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Dartmouth was $130...but yeah paying that much for a secondary that was basically just filling in my cell number was a bit of a kick in the balls.
2016-2017 New York Medical College Application Thread
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It worse when you are a reapplicant and have to pay twice for the secondary fee and casper.
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I emailed them, and they said to simply pick one class.
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Can anyone post the prompts please?
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Really wish I would get this secondary been verified almost a month..
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I graduated in 2014 and have been in an SMP since last fall. I guess I can't even proceed with the secondary since UG letters are required?
That honestly makes no sense to me. Why would they rather have a letter from a chem professor I took a 300+ person class with freshman year when I can provide much better recent letters from med school courses I've taken?
That honestly makes no sense to me. Why would they rather have a letter from a chem professor I took a 300+ person class with freshman year when I can provide much better recent letters from med school courses I've taken?
I'm in the same boat. I only have 2 letters from UG, 1 letter for research PI, and 3 letters from my SMP program.
Does this mean I'm automatically disqualified from applying?
No idea, but have you gone through the secondary? They require you to list your UG 2x science 1x non-science, what class you took with them, course #, etc as part of the secondary. So I don't think I can even proceed since all my letters are recent and from my SMP.
My AMCAS is not verified yet but I just received a secondary.. should I go ahead and complete it?
Call admissions. They are willing to make exceptions on case by case basis. Last year, I didn't have the nonscience letter and they told me I can either wait and get the letter or write them an email explaining why I could not get it.
Same all my letters are from my SMP so I'm stuck now.
Has anyone else had this issue? I don't have a single UG letter at this moment and I definitely won't be reaching out to professors I haven't spoken to in years.
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Special masters program.
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Ah, thank you
Ah, thank you
I say yes, I did.
Weird. I submitted my primary 2 days ago and got the secondary yesterday. LizzyM is ~63. Seems like they just do it in huge batches.
Hey guys so I submitted 7/8, and also sent letters from AMCAS to NYMC 7/8. Checking on my status, it still says "In order to view your received evaluations your secondary application must first be processed by the Admissions Office" under Letters of Evaluation. It seems like they haven't received them yet and it's been over a week. Anyone else experiencing the same?
Received secondary on 7/15; submitted today. Still not verified by AMCAs
You have to have atleast 3, 2 science faculty and 1 non-science. One of those has to be within your major. Then on the secondary you can list up to 2 more. But they said somewhere that they will read/include in your file all LORs you send.
The letters that sunshinefl mentioned is for the undergraduate sections. These letters can also be replaced by a committee letter from your undergraduate college. If you have attended graduate school, NYMC also requires a letter from one of your professors or research mentors at that school or a committee letter from the school. Also like sunshinefl said, you can add 2 more optional letters on top of the ones aforementioned.
Yeah sorry, in my cycle tracking sheet I only put what's relevant to me...and my school doesn't have a committee and I'm not in grad school. I didn't mean to be incomplete.
I appreciate all your help. I'm confused about one thing though, since it says one letter must be from "within your major"--does this mean a class that was required for your major? So, like, would a class that counts toward my major be sufficient?
My major is genetics, but I don't have a letter from a professor who taught a class that was listed as "genetics" and in fact I think I only really took three classes in my career that were listed as "genetics" specifically.
My major is genetics, but I don't have a letter from a professor who taught a class that was listed as "genetics" and in fact I think I only really took three classes in my career that were listed as "genetics" specifically.
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If your school is anything like mine was, genetics is a major but is essentially categorized as a concentration within biology. So, you could use a LOR from any biology class. I did the same thing as a neuroscience major and their office quickly replied saying that it was ok
Thank you for your service!
probably a stupid question, but if you have a committee letter from your school, then you don't need to fill out all the individual rec letter stuff right?
I hope not, cause I didn't.
yeah nvm I figured it out. We're good lol
Received secondary 7/6, submitted today! I'm writing Casper 7/26, hoping for some good news from this school!
Just curious, but did anyone else find the July 10th CASPer test to be VERY similar to the APE Full Length CASPer tests? Especially the personal situation questions!!!! I won't say which specific practice test, as I'm sure many people still have not yet taken CASPer.
I'm taking CASPER on 7/26 also, at 5pm.
Does CASPer really take 90 minutes?
It took me about 80 minutes. There's an optional 15 minute break in the middle of the test so you could finish early.
Alright, I called admissions to ask about the case with missing letters:
- You must email admissions to request your application be complete with the missing letters. Your application will not be as competitive if you are missing a letter they want.
submitted secondary today. I also am in the same boat of the unverifieds so it was kind of odd to have been able to submit.
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NYMC does not send a completion email or at least they did not do so in the last cycle. If you are missing something, the admissions coordinator will contact you. Otherwise, you can monitor the status of your application through this link:
https://legacy.nymc.edu/Medadmission/Default.aspx?i=1&Choice=AS
From the secondary:
One (1) of your three letters of evaluation must be from the department in which you majored as identified on your AMCAS application - whether science or non-science.
I didn't have a LOR from my major. Anybody else have any advice on this?
Edit: Called the school and discussed this issue with them - problem solved.
One (1) of your three letters of evaluation must be from the department in which you majored as identified on your AMCAS application - whether science or non-science.
I didn't have a LOR from my major. Anybody else have any advice on this?
Edit: Called the school and discussed this issue with them - problem solved.
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I got what is probably a fairly generic letter from a professor in my major that I am only using for NYMC's requirement. I'm also sending them 5 other letters to better represent me.
This is a school that is typically mission/service orientated right? I just got my secondary today and I'm really looking for schools like that. It's the general impression I got from their website but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything
No completion email. I just checked mine and it says that my letters were receive(uploaded) today and:
"Your secondary application was completed by the Office of Admissions and is currently under review by the Committee on Admissions."
Going off their system I doubt it means actual under review right now, just in the complete pile somewhere.
"Your secondary application was completed by the Office of Admissions and is currently under review by the Committee on Admissions."
Going off their system I doubt it means actual under review right now, just in the complete pile somewhere.
