Nas23 said:
Bob, since you gave us some stats from USNews before, I was wondering if you might have stats for OOS applicants (# int, accepted, enrolled)?
I got the USNews magazine from last year, but cannot find the info.
Thanks!
Nas -
these are the numbers I have
applications/interviewed/accepted/matriculated
Total: 8900 1310 682 185
OOS : 6742 970 506 162
These might be 2004 though. I am not sure, I got a list of schools I applied to with US NEWS stats from someone else.
- I think NYMC has alot to offer. Westchester Medical Center is a 1000 bed hospital with many cutting edge programs. Their new children's hopsital is top notch. Research is def not a powerhouse but when its compared to other schools mentioned in the same sentence as NYMC (CMS, Drexel, etC) they have a decent amount (45 million worth). They also have a decent science graduate school with almost 200 students. There are hospitals in NYC where you can do your 3rd and 4th year if you choose. Obviously the curriculum must be set up well otherwise they would not do as well as they do on the boards. I like how there is little lecture time during second year and most of it is group sessions, clinical cases, labs, or self-learning. The facilities including the anatamy lab are all very nice. They have 19 places to do rotations at and Weschester is a huge teaching hospital, I didnt realize how large it is (1000 beds) is pretty big. Good match list.
cons in my opinion -
cost : 61,000 budget this year. They dont have much grant/scholarship money so 99% of people probably wouldnt choose NYMC over their state schools. Its just no cost effective.
Curriculum: surprisingly one of the things that gives NYMC its strength is also a weakness. the school works it students alot harder than others, especially those where the first 2 yrs are P/F. This results in great board scores but an ulcer during the first 2 years.
Rotation consistency: in reading the hand book they said how they were working on making rotations between all sites consistenly graded. Obviously a problem since you have so many sites, so many different residents/attendings, that grading may differ alot between places. Since 3rd year counts alot that could be a problem. The book is a little older so they may have corrected it by now , not sure.
No elective room 3rd year to try stuff out before picking something to apply for in residency? Thats how it seemed to me anyway. Not sure, perhaps Boyz of 4 or another NYMC'r can clear that up.
I dont really consider living in Valhalla a negative because its so close to NYC that you could go anytime you really want to. White Plains the next town over does have some stuff to do and its not really that bad. I would rather live in a location like this than Suny-D, Penn state, or Syracuse (Just to name a few)anyway. you can always live in the city if you want and commute (1/2 hr) or move there for the last 2 years.
Another con is the school does not sell itself. They lose alot of applicants because of this. Alot of ignorance, such as on SDN, comes from this. The websit could be better, they could provide a view book showing what the school has to offer at interview day, etc. Perhaps letting students on the admisisons committee or making them have more say would fix this.
Just my thoughts....
to everyone who is still waiting!
