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What email did you send it to?
2016-2017 Albany Medical College Application Thread
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What email did you send it to?
I attended their second look and they had a part where we got to meet a number of the clubs. There was an outdoors club which does hiking/climbing/skiing/etc so there's plenty of that with all the mountains around. They also took us out and there's definitely a number of bars and food spots about 10-15 min walk from teh medical center. It sounded like students generally have time for several extra curricualr activities on top of course work, whether it be sports, volunteering, medical interest groups, etc.
Have no idea about the rolling test times, but I'd think that people would be generally courteous about not being super loud/disruptive when they walked in, but hopefully a student can shed more light on this
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Withdrew my acceptance here today. Good luck all waitlisters
Do you think we can expect UC movement starting Monday, May 1st?
Withdrew, Good Luck guys, hope one of you get my spot.
I hope so [emoji51]
Yep. Unlimited waitlists, one acceptance only.
Accepted this morning after being on UC list. Interviewed 4/4. Will be withdrawing, just wanted to let everyone know UC list movement has started! Good luck!
Accepted this morning off the UC list! Interviewed 3/17
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For those recently accepted off the waitlist, would you mind sharing your stats and is or oos? Thanks in advance! Congrats btw!!!
IS, stats are in my signature
are you IS or OOS if you don't mind me asking?
ACCEPTED OFF THE UC LIST THIS MORNING. INTERVIEWED 10/19... LONGEST WAIT OF MY LIFE.
Congratulations!! So happy for you 🙂
Did you get a notification via email or phone call?
Congrats again!
On MSAR:
"Typically, around 200 are offered a position on the wait list. In 2016, 57 replied yes to the wait list. 9 were accepted off the waitlist."
Does this just refer to Alternate list? I can't imagine this being the case for UC. If so, does anyone know what UC numbers look like?
"Typically, around 200 are offered a position on the wait list. In 2016, 57 replied yes to the wait list. 9 were accepted off the waitlist."
Does this just refer to Alternate list? I can't imagine this being the case for UC. If so, does anyone know what UC numbers look like?
Thanks! Email
Did we ever have to send an email accepting our position in the waitlist or something? If I didn't reply to the email about me being on UC, am I not on the waitlist for Albany? I don't recall reading anything asking for a reply in the UC email...
Also, what's the difference between the WL movement happening now and the movement that will supposedly happen in June?
I don't think the UC list email asked us to do anything. And I don't think there's really any difference I think they just keep taking people until the class is full. I am surprised though by the lack of movement thusfar. Only 3 people reported getting off the UC list here on SDN (obviously way more did IRL but if you look at other years threads there was usually 5-10 people reporting on the first week. Yes I know n=small number though).
I think sometime later in the summer, the UC list turns into a tradition waitlist in which 200 positions are offered, but only 57 accept a spot on the WL, of which 9 get accepted.
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With 115 people in the fb group, seems as if the class is almost full.
The FB group is like 1/2 current M1... fb groups are never a good measure of class size
accepted from UC since November...totally unexpected. now i'm torn 
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Congrats!accepted from UC since November...totally unexpected. now i'm torn
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We aren't allowed to send them anything post interview, right?
Not that i know of, I didn't send them anything
Were you accepted this week?accepted from UC since November...totally unexpected. now i'm torn
Yes today
It seems like AMC only sends emails in the mornings?
Congrats ! Do you mind me asking what was your MCAT score ?
I actually received my email at 1:50PM ET, but yes that seems to be a trend
Hi all - I am planning to apply here this cycle, started pre-writing the secondary, and have a couple questions.
For question 2) is getting a 505 (123 cars), then getting a 517 (127 cars) on the second attempt, considered an "inconsistency" and should I explain my low 1st score?
Also, I'm having a little trouble with question 5) about the "one thing" that would help ADCOMS decide if I should be admitted. Any advice on what to write about?
For question 2) is getting a 505 (123 cars), then getting a 517 (127 cars) on the second attempt, considered an "inconsistency" and should I explain my low 1st score?
Also, I'm having a little trouble with question 5) about the "one thing" that would help ADCOMS decide if I should be admitted. Any advice on what to write about?
For question 5, think of it as a "What makes you unique/stand out from the rest of the applicants".
I talked about an inconsistency between my practice MCAT, actual MCAT, and my GPA. I would say go ahead and say that is an inconsistency but turn it around into a lesson learned.
If there is no where else in the secondary to answer the question "Why AMC", use question 5 to do so. That goes for every secondary that you write. If they don't specially ask, gear one of your answers as to why you chose to apply to their school, and why you're a good fit. (As if your $100 wasn't enough lol). I know from first hand experience that if you don't do this, you can actually seem disinterested in the school. Or rather, they're just another on the list of schools you applied to. (Not all schools are like that but why risk it.) Sending a post secondary email of interest doesn't hurt either. Best of luck 🙂
For those of you that were accepted and decided to attend AMC, what are the qualities about the school that made you feel like studying here for the next (at least) 4 years of your life was the right decision? Location, students, vibe, residency placements, etc.? Was there anything notable (in a positive way) about the school that distinguished it from other schools?
Does Albany call or send email for acceptance notification? If it's email, is it coming from the [email protected] address or something else?
They told us at the interview that they email. Not sure about the address but I reckon that's correct.
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Yup! it comes from that address and the portal should update as well.
Withdrew my acceptance! Very happy to have this as my first acceptance. Best of luck to all you guys 🙂
Just got accepted off the UC list! Most likely will not be accepting so I hope someone else gets good news soon!
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Grats! When did you interview?
I interviewed 12/6, I loved the school but Albany isn't my ideal location unfortunately
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