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I was invited with a 7/9/9 P/V/B -- I'd still go to the interview. I don't think they'd invite you to waste your time.

 

[dbizzy]

read their school specific thread in the pre-osteo forums. most of your questions are answered there. also, the deadline for the deposit for everyone is January 5th. I don't know the new deadline for those who interview after that; probably sometime in april or may. I think the avg mcat score for 2015 was 28-29. for 2016 most of the people they have interviewed have had above a 29; the only people who get in with lower mcat scores now are usually their master's students; this majorly brings down the average GPA/MCAT of matriculating students.

read their school specific thread in the pre-osteo forums. most of your questions are answered there. also, the deadline for the deposit for everyone is January 5th. I don't know the new deadline for those who interview after that; probably sometime in april or may. I think the avg mcat score for 2015 was 28-29. for 2016 most of the people they have interviewed have had above a 29; the only people who get in with lower mcat scores now are usually their master's students; this majorly brings down the average GPA/MCAT of matriculating students.

What was the point of this post?

 

[Mbeas]

What was the point of this post?

Seems like spam to me....

 

[Sophocles]

I'm not trying to be rude to anyone that is attending this school, but it looks like complete ****! I pass by it all the time and you can't even tell its a school. It's in the middle of a bunch of stores on 125th and the surrounding neighborhood is disgusting. Although, if Touro said hey we'll accept you, I'd go. But, this is def. more of a last resort. Also, all the major hospitals here are taken by the better schools like Columbia, NYU, New York Medical College; so where do students from Touro do their clinical rotations? I think this is a huge point. NYC is awesome if your in the good parts, not in the middle of Harlem dealing with crack addicts on your way to classes.

 

[DocEspana]

I'm not trying to be rude to anyone that is attending this school, but it looks like complete ****! I pass by it all the time and you can't even tell its a school. It's in the middle of a bunch of stores on 125th and the surrounding neighborhood is disgusting. Although, if Touro said hey we'll accept you, I'd go. But, this is def. more of a last resort. Also, all the major hospitals here are taken by the better schools like Columbia, NYU, New York Medical College; so where do students from Touro do their clinical rotations? I think this is a huge point. NYC is awesome if your in the good parts, not in the middle of Harlem dealing with crack addicts on your way to classes.

Admit it. You've honestly only passed it once or twice ever, and never really been to harlem except for staying on the train when it stops at 125th on the way to Yankee Stadium or Van Cortlandt Park.

Seriously? Full of crack addicts? Seriously? surrounding neighborhood is disgusting? Columbia (yes that columbia) is 5 blocks away. 125th street (and the immediate surrounding streets) is full of brand new buildings and chain store franchises. This is especially true around the school (and less true in spanish harlem. but thats its own world over there). Look up the crime statistics, that area of Harlem is safer than all of Boston. All of pretty much any city, for that matter. It's not going to appeal to people who are afraid of big cities or heterogeneous communities. and it never will because the culture there is so different than the culture most other areas of NYC (or any non-city area in ythe US). But culture shock does not erase the great safety there, the brand new buildings, the starbucks and gamestop on every damn corner, and the fact that it is a booming real estate area (especially right around and south of the school).

Crack addicts. Good lord. Either you've had one singular bad experience at Harlem and expanded it out to make it sound numerous, or you've never actually done anything more substantial than a drive through of the area if you're saying that nonsense.145th street yes. 135th street maybe. Not 125th.

 

[Sophocles]

umm... I live on 120th and amsterdam. I walk to Costco every weekend on east 116th st and I go shopping all the time on MLK. Nice assumptions but way off. Oh, and I know where Columbia is because I go there. Culture shock? I was in the Marine Corps Infantry and have been deployed all over the world, so there goes another failure of an assumption. Please don't compare Morningside Heights and Harlem. For someone who seems to know about NYC you seem to forget how big of a difference 5 blocks can make... Anyways, I'm glad you love that school but it is not aesthetically appealing at all, and I would love for someone to sincerely dispute that. Also, having to go to Jersey to do clinical rotations does not sound to appealing, either.

Admit it. You've honestly only passed it once or twice ever, and never really been to harlem except for staying on the train when it stops at 125th on the way to Yankee Stadium or Van Cortlandt Park.

Seriously? Full of crack addicts? Seriously? surrounding neighborhood is disgusting? Columbia (yes that columbia) is 5 blocks away. 125th street (and the immediate surrounding streets) is full of brand new buildings and chain store franchises. This is especially true around the school (and less true in spanish harlem. but thats its own world over there). Look up the crime statistics, that area of Harlem is safer than all of Boston. All of pretty much any city, for that matter. It's not going to appeal to people who are afraid of big cities or heterogeneous communities. and it never will because the culture there is so different than the culture most other areas of NYC (or any non-city area in ythe US). But culture shock does not erase the great safety there, the brand new buildings, the starbucks and gamestop on every damn corner, and the fact that it is a booming real estate area (especially right around and south of the school).

Crack addicts. Good lord. Either you've had one singular bad experience at Harlem and expanded it out to make it sound numerous, or you've never actually done anything more substantial than a drive through of the area if you're saying that nonsense.145th street yes. 135th street maybe. Not 125th.

