2013-2014 The Commonwealth Medical College

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The email was for those that had been deferred from previous committee meetings. They will update deferred statuses on the 17th with final decisions or alternate list. I still get the feeling that they have very nearly filled their class and are waiting for a few holdouts that haven't accepted/reject offers yet. From the last year, there was very little movement late in the game, so personally I'm not too optimistic, but I know it's not worth guessing either way until the decision is in the books. Good luck to everyone still waiting and I hope you are each one of the lucky few!
 
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I received the email as well. From last year's thread, it seems after the notification most got waitlisted. I hope that's not the case this year! I hope we all hear some good news soon! In the meantime, stay positive 🙂
 
Morrinelli said:
65 matriculated, but only 56 matched. 14% of students didn`t match after 4 years of medical school. Call it how you want, but "inability to teach" is one of the most contributing factors when one considers match results (in addition to the IQ of students). Good luck with the campus lottery and other funny things!
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Take a look at TCMC's 2014 match list: http://www.thecommonwealthmedical.com/ResidencyMatch

Now let's compare those to the SUNY lists I could find,
Buffalo: http://medicine.buffalo.edu/news_an.../news/2014/03/match-day-2014-3614.detail.html

Downstate: http://sls.downstate.edu/student_affairs/residency/placement.html

wannabeMD19 said:
STONY BROOK MATCH LIST 2014

Ortho (3):
Albert Einstein Med Ctr-PA Orthopaedic Surgery
UPMC Medical Education-PA Ortho Surgery/Research
U Michigan Hosps-Ann Arbor Orthopaedic Surgery

Dermatology (3):
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Dermatology
UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA Dermatology
Thomas Jefferson Univ-PA Dermatology

ENT (1):
Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT Otolaryngology

Ophthalmology (1):
Mount Sinai SOM-NY Ophthalmology

Urology (4):
UC Davis Med Ctr-CA Urology
Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN Urology
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Surg-Prelim/Urology
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Urology

Thoracic Surgery (1):
Duke Univ Med Ctr-NC Thoracic Surgery

Neuro Surgery (2):
Med Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps Neurological Surgery
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Neurological Surgery

Plastic Surgery (1):
Albany Medical Center-NY Plastic Surgery (Integrated)

Surgery (5 general, 6 prelim):
UC Davis Med Ctr-CA Surgery-Preliminary
B I Deaconess Med Ctr-MA Surgery-Preliminary
Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN Surgery-Preliminary
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Surgery-Preliminary
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Surgery-Preliminary (x2)
Cooper University Hospital-NJ General Surgery
Einstein/Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY General Surgery
NYMC-Westchester Med Ctr-NY General Surgery
UCLA Medical Center-CA General Surgery
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY General Surgery

Anesthesiology (11):
Tufts Medical Center-MA Anesthesiology
NYU School Of Medicine Anesthesiology
Stanford Univ Progs-CA Anesthesiology
Brigham & Womens Hosp-MA Anesthesiology
Maimonides Med Ctr-NY Anesthesiology
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai-NY Anesthesiology
NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr-NY Anesthesiology
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Anesthesiology (x3)
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Anesthesiology

Radiology-Diagnostic (8):
U Southern California Radiology-Diagnostic
Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT Radiology-Diagnostic (x2)
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai-NY Radiology-Diagnostic (x2)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-CA Radiology-Diagnostic
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Radiology-Diagnostic
NYP Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr-NY Radiology-Diagnostic

Rad-Onc (2):
NYP Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr-NY Radiation-Oncology
Beaumont Health System-MI Radiation-Oncology

Neurology (6):
Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT Med-Prelim/Neurology
Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT Neurology
Albany Medical Center-NY Neurology
Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles-CA Neurology
Rhode Island Hosp/Brown Univ Med-Prelim/Neurology
Rhode Island Hosp/Brown Univ Neurology

Child Neurology (1):
Childrens Hospital-Boston-MA Child Neurology

Pediatrics (11):
Stanford Univ Progs-CA Pediatrics
U Maryland Med Ctr Pediatrics
UCLA Medical Center-CA Pediatrics
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp MC-OH Pediatrics
U Connecticut School of Medicine Pediatrics
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Peds-Primary/Social
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Pediatrics
University at Buffalo SOM-NY Medicine-Pediatrics
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Pediatrics-Preliminary
Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY Pediatrics
Baystate Med Ctr-MA Medicine-Pediatrics

