Hi there,
I have recently completed the NYU post-baccalaureate pre-med program and I have nothing but great things to say about the program. First of all, you can find more information about the program by going to this website:
www.nyu.edu/cas/prehealth/postbacc.
Here are my thoughts (and I am just speaking of my opinion of NYU).. This past fall semester the advising office at NYU put together a Deans panel, which was very helpful, in order for the students to have an understanding of the opinions of medical school deans. Here are a list of schools of med school deans that attended (I hope I am not leaving any out): Mount Sinai, Albert Einstein, New York University, Suny Downstate, Suny Stony Brook, UMDNJ, New Jersey Med and George Washington. In general all of these schools tended to agree on one point and that is the fact that NYU's premedical program is very well respected and highly regarded. Their committee letters (which is a letter sent by NYU to each medical school) are also very highly regarded and very personal to each student. I recently spoke with another NYU post-bacc "graduate," currently in the application process, and she said that many of the schools mentioned in her interview how impressive the NYU committee letter was.
The advisors at NYU are very accessible. Every time that I have had a concern I have contacted the advising office and was able to set up a meeting. Personally they have advised me well on many decisions I have had to make so far (in terms of classes, research and volunteer work). The advisors take many opportunities to get to know the students, whether it is that they are open to private meetings or through pb community meetings held throughout the year. The director of our program sets up a "welcome lunch" for all of the post-bacc to get to know each other and the advisors.
The professors at the school are great and accessible. They are very clear about what they expect. NYU also gave me the ability to move past the basic science courses and take an upper level graduate biochemistry class (this is not required). Overall it has been a wonderful experience!
I hope this is helpful and please contact me if you have any other questions!
Sincerely,
kmc2883
