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I’m sure they can come with you. The tour is very chill and they were accommodating.
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2023-2024 SUNY Downstate (Brooklyn)
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mickeymice
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I asked permission to bring my fiance. They said sure.
NonTrad222
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Did anyone else receive additional essays to submit post-interview?? Admissions asked me for responses to a bunch of questions that seem tailored to my application. Just curious, I didn’t anticipate that being part of the process
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When did you interview? Some of my friends got additional prompts and from what I asked to current Downstate students it seems to be to possibly clarify some things in the application. I don't think it's a negative thing so wouldn't stress too much.
NonTrad222
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Gotcha, thank you! I am a career changer so it makes sense that they would want some clarity on my application. I interviewed mid-December
aspiringmed23
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Yup, I received quite a few questions. Not sure why because I thought I covered it all in my interview but maybe they just wanted more detail. I assume it can't be a bad thing, they want to learn more about you.
I saw from last year’s posts that the As started being sent out on this week. My guess is that we should start hearing back by next week, with big releases being sent out in the first week of Feb. that said, good luck to all of us.
cantwaittodeletethis
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apparently decisions have already started to roll out... for regular decision.. has anyone heard anything?
jefe_piglet
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From California- ii on 10/25. Complete 9/11
Sorry mate- keep your head up high anything can happen
Woop99
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big oof, congrats though!
cantwaittodeletethis
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the admissions office
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mynicknameisnemo
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You called them and they said this?
Admins in my II said they start sending out decisions on Valentine's day <3
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Same here from the virtual chat
mickeymice
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New York Is Planning to Shutter a Major Brooklyn Teaching Hospital New York Is Planning to Shutter a Major Brooklyn Teaching Hospital
Is this information enough to put Downstate lower on your list?
I imagine they would leverage relationships with Kings County and Maimonides for clinical rotations but I can't imagine this would bode well for the school.
Is this information enough to put Downstate lower on your list?
I imagine they would leverage relationships with Kings County and Maimonides for clinical rotations but I can't imagine this would bode well for the school.
oh man
aspiringmed23
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That is so sad considering it is the only state-run hospital in NYC 🙁
Mightycondria
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OOS II Just now! Complete 8/23
New York mulls closure of SUNY Downstate
New York's only public academic medical center, SUNY Downstate, may face closure due to financial instability and deteriorating facilities.
hopefulnon
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OOS II yesterday complete 8/28. Downstate was high on my list but worried about the hospital closure 🙁
Re the hospital closure: seems like it’s the smallest of the 3 teaching hospitals. The other 2 main facilities combined with the connections to other hospitals in nyc leads me to believe that clinical opportunities are not going to be affected much for medical students. But it’s still a big loss for the Flatbush community :/
futuredoc2478
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Do we find out who our interviewer is before the II?
buggaboobibby
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Yeah, they send it the morning of. I got mines around 6am EST.
actually I got it like a week prior to my interview, not morning of.
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aspiringmed23
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is it going to be harder to match into residency with the closing of the hospital?
Doubtful
futuredoc2478
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Was it the person who was included in the email with the zoom link?
Yep and they usually include like a profile page of the person with the name and specialty if they are a doc. I received it on the day of the interview. Think it was the same email that included instructions for the photo assignment thing.
futuredoc2478
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Does anyone know if thank you letters need to be uploaded to the portal or if we can directly email the interviewer?
I just emailed them directly…but I wonder if that was a mistake.
aspiringmed23
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no i bet its fine, i emailed my faculty interviewer. but I would also add it to the portal in that case. i was told to put thank you letters in the portal before the start of my interview
Cinnye
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Was there a lot you had to write for the questions? were they difficult to answer?
boomchickapow
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they weren't difficult to answer at all, it was a simple 'describe the image' or something like that
They send it to everyone. You can see the posts from last year, going to the tour will have no bearing on an A or WL or R.
mdmdmd123123123
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Did anyone who interviewed / toured in the past week or 2 get any insight about when admissions / rejections will be released? Are they still aiming for Valentine’s Day?
Was told decisions should start from mid Feb in a tour and virtual chat.
Yep for sure in a lot of previous threads they extended II well into the next year like March and April.
They have 5 premade questions from the adcom then after that its pretty chill. They have all been in our shoes, they know the drill. They know that you know the drill. Just be human and relatable. Take this time to also ask questions about the school or the city and social life in general. Its more informal, my guy facetimed me and he was in gym clothes. You dont have to dress up for this.
Edit: ooops forgot to add tgat mines took around 15-20mins
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mine was 30ish minutes via a phone call and got asked all of the typical questions. Super chill and I really loved talking to my student interviewer! More than my faculty interviewer lol just have some questions for the student interviewer ready to go
always_hungry
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for accepted students, if we accept the offer are we supposed to pay $100 within two days from today, or is that $100 only required after april 15th?
A!!!! So happy!
