omg you're a life saver, they must have recently added it because I didn't see it when I signed up for my test 3 weeks ago.
Sorry. What does that mean?
I mean it's a good med school so it won't necessarily be easy to get into. I know plenty of NYS residents who've been rejected. I spoke with someone in the Admissions office recently and they told me that they look for like a ~3.6+ GPA and a 510+ MCAT when doing their initial screen. If you're lacking in one of those categories, they'll look at your activities to decide if they'll bring you in for an interview. Once you get an interview, obviously it's up to you to leave a good impression.
CASPer is an online ethical scenario type exam required by 15ish medical schools. You have to sign up, make an account, schedule a test date, and pick which schools you want to send your score to (although you are never allowed to see what you get). As of this year, SUNY Upstate now requires CASPer.
Ok, thanks for that!
will they take low gpa like ~3.0 and good mcat, ny resident ?
when do you take it ? after you get accepted or while applying
also can u share the interview questions?
oh okay! whats the website ?
I'm just a lowly MS2. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know specifics. As far as the "numbers" of your application, 3.0 GPA is on the lower side. A "good mcat" may counteract it, but it really depends on the specific score.
I'm sorry but I can't. The questions are confidential.
I am currently an out of state student applying. Is there many out of state students in your class?
I have a specialty in mind with experiences but it seemed to be a more straightforward question so I answered it within 3-5 sentences or so. Ugh I’m not sure what I would’ve done if I didn’t have a specialty in mind, I def would advise against lying lol it’ll be easy to tell in interviews if they ask you about it so ... I would just tell the truth, I really don’t think they would just give you the axe bc you’re unsure of what specialty without even being in medical school.
Exactly lmao which is why I think schools that ask these specialty questions are ridiculous because how can we answer the question with absolute certainty when in reality it likely will change once we’re actually exposed to a wide array of specialties?
Is theres a book or web to prepare for it?
thanks so much
You don't need to write a lot. Be honest. Be succinct.
Same! Just got an email from Upstate that says it is missing. I guess there is a lag time between being sent and Upstate processing the scores? Not sure how long to wait before contacting them..
The CASPer website says that it takes ~3 weeks for the scores to be processed and sent.
I think they meant to say they took it on June 20 and their results were sent to Upstate on July 11 yet Upstate still is marking their CASPER as not received. Because that's what happened to me lol
Yes, or at least I believe they do.
Honestly not sure, I just checked my portal for the first time since applying and saw that I had an interview invite
Is the banner link we used to apply for the secondary where you check?
Yeah you log into where you were given access to your secondary and underneath "Fall 2019" it currently says on mine:
people with IIs, when was your app complete? congratds!!!
