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ibl210 said:
I believe it was the first day, 7/10
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Yeah, they send to everyone, so you should have gotten it. Definitely check your spam, and make sure you actually did add them on your primary. I've seen people think they added a school when they didn't accidentally. But otherwise shoot them an email and see what they say. You can't get in without it. Lol
 
To those people that receive II, did any of you guys not receive a "complete" email? Also congrats!
 
Maybe a dumb question, but has anyone who got an II looked at the applicant guide? In the guide it says there are 6 MMI interviews, 5 of which are scenarios and 1 of which is a traditional. On the admissions website it says there are 8 interviews... can anyone confirm which is correct? In the guide it mentions 2 rest stations throughout the cycle so maybe does the 8 on the admissions site include 6 interviews + 2 rest sites?

It also says 5mins per interview on the website and 6mins per interview in the guide. That's actually a super important distinction so would love to know which it is. If nobody knows, might email them.
 
Does anyone know if I should submit my secondary to this school with a 508 Mcat? I have a cum 3.84 GPA and 3.74 science GPA from UF. I am Cuban and I moved to the states when I was 19; currently 26. Just checking if I have any chances. $100 is a lot. Do not want to waste money.
 
ceverus said:
Does anyone know if I should submit my secondary to this school with a 508 Mcat? I have a cum 3.84 GPA and 3.74 science GPA from UF. I am Cuban and I moved to the states when I was 19; currently 26. Just checking if I have any chances. $100 is a lot. Do not want to waste money.
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Don't apply
 
premedstudent145231 said:
Don't apply
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thanks for letting me know.
These are my full stats, just in case. My priority is a FL school obviously
These are my stats:
-Moved to states when I was 19 from Cuba in 2013
-4.0 GPA from state college (FSW)
-3.65 GPA from UF
-AAMCA GPAs: cum: 3.84 science: 3.74
-MCAT: 496 ------>508 (2nd try) (126,127,127,128)
-year in military service in Cuba living and working in the military bases's clinic. Shadowed 2 doctors, 1 nurse, 1 DMD (4500 hours)
-worked part-time throughout undergrad at Target for almost five years
-90 hours obtaining first responder certification and shadowing emts and firefighters of Gainesville (kinda volunteering)
-research (2880 hours) First author manuscript under peer-review in Journal of neuroscience research. I did this while doing an immigration process for my mother before applying to med school now- two cycles later (graduated UF 2018)
-biochemistry TA at UF (78 hours)
-english writing tutor at FSW (780 hours)
-currently shadowinng MD at a pathology lab and looking to get a job in healthcare soon until matriculation hopefully
- From FSW: 1 rec letter from bio II, 1 from humanities From UF: 1 from PI and 1 from biochemistry after TAing
I applied this cycle to 6DOs and 29MDs
-From Florida. 7 years in the country. 26 years old
 
Does NYU reject pre-II/after secondaries?
 
dr.asp said:
Does NYU reject pre-II/after secondaries?
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Judging from last year, yes they do. Last year it looked like the first wave of pre-II R's came out in mid-September and then in periodic waves after that.
 
ceverus said:
thanks for letting me know.
These are my full stats, just in case. My priority is a FL school obviously
These are my stats:
-Moved to states when I was 19 from Cuba in 2013
-4.0 GPA from state college (FSW)
-3.65 GPA from UF
-AAMCA GPAs: cum: 3.84 science: 3.74
-MCAT: 496 ------>508 (2nd try) (126,127,127,128)
-year in military service in Cuba living and working in the military bases's clinic. Shadowed 2 doctors, 1 nurse, 1 DMD (4500 hours)
-worked part-time throughout undergrad at Target for almost five years
-90 hours obtaining first responder certification and shadowing emts and firefighters of Gainesville (kinda volunteering)
-research (2880 hours) First author manuscript under peer-review in Journal of neuroscience research. I did this while doing an immigration process for my mother before applying to med school now- two cycles later (graduated UF 2018)
-biochemistry TA at UF (78 hours)
-english writing tutor at FSW (780 hours)
-currently shadowinng MD at a pathology lab and looking to get a job in healthcare soon until matriculation hopefully
- From FSW: 1 rec letter from bio II, 1 from humanities From UF: 1 from PI and 1 from biochemistry after TAing
I applied this cycle to 6DOs and 29MDs
-From Florida. 7 years in the country. 26 years old
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Very impressive resume, congratulations! I still would not apply to NYU if 100 dollars is a lot to you though. They love stats and unfortunately that MCAT will kill you
 
@DEC82018 My primary was sent to NYU on the first date available and I had the same issue. I emailed them and they just responded saying they had sent me my secondary on 7/14, but I have checked all of my email accounts and each corresponding spam/junk folder and I never received it. Seems to be either a malfunction with my email server or an error on their part. Just replied telling them this, will update you when I hear back, looks like the 2 of us are in the same boat
 
ibl210 said:
@DEC82018 My primary was sent to NYU on the first date available and I had the same issue. I emailed them and they just responded saying they had sent me my secondary on 7/14, but I have checked all of my email accounts and each corresponding spam/junk folder and I never received it. Seems to be either a malfunction with my email server or an error on their part. Just replied telling them this, will update you when I hear back, looks like the 2 of us are in the same boat
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Is anyone else in this same situation or was and received a secondary that can give advice?
 
DEC82018 said:
I tried but it did not work. I guess we need to click the link the school sent us to activate the account. Without the email there is no way to access the secondary
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IIRC the link they send by email just points you to that website and includes an auto-generated password. There's no applicant-specific link with that portal system. So perhaps they haven't actually "sent" you a secondary yet.
 