 

[Sophocles]

Turn on NY1 for a change and listen to some news so that you can realize all of the crime that goes on here.

 

[DocEspana]

Turn on NY1 for a change and listen to some news so that you can realize all of the crime that goes on here.

yes.. because low budget local news definitely trumps the official crime statistics. Central Harlem isn't even in the top 5 most crime ridden places in manhattan. (spanish harlem, wash heights, and three areas way downtown).

Your opinion is plain invalid if you can honestly tell me you can tell the difference between 120th and broadway/amsterdam (your pick) and 120th and Lennox except for the fact that there is no college buildings a block away from lennox. 125th and amsterdam is projects. and yet 3 blocks south is columbia and 3 blocks east is touro in the middle of a shopping area. The "bad" areas are very scattered around and no community (even columbia) is able to gentrify uniformly. But damn straight I think the area around 125th and fred douglass is effectively the same as morningside heights (though with much fewer undergrad students of asian descent).

I clearly have some biases different from yours, but except for the fact (and it is a fact) that our outside facade sucks, i cannot disagree more with your description of the area. 125th street by the school is thriving commercial area. Versace clothes are sold a block east of the school. To get there you walk past a verizon store, a kinkos, a starbucks, a mcdonalds, a gamestop, a MAC makeup, a sprint store, aerosoles, a planet fitness, a payless shoes, 3 banks, an Ashley Stewart, the local government office building, and a museum. its a truly run down block, clearly. Might I add that I didn't skip a single store on the walk. Thats the entire block walk. Not the kind of place crack dealers generally hang around unless they want a versace bag and a mocha latte. NOW: it still feels like Harlem, and shady areas are only a few blocks away, no doubt in the world. but they aren't on 124th, 125th or 126th streets anywhere around 7th or fred douglass.

 

[Sophocles]

Good luck with your schooling. I hope it all works out for you. Let's just agree to disagree, it's not worth to spend my time arguing arbitrary subjective points of view.

Now that were through with that, can you shed some light on the clinical years in Touro? Specifically, where are the clinical sites that you guys do your rotations?

 

[DocEspana]

sure. I feel bad being combative over this nonsense anyway.

I made a much more complete and detailed list before, but for the sake of answering your question quickly I'll just list them out and their locations.
1/2 of our students attend:
St. John's - Queens - Covers all rotations - has residents + residency
Staten Island University Hospital - Covers all rotations but obgyn (done at StJ or a jersey site) - has residents + residency
Nyack Hospital - Rockland County - Covers all rotations - has residents, no current residency

1/2 of our students go to:
Trinitas Medical Center - Covers all rotations - has residents but no residency
Christ Hospital - Covers all rotations (I think....) - has residents + residency
Palisades Medical Center - Covers all rotations - no residents, program opens 2013 (supposedly)
Holy Name Medical Center - Covers all rotations - same as palisades
Englewood Medical Center - Can elect to go here if you're already in Jersey - Residents, no residency program
Summitt - Peds specialty - has residents and residency (obviously, in peds)
Meadowlands MC - for psych, IM, EM and Surg (but the last two arent that good) - no residents or program
Bergen Regional - Same stuff as meadowlands not sure about quality - no residents or program.

obviously there are fewer students per hospital in jersey than the NY ones just because of the difference in hospital number. Bu the jersey hospitals tend to mix together, where even if you *could* do it all in one hospital, you tend to move from site to site month to month.

There is also, for those who elect to take it, a hospital in Utica, Binghamton and Philly. I cannot remember what they are called off the top of my head. But they're "excess" spots, so no one has to go there.

Additional spots: Students can also elect to go to these hospitals for psych, IM or surg
The Bridge - Psych in manhattan
Harlem Hospital - Psych in manhattan
Rockland Psych Hospital - name says it all
Holliswood - Psych in Manhattan
Two hospitals whos name totally escapes me - In long island for IM or Surgery. Obviously I didn't take advantage of those sites. I think they're filled entirely with 4th years currently anyway.

 

[cck3]

Hey DocEspana I have a quick question about Touro-NY. Are there a decent number of international students there? I've gone back and forth via PM with an international applicant about a year ago, and he told me Touro-NY was one of the more "international friendly" school compared to some of other DO schools based on his experience (He got in but not sure if he actually decided to attend).

Thanks

 

[DocEspana]

Well there are plenty of canadian students. haha. But that doesn't count. There are, to my knowledge, at least 3 or 4 truly "international" students in each class. Like, lived most of their life in another country not rhyming with shmanada.

 

[cck3]

Well there are plenty of canadian students. haha. But that doesn't count. There are, to my knowledge, at least 3 or 4 truly "international" students in each class. Like, lived most of their life in another country not rhyming with shmanada.

How about international students who have at least done their undergraduate in the States. I'm an international student who's been studying in American for a while. But I guess this would be a tough question considering not everyone goes around asking what their citizenship statuses are......

 

[DocEspana]

How about international students who have at least done their undergraduate in the States. I'm an international student who's been studying in American for a while. But I guess this would be a tough question considering not everyone goes around asking what their citizenship statuses are......

the people im specifically talking about did do undergrad in the states. They just were an immigrant then and still would be an immigrant student. Though I think they all applied for citizenship early on in med school.