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schools.studentdoctor.netIf you're not accepted to your first choice campus would they consider you for the other campus? I prefer NY but I would be happy to go to the AR campus as well
If you're not accepted to your first choice campus would they consider you for the other campus? I prefer NY but I would be happy to go to the AR campus as well
As far as I know, you only apply to one campus and that’s it. They do say however that if they think you belong at a different campus, they might put you there, but I feel like they would only do that for the most competitive candidates. So it’s not really ranking campuses.
If you're not accepted to your first choice campus would they consider you for the other campus? I prefer NY but I would be happy to go to the AR campus as well
IIRC, there's a box on the application saying you want to be considered for admission at either campus. I didn't check it so I'm not sure how the process works. I would imagine however that they are separate admissions.
Random question, but is the secondary application the same questions as last year? I'm a current 4th year NYIT-COM and I'm giving advice to current applicants (also, if you have any questions regarding the school, feel free to reach out)
Last year's secondary app questions were:
1. Which NYITCOM campus/site are you interested in attending? (The NYITCOM Admissions Committee reserves the right to recommend the best campus fit for you based upon your complete application.)
2. Would you consider attending either campus?
3. Briefly describe the reasons for your campus/site choice and comment on one or two factors that are most important to you in choosing where you wish to pursue your medical education. (Max. 1000 characters)
4. Describe an experience you have had in interacting/relating with people whose backgrounds are different than your own. What did you learn from it? How did it change your perspective? (Max. 1000 characters)
5. Describe a challenge you’ve faced and the steps you took to overcome it. (Max. 1000 characters)
6. After residency, describe the community in which you see yourself practicing medicine. (Max. 1000 characters)
7. Have you previously applied to NYITCOM?
8. If yes, what specific steps have you taken to strengthen your credentials for the current application year? (Max. 1000 characters)
9. Do you have any immediate family members (ONLY grandparents, parents, brothers/sisters, spouses) who have graduated from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine?
10. If you do, please provide their name, relationship, and year of graduation from NYITCOM. (Max. 200 characters)
11. How and where did you learn about NYITCOM? (Max. 250 characters)
No secondary yet either. I believe AACOMAS should have sent over apps yesterday at the earliest so probably just need to wait a bit, although i've heard other schools have started (namely LECOM). Hopefully the questions are the same as last year.
I had asked last week and im pretty sure they said early july but that everyone who submits a primary gets a secondary per the presentation they gave
I'm 4th year student at Old Westbury, often lurking about on SDN so if you have any questions about NYITCOM feel free to ask me here or PM.
Reactions: 1 userMr. David Oroza told me in person that COM downloads files off of AACOMAS in parts, so some may get 2' earlier than others. From my personal experience NYIT is slightly slower in terms of its 2' invitation than some schools like LECOM
Reactions: 1 userMr. David Oroza told me in person that COM downloads files off of AACOMAS in parts, so some may get 2' earlier than others. From my personal experience NYIT is slightly slower in terms of its 2' invitation than some schools like LECOM
Yes he told me over email that they should get verified applications mid to late June Reactions: 1 userSecondary received! Verified 5/25.
Briefly describe the reasons for your campus/site choice and comment on one or two factors that are most important to you in choosing where you wish to pursue your medical education.
Describe an experience you have had in interacting/relating with people whose backgrounds are different than your own. What did you learn from it? How did it change your perspective?
Describe a challenge you’ve faced and the steps you took to overcome it.
After residency, describe the community in which you see yourself practicing medicine.
How and where did you learn about NYITCOM?
Secondary received, primary not yet verified.
What are the chances they'll hold onto my application until the release of my 7/31/20 MCAT score? Got a 499 last May and took a gap-year. Been scoring around 512 on AAMC FL practice tests in the last couple weeks.
Last edited: Jun 19, 2020Secondary received, primary not yet verified.
What are the chances they'll hold onto my application until the release of my 7/31/20 MCAT score? Got a 499 last May and took a gap-year. Been scoring around 512 on AAMC FL practice tests in the last couple weeks.
If do you score a 510+ your odds are much better even if you complete in Aug. Good luck on your MCAT, that's some serious and impressive improvements on the test¡
Reactions: 1 userIs location alone a fine reason for campus site choice? I live in the Tri-State area so I'd definitely only want to go to the OW campus as opposed to Jonesboro.
Or should I go more in-depth about specifics of the OW campus?
After residency, describe the community in which you see yourself practicing medicine.
For this one, do they want us to talk about both the speciality we want to work in and the environment like if you wanted to focus on helping the underserved?
After residency, describe the community in which you see yourself practicing medicine.
For this one, do they want us to talk about both the speciality we want to work in and the environment like if you wanted to focus on helping the underserved?
Yeah, i took it to mean both. So I talked about the field I was interested in, the type of hospital I would wanted to work in, and specifically where I hoped to practice
After residency, describe the community in which you see yourself practicing medicine.
For this one, do they want us to talk about both the speciality we want to work in and the environment like if you wanted to focus on helping the underserved?
