2019-2020 New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)

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NaamToSunaHiHoga said:
Those of you got an II today, when were you complete?
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complete 6/28

also just saw on an older years thread that NYIT starts interviews ~2 months later than most DOs but take this with a grain of salt because i’m not sure if it’s accurate/outdated
 
Excited to interview here on 11/1! Just some questions from current NYITCOM-NY students:
  1. What are some pros/cons of the school?
  2. What is it like living in the area? Do you ever go into NYC? How necessary is it to have a car? Where do most students live and how is the rent in these areas?
  3. Do you get to choose what hospitals you rotate at? Is it random or a lottery system? If I were to attend NYIT I’d prefer to rotate in NYC although I speculate that those sites would be very competitive among students.
  4. How supportive is the school when a student is having trouble academically? Do they provide resources to help you improve? How many chances does one get before getting kicked out for bad grades? I’ve read that the remediation policy is very strict.
  5. What is the interview like? Any advice?
I have a lot of questions so feel free to only answer one or two of them. I know how busy med students are lol. Thanks!
 
AHHHHHHHHHH24 said:
really dumb question, any chance with someone with a 60.4 LM and a lot of clinical hours?
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Definitely a chance. I received an II on 8/16 for the A-state campus, which was the first batch of II for that location. You can see from my stats below that my LM is very comparable to yours. Excellent stats definitely help, but they aren't everything. Good luck.

Edit: I was accepted on 10/10. That's probably important information.
 
HolisticAFFF said:
Excited to interview here on 11/1! Just some questions from current NYITCOM-NY students:
  1. What are some pros/cons of the school?
  2. What is it like living in the area? Do you ever go into NYC? How necessary is it to have a car? Where do most students live and how is the rent in these areas?
  3. Do you get to choose what hospitals you rotate at? Is it random or a lottery system? If I were to attend NYIT I’d prefer to rotate in NYC although I speculate that those sites would be very competitive among students.
  4. How supportive is the school when a student is having trouble academically? Do they provide resources to help you improve? How many chances does one get before getting kicked out for bad grades? I’ve read that the remediation policy is very strict.
  5. What is the interview like? Any advice?
I have a lot of questions so feel free to only answer one or two of them. I know how busy med students are lol. Thanks!
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1. Pros: Friendly student body with plenty of community and support, decent reputation in the Northeast, professors are very friendly and happy to involve you in their research or volunteer projects, in my experience our clinical education prepares you well for rotations, only 2 hours of OMM weekly (much less than some other schools from what I've gathered), lecture attendance is optional and recorded for you to stream later, great anatomy department
Cons: very large student body so can be easy to get lost in the shuffle if you don't make an effort to be involved, quality of lectures can occasionally be bad (but they're usually fine with some brilliant lectures mixed in), the administration can be incredibly frustrating at times, not a lot of consistency in parts of the curriculum year to year (you can look at this as a positive I suppose as they're at least always trying to improve, whether it is an improvement is up to interpretation)

2. Long Island is... fine. As someone from out of state, it's essentially suburbia but with New York prices for some reason. There are some nice historical sites, beaches, hikes, etc, but I don't plan on staying here after graduating (pending where I match obviously). I rarely go into NYC, but I know a lot of people, usually native New Yorkers, who go in nearly every weekend. Depends on your desire and amount of disposable income. A car is 100% necessary. 100%. Public transport to campus, and around LI in general, is pretty crap. A lot of students live in Glen Cove, Sea Sliff, Glen Head, Locust Valley (North Nassau County basically) as it's a short commute (about 15 minutes). A sizable number of students commute from the city (Brooklyn or Queens usually) as you only have to be on campus 2-3 days a week once you're done with anatomy. Your rent for a room will vary from $600-$1200 depending on if you want to live alone or with roommates.

