2019-2020 Albert Einstein

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premed20172017 said:
Not everyone who gets in uses SDN. Just because someone didn’t post about an A from an interview they had after January does NOT mean it didn’t happen.
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The thing is that most use SDN as a representation of the greater pool. Choose to interpret as you feel fit, but the general consensus is about a 1:5 ratio to the greater pool.
 
proudofmykids said:
Not to burst our hopeful bubbles, but someone indicated that on last year’s thread, nobody who interviewed after January indicated an outright Acceptance.

Is it worth cross county travel to interview for the Wait List?
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Hey I think I was the one who posted that. Looking back at the thread there seemed to be another A wave in April and I must've assumed these people came off the WL since they were talking about a "still interested" email and one guy said they got off the waitlist. Like the above poster said, this doesn't mean there wasn't another wave of A's!

Einstein also does pull a bunch off the waitlist or so I hear so I don't think your chances are significantly decreased for interviewing late! I think if you rank Einstein highly in your list, have the money, and would go over your current acceptances (congrats on them 😀) then why not?

I didn't mean to discourage anyone with my post :/ Sorry about that
 
If we've already done the Certiphi stuff for another acceptance, we don't need to do anything to make sure Einstein gets our background check, right?
 
UnknownObi said:
Fairly short IMO. Interview first at the Physician's office, short tour, lunch, then done. Interview only lasted like 30 min and it was easy stuff. Felt like he didn't care though since we finished so early but ended up getting an A. Didn't really connect with other interviewees though
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Lool my faculty interview was the same way. Blasted through the questions in like 20 minutes without follow up questions for my answers and it didn't feel conversational
 
So I submitted my secondary on 11/14 and I just got the complete email today.... I'm not going to expect good results from this school, but did this happen to anyone else?
 
UnknownObi said:
Can any current student chime in on a couple things. Don't really recall much from interview day.

For Preclinical years, I know it's True P/F, but what are the exams based on( In house or NBME)? And how often is the testing or what the structure like? Are there learning communities or groups you get placed into for school activities? How much mandatory stuff is there?

I saw the sense of community is real since most students live on campus, so Im guessing the school life activity must be good and people hang out a lot with each other. What are Things you like about the city itself, or what is it like living in The Bronx? How are rotation schedules/sites assigned?
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Preclinical: exams are written in-house, quality of questions varies course to course but overall I would say they're not terrible. Exams are usually pretty spread out but occasionally you'll have two in a week (this happens more 2nd year), usually I'd say you have one about every 3 weeks.

There aren't official learning communities or anything but there are small group activities for most courses. Mandatory stuff varies day to day and week to week. There's more first year during anatomy because lab is mandatory and usually 4 days a week during that course. All labs, clinical site visits (usually once a week), clinical/physical exam sessions (variable), and TBL/case conferences (maybe 1-3 a week) are mandatory but lectures are not mandatory and are recorded. Also fun fact there is almost never any kind of class after noon on Fridays.

I'm not a big city person so I like that the neighborhood is pretty quiet and residential. It's very easy to get into Manhattan though which is fun. Also nice about this part of the Bronx is there are some great Italian restaurants nearby.

In terms of rotations: in January of M2 you get assigned a "track" which is a schedule of what order you take your third year rotations in. If you don't like yours you can find another student to switch with. Then there's a lottery system for the site for each rotation, where you rank each site by preference. I am only an M2 and just got my M3 schedule so I'm not as sure on how it works for M4.
 
UnknownObi said:
Can any current student chime in on a couple things. Don't really recall much from interview day.

For Preclinical years, I know it's True P/F, but what are the exams based on( In house or NBME)? And how often is the testing or what the structure like? Are there learning communities or groups you get placed into for school activities? How much mandatory stuff is there?

I saw the sense of community is real since most students live on campus, so Im guessing the school life activity must be good and people hang out a lot with each other. What are Things you like about the city itself, or what is it like living in The Bronx? How are rotation schedules/sites assigned?
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To address third and fourth year schedules, there is a lot of flexibility, but this is especially true during fourth year. We only have 4/12 months that are required (2 sub-internships, 1 ambulatory and 1 neurology month). Otherwise the school allows for plenty of opportunity to away electives, global opportunities (largely subsidized) as well as easy rotations at Einstein so that you can take time to study for Step 2. I'd say I prefer my fourth year schedule compared to most NYC school's schedules from what I have heard on the interview trail.

Hope that helps!
 
UnknownObi said:
Thanks to the both of you for the detailed responses. Really happy to hear about all that. I'm super torn right now and not sure where I will end up going.

Regarding the clinical years, I saw it's required to do Geriatrics and Radiology 3rd year. So it seems all the electives are saved for 4th year, what if you have an interest in a different field and can't take the rotation until its Residency interview time? Does that not put people at a disadvantage who are interested in say Anesthesiology, Ortho, or something else? I know there was mention of shuttles that take you to clinical sites and rotations, so I'm guessing all the hospitals/clinics are in The Bronx, right? We wont have to travel all the way to Queens for rotations for example? How have your rotation learning experiences been ?

Being near the city is definitely a big draw for me, and I want opportunities to hang out outside of class, and socialize with classmates. In addition, are you happy with your choice? What drew you there and do you feel supported by the Administration? What type of things do students usually get involved in? I saw there was medical spanish elective, are there clubs/activities? I'm seeing 4-5 weeks of dedicated time for STEP 1?

