2024-2025 SUNY Downstate (Brooklyn)

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IS AL, interviewed 4/9

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I got the AL yesterday. Did you get an email like thirty minutes later saying “Thank you for choosing Downstate Health Sciences University for pursuing the MD degree studies!!”, and “Once again, thank you for choosing Downstate for your higher studies! We wish you all the best with your studies!!” ??? Idk what this means… i feel like it’s an acceptance but i see nothing on CYMS and I got the alternative list on the portal
 
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I got the AL yesterday. Did you get an email like thirty minutes later saying “Thank you for choosing Downstate Health Sciences University for pursuing the MD degree studies!!”, and “Once again, thank you for choosing Downstate for your higher studies! We wish you all the best with your studies!!” ??? Idk what this means… i feel like it’s an acceptance but i see nothing on CYMS and I got the alternative list on the portal
It's just giving you your NetID info to upload immunization/health records to MediCat lol
 
It is going to be a long May for us. But at least it will be nice.

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if we accept the acceptance, do we have to withdraw from other schools waitlists?
 
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Has anyone who interviewed not heard back with an A or WL? Interviewed in March and haven't heard either.
Will they directly send A's this late in the game?
 
Has anyone who interviewed not heard back with an A or WL? Interviewed in March and haven't heard either.
Will they directly send A's this late in the game?
I don't think so. I heard that they waitlist or reject everyone once the initial pools of applicants are full. Then as some people gets off they will slowly pick ppl from wait list throughout summer...
 
Quick question about completing stuff on the pre-matriculation checklist as an AL - a few things say NOT to do if on the AL (White coat, study styles, model release) but I was on the phone with someone in the office yesterday asking about something else and they told me just to start checking these things off because it shows interest? So not quite sure what to do with this conflicting advice, curious to hear what others have done
 
Quick question about completing stuff on the pre-matriculation checklist as an AL - a few things say NOT to do if on the AL (White coat, study styles, model release) but I was on the phone with someone in the office yesterday asking about something else and they told me just to start checking these things off because it shows interest? So not quite sure what to do with this conflicting advice, curious to hear what others have done
I heard the same in my Q&A session after my interview so I think I'll just check things off. I think it just says "not required" to do it instead of "forbidden" - forbidden is a strong word lol but yeah
 
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Anyone else admitted to the MPH but still waiting on an MD decision? Should I pay the deposit for the MPH, or wait for a decision from MD. I believe they are separate programs.
 
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Anyone else admitted to the MPH but still waiting on an MD decision? Should I pay the deposit for the MPH, or wait for a decision from MD. I believe they are separate programs.

Is there a deadline? If yes, pay it. Worst case is you don’t get into the MD program if you don’t want to do MPH only you just lose your deposit.