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cabbagefacts1 said:
I’m guessing they mean not everyone has CTE’d yet? Like someone else said, they send an A and give 1-2 weeks to decide, which stalls movement for everyone else. Plus many students may be holding out for other waitlist schools which could cause a low CTE number. If they admit 30 people from the AL and a majority commit to Albany, they have a problem if the students accepted earlier end up committing too. For example, there’s another med school that only gives out the same number of A’s as the class size at any given time after 4/30. I’m sure most schools do something similar this late in the game.
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Honestly AMC should shorten the window to <1 weeks and make this process faster.
 
krustykrabkrew said:
Was just accepted off of the alternate list. Will be withdrawing
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Yay! We finally have confirmation!

Congratulations on your acceptance and thank you for letting us all know that they were letting people off of the AL in the first place.

Out of curiosity, was there any information in their correspondence that would prove to be helpful to any of us?
 
Also accepted off the alternate list! No specifics about how the rest of the process will pan out, but here are some details:

"To accept your spot in the class of 2024, please complete the acceptance checklist in your AMC portal within 3 days. The acceptance deposit must be received in our office within a week.

You can track your acceptance checklist progress using the Application Status section of your AMC applicant portal.
It may take 24-48 hours for updates to process.

Please Note: Accepted applicants must "Plan to Enroll" to Albany Medical College using the AAMC Choose Your Medical School Tool within 24 hours to maintain their seat in our incoming class."
 
Al-Razi said:
Also accepted off the alternate list! No specifics about how the rest of the process will pan out, but here are some details:

"To accept your spot in the class of 2024, please complete the acceptance checklist in your AMC portal within 3 days. The acceptance deposit must be received in our office within a week.

You can track your acceptance checklist progress using the Application Status section of your AMC applicant portal.
It may take 24-48 hours for updates to process.

Please Note: Accepted applicants must "Plan to Enroll" to Albany Medical College using the AAMC Choose Your Medical School Tool within 24 hours to maintain their seat in our incoming class."
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Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

I find it peculiar that no one in this forum had been accepted for weeks, but now two people have been accepted. Makes me think the movement before was either small or non-existent. Hopefully there will be more good news in the coming days/weeks!
 
memdoctobe said:
I don’t want to give you a hard time, but why did you keep yourself on the alternate list if you were going to immediately withdraw an acceptance? Doesn’t seem fair to those waiting behind you.
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Financial aid, which I’m still waiting on. But assuming I don’t get a better financial aid offer than my current school, yeah I’ll be withdrawing. I stayed on because the school is close to home and was still a potential option
 
Al-Razi said:
Also accepted off the alternate list! No specifics about how the rest of the process will pan out, but here are some details:

"To accept your spot in the class of 2024, please complete the acceptance checklist in your AMC portal within 3 days. The acceptance deposit must be received in our office within a week.

You can track your acceptance checklist progress using the Application Status section of your AMC applicant portal.
It may take 24-48 hours for updates to process.

Please Note: Accepted applicants must "Plan to Enroll" to Albany Medical College using the AAMC Choose Your Medical School Tool within 24 hours to maintain their seat in our incoming class."
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Congrats! Hopefully everyone else on this forum hears good news soon.
 
Also idk why SDN also does not notify me when y’all post... I still get notifications from other schools when I haven’t commented in their forum in a month.. smh do better, SDN 🙁
 
@krustykrabkrew and @Al-Razi
Were you provided a timeline for financial aid? Or do you have to select “plan to enroll” before knowing your financial aid offer.

Would that flag any other school you hold an acceptance at?
 
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fdsap said:
@krustykrabkrew and @Al-Razi
Were you provided a timeline for financial aid? Or do you have to select “plan to enroll” before knowing your financial aid offer.

Would that flag any other school you hold an acceptance at?
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They said we have to wait 24 hours before being able to log into the financial aid website as the accounts were just made, and then we have to fill out a form plus our FAFSA. Personally I already submitted FAFSA back in February, but if I can't get access by tomorrow I'll email them and reach out for a timeline. It shouldn't flag other schools because we are allowed to stay on waitlists, which implies that we could be potentially accepted. I don't think it would cause any conflict until you choose to PTE/CTE at Albany over the other school, but as long as you're communicating freely with both schools it should not be a problem.
 
krustykrabkrew said:
They said we have to wait 24 hours before being able to log into the financial aid website as the accounts were just made, and then we have to fill out a form plus our FAFSA. Personally I already submitted FAFSA back in February, but if I can't get access by tomorrow I'll email them and reach out for a timeline. It shouldn't flag other schools because we are allowed to stay on waitlists, which implies that we could be potentially accepted. I don't think it would cause any conflict until you choose to PTE/CTE at Albany over the other school, but as long as you're communicating freely with both schools it should not be a problem.
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Thanks for the clarification! I was referring to the 24 hour time deadline to select PTE (not financial aid). Seems like far too short of a turnaround time to switch your PTE designation at a school w/o first being able to view your financial aid offer but maybe I guess at this stage it might just be the norm. Congratulations!
 
fdsap said:
Thanks for the clarification! I was referring to the 24 hour time deadline to select PTE (not financial aid). Seems like far too short of a turnaround time to switch your PTE designation at a school w/o first being able to view your financial aid offer but maybe I guess at this stage it might just be the norm. Congratulations!
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You're right, they really are expecting us to shoot in the dark without hearing of the financial aid offer, but at least it ensures a faster turnover of those who might be on the fence about attending perhaps? Here are some other dates they mentioned:

-Request for Deferral deadline: June 1st (yesterday lol)
-Official Transcripts to be sent: July 1st
-CTE: July 8th

For those interested, the documents that need to be submitted within 3 days include a Statement of Acceptance, Acceptance Protocols doc, Technical Standards Questionnaire, and Phonetic pronunciation/White coat order form.
 
Plz12345 said:

Alden March Bioethics Institute

Click here to visit the department homepage for the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College
www.amc.edu www.amc.edu

Did anyone else not get alerted that they released an academic calendar for 2020-2021? Is it maybe just not finalized?
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That might be the calendar for another program at AMC, in their MD program FAQ’s they have the 2019 start date listed as orientation aug 5-9 and classes start tentatively aug 12
 
purpleavocado said:
That might be the calendar for another program at AMC, in their MD program FAQ’s they have the 2019 start date listed as orientation aug 5-9 and classes start tentatively aug 12
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Ohhh my god, it is. I have this conversation with my mother at least once a week that they haven’t released it and to stop googling it. Thank you
 
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