SpreadKindness20 said:
IIRC the link they send by email just points you to that website and includes an auto-generated password. There's no applicant-specific link with that portal system. So perhaps they haven't actually "sent" you a secondary yet.
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This worked for me, when I checked the email history on the secondary it indeed said they had sent twice, but the email was never in my inbox or spam. I guess some wires must have crossed. Thank you for your help!
 
bpinyourarea said:
🤔😳 interested in people's thoughts on this? Esp that potential MMI question lol
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Yeah, that secondary question irked me quite a bit as well - I've been in NYC the past few months and witnessed all the **** go down, and I'd hate to have to answer that potential MMI question haha. I think I'd differ from OP in "sitting back and selling out my beliefs" though? Like when you're on a plane and they give that safety spiel about "please put on your own oxygen mask before helping others," like if you're an EMR/EMT and the first step is to make sure the scene is safe to approach, as a physician ("frontline healthcare provider" lmao) I need to be okay in order to make sure everyone else is okay. Otherwise, I'm just another casualty to address, to treat. If my role as a physician is to support my patients, then I'd sure hope the role of my employer is to support me so that I can do that to the best of my ability, and if my institution/employer can't or won't do that, then we have bigger problems and I'd like them to reflect on what the hell they think their job is!! If the question is explicitly "would you sign this petition for hazard pay" then hell yeah, "I would and this is my justification." And ngl, if I got rejected because I valued my own life and health - so that I could continue to value other people's lives and health! - then honestly? I don't want my medical training there, to hell with school reputation. Can't help people if I literally die along the way, can I? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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bpinyourarea said:
🤔😳 interested in people's thoughts on this? Esp that potential MMI question lol
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Oh fml I totally took the opposite political stance in my answer to that question so now im very sure im not gonna get an II lol
 
Phoenix King said:
You will probably be rejected I am not going to lie. NYU as an institution expected its students and residents to work during COVID-19 with no hazard pay. It's your "duty". Also, Dean Grossman took shots at residents who asked for hazard pay coming from a man who makes 5 million a year. It's important to know-how administration really feels if Dean Grossman is at the top of the food chain I can predict those views are held by people lower on the totem pole. I guarantee the administration will be spewing a totally different viewpoint to deceive new shiny-eyed medical school applicants. It's important to remove your rose-colored glasses and see the medical field truly for what it is. We are all cogs in a machine. I didn't post this to discourage people from applying just to get information out if you want to get in I advise you to lie about your true beliefs. Dr. Lepor is involved in the admission process if he saw your application and saw that you wrote that your application will be thrown in the trash. I do not go to the school nor am I applying this cycle; but I am from NYC and have friends who attend the school maybe someone who actually goes to the school can speak on how they were treated during this pandemic to get maybe a more positive perspective.
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I'm unsurprised haha but I still stand by what I wrote before tbh. Especially since I'm personally looking at MD/PhD, I'd be committing myself to a near-decade of training, and I don't think I'd do very well if my institution ends up treating its students like this on the regular. I'd of course be dejected about getting rejected since there are some parts of the NYU program that I absolutely love, but if we're gonna have to go separate ways because of this issue, then I suppose it's better sooner than later :/ I'm kinda expecting to get very used to rejection this app cycle anyway so! this wouldn't be an isolated case!! sad!!! 🤣

I totally get what you're saying though! It sucks that in order to gain admission, we have to be wary of these issues. Even with all the talk I'm putting out here on SDN, I didn't write my response to that prompt about hazard pay or any of the financial strains brought by the pandemic. It's good to be aware of these things so I'm glad you mentioned it! It honestly just comes down to each individual applicant's values and priorities, in the end.
 
Kracin said:
An MS2 at another school

you guys realize theyre fine if you criticize the way they handled COVID. I’m sure many of the educators are shaken by how hard NYC was hit and how far the residents were pushed

the key is to voice your opinion and then substantiate it. These top schools want students who change what’s around them, not just “tell them what they want”
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I would not assume this to be true. They should be fine with criticism, but certainly not every interviewer has that much of an open personality, and not every institution has a culture that welcomes critical feedback.

@Phoenix King left out an additional screenshot in which a separate faculty member asked to know the names of which of his residents and fellows signed the petition asking for hazard pay.
 
My point for secondaries, MMI, interviews - is to be nuanced with your views and substantiate your point.

NYU bled billions of dollars during March-May. Doctors were on the verge of getting fired from low volumes (except pulm, EM). Residents were on the verge of walking out. When answering this specific secondary question it's important to re-iterate your dedication to the field, but you'd be absolutely crazy to not mention adjustments that can be made to better protect the healthcare system from future disruptions (hazard pay, PPE stockpile, better procedural precautions, better screening). If you're applying to a top school like NYU, you're better off making some sort of remark about your feelings rather than saying "I would happily treat patients during the pandemic and NYU handled it perfectly"

This isn't a binary yes or no. You might get rejected if you criticize them. You might get rejected if you say they did it perfectly. But you can improve your chances by carefully voicing your opinion then providing your logic. This applies to their MMI as well. It's your application though, so answer as you see best-fit.
 
For MMI's, do we greet the interviewer when we enter, or do we just start answering right away? Also, idk if anyone knows this because it's virtual, but a) is the interviewer watching us during the 2mins while we think about the prompt, and b) do we still see the prompt throughout the discussion?
 
For MSTP, is it MMI + traditional interviews this year?
 
does anyone know what day they're on for interviews / when they stop sending them?
 
viralhiker said:
By the looks of this thread, the only interview invites went out to 3.9+, 522+ applicants.
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Y’all don’t have to comment saying you were 3.89 or 520. I was making a general observation that IIs seem to only be going to super high-stat applicants. You’re kinda reinforcing my point hahah.
 
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