Wow, I try and be very mild-mannered and not make a big stink but it's interesting to hear other peoples' responses to my NYU experience.
My feeling is if you want to apply to a school, no matter what you hear you should still do it. I would still apply to NYU if that's where my heart was set and I would tell them: you are the one for me and this is why, etc. If they ignore me well, then at least I tried my best and gave it a good shot. This is just my experience and there are always exceptions. This is why I find the forum so incredibly helpful, we can all learn so much from each other.
Maybe applying to medical school is like dating, sometimes people you are crazy about don't like you and ignore you and then you just say well, at least I tried and asked him/her out etc., instead of just staring at them across the room. I am going to apply to all kinds of places and at least give it a shot. I don't think I'll get into Yale but what the heck!
People tell me that non-trads (anyone not still an undergrad and under 23 I guess) are important for medicine and that alot of adcoms like us because alot of schools want people who are really committed to the field and have worked hard to prove that. They are very concerned about investing so much time and money into students only to have them say: I don't really like this field and walk away. Personally I think we are a really cool bunch