I do not know the specialty I want to work in but I talked about the environment/ community I would hope to help. (Focused on inner city/urban populations). I think you can take it either way you see fit.
Reactions: 1 userSubmitted the secondary yesterday, got a response today that they will not evaluate my app until I have my MCAT in. That’s annoying.
Reactions: 1 usersSubmitted the secondary yesterday, got a response today that they will not evaluate my app until I have my MCAT in. That’s annoying.
That sucks, sorryI only tested two days ago so I guess it’ll be a nice 2 Weeks. Stupid virus cancelling my April exam.
Reactions: 1 userRandom question, but is the secondary application the same questions as last year? I'm a current 4th year NYIT-COM and I'm giving advice to current applicants (also, if you have any questions regarding the school, feel free to reach out)
Is it still the same this year?
Yep same questions!!I'm 4th year student at Old Westbury, often lurking about on SDN so if you have any questions about NYITCOM feel free to ask me here or PM.
Do you know if both campuses do research? Initially when I looked at the website, I got the impression that Old Westbury was the campus that did research, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.
I'm 4th year student at Old Westbury, often lurking about on SDN so if you have any questions about NYITCOM feel free to ask me here or PM.
What do you love about NYITCOM, specifically the Long Island campus? It seems Long Island has more opportunity with additional degree programs (Global Health Certificate, various M.S. degrees). Is specialization encouraged there? It seems like the focus for the Arkansas campus is for primary care who would then practice in that area. This seems less of an emphasis for the Long Island campus. What is the learning environment like in Long Island? Do you feel supported? Lots of questions, there's only so much you can get from a website, thanks!
Primary app is verified 6/19. Secondary is completed 2 days ago for OW and today I got a confirmation email from NYTICOM that they received mine. Yet they are still waiting for my MCAT score which I'll be taking it on July 31st.
Reactions: 1 userWhat do you love about NYITCOM, specifically the Long Island campus? It seems Long Island has more opportunity with additional degree programs (Global Health Certificate, various M.S. degrees). Is specialization encouraged there? It seems like the focus for the Arkansas campus is for primary care who would then practice in that area. This seems less of an emphasis for the Long Island campus. What is the learning environment like in Long Island? Do you feel supported? Lots of questions, there's only so much you can get from a website, thanks!
Love is a strong word but I can tell you what I've appreciated during my time here:
Professors: The professors here are actually pretty great. Most of them are happy to have you come chat with them about topics they teach, their specialty, etc. You can also get involved in research easily if that's your bag. It's pretty easy to go all of your first 2 years without interacting with the professors outside of lab, but if you want to most are happy to involve students in their teaching/projects/research.
Culture: I have a positive impression of whatever you could call our school's culture. There's so many of us that there's not really one pervasive culture in the student body. You have your laid back friendly people, you have your irritating gunners, and you have everyone in between. The friendly people are far more numerous though, students are usually super happy to share resources and help each other out. It's very easy to feel welcome and in your element here. It's also very easy to not get involved at all and just show up when you have to. It's up to you!
Outreach opportunities/clubs: There are so so so many of these. You name the specialty, there is probably an interest group that does some outreach. We have the student run health clinic that gives free healthcare to underserved communities over in Central Islip. We have Rock-Steady Boxing through the Parkinson's clinic. There's a million opportunities.
Overall happiness: I think it's a miracle any school accepted me, so I'm always more than happy to be here. There are a thousand irritations you can find during medical school, make no doubt it's a terribly stressful experience at times. The key thing is to keep the irritations in perspective, and in my perspective there are many many worse places to go to medical school than here. I've got a good set of supportive friends, I found a great niche for myself in the student body, and I entered 3rd year feeling very prepared, which NYITCOM no doubt had a part in. It's not a perfect school by any means (more admins than I can count, constant curriculum changes are annoying) but you can do so much worse.
As far as specialty goes, the OW campus doesn't really push any in particular, I know people who are interested in pretty much every specialty and I think that diversity is reflected in our match list.
The learning environment is somewhat what you make of it. You can go to lecture and be surrounded by people who learn like you, or go hang out in the Silent Study room all day, or just come to campus as minimally as possible. Having optional lecture is a godsend, as it gives you a lot of free time to study in a way that works for you. I found by the end of first year I liked to teach myself using a variety of resources so I ditched lecture and taught myself everything, just occasionally perused the slides from lecture to make sure I was covering everything I needed to know for exams. I appreciate the school gives us latitude to study in such a way (unlike somewhere like LECOM with mandatory lecture). The school is also pretty responsive to requested changes in the curriculum by the student body. It should be noted the curriculum is being changed and COVID is going to further reconfigure things so I can't speak much to how it will look.
I've never needed much in the way of support from the school so I can't really speak to it. Apparently the academic enrichment specialists, the professionals whose job is to help struggling students, are excellent but I've never needed to go see them. The admin who is our point person for residency applications is also excellent, so you get plenty of support in that area.
