NYU and Mt. Sinai

[Rugger81]

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Hi,

My first-choice schools are NYU and Mt. Sinai. I would really love to attend school at one of them for many reasons (academic focus, opportunities offered, close to family) but I am nervous about my chances. Not so much as the MCAT or GPA, but more about the post-secondary experiences and personal statement.

Does anyone have any information theyd like to share about what these schools are really looking for in an applicant? Do they want a lot of clinical experience? Volunteering? Study abroad? Publications? etc???

Thanks for any help!

 

[acidhouse303]

personal experiences/ research/volunteer work whatever sets you apart as unique. if you have had the opportunity to publish, def put it down. it always looks good, although theyre not going to care if you didnt because most people dont. i dont know if study abroad helps unless it was clinical experience. i would say they are looking for very well rounded applicants with a strong background. these are very competitive schools to get into, i think there are about 6000-8000 applicants per year for about 150 spots or so. (Thats what the AMCAS stats for 2003 said anyway I believe).
Have you visited either school?

 

[goldie]

I'm at Sinai, and while I can't tell you exactly what they want, they've expanded their view of applications beyond your basic scores. Which is kinda nice. Just try to do as best as you can in class, get some patient care experience to make sure you want to be a physician, and don't rehearse your interview too much. Just be yourself.

 

[CJMPre-Med]

Well, I can't say I've ever looked into the admissions criteria for either of those institutions, but I tutored molecular bio with a girl who is headed to NYU Med this coming fall. Her overall GPA was a 3.92, her science GPA a 3.97, and she had a 35S MCAT score; in addition, she had done lots of independent research, had 5 strong LOR's, and was fortunate enough that the physician whose office she worked at was heading up a study which was being published, and some of her findings got published in that paper and she was credited with that work. So, yeah... 😳


For what it's worth, she said the interview lasted only about 15-20 minutes, though I'm not sure whether that's common or if she just lucked out. I suppose they didn't need all that much time to decide to take her due to her stats etc. Really brilliant girl.


Best of luck to you. From what I hear, NYU Med has a great rep. 🙂