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congrats and good luck!!!
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congrats and good luck!!!
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40 interviews per week since the first week interviews started until now, subtract out the days/weeks NYCOM was closed.
Congrats dude!! I know you have been waiting for this..you will do great.
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Yes I believe it was Dr. Torres, Neurology/Histology?
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Dr. Torres is a little weird - he's an amazing teacher and usually extremely friendly/kind to the students. But he can also come off as very abrasive and rude in one-on-one conversation.
I wouldn't worry about him, though. I'm sure you did fine.
Thanks everyone!! They sent me an email. I've been complete since early September and I wasn't expecting to hear anything from them... I'm glad I got the email today, I was about to put down a deposit for a place to live in Arizona for ATSU-SOMA.
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I agree with Christina30, Dr. Torres was giving you his game face I believe... Im pretty sure he really isnt too harsh on his written notes of the interview, he was probably/ honestly checking how you perform under pressure (haha by giving you pressure)
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Man I hope you & christina30 are right. And good luck to you angryazn!
Congrats angryazn88!!! Right now that I'm amazingly nervous, I can't believe my interview is this week 😱 but seriously, i'm sure you'll do fine 🙂
and now i'm a lil' freaked out about getting Dr. Torres...
soooo with my free time, i went through last yrs thread for nycom. last yr, most of the people who interviewed in march got waitlisted. do you think its gonna be the same this yr?
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Congrats!!! I interviewed the 8th, but I havnt got the mail yet. Where do you live. Are you nearby the campus
I interviewed at NYCOM on 2/8, just received my acceptance today! 😀 Did anyone else from the 8th get theirs today?
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I interviewed on the 8th and also received an acceptance today. However, I will not be attending because of cost and I am in somewhere else. So...hopefully someone on the waitlist gets my spot! 🙂
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I interviewed march 3rd last year and got in - no waitlist. there's hope!
and stop worrying about dr. torres, gr2000, he just had his gameface on.
lol yeah i know you got in but a lot of people who interviewed after you got waitlisted
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just saying - i can't have been the only one, and not everyone who interviews posts on SDN. don't always go by what you read on here, you'll give yourself a stroke.
haha very true!
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No worries, the day was so relaxed, the student ambassadors were super nice. ANd I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that you WON'T get him!
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That makes 4 of us so far....
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No letter for me yet and I interviewed on 2/3. :/ Anyone else with that date hear anything? I want to get in so bad its definitely my top choice! Congrats to all that were accepted.
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I'm in the same position as you. I interviewed the 8th and havnt heard anything yet. This school is also my top choice. I sent you a pm
I interviewed 2/3 and have not heard either... I am a NJ resident, however, and I guess the snail mail is being true to its name.
thank you twocentnews i hope you get a good answer in the mail soon 🙂No worries, the day was so relaxed, the student ambassadors were super nice. ANd I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that you WON'T get him!
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I got an email earlier today from Nycom about the HCOP med prep program. They are asking me to send my parents tax forms and then they will see if I qualify. I think I will probably get in. Does anyone have insight on this.
Thanks a bunch.
Thanks a bunch.
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Its a good program if you want an acceptance... its usually offered to students who were weak by NYCOMs standards in one way or another for acceptance. NYCOM recently got a grant to accept more URM and financially disadvantaged students through this program as well, who may not have been fully up to par. Its a conditional acceptance, if you pass the medprep program then you will be accepted. The program itself is for about 6 weeks over the summer and is very intense covering a lot of subjects... so if you pass the program in NYCOMs eyes you then have proven you can handle school there and they admit you upon completion... in all its a great oppourtunity...hope that helps!
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I got an email yesterday, too! 🙂 But did you get one email for an invite, and another for HCOP? Or did you get an invite early on and then just got the HCOP email?
Thanks and good luck to all! 👍
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Hey. This email was just telling me about the hcop program. I already had my interview on the 8th. Did you get both emails at the same time?
Anyone here from today's interview group? My interview was relaxed, much like everyone else's experience. Campus, students and faculty all seem amazing.
When is a typical amount of time for the adcom to give us a decision?
When is a typical amount of time for the adcom to give us a decision?
