2014-2015 New York University Application Thread

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Pre-II rejection this morning! Such a nicely written letter lol good luck to anyone still waiting!
 
At my interview day this week, they said that all decisions would be out by the end of the month
 
In reality, has anyone been able to attend one of the webinars? They seem interesting, but I can't make home in time after work.
 
jsquared91 said:
In reality, has anyone been able to attend one of the webinars? They seem interesting, but I can't make home in time after work.
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I went to one about the free clinic and it was pretty informative and interesting
 
jsquared91 said:
How was it? worth taking time off to catch?
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I've gone to several and really haven't enjoyed them. They're not like most webinars I've been to--there's no visual aid typically. One had a webcam to the speaker, but it wasn't an organized presentation.
 
marie_duplessis said:
Has anyone received an email from Certiphi? I guess that implies you're wait-listed?

Because here (http://school.med.nyu.edu/criminal-background-check) it says it's for 'waitlisted or conditionally accepted candidates'...
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I've gotten the Certiphi email from schools where i am already accepted. The "conditionally accepted" means that you're accepted, unless the background check shows that you were hiding something major on your application I think.
 
marie_duplessis said:
Has anyone received an email from Certiphi? I guess that implies you're wait-listed?

Because here (http://school.med.nyu.edu/criminal-background-check) it says it's for 'waitlisted or conditionally accepted candidates'...
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I was placed on alternate for one school which could lead to a waitlist, so I'm not sure if that counts. I was also deferred from immediate decision from another school, which I take to mean still under active consideration.

Does anyone know if these checks sometime get sent to students under active consideration (I doubt it)?

I've been accepted at one school, but based on that school's thread, I don't know if others have gotten their background checks yet, so that would lead me to blindly deduce that I've been waitlisted here given the fact that I recently received my background check link.
 
@mostly harmless, It just seems odd that nobody who got accepted (earlier in this same thread) seemed to mention the background check email..but wouldn't accepted people need to undergo that also?
 
marie_duplessis said:
It just seems odd that nobody who got accepted (earlier in this same thread) seemed to mention the background check email..but wouldn't accepted people need to undergo that also?
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Good point. There's an easy way of finding out.

Heyo, applicants accepted to NYU! Have any of y'all gotten any info regarding Certiphi background checks?

The way I see it, we can get 3 types of answers:
1) Yes from someone who's been accepted to NYU and accepted/waitlisted at other places, which will tell us almost nothing
2) Yes from someone who's only been accepted to NYU and has no other acceptances/waitlists, which will tell us that NYU has started sending out background check requests
3) No from someone accepted to NYU, which will tell us that NYU hasn't started sending out these requests, and our previous speculation is likely just speculation.
 
mostlyharmless1 said:
Good point. There's an easy way of finding out.

Heyo, applicants accepted to NYU! Have any of y'all gotten any info regarding Certiphi background checks?

The way I see it, we can get 3 types of answers:
1) Yes from someone who's been accepted to NYU and accepted/waitlisted at other places, which will tell us almost nothing
2) Yes from someone who's only been accepted to NYU and has no other acceptances/waitlists, which will tell us that NYU has started sending out background check requests
3) No from someone accepted to NYU, which will tell us that NYU hasn't started sending out these requests, and our previous speculation is likely just speculation.
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mostlyharmless, I think it's NYU at least on my end because if I google them they're one of the only schools I interviewed at that sends these kind of requests (background check). Also, I know they want to send decisions soon.. maybe this is important for that for some reason
 
Apparently SUNY Upstate uses the same company.
 
why does everyone make it sound like you get a certiphi background email from each school you're accepted at? Don't you only get the email one time?
 
So last year I believe the final round of acceptances came out on the 27th, which was a Monday. Any bets on this Monday? Or you think it'll be the 27th this year again (Tuesday). Come on, every day counts!
 
agilevin said:
Did you hear back from admissions today? Thank you!
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No sorry, I just meant that this coming week will finally be the week we hear back

Apologies for the false alarm!
 
really tempted to just post an acceptance troll right now.. the tension feels right lol

Edit: But I'm not that heartless, nor do I want to jinx my chance of getting in..
 
agilevin said:
Honestly, I don't even know if I want to know, given my performance on the MMI. Can't stop checking/thinking about it, though. I guess hope dies last! Best of luck to everyone!
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Same, it's been a constant cycle of replaying my MMI in my head. I just want to know so I can start either celebrating or getting over the rejection. At least there's only a week at most!!
 
Has anyone gotten a merit scholarship with their acceptance email? Or does anyone know when they are offered?

EDIT: I looked all over online before it occurred to me to check last year's thread. Apparently financial aid stuff was announced March 31st. And according to a random PDF I found online, there are 7 cost-of-attendance scholarships given out each year.
 
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Here's to another Monday morning of coffee and Twitter stalking...
 
Salt Salt said:
Has anyone gotten a merit scholarship with their acceptance email? Or does anyone know when they are offered?

EDIT: I looked all over online before it occurred to me to check last year's thread. Apparently financial aid stuff was announced March 31st. And according to a random PDF I found online, there are 7 cost-of-attendance scholarships given out each year.
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In the financial aid webinar, they said that 10-15% of students receive merit scholarhips, all full COA. They also said not to expect merit scholarships or any other financial aid offers before mid-March.
 
Member0129 said:
https://twitter.com/NYUMCAdmissions that last tweet is sure a tease

No more interviews... so can we contact them for our decisions 😉
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I suspect that the tweet is in response to the impending snowstorm, because if the weather gets bad, there may likely be nobody physically present at the admissions office (and therefore no one available to answer the phones).
 
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dudewheresmymd said:
this does not bode well for admissions decisions by the end of this week...here's to hoping that the admissions office can telework.😉
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Lol, I think them having a day off due to dangerous amounts of snow is okay, we will survive.
 
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