Not a current student but from my tour I remember like 2 squat racks, a deadlift platform. A bench or two. Dumbbells. It’s not like a commercial gym but has the essentials. There’s also a basketball court and pool
Got a small look during campus tour. The equipment was quite old, possible nearing ~15-20 yrs and the size was quite small. Like other person said, it has the essentials. Basketball court looked fine, didn't get to see pool.
Current student here: pre-clinicals are pass/fail with NO internal ranking. Those adjectives are for the MSPE and are based off your clinical grades which they use to rank you into quartiles and determine AOA eligibility. There is a preclinical honors called “Distinction in Foundations” which you get for having 90+ averages throughout preclinicals, but from to my knowledge most residencies don’t even know what this is and it doesn’t help or hurt your application.
I emailed downstate to clarify the due date and they said all checklist items are due by the date stated on the pre-matric checklist :/ so now I’m so confused lol
MS3 here. Pool has been broken for years and will not be functional for years more. Also see my previous comment about how toxic and punitive this school is. I and many of my classmates strongly advise that you dont come here.
Respectfully, what is the purpose of your fear mongering? Because at this point it seems like you have a vendetta against the school which is well within your rights. I’m sure most of us have seen the perspectives both good and bad from students who have popped in.
I just checked the tour, this doesn't paint an accurate image, looks fine to me
I was wondering the same thing. I cant make an appointment by May 11th so idk what to do. I'm gonna email them as well
let us know what they say!
Sounds like you're on the WL trying to get people to withdraw their A's. Love the toxicity lol.
Even if it were true, we out here fighting for our livesss to get into med school. They would have to put satan himself at the gate of Downstate to try and stop me if I got in and I promise satan is losing at this point 😂😂😂😂
Hopefully it means that there will be a lot of WL movement next week!! Fingers crossed for the best
Could just be sample bias, not many people that would willingly come to sdn to say they got a Post-II R
I got in directly and didn't get a scholarship, think it's purely needbased and released later lol
When did you interview?
March 🙃
Right like I was on 5 waitlists. You could tell me I have to climb a mountain and do a Mortal Kombat boss fight everyday on my way to school and that still wouldn't make a difference to me 😆
Bored post-match MS4 here: everyone has their own experience with Downstate. I and many of my friends and classmates really enjoyed our time here. There are some rough edges regarding administration though, particularly on-boarding at the many hospitals.
yes!
Same here. No loi yet
