I received a congrats from them. This was a couple of hours or days after my initial acceptance e-mail.

Yupp! Very odd. Must have been a mistake. The email I'm going to receive taking back my acceptance should be awkward

 

[carbonskeleton]

Interviewed mid-jan -- still no word like everyone

 

[S3R0T0N1N]

rejected pre-interview today, oh well 😛

 

[ekdoctobe]

Did anyone mistakenly get an acceptance email from the office of diversity? I just did but I haven't even interviewed here yet!

That's very odd, but you may have just gotten very lucky. I tell you this only anecdotally, and it may be completely false, but I seem to recall hearing about a similar situation, in which a school accidentally sent someone an acceptance even pre- ii, and the school was forced to take the applicant.

 

[Syndicate]

That's very odd, but you may have just gotten very lucky. I tell you this only anecdotally, and it may be completely false, but I seem to recall hearing about a similar situation, in which a school accidentally sent someone an acceptance even pre- ii, and the school was forced to take the applicant.

An email doesn't mean anything and isn't binding. IMO, the school would only be forced to accept the student if the school sent an official letter with an admissions deans signature.

 

[ekdoctobe]

Apropos of nothing, based on last cycle, it seems like we might not hear anything until the second week of March.

 

[ekdoctobe]

I should have phrased it this way: based on last cycle, the next time we are likely to hear anything is the second week of March.

 

[sunnysideup3]

An email doesn't mean anything and isn't binding. IMO, the school would only be forced to accept the student if the school sent an official letter with an admissions deans signature.

Hey don't I know you from another thread? 😛

Also, if the email isn't addressed specifically to you, it wouldn't hold up.

 

[Syndicate]

Hey don't I know you from another thread? 😛

Also, if the email isn't addressed specifically to you, it wouldn't hold up.

Yep from Miami's thread 🙂

Congrats on your acceptance to miami!

 

[sunnysideup3]

Yep from Miami's thread 🙂

Congrats on your acceptance to miami!

Thanks! I hope you get good news soon! I'll be rooting for you! 🙂

 

[Agnieszka020]

Ugh.. March.. I'm glad I'll be away for most of this month with no access to internet so that I can stop obsessing about this Einstein decision. 🙂

 

[ekdoctobe]

Ugh.. March.. I'm glad I'll be away for most of this month with no access to internet so that I can stop obsessing about this Einstein decision. 🙂

Lucky you.

 

[Patros]

I'm with you- interviewed in October, was told to hear in mid-November to early December...and here we are starting February. No one else posted about acceptances in the MD/PhD Acceptances thread though, either. I think their last interview date was last week, so maybe we will hear soon?

So I finally decided to call up the MSTP office today to ask what the heck is going on. It turns out they have already sent out acceptances, and "no decision" has been made on mine. I asked to clarify if I'm on a waitlist, and the lady said no, my app has been reviewed and no decision has been made. Yeah, okay. I can take a hint.

So basically their preferred candidates have been offered acceptances (anyone here, perhaps?), and it's probably not good news if you haven't heard back yet. Hopefully better news is to come.

 

[Member011]

So I finally decided to call up the MSTP office today to ask what the heck is going on. It turns out they have already sent out acceptances, and "no decision" has been made on mine. I asked to clarify if I'm on a waitlist, and the lady said no, my app has been reviewed and no decision has been made. Yeah, okay. I can take a hint.

So basically their preferred candidates have been offered acceptances (anyone here, perhaps?), and it's probably not good news if you haven't heard back yet. Hopefully better news is to come.

That's REALLY weird. I don't appreciate being in limbo since October, without even so much as a "hold" notice. No one in the MD/PhD Acceptance Thread has posted anything about Einstein, and no one in the rejection thread either.

Also- if Einstein is your number 1, a student I talked to during my interview told me to let them know that- that Myles considers that in decisions.

 

[cms]

Hey guys, so if you're on 'high priority waitlist," when would we start hearing back from the school again? Would it be after May 15th...?

Also, does anyone know how likely it is that I'll be offered an acceptance as a "high priority waitlist?"

 

[Cambover]

I have a questions about the Einstein at Home event for accepted students. Is this the same thing as the second look and is it only for those 2 hours?

 

[Patros]

Oh noooo... Waited four months and now waitlisted to the MSTP. I have a sad.

 

[bloodyhell]

I have a questions about the Einstein at Home event for accepted students. Is this the same thing as the second look and is it only for those 2 hours?

Which Einstein at Home event are you referring to? Is that an event in the city? (They have had that in the past)

Otherwise I am unsure as to what you are referring so can't give you any info...

 

[Cambover]

Which Einstein at Home event are you referring to? Is that an event in the city? (They have had that in the past)

Otherwise I am unsure as to what you are referring so can't give you any info...

I believe it's on March 27 in the Medical Science Building. I'm exciting to see Einstein again for a second look, but didn't know of this was it.

 

[bloodyhell]

I believe it's on March 27 in the Medical Science Building. I'm exciting to see Einstein again for a second look, but didn't know of this was it.

Interesting - I'm not sure what this is (I don't know if they had this in the past) but I'm gonna ask admissions to find out more!

 

[12105334]

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[mysmith]

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[DrBirdFriend]

I got an II in December for an interview in late March. Really excited about it (and Einstein!), but with such a late interview date I'm wondering what my realistic chances might be since admissions are rolling after the first round of acceptances...is this pretty much an interview for a waitlist position? :/ I tried looking on last year's thread to see how people with such late dates fared and couldn't find much of a pattern.

