I figured I would ask in this board b/c youve already been through it and i needed some advice from someone who has gone through it already. I'm applying and interviewing now and I have 6 interviews. I'm 29mcat and 3.65 gpa. Thats why i'm not certain of anything. I had an interview at syracuse and i really really liked that school alot b/c the people were so friendly and tuition was so reasonable. However, from what i hear downstate has better clinical experience b/c of kings county but i would have to live at home and my brother is annoying. nymc is a great school with great clinical but its very expensive and location wise perfect. Basically, I don't know what to do. If I could be sure of getting into any school I would go for it right now. However, do you think a letter of intent to syracuse would help at this point? i would wait for a waitlist if i get that but i would really love to be accepted outright. i mean, one schools clinical experience cant really leave you lacking can it? I saw so many hospitals in syracuse and it looked perfect. What do you all think? any advice you could give me at this juncture, what with you having been accepted and already being in medical school? Anything you thought about later on once accepted? thanks!
so should i
1 - send a letter of intent to syracuse now, before i have heard anything so i can maybe be moved up to 'accept' or 'high priority' (b/c they said we should let them know of absolutely anything within a week)
2 - wait until i hear back from syracuse and if i am waitlisted, send a letter of intent
3 - wait for downstate and see if that goes even better (though i dont know if i want to go there as much as syracuse yet)
basically, my goal is to get in somewhere. i definitely definitely! dont want to be rejected by 6 schools. syracuse looks the best so far but my downstate interview is in 3 days. what do you say?
so should i
1 - send a letter of intent to syracuse now, before i have heard anything so i can maybe be moved up to 'accept' or 'high priority' (b/c they said we should let them know of absolutely anything within a week)
2 - wait until i hear back from syracuse and if i am waitlisted, send a letter of intent
3 - wait for downstate and see if that goes even better (though i dont know if i want to go there as much as syracuse yet)
basically, my goal is to get in somewhere. i definitely definitely! dont want to be rejected by 6 schools. syracuse looks the best so far but my downstate interview is in 3 days. what do you say?
