2013-2014 SUNY Downstate Application Thread

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I received the background check email this morning as well. Out of state, gpa 3.8, mcat 35. Don't know whether this indicates an acceptance or waitlist, hopefully the former. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
 
looking back it looks like you might get news but you never know with this crazy process. hoping you get that acceptance. interviewed 12/10 no news yet. i feel a rejection in the air lol :[
 
Those are my thoughts as well. This truly is the most harrowing process. Stay optimistic, my belief is that if they were going to reject you, you would have heard back by now.
 
Pnw_steel said:
I received the background check email this morning as well. Out of state, gpa 3.8, mcat 35. Don't know whether this indicates an acceptance or waitlist, hopefully the former. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
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Kinda low stats for an OOS applicant to a public school, no? 😛 just kidding of course, hope you hear some great news!
 
I got the background check email today as well. IS and I interviewed on Jan 2nd. I also got waitlisted at another school today so I have no idea if the background check request really means anything.

Best of luck everyone!
 
I'm on
mgreen said:
looking back it looks like you might get news but you never know with this crazy process. hoping you get that acceptance. interviewed 12/10 no news yet. i feel a rejection in the air lol :[
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mgreen said:
looking back it looks like you might get news but you never know with this crazy process. hoping you get that acceptance. interviewed 12/10 no news yet. i feel a rejection in the air lol :[
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I interviewed the same day as you and haven't heard anything. I'm really scared it's a rejection at this point. I don't know why it's taking so long. This is my first choice too.
 
hopefulxox said:
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I interviewed the same day as you and haven't heard anything. I'm really scared it's a rejection at this point. I don't know why it's taking so long. This is my first choice too.
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yea same here
 
I'm in the same boat. Interviewed 12/11. Haven't heard a peep. I know one person who interviewed the same day has received and acceptance... But after getting waitlisted at my top choice, I'm feeling very pessimistic..

Does anyone know if the Certiphi email only goes out at the beginning of the week. Has anyone received an acceptance without getting this email first at this point?
 
primordialfruit said:
I'm in the same boat. Interviewed 12/11. Haven't heard a peep. I know one person who interviewed the same day has received and acceptance... But after getting waitlisted at my top choice, I'm feeling very pessimistic..

Does anyone know if the Certiphi email only goes out at the beginning of the week. Has anyone received an acceptance without getting this email first at this point?
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I got a bunch of acceptances without getting that email back in October
 
SixStringPsych said:
I got a bunch of acceptances without getting that email back in October
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I noticed that too, but I wonder if the protocol has changed, since it seems that everyone who's gotten an acceptance in the past month received the email first... Then again, not sure how much weight these conclusions carry considering the limited sample size haha.
 
primordialfruit said:
I noticed that too, but I wonder if the protocol has changed, since it seems that everyone who's gotten an acceptance in the past month received the email first... Then again, not sure how much weight these conclusions carry considering the limited sample size haha.
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I think that's because they order background checks starting January.
 
bkboii10 said:
I got the background check email today as well. IS and I interviewed on Jan 2nd. I also got waitlisted at another school today so I have no idea if the background check request really means anything.

Best of luck everyone!
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Any word yet?
 
I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, sorry if it has. I was reading older posts from last year for this but does downstate have 2 separate lists (alternate list/Hold for Spring) this year as they have in the past? I haven't seen any posts for alternate lists this year. So does that mean us Hold for Spring'ers have a greater chance than 1% :nailbiting:???
 
Hold for spring, 1/7 interview. 3.8/31. It basically means rejection, right?

Very disappointed because I thought the interviewer and I were connected well.
 
I just looked at the last year's thread and it looks like they will call people in hold during mid May to accept them. I have read 5+ people in SDN getting calls from the hold list, so at least I can still hope for the best and send LOI in early May.
 
Has anyone gotten rejected post interview?
 
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Got my background check email today. Really praying it is good news. I interviewed at two other schools but it was these past two weeks so I'm thinking it's downstate. Waitlisted people don't get the background check email right?
 
hopefulxox said:
Got my background check email today. Really praying it is good news. I interviewed at two other schools but it was these past two weeks so I'm thinking it's downstate. Waitlisted people don't get the background check email right?
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I don't think they have officially waitlisted anyone yet, just the "hold until spring" thing so the only reason for a background check would be for an acceptance!! Congrats!!
 
hopefulxox said:
Got my background check email today. Really praying it is good news. I interviewed at two other schools but it was these past two weeks so I'm thinking it's downstate. Waitlisted people don't get the background check email right?
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I just got it this morning, but I'm a bit worried because I got waitlisted at another school earlier this week.. YIKES. For Downstate, Waitlisted people don't get the background check email! Here's to hoping both of us get good news soon 🙂
 
joescollegiate said:
I read that downstate's residency program was put on probation due to some licensing issues in the summer of 2013. What came of this issue and what is it safe to chose this school for medical school or should I be concerned?

