New Year, New Thread!!! Discuss away!!!
Applications Received: 5,400
Class of 2015: 279
Female: 49%
Male: 51%
In-State: 80%
Out-of-State: 20%
Average MCAT: 28
Average overall GPA: 3.6
Will be applying here. Does anyone have a link to a student's description of what life is like at NYCOM? I'm from Florida and I've only been to NYC once. Does everyone take public transport on LI? How expensive is an apartment?
Another Floridan here applying to NYCOM this cycle.
In exchange of snow birds to here.Florida Is going to invade NEW York...woot...
AACOMAS submited today (6/6)
In exchange of snow birds to here.
This forum could help you out a bit better then here. Make sure you post as your UG GPA, science UG GPA, Grad GPA, clinical experience and MCAT practice scores.just finished an SMP (MS in Medicine) to repair a very very very very low undergrad GPA.
(<3.0)
The program mimicked the first year of medical school starting with gross anatomy. I did very well in the program with a gpa of over 3.0.
I will be taking the MCATs this coming July.
What are my chances of getting into NYCOM?
Does anyone else think the supplemental application is very similar to the AACOMAS application?
I notice they say "list" all of your experiences. I assume they are not expecting paragraph form?
Did you just login to their 2ndary website and start filling it out? If so, I'm inclined to do the same.
I would like to know as well.... I mean I am still waiting on my LOR writers so I really can't do anything yet.
I would like to know as well.... I mean I am still waiting on my LOR writers so I really can't do anything yet.
Logged in to the 2ndary just now. Here's all the prompts:
List all paid work experience from high school graduation to present (with dates):
List all volunteer (medical and other) work experience (with dates):
List all research experience (with dates):
List and describe your hobbies and recreational interests:
Indicate your extracurricular activities and the extent of your involvement (officer positions, etc.) while enrolled as a student:
There seems to be no character limit....
AACOM application submitted 6/1
Applications Received: 5,400
Class of 2015: 279
Female: 49%
Male: 51%
In-State: 80%
Out-of-State: 20%
Average MCAT: 28
Average overall GPA: 3.6
Will be applying here. Does anyone have a link to a student's description of what life is like at NYCOM? I'm from Florida and I've only been to NYC once. Does everyone take public transport on LI? How expensive is an apartment?
Does anyone have any idea when we might start hearing about interviews? Judging by last year's thread it looks like people starting interviewing around November. Has anyone heard differently?
Maybe its just me but I want to know about NYCOM as a school and how the current medical students feel about their school. Like how would you rank the school on a scale from 1-10 how is the financial aid, cost of living, student activities, curriculum, faculty, etc. All those application process questions are not helping me much in terms of deciding if I want to apply to this school or not....Thanks in advance
how did you submit your secondary 2013 application isn't even available until july 1st?
I am wondering the same thing. Did people start receiving secondaries yet? I got verified on 6/28 but I am yet to receive an email from NYCOM (or any other school for that matter)
On the website, it says you can submit on July 1st. As for other schools, yes people have been receiving secondaries. So far I've received 7 out of my 12 secondaries.
do you mind sharing which 7 schools have already sent out these secondaries?
Maybe its just me but I want to know about NYCOM as a school and how the current medical students feel about their school. Like how would you rank the school on a scale from 1-10 how is the financial aid, cost of living, student activities, curriculum, faculty, etc. All those application process questions are not helping me much in terms of deciding if I want to apply to this school or not....Thanks in advance
I recently finished up my first year and to briefly address your questions....
Not much in the way of scholarships, fin aid dept does a decent enough job at making the loan process go smoothly... it is an expensive school (that is known going in) but in my opinion is worth the price.
Unfortunately the hefty tuition isnt balanced by a cheap cost of living... Long Island is notoriously expensive so rents aren't too cheap but you can ease the burden by having multiple room mates. I myself room with another second year and pay 1600 total.
The curriculum at NYCOM is a big winner in my opinion. It is a systems based approach (which i sought after in a school... to me it seems to be the msot intuitive approach). This means that all material in a given body system is covered at once... ie when you do neuro you learn about histology, pathology, etc. This is in contrast to other schools who may just have a single histology class where you look at cells from all of the body systems at once... thus by having a systems approach you begin learning pathology and MEDICINE in general in your first year, rather than waiting for second year to broach pathology and other more clinically relevant topics (this was a big plus for me).
Faculty is acccessible... there are some great teachers at NYCOM... loved the anatomy dept!
Overall the workload is manageable, the cirriculum is fantastic in my opinion, clubs/activities are there for you and you can elect to get as involved as you would like (pretty much every specialty has a club that you can join)
Hope this helps... PM me if you have any specific questions
Working on the secondary here.... I can send this in any time right? Do I need an invite?
Do you have to upload the photograph?
Pretty sure you do...
Oh well, I guess now I am going to spend hours on Picasa trying to pick a decent photo of me.
I recently finished up my first year and to briefly address your questions....
Not much in the way of scholarships, fin aid dept does a decent enough job at making the loan process go smoothly... it is an expensive school (that is known going in) but in my opinion is worth the price.
Unfortunately the hefty tuition isnt balanced by a cheap cost of living... Long Island is notoriously expensive so rents aren't too cheap but you can ease the burden by having multiple room mates. I myself room with another second year and pay 1600 total.
The curriculum at NYCOM is a big winner in my opinion. It is a systems based approach (which i sought after in a school... to me it seems to be the msot intuitive approach). This means that all material in a given body system is covered at once... ie when you do neuro you learn about histology, pathology, etc. This is in contrast to other schools who may just have a single histology class where you look at cells from all of the body systems at once... thus by having a systems approach you begin learning pathology and MEDICINE in general in your first year, rather than waiting for second year to broach pathology and other more clinically relevant topics (this was a big plus for me).
Faculty is acccessible... there are some great teachers at NYCOM... loved the anatomy dept!
Overall the workload is manageable, the cirriculum is fantastic in my opinion, clubs/activities are there for you and you can elect to get as involved as you would like (pretty much every specialty has a club that you can join)
Hope this helps... PM me if you have any specific questions
Hey we are having the same issue but i was going to just get a good passport photo
I've never heard of that before.
Well now youer not fourm around dez here parts now is ya?
The passport photo is the standard for med school photos 2 by 2
Really? What's a passport? I have no idea what that is either.
Logged in to the 2ndary just now. Here's all the prompts:
List all paid work experience from high school graduation to present (with dates):
List all volunteer (medical and other) work experience (with dates):
List all research experience (with dates):
List and describe your hobbies and recreational interests:
Indicate your extracurricular activities and the extent of your involvement (officer positions, etc.) while enrolled as a student:
There seems to be no character limit....
Does this mean there are no essays? These prompts just expect us to list things or do we answer in an essay format?