Sorry for so many questions! And thank you again
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Regarding geriatrics and electives: You have the option to push geriatrics to the start of 4th year and do a selective instead in a field you wouldn't normally be exposed to (options include things like ophtho, ENT, EM, PM&R, rad onc, urology, pathology, etc). The major downside is that then you have to do geriatrics at the start of 4th year which is a common time to do away rotations. For things like surgical subs (and anesthesia), you don't necessarily need to do this because you have time at the end of your surgery rotation you use to pick a subspecialty you're interested in. Same for medicine (you pick a medical subspecialty).

Not all are in the Bronx, but most are. Some are further out like New Rochelle or West Nyack. Car service/shuttles are still provided to all sites.

I'm an M2 so can't comment on rotations yet but my clinical experiences so far (through the Intro to Clinical Medicine class) have all been great.

All med schools have their pros and cons. Overall I am am personally very happy with Einstein and think it's the right fit for me. Admin can be frustrating at times, but I do think they genuinely care about students and try their best to listen to and address our concerns.

In terms of involvement, most students are involved M1 with the free clinic. It's a great way to gain more clinical exposure as a first year.
There are tons of clubs, you can check here: einstein.yu.edu/education/student-affairs/student-activities/involvement/clubs

Step 1 dedicated is like 7 weeks (at least that's what it is this year) but most people only take 5 or so and take a week or two of vacation before M3
 
UnknownObi said:
Thanks to the both of you for the detailed responses. Really happy to hear about all that. I'm super torn right now and not sure where I will end up going.

Regarding the clinical years, I saw it's required to do Geriatrics and Radiology 3rd year. So it seems all the electives are saved for 4th year, what if you have an interest in a different field and can't take the rotation until its Residency interview time? Does that not put people at a disadvantage who are interested in say Anesthesiology, Ortho, or something else? I know there was mention of shuttles that take you to clinical sites and rotations, so I'm guessing all the hospitals/clinics are in The Bronx, right? We wont have to travel all the way to Queens for rotations for example? How have your rotation learning experiences been ?

Being near the city is definitely a big draw for me, and I want opportunities to hang out outside of class, and socialize with classmates. In addition, are you happy with your choice? What drew you there and do you feel supported by the Administration? What type of things do students usually get involved in? I saw there was medical spanish elective, are there clubs/activities? I'm seeing 4-5 weeks of dedicated time for STEP 1?

Sorry for so many questions! And thank you again
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The third and fourth year clinical experiences are really great and give you a really solid base for each rotation. Students tend to score very high on shelf exams compared to the national average, and our schools Step 1/2 scores are very high and getting better each year. As for flexibility regarding your particular interests, the program directors work hard to give you experiences you need for your interests, and I haven't heard of any students having trouble getting early clinical experience in their desired field. So much so that many students avoid using the geriatrics switch for a subspecialty since they feel they have enough exposure.

I chose to come here because the class felt super close and I wanted to be at a school where everyone lived together and I didn't want a car. I can honestly say there's no school I'd rather be at in hindsight. I feel the class here is happier than other manhattan school students, from my friends who go there, but that's obviously just an opinion. The administration is very good at hearing feedback and putting changes forward when it is necessary.

Hope that's helpful!
 
Hi! Does anyone know if it makes a difference what day you pick to interview? Late vs mid March? In other words, it there any advantage in interviewing earlier or it doesn't matter at all?
 
polarbearssi99 said:
Thank you!! Do you know if we have a morning interview, do we go to check in first or straight to the interview?
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Np! More detailed instructions will be sent to you, but basically if your interview is “on campus” then you’ll check in beforehand. If it’s off campus, you have the option of checking in beforehand or just going straight to your interview and checking in after it’s done.
 
snickers1212 said:
Dates?
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Were you asking about interview dates available on the portal?

I got an II on Tuesday of this week. There were dates for most of March open. I think the latest date I saw was March 19th/20th with multiple days of interviews each of those weeks in March. Don't remember seeing any dates the last two weeks of March and there were no April dates available (not to say that there won't be in the future).
 
mangoangel said:
Regarding geriatrics and electives: You have the option to push geriatrics to the start of 4th year and do a selective instead in a field you wouldn't normally be exposed to (options include things like ophtho, ENT, EM, PM&R, rad onc, urology, pathology, etc). The major downside is that then you have to do geriatrics at the start of 4th year which is a common time to do away rotations. For things like surgical subs (and anesthesia), you don't necessarily need to do this because you have time at the end of your surgery rotation you use to pick a subspecialty you're interested in. Same for medicine (you pick a medical subspecialty).

Not all are in the Bronx, but most are. Some are further out like New Rochelle or West Nyack. Car service/shuttles are still provided to all sites.

I'm an M2 so can't comment on rotations yet but my clinical experiences so far (through the Intro to Clinical Medicine class) have all been great.

All med schools have their pros and cons. Overall I am am personally very happy with Einstein and think it's the right fit for me. Admin can be frustrating at times, but I do think they genuinely care about students and try their best to listen to and address our concerns.

In terms of involvement, most students are involved M1 with the free clinic. It's a great way to gain more clinical exposure as a first year.
There are tons of clubs, you can check here: einstein.yu.edu/education/student-affairs/student-activities/involvement/clubs

Step 1 dedicated is like 7 weeks (at least that's what it is this year) but most people only take 5 or so and take a week or two of vacation before M3
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Why do you say admin can be frustrating sometimes? Can you give an example?
 
sorry if this has already been asked on this thread- for those who interviewed, did you elect to check in at the admissions office or at montefiore?
 
For anyone else who's been waitlisted, two questions:
1. Did you get confirmation from the admissions office after you agreed to a waitlist spot using their signup system? (I did not and am wondering if I should have).
2. Does the admissions office specify how to submit any letters/updates?

Thank you !!
 
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