Hey there. As far as I know, there isn't any exact information about the acceptance rates for students that apply to medical schools and the like, but it seems to be good. I spoke with Dr. Lerea in the past about it and he said they have about 30-33% acceptance rate into an MD/DO program which isn't bad considering not everyone that applies to the program is planning on going to medical school. Basically, what I got from my talk with him is most people who go through the program with the intent on going to medical school, get into sometime of MD/DO program in the future. It just seems like you have to do well in the program while keeping up with extracurriculars (volunteering, research, etc.) too. As for the rigor, I haven't heard anything about it myself though I was under the impression that the curriculum would be challenging. I was actually going to call Dr. Lerea again about the level of difficulty of the courses. If he does say anything worthwhile, I'll be sure to post it here!
The class size is small. I spoke with Valerie Romeo-Messana from admissions about the class size and she said about 25-30 students would get accepted, which makes sense since the graduate school accepted around 150 students last year (I remember reading that somewhere on their site). We'll get adequate attention from the faculty and also be able to work together to succeed in the program as well!
That is absolute music to my ears! I wonder if alot of people get into their medical school.
I think it's common for some students to be accepted into NYMC's School of Medicine but Dr. Lerea said he wants students to apply elsewhere because he doesn't want students to get so accustomed to life at NYMC. Sort of a "spread your wings and fly" sort of deal.
Yeah no problem.
It's no problem. Hoping for all the best for your application! If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask me. I intend on contacting Dr. Lerea about the rigor of the program and some other misc. questions (probably tomorrow).
Hey Kojo. So I know you asked a while ago about the rigor of the curriculum for the Traditional Track at NYMC. I finally got the chance to talk to Dr. Lerea about the rigor and like I figured, the coursework will be difficult. The faculty that teaches the courses we will be taking like Biochemistry, Mammalian Physiology, Histology, Pharmacology, Cell Bio, etc., will all be taught by instructors who teach the med students, so in general the overall level of difficulty will be the same as if we were taking classes with the med students. Our tests in our first year will be all multiple choice while in the second year, they're going to be more short/long-response based question testing in order to see if we can retain and apply the information we learn in class. In terms of grading, Dr. Lerea mentioned Mammalian Physiology has no curve; not sure about Biochem. Also, there are many opportunities (both on an off campus) that we can get involved with but he mentioned that he doesn't want students to immerse themselves so heavily in these activities in their first semester because he wants to make sure that we start off strong and build a good foundation for our grades to improve. I think that covers everything we talked about. If you or anyone else has further questions, pass 'em along!
Tbh, I didn't want to ask him that because I asked him that same question a while back and I didn't want to seem like a bother by asking him that again. I think it would be better if you called him up or emailed him asking this. He'll most likely say he doesn't have access to that information or that he can't give that information out but he'll probably give you the same rough estimate I gave you.