3. There are two ways you can do your rotations: a regional or through the lottery. A regional rotation has you do all your 3rd year rotations at the same hospital. There are a number in NYC, some on LI, and I think there's one north of the city. There's a limited number of spots, so you have to apply and interview for these. Everyone else does it through a pseudo-lottery, where you rank your preferred sites to rotate from those available, and an algorithm matches the students into the most ideal arrangement. So if you want to rotate only in NYC, you can only rank NYC sites. I've attached the list of our rotation sites, note that this probably will change as what sites we do and don't have is often in flux.

4. NYITCOM Student Handbook (2019–2020) | Policies & Guidelines | NYIT

5. Please note I interviewed nearly 3 years ago, but it's a chill interview. You chat one-on-one with a faculty member, it's open application so expect questions about aspects of it. Be ready to have answers to all the usual boilerplate questions (why medicine, why DO, tell me a weakness, blah blah blah). The list of questions here (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine) are a pretty good indicator of what to expect.
 
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Anyone else complete since June/July for the Long Island campus and has not heard anything back yet? Just trying to see if I am the only one
 
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has anyone met with the director of admissions at their university campus...
 
I have heard really bad things about NYITCOM. Do you guys advise to attend this school? How does it rank compared to other osteopathic medical schools?
 
kazill said:
1. Pros: Friendly student body with plenty of community and support, decent reputation in the Northeast, professors are very friendly and happy to involve you in their research or volunteer projects, in my experience our clinical education prepares you well for rotations, only 2 hours of OMM weekly (much less than some other schools from what I've gathered), lecture attendance is optional and recorded for you to stream later, great anatomy department
Cons: very large student body so can be easy to get lost in the shuffle if you don't make an effort to be involved, quality of lectures can occasionally be bad (but they're usually fine with some brilliant lectures mixed in), the administration can be incredibly frustrating at times, not a lot of consistency in parts of the curriculum year to year (you can look at this as a positive I suppose as they're at least always trying to improve, whether it is an improvement is up to interpretation)

2. Long Island is... fine. As someone from out of state, it's essentially suburbia but with New York prices for some reason. There are some nice historical sites, beaches, hikes, etc, but I don't plan on staying here after graduating (pending where I match obviously). I rarely go into NYC, but I know a lot of people, usually native New Yorkers, who go in nearly every weekend. Depends on your desire and amount of disposable income. A car is 100% necessary. 100%. Public transport to campus, and around LI in general, is pretty crap. A lot of students live in Glen Cove, Sea Sliff, Glen Head, Locust Valley (North Nassau County basically) as it's a short commute (about 15 minutes). A sizable number of students commute from the city (Brooklyn or Queens usually) as you only have to be on campus 2-3 days a week once you're done with anatomy. Your rent for a room will vary from $600-$1200 depending on if you want to live alone or with roommates.

3. There are two ways you can do your rotations: a regional or through the lottery. A regional rotation has you do all your 3rd year rotations at the same hospital. There are a number in NYC, some on LI, and I think there's one north of the city. There's a limited number of spots, so you have to apply and interview for these. Everyone else does it through a pseudo-lottery, where you rank your preferred sites to rotate from those available, and an algorithm matches the students into the most ideal arrangement. So if you want to rotate only in NYC, you can only rank NYC sites. I've attached the list of our rotation sites, note that this probably will change as what sites we do and don't have is often in flux.

4. NYITCOM Student Handbook (2019–2020) | Policies & Guidelines | NYIT

5. Please note I interviewed nearly 3 years ago, but it's a chill interview. You chat one-on-one with a faculty member, it's open application so expect questions about aspects of it. Be ready to have answers to all the usual boilerplate questions (why medicine, why DO, tell me a weakness, blah blah blah). The list of questions here (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine) are a pretty good indicator of what to expect.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to answer all my questions!
 
Submitted a few days ago. I was told my "file was was complete and under review with the committee on Admissions"
 
lolomghelp said:
Anyone else complete since June/July for the Long Island campus and has not heard anything back yet? Just trying to see if I am the only one
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if it makes you feel any better i was complete 6/28 and just got an II on Monday but for the Jonesboro campus (i indicated interest in both campuses but not sure how independently they decide IIs)
 
vegan22 said:
if it makes you feel any better i was complete 6/28 and just got an II on Monday but for the Jonesboro campus (i indicated interest in both campuses but not sure how independently they decide IIs)
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Congrats! What month/date were you able to schedule the interview for?
 
