2018-2019 Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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thinklikeaproton2019 said:
ok thanks for the opinions! It is very tricky, don't want to annoy them but also want to show effort! Wish all the schools were a bit more transparent with optional essays
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There will be thousands of people in both camps (putting stuff and not putting stuff for the optional essays) so I wouldn't worry too much about it. The difference will likely be pretty minute unless you have something new and "app-changing" to add which is exactly what it's there for
 
Hi_I'mPaul said:
I put my gap year plans under the "I plan to take off this year, after just having graduated, while I apply to medical school" part but do whachu feel is right my man (or woman).
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Oh, I don't have the secondary yet so I don't know what it actually looks like. Still waiting to be verified!
 
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Premedneedsadvice said:
i wanted to do the same. but i realize my answer would talk about things on my app but it would like tie it in to einstein.. do you guys think thats ok?
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Yeah, that's how I do most of my "why x school" essays. I mention my experiences and how my experiences will tie into something about the school. I usually talk about it in a slightly different way as to add to my app and not simply repeat. For example, i'm a tutor so I look for "tutoring-like" opportunities for community service at the school to show my continued interest.
 
Question about the LoR requirements: so my university does a committee letter, but they also upload a packet of my individual letters. My individual letters don't exactly match up with Einstein's requirements for those submitting just individual letters. I have one science professor who I took for a class and two of my PIs, as well as a physician who I collaborated with for a clinical project. Is this okay as long as I have the committee letter?
Edit: also, are we required to direct our advisors to comment on our schools disciplinary policy even if we have not been the subject of a disciplinary action? There was a section asking for this on the letters of recommendation page
 
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How did you guys list a letter packet from my university's pre-health committee?

"I have a Pre-Professional Committee but have elected NOT to have my Pre-Committee write on my behalf, and have chosen other letter writers"?
 
PursuingHappy said:
Per the secondary:

"Applicants who have attended a school at which there is no Pre-Professional Advisory Committee must have two letters of recommendation from faculty members at that school. One of these letters should be from a faculty member in the department of the applicant's major, and the other from a science faculty member. If the major subject is science, the second letter should be from a member of a science department other than the person writing the first letter. Letters from Teaching Assistants will not satisfy this requirement, although TAs may co-sign letters with senior faculty. "

It seems as if the other letter must be outside of your major.
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For anyone wondering, I submitted two science letters from my major and they marked me as complete without any issues.
 
"I have taken off at least a year since college graduation" If I've been working full-time since after graduation in 2017, does that count as taking off?
 
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So I got my secondary app and completion email, but Einstein has sent me another email to fill out their secondary. Anyone have this issue?
 
Unspecified3 said:
Did you abbreviate school names? I applied to lot of schools and I also want to use this word limit to show my improvements over the past year.
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Yup, I had the same problem and the lady said I could abbreviate them but I had to list them all. Not sure how they would know though but I did anyway
 
So I gave admissions a call, and they said it was fine for me to have no major LOR as long as they were both science professors, so that's nice. Wish I was complete tho lol
 
Got a completion email half an hour ago (FWIW, I submitted my secondary on July 11 and was "complete" -- i.e., had all letters in AMCAS, etc. -- by July 20th).
 
br2pi5 said:
How did you guys list a letter packet from my university's pre-health committee?

"I have a Pre-Professional Committee but have elected NOT to have my Pre-Committee write on my behalf, and have chosen other letter writers"?
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What did you end up doing? I'm not sure what to write!
 
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