Internal Medicine (30):
NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr-NY Internal Medicine (x2)
NYP Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr-NY Internal Medicine (x2)
NYU School Of Medicine Internal Medicine
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai-NY Int Med/Comm Prim Care
Rhode Island Hosp/Brown Univ Internal Medicine
UPMC Medical Education-PA Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN Internal Medicine
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Internal Medicine
U Texas Southwestern Med Sch-Dallas Internal Medicine/Dallas
Winthrop-Univ Hosp-NY Internal Medicine
Jackson Memorial Hosp-FL Internal Medicine
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Internal Medicine
Thomas Jefferson Univ-PA Internal Medicine
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Internal Medicine
UC San Francisco-CA Internal Medicine
U Southern California Internal Medicine
U Massachusetts Med School Internal Medicine
Scripps Mercy Hosp-San Diego-CA Internal Medicine
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland-CA Internal Medicine
Rutgers-R W Johnson Medical School-NJ Internal Medicine
Temple Univ Hosp-PA Internal Medicine
U Michigan Hosps-Ann Arbor Internal Medicine
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Internal Med/Lenox Hill
U Rochester/Strong Mem-NY Internal Medicine
Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY Internal Medicine
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Internal Medicine
Einstein/Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY Internal Medicine (x2)

Phys Med & Rehab (3):
Nassau Univ Med Ctr-NY Phys Medicine & Rehab
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School Phys Medicine & Rehab
NYU School Of Medicine Phys Medicine & Rehab

Pathology (1):
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Pathology

Psychiatry (2):
Harvard Longwood Psych-MA Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD Psychiatry

Emergency Medicine (18):
Stanford Univ Progs-CA Emergency Medicine
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai-NY Emergency Medicine
Icahn SOM St Lukes-Roosevelt-NY Emergency Medicine
UPMC Medical Education-PA Emergency Medicine
Cook County-Stroger Hospital-IL Emergency Medicine
SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY Medicine-Emergency Med
Western Michigan Univ School of Medicine Emergency Medicine
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Emergency Medicine/NSUH (x2)
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Emergency Medicine (x2)
Einstein/Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY Emergency Medicine (x3)
Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY Emergency Medicine
B I Deaconess Med Ctr-MA Emergency Medicine
Kern Medical Center-CA Emergency Medicine
Maimonides Med Ctr-NY Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine (3):
Einstein/Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY Family Medicine
U Washington Affil Hosps Family Medicine
U Washington Affil Hosps Family Med/Harborview

Medicine-Prelim (20):
Nassau Univ Med Ctr-NY Medicine-Preliminary
Christiana Care-DE Medicine-Preliminary
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Medicine-Preliminary (x5)
Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Med-Prelim/Mather Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital Medicine-Preliminary
Winthrop-Univ Hosp-NY Medicine-Preliminary (x6)
Staten Island Univ Hosp-NY Medicine-Preliminary (x2)
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Med-Prelim/Lenox Hill
North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-NY Medicine-Preliminary
Norwalk Hospital-CT Medicine-Preliminary

OB/GYN (6):
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr-NH Obstetrics-Gynecology
Icahn SOM St Lukes-Roosevelt-NY Obstetrics-Gynecology
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-NY Obstetrics-Gynecology (x2)
Advocate IL Masonic Med Ctr Obstetrics-Gynecology
Temple Univ Hosp-PA Obstetrics-Gynecology

Transitional (2):
Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr-CA Transitional
St Vincents Med Ctr-CT Transitional
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I would say they are comparable. As a graduating MS4 at TCMC, my education was not perfect and a big reason my class matched as well as we did was our own hard work. That being said, I feel very well prepared to enter a very competitive residency thanks to my 4 years at TCMC.
 
I hope the admissions committee will be utilizing the national acceptance report that was available on April 1st to be able to assist or guide them on who to accept to the college. I haven't gotten a single acceptance and if accepted would absolutely go their in a heartbeat.

National Acceptance Report:
•The National Acceptance Report (April 1)
This report lists all applicants with a current Acceptance or Matriculated action
 
mrotstein said:
I hope the admissions committee will be utilizing the national acceptance report that was available on April 1st to be able to assist or guide them on who to accept to the college. I haven't gotten a single acceptance and if accepted would absolutely go their in a heartbeat.