To those who have interviewed--any recommendations for what to bring to the interview? Is a padfolio or notebook necessary?
Also, does it end right at 1 pm? Trying to decide whether to fly home the day of or the next day. Thanks!
 
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
 
Afghan_Prince said:
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
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You should be complete! I don’t think they send a complete email. I submitted the supplemental 10/8 and got the confirmation email but nothing else. I spoke with an NYITCOM rep that came to my university yesterday and they confirmed that I was under review. So you should be good!
 
Afghan_Prince said:
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
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Right here with you buddy. Been complete early June and have not heard anything back since :/
 
Afghan_Prince said:
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
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I'm surprised you haven't received an II yet
 
Afghan_Prince said:
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
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they don’t send completes I believe. Can always email and ask.
 
ZO0M said:
I'm surprised you haven't received an II yet
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I hope he does. The wait truly sucks.
Afghan_Prince said:
Hey guys so I need some advice/help.

I submitted my supplemental application July 12th and got the confirmation that it was submitted via email. Ever since then, I haven't received anything back from the school. No emails, not even a complete email. Did I submit it wrong or something? Was that a completion email or am I not even complete yet?

Thanks everyone!

Stats: 3.6 GPA 506 MCAT
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I recommend calling them and asking the status of your application. I have done then and I have been complete since June. My MCAT is 502, GPA: 3.78. Been waiting as long as you as well.
 
ellelle71 said:
To those who have interviewed--any recommendations for what to bring to the interview? Is a padfolio or notebook necessary?
Also, does it end right at 1 pm? Trying to decide whether to fly home the day of or the next day. Thanks!
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You don't really need to bring anything. I was given a "gift bag" that has a pen and a notepad to write on when I got there. And I forget what time it ended but I was able to drive back to Massachusetts and get home before like 6-7
 
es23 said:
There's no way this school follows rolling application. My friend was complete in early September and has relatively the same stats and heard back about an interview. Meanwhile I was complete 6/28 and haven't heard anything.
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Similar ECs as well?
 
es23 said:
There's no way this school follows rolling application. My friend was complete in early September and has relatively the same stats and heard back about an interview. Meanwhile I was complete 6/28 and haven't heard anything.
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Did y’all have the same exact secondaries? Lol. I literally did not expect to get a II from here (jonesboro) but got it 2 weeks after submitting my secondary. I literally just typed what came to my mind (it usually takes me 2-3 hours to think of a set of fresh secondary questions) and finished the secondary in 20 minutes. I didn’t even come close to the word limit.
 
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es23 said:
Along the same lines of working in a clinical position during gap year, doing undergrad research, I had more volunteer and research experience overall but they had one extra clinical experience or something. We kind of had trade offs so their gpa is slightly better but my mcat was better by a few points so who knows
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Maybe he had a really appealing personal statement/secondary. That's the only thing I can think of
 
YourFutureDOctor said:
You should be complete! I don’t think they send a complete email. I submitted the supplemental 10/8 and got the confirmation email but nothing else. I spoke with an NYITCOM rep that came to my university yesterday and they confirmed that I was under review. So you should be good!
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Thank you so much! Didn't know that at all!
 
lolomghelp said:
I hope he does. The wait truly sucks.

I recommend calling them and asking the status of your application. I have done then and I have been complete since June. My MCAT is 502, GPA: 3.78. Been waiting as long as you as well.
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I'll go ahead and give a call then thank you!
 
Does anyone happen to know the attrition rate at the A-State campus?
 
lolomghelp said:
Wow congratulations! Mind sharing stats and EC's? You can DM me if you'd like.
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Not at all! 3.5 gpa, 506 MCAT. 700 hours of undergraduate research, 1200 hours of volunteering abroad with physicians, 300 hours volunteering at a local hospital, 300 hours shadowing

I’m so excited!
 
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