Edit: here's link to story- http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/suny-downstate’s-residency-program-probation-2013-07-17-220600
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This is not a problem. Only occured because LICH has to be closed and on Downstates residency program contract, LICH was one of the hospital listed, so since it closed Downstate was put on probation until it could be reviewed. No one is worried about this. The medical school matriculates are very strong with step 1 scores increasing every year
 
neilpryde21 said:
well, I just got placed on "Hold for Spring Consideration" via email. GPA>3.6 from top LAC with strong upward trend (4.0 senior year), MCAT>39, 2nd author publication, great interview with the interviewer checking off "accept immediately". I'm really not trying to sound arrogant but I'm not really sure what happened here. For other people who were put on hold, did the signature have a bunch $$$$$ after it says sincerely?

EDIT: Oh, forgot to add that I interviewed back at the very end of November in case anyone was wondering. And I was pretty bummed when I wrote my post but I realized I forgot to say Good Luck to everyone else waiting to hear back. Hopefully you hear better news than I did!
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Did the interviewer actually check it infront of you? The thing is, GPA and MCAT are much less significant once you get that interview. The decision is mainly based on interview..
 
anbuitachi said:
Did the interviewer actually check it infront of you? The thing is, GPA and MCAT are much less significant once you get that interview. The decision is mainly based on interview..
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Yup, he went through and filled it all out in front of me, including the other components such as "anxiety level" and "communication ability". Who knows, all I know is this school really wowed me with their clinical experience. I now understand why people say that students at downstate come into their residency with great clinical skills. Maybe my response to the picture we had to write about was that horrible lol. I'll be hoping for good news come spring!!
 
neilpryde21 said:
Yup, he went through and filled it all out in front of me, including the other components such as "anxiety level" and "communication ability". Who knows, all I know is this school really wowed me with their clinical experience. I now understand why people say that students at downstate come into their residency with great clinical skills. Maybe my response to the picture we had to write about was that horrible lol. I'll be hoping for good news come spring!!
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thats really odd.... im assuming you have no red flag. my guess you will be accepted later on.. maybe you can call them and demand an answer.
 
anbuitachi said:
thats really odd.... im assuming you have no red flag. my guess you will be accepted later on.. maybe you can call them and demand an answer.
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Haha I appreciate the support! Initially I was surprised considering how well I thought the interview went. Interestingly, he even mentioned the "red flag" part of a person's application and said that I had none on mine. Still, I'm just going to wait patiently as I am in no way in a position to demand anything from their office lol. They have their reasons for my decision and I respect that. I just hope that eventually I can convince them that I would be a great candidate for their school
 
neilpryde21 said:
Haha I appreciate the support! Initially I was surprised considering how well I thought the interview went. Interestingly, he even mentioned the "red flag" part of a person's application and said that I had none on mine. Still, I'm just going to wait patiently as I am in no way in a position to demand anything from their office lol. They have their reasons for my decision and I respect that. I just hope that eventually I can convince them that I would be a great candidate for their school
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idk if its your top choice or not, since you have great stats. but if it is i recommend sending admissions an email with Letter of intent with your stats/interview info
 
weroiu said:
Accepted! To those who got the background check email, it still looks like it's good news.
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Congratsss!! When did u get the background check email?
Never mind I just looked though your posts and saw it. Congrats again.
 
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Complete 8.12. Interviewed 12.18, Background Check Email 2.18, Acceptance letter via snail mail 2.21
 
Acceptance letter via mail Today!! Postmarked 02/20
Interviewed 12/16. Certiphi email 2/18.

GL to everyone!
 
Acceptance letter via snail mail 2/21! Was complete on 9/25, interviewed on 1/2 and got the background check email on 2/18.

Best of luck everyone. This school is awesome.
 
Got placed on pre-interview hold for spring. Does this even mean anything at this point?
 
I just received my FA Award Letter in the mail solely based on my FAFSA. It was all loans.

No grants or scholarships, but the letter mentioned that the scholarship application deadline is March 1st. My friend also mentioned that Downstate requires the "Need Access" application, which I haven't filled out.

I haven't taken a look at Downstate's FA process yet, but can anyway speak to whether this is the final award letter that I'll receive, or will they notify me of grants or scholarship later on?

I know that it's a state school so I'm not hoping for much, but was just wondering if I can expect another award letter later on.
 
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