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I heard a week later, but i think i just lucked out that I interviewed right before an admissions meeting...I think some have waited 2-3 weeks..so it all depends...i guess id say 2 weeks is average?
It depends when they meet.
You guys have been hearing a lot faster. The early interviews had to wait over a month. That was stressful.. eek.
You guys have been hearing a lot faster. The early interviews had to wait over a month. That was stressful.. eek.
I interviewed Feb. 3 and also have not heard back... guess they forgot about us.
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Maybe you should just sit tight and wait. You seem to antsy, they'll get back to you when they get back to you.
yeah, i interviewed yesterday and taryn was saying how a lot of the feb people were calling the office because they didnt hear anything. she said feb was a short month and it takes them about 3-4 weeks to get back to you.
its funny cause i thought nycom interviews most of the instate students first and then the others but the majority of the people there were from NY and the rest of them were from NJ and Connecticut.
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NYCOM usually interviews NY residents before OOS applicants, but:
A) it is now late in the process, so it would be more open to OOS interviews now
B) Its not exclusionary, a good applicant is hard to pass up regardless of where they live. I know NYCOM interviewed people from Cali, FL, CT, etc during the first month of interviews (but they were very good applicants)
In all NYCOM will accept a 60/40 % ratio or 70/30% ratio depending on the year
Workingonit: Heres a link you might find helpful http://www.nyit.edu/nycom/hcop/medprep/
Here is also a list of current research projects that still need research assistants, for anyone interested in research
http://www.nyit.edu/nycom/research/projects/
Here is a list of the active clubs
http://www.nyit.edu/nycom/students/organizations/
Here are the class schedules
http://www.nyit.edu/nycom/students/academic_calendars
thanks for that info NYEMMED.
did anyone else notice that the anatomy lab smelled pretty good? i found it hilarious how a note was attached to one of the cadavers saying "dont forget to spray me or ill get you" LOL
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Good? You're crazy! I'm so glad anatomy's over - I was tired of that stink permeating my scrubs & hair!
Those signs were pretty important! It must've been around the time we were taking practicals, because some people would open cadavers (that didn't even belong to them) and practice/study & leave them open/not moisten them after they were done. So they dried up someone else's cadaver! So rude! Haha. There's anatomy lab etiquette to follow!!
lol i thought it smelled pretty good in there... ive been at other schools and it was terrible.
that is pretty rude!!
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do you guys mind sharing ur stats, those of you who got accepted?
I really wanna go to NYCOM but I am not sure if my stats will cut it....
I have a 3.75 GPA, 3.71 Science, and a 24O mcat on a retake (10 PS, 8 BS, 6 VR) first time I got a 22Q (9 PS, 9 BS, 4 VR)
any input would b greatly appreciated!
I really wanna go to NYCOM but I am not sure if my stats will cut it....
I have a 3.75 GPA, 3.71 Science, and a 24O mcat on a retake (10 PS, 8 BS, 6 VR) first time I got a 22Q (9 PS, 9 BS, 4 VR)
any input would b greatly appreciated!
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Your GPA is great! NYCOMs average MCAT score is usually around a 28-29.5 (and this average includes those students who enter through the medprep program, BS/DO, program etc, so in reality the straight acceptance average is usually on the 29+ side) each year. Your MCAT can certainly get you accepted but being on the lower of the spectrum of that average, it may be harder. My advice would be to get a few points higher on the MCAT, and also have very good ECs, Research, publications, shadowing, volunteering, etc... They might also give you a shot through the medprep program, you would have to go through an intense 6 week summer course, and then if you pass you'll get accepted. They offer this program to a few people who have a good app, but too weak of a score to be outright accepted.
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Nymed you are correct about med prep. But in addition to what you pointed out. In order to be considered for med prep. You have to declare yourself educationally or economically disadvantaged and provide proof.
I know of people accepted with a 25 MCAT and lower GPA than yours so I wouldn't completely lose hope. At the time that I interviewed I had a 3.8 and only a 24R on the MCAT (I also have an extensive list of ECs), but have since gotten my Jan MCAT back and got a 27R. I am still waiting to hear back about acceptance.
All in all I would not count yourself out, but I don't know what your ECs are.
when did you interview?
Feb 3
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