NYC Medical Schools

[TommyPickles]

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So I'm thinking about applying to schools in new york city, but I have a few questions about the schools in the area. First, which schools in the city do you think someone with a 3.7/34 with no research, out of state, but sufficient volunteering would have? Second, which schools have the best reputation and are known for good matches? Third, how expensive should I expect it to be to live here. Will it really cause me to live that ****ty of a life since everything is so god damn expensive. Hopefully someone who has matriculated who has looked at all of the NYC schools can answer this for me.

 

[235788]

Hawt stats. Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't the only NYC schools columbia, suny downstate, NYU, and NYMC? If so i'd say columbia is out of the picture due to no research, NYU is a hopeful, and SUNY and NYMC are shoe ins. But, I'm sure someone will say i'm completely wrong. : )



Edit: Hofstra

From what i've read they offer cheap housing to students.

 

[theWUbear]

new york city

NYMC

No

But, I'm sure someone will say i'm wrong. : )

Yes


Also: Sinai and NYCOM

 

[Person0715]

Don't forget about Albert Einstein and Cornell. Columbia, Cornell, and Sinai are huge reaches for most people, especially those without research experience. Also, SUNY Downstate interviews ~35% OOS, but I guess that would still be considered generous.

 

[AceXIII]

The New York City schools are Columbia, Cornell, Mount Sinai, NYU (all in the borough of Manhattan), Albert Einstein (in Bronx), and SUNY Downstate (in Brooklyn). I'd say Columbia and Cornell would be high reaches for someone with your stats and no research, but you should definitely apply to the other 4.

Also, be aware that lifestyle and cost of living will be different depending on which borough you end up in.

 

[Longshanks]

Sinai is very research heavy as well.

In reality, any of the NYC schools other than Downstate and NYMC will be difficult without research experience. Those are strong stats though. I know several people from this past cycle with similar numbers, with much stronger EC credentials, and they did not fare well with NYC schools.

 

[LizzyM]

Your best odds of getting admitted to one of the NYC schools is to do research, even if it means taking a gap year.

I lived the med student lifestyle for awhile in NYC (although I wasn't a med student I did live in med student housing), this was many years ago but life hasn't changed that much.... Students socialize together at dorm/apartment parties and in inexpensive ethnic restaurants. There are so many things to enjoy that are free or that cost very little for your free time (free days at museums, free concerts, just walking & people watching). The NYC med schools all have subsidized student housing so the biggest expense you'd be facing is kept artificially low compared with market rates in NYC. (When I was in school the price of the washer/dryer in the dorm was crazy cheap, too, compared with "outside").

 

[TommyPickles]

any other good cities in the NY/Philly area. How does DC or anything else in the area compare to philly and new york?

 

[HH Holmes]

NYCOM and Hofstra are not in the city (although some of their location sites are) and neither is NYMC. If you are considering osteopathic, Touro-NY is in New York City as well.

So, you have:
Columbia
SUNY Downstate
Einstein
NYU
Cornell
Mt. Sinai
Touro-NY

I live in the suburbs between NYC and Hofstra/NYCOM. They are train rides away from NYC, but are definitely not 'close' to the city, although many of their M3 and M4 rotations take place there. NYMC is in Valhalla which is about a 45 minute drive from NYC.

 

[Longshanks]

NYMC is also a 30min train ride from grand central if you so choose. Yes it's not a "NYC" school in the strictest sense, even though it originally was in the city, but one of their main hospitals, Metropolitan Hospital, is in the Upper East Side, New York Eye & Ear and they have rotations at Lenox Hill at least temporarily.

Even the schools that aren't in the five boroughs are at least part of the metropolitan tri state area, and have affiliations in the city, just as some of the city schools have sites out in the outer boroughs and LI. All of these places are a very small distance apart.

 

[theWUbear]

any other good cities in the NY/Philly area.

google did this thing where they put a map on the internet for questions like these.
also, searching "list of medical schools" would probably give you answers to questions like "what are med schools in new york"

other things google is good at include "how is washington dc" and "comparison of washington dc, new york, and philadelphia"

 

[dbeast]

3.7 / 34 means it'd be a waste of money to apply to NYCOM and Touro... Besides that, it's worth a shot for every other school. Columbia and Cornell slightly less because of the research issue but my vote is go for it. You won't know unless you try.

 

[Longshanks]

3.7 / 34 means it'd be a waste of money to apply to NYCOM and Touro... Besides that, it's worth a shot for every other school. Columbia and Cornell slightly less because of the research issue but my vote is go for it. You won't know unless you try.

Yes. Those numbers should be sufficient for Downstate or AECOM. I agree on applying to Columbia/Cornell anyway. I sent a hail Mary app at Cornell - knew I didn't have a snow ball's chance in hell based on my stats but figured why not since I used to work there and had an LOR from faculty there. If you don't try you won't succeed.