I came here to ask the same question. My interview date is end of April, which is by far the latest interview I've ever heard of anyone getting for any school. Am I interviewing for a wait list? Would they at least tell me before the May 15th deadline so I could consider them against other schools?? 🤔

 

[mtbski]

I came here to ask the same question. My interview date is end of April, which is by far the latest interview I've ever heard of anyone getting for any school. Am I interviewing for a wait list? Would they at least tell me before the May 15th deadline so I could consider them against other schools?? 🤔

If you have an interview, then you have a shot at an acceptance. They wouldn't waste time interviewing people solely for wait list spots. That being said, the class will be considerably more full than earlier in the cycle.

 

[gogo2disco]

Hey, for those of you that sent the $100 deposit to Albert Einstein, who did you make the check out to?
And did you guys put this as the address for the mail? "Office of Admissions, Attn: Ms. Mary Pace, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Belfer 206, Bronx, NY 10461 "

Thanks guys!

 

[cyberchicken001]

Hey, for those of you that sent the $100 deposit to Albert Einstein, who did you make the check out to?
And did you guys put this as the address for the mail? "Office of Admissions, Attn: Ms. Mary Pace, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Belfer 206, Bronx, NY 10461 "

Thanks guys!

From the acceptance form:

"

• A $100 deposit is due on April 1. It must be a check or money order made payable to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and postmarked not later than April 1. I understand that my deposit is refundable until June 1 upon my written request. (Acceptances offered after April 1 have two weeks from the date of the letter of acceptance to remit the deposit; acceptances after May 1 have ten days to remit the deposit.) "

Congratulations!

 

[bloodyhell]

Congrats to all those accepted!!
Make sure to always respond to their requests by the deadlines, as they tend to take them seriously!!

If any accepted students have any questions about Einstein, feel free to ask here or PM me!

Congrats to those accepted and good luck to those still waiting to hear!

 

[scoopadeedeee]

I was placed on the high priority wait list back in mid-January... and I was wondering if there's a deadline for high priority waitlisters, who are submitting in applications for the Service & Research Scholarship. It was unclear in the email since it said to "kindly disregard...'The scholarship application must be submitted within two weeks of acceptance.'" But then the email talks about logging into a system before a 2 week deadline; however, the S&R Scholarship doesn't require logging into a system. Anyway, I'm quite confused. Hopefully someone here has the answer, because I think the Office of Admissions has today off. Thanks in advance!

 

[APthereforeIB]

I was placed on the high priority wait list back in mid-January... and I was wondering if there's a deadline for high priority waitlisters, who are submitting in applications for the Service & Research Scholarship. It was unclear in the email since it said to "kindly disregard...'The scholarship application must be submitted within two weeks of acceptance.'" But then the email talks about logging into a system before a 2 week deadline; however, the S&R Scholarship doesn't require logging into a system. Anyway, I'm quite confused. Hopefully someone here has the answer, because I think the Office of Admissions has today off. Thanks in advance!

Not totally sure about the scholarship issue, but as a general message to HPWL (and regular waitlisters) members: don't give up hope until there's literally no time left. Someone in our class got the acceptance notice a week before orientation started.

Also, somebody start a facebook page! It's a great way for the 2nd years in charge of your orientation to keep you posted over the summer. Good networking with your future classmates too.

 

[ekdoctobe]

Rejected just now. Interviewed January 8.

 

[Bulbasaur]

Waitlisted (regular) as well.

For those waitlisted, were you guys regular waitlist or high priority waitlist?

 

[Agnieszka020]

High priority wait list just today. Interviewed mid January.

 

[Ramo711]

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[cyberchicken001]

Congrats to all those accepted!!
Make sure to always respond to their requests by the deadlines, as they tend to take them seriously!!

If any accepted students have any questions about Einstein, feel free to ask here or PM me!

Congrats to those accepted and good luck to those still waiting to hear!

Question about the 3rd and 4th year rotations: I noticed that among the core clerkships, there seems to be more time spent in primary care fields (i.e. 11 weeks internal medicine, 7 weeks pediatrics and 4 weeks family medicine, along with three months of sub internships in primary care fields) than other schools. Do you think this is reflective of any particular school philosophy regarding specializing vs. primary care? And also, do you think this has any impact on someone like myself, who wants to have the best opportunity to match into any specialty I want to, including non primary care fields? If any other current student could comment, that would be great. Thanks! 🙂

 

[ekdoctobe]

High priority wait list just today. Interviewed mid January.

nice! That's actually good!

 

[zebalong]

Question about the 3rd and 4th year rotations: I noticed that among the core clerkships, there seems to be more time spent in primary care fields (i.e. 11 weeks internal medicine, 7 weeks pediatrics and 4 weeks family medicine, along with three months of sub internships in primary care fields) than other schools. Do you think this is reflective of any particular school philosophy regarding specializing vs. primary care? And also, do you think this has any impact on someone like myself, who wants to have the best opportunity to match into any specialty I want to, including non primary care fields? If any other current student could comment, that would be great. Thanks! 🙂

The core clerkships at Einstein are really strong and will prepare you well for any specialty you choose, the curriculum has NO impact on what specialty you can match into. The clerkships are not made to be focused on primary care at all. For example your 11 weeks of medicine are all inpatient (hospital based) and subspecialty rotations. The curriculum is designed to make you the strongest graduate possible, and I would honestly say we are about average in term of people wanting to do primary care (which isn't much). After talking to other medical students during residency interview our 4th year is one of the most flexible 4th years of all schools and will allow you as much elective time in a specialty of your choice as you want. I am not doing primary care and am confident I could have chosen any specialty I wanted to go into.