National Acceptance Report:
•The National Acceptance Report (April 1)
This report lists all applicants with a current Acceptance or Matriculated action
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Wow, so much this. TCMC was my top choice and I have not been accepted elsewhere either. I didn't know this was a thing but it would be awesome if they consider folks who don't currently have another option.
 
From the website onto the insight of how they do the admissions process:

The Admissions Committee will establish minimum ranks for acceptance, placement on the waitlist and rejection but may adjust the admit rank as the season progresses to ensure the correct number of applicants are admitted. As withdrawals occur, the Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs in consultation with Chair of the Admissions Committee selects students from the waiting list.
 
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selket said:
I didn't get the financial aid yet - what is in-state tuition now?
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Side-by-side comparison.

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How are we supposed to accept our financial aid award? Do you guys still have access to the tcmedc portal where the fin. aid info was originally posted?
 
Aquab1ll said:
Hey guys, first year here again, I noticed that they allocated several thousand dollars for "transportation" as you are the first class that is required to have proof that you can get yourself places (there are 3 students in our class without driver's licenses)
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Wait, are they requiring us to have a driver's license and car prior to 3rd year? We need to meet this requirement to matriculate? They haven't mentioned this to us incoming students at all! I have family/friends that are going to help me get to and from places during community weeks as I learn to drive during the pre-clinical years. I'd definitely have my own car and driver's license before MS3.
 
MDelight said:
Wait, are they requiring us to have a driver's license and car prior to 3rd year? We need to meet this requirement to matriculate? They haven't mentioned this to us incoming students at all! I have family/friends that are going to help me get to and from places during community weeks as I learn to drive during the pre-clinical years. I'd definitely have my own car and driver's license before MS3.
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the drivers license requirement was in our folders during interviews
 
madnessyouseek said:
the drivers license requirement was in our folders during interviews
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Not in my folder! Does the requirement state that we need a license to matriculate or just by 3rd year? Could you (or anyone else) please scan it and post it up here? I'd really appreciate it.

Did anyone else have info about this requirement in their interview folder?
 
madnessyouseek said:
the drivers license requirement was in our folders during interviews
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:wtf: Hmm I interviewed in September and I definitely didn't have this in my interview folder either and I literally kept everything from interview day....I'd also appreciate it if someone would post the requirement for those of us who didn't get it. Thanks! 🙂
 
Thanks @meetmymuse

I can't believe they forgot to put one of these in my folder! I better hurry and squeeze some driving practice in so I can take/pass my road test before classes start.
 
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I just got an email saying I'm on the alternate list.... Better than a rejection I guess. Does anyone know how many people were accepted off the wait list last year?
 
I feel like this is the end...

Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee and they have asked that I share their decision with you.

After carefully reviewing your application, the Admissions Committee has elected to place you on our alternate list. Please note it is our firm policy not to disclose where students are on the alternate list. Your application will remain active unless you notify us that you wish to withdraw.

We recognize that this is a difficult position in which to be. I would like to assure you that we will be in contact with you as soon as possible should a position in the class become available.
 
I wonder if it is a coincidence that a lot of people are getting wait listed or if it is that they are running out of acceptance offers and have to now wait for people to hold only once acceptance before taking people off of the wait list.
 
Anybody who interviewed march 11? I'm guessing that since I haven't heard anything a rejection is in the mail?
 
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So I was told through email by the admissions office that I would receive a final decision on my application by today (4/17), but have yet to get an email. It seems like a couple people received their emails already today. I guess I'm just bugging out, wondering why I didn't get anything. I assumed I'd be notified regardless of what the decision was. Anyone have any advice? Should I wait out the day or contact admissions?
 
I think rejection comes through snail mail 🙁 Will withdraw today . Good luck to everyone out there. Keep pushing!!
 
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mjz614 said:
So I was told through email by the admissions office that I would receive a final decision on my application by today (4/17), but have yet to get an email. It seems like a couple people received their emails already today. I guess I'm just bugging out, wondering why I didn't get anything. I assumed I'd be notified regardless of what the decision was. Anyone have any advice? Should I wait out the day or contact admissions?
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Same boat as you.
 
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