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==Admission Requirements== | ==Admission Requirements== | ||
| − | * | + | *An applicant must file the application with AMCAS between June 1 and December 15 prior to the year of entry. |
| − | *Upon receipt of the AMCAS applicant information, | + | *Upon receipt of the AMCAS applicant information, NYMC will email a login and password to access the secondary online application. All applicants who receive a secondary application must completed it online by January 31. |
====Course and Degree Requirements==== | ====Course and Degree Requirements==== | ||
| − | * | + | *Bachelor's degree in Canada or U.S is recommended. There is no preference for a major field of undergraduate study, but the credits submitted must include chemistry, physics, biology and English and science courses must have substantial laboratory work. |
*Required Courses: | *Required Courses: | ||
**General Biology, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs | **General Biology, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs | ||
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====GPA==== | ====GPA==== | ||
| − | * | + | *No minimum required GPA. |
====MCAT==== | ====MCAT==== | ||
| − | * | + | *Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score that was taken less than 3 years before the application must be submitted. No minimum required MCAT. |
====Supporting Documents==== | ====Supporting Documents==== | ||
*Letters of evaluation with official letterhead must be submitted directly to AMCAS before January 31. | *Letters of evaluation with official letterhead must be submitted directly to AMCAS before January 31. | ||
| − | *One letter of evaluation from premedical committee; If none present,3 letters of evaluation from undergraduate professors including at least two from science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering or bioengineering) that have taught | + | *One letter of evaluation from premedical committee; If none present,3 letters of evaluation from undergraduate professors including at least two from science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering or bioengineering) that have taught the applicant or have supervised independent research. |
| − | + | **One letter of evaluation must be from the department in which the applicant majored. | |
| − | **One letter of evaluation must be from the department in which | ||
*Employment references, personal references, and references from volunteer work are not a substitute for academic references but can be submitted as supplements to the required references. | *Employment references, personal references, and references from volunteer work are not a substitute for academic references but can be submitted as supplements to the required references. | ||
| − | *If | + | *If the applicant have attended graduate school, the following letters in addition to the undergraduate letters described above and a letter from a faculty member in the applicant's department major is required. |
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For more information, click [http://www.nymc.edu/Academics/SchoolOfMedicine/Admissions/HowToApply.html here] | For more information, click [http://www.nymc.edu/Academics/SchoolOfMedicine/Admissions/HowToApply.html here] | ||
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==Interview== | ==Interview== | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 21 October 2009
Contacts
Website: http://www.nymc.edu/
Phone: (914) 594-4507
Admissions e-mail: mdadmit@nymc.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD): 4 years in length
- Combined MD/PhD Program
- Combined MD/MPH Program
For more information, click: here
Admission Requirements
- An applicant must file the application with AMCAS between June 1 and December 15 prior to the year of entry.
- Upon receipt of the AMCAS applicant information, NYMC will email a login and password to access the secondary online application. All applicants who receive a secondary application must completed it online by January 31.
Course and Degree Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Canada or U.S is recommended. There is no preference for a major field of undergraduate study, but the credits submitted must include chemistry, physics, biology and English and science courses must have substantial laboratory work.
- Required Courses:
- General Biology, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs
- Inorganic or General Chemistry, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs
- Organic Chemistry, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs (one semester of Biochemistry with lab may be substituted for second semester organic chemistry or its equivalent).
- Physics, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs
- English, 2 semesters or equivalent (or successful completion of the English requirements of your undergraduate institution’s requirement for graduation).
For more information, click here
GPA
- No minimum required GPA.
MCAT
- Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score that was taken less than 3 years before the application must be submitted. No minimum required MCAT.
Supporting Documents
- Letters of evaluation with official letterhead must be submitted directly to AMCAS before January 31.
- One letter of evaluation from premedical committee; If none present,3 letters of evaluation from undergraduate professors including at least two from science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering or bioengineering) that have taught the applicant or have supervised independent research.
- One letter of evaluation must be from the department in which the applicant majored.
- Employment references, personal references, and references from volunteer work are not a substitute for academic references but can be submitted as supplements to the required references.
- If the applicant have attended graduate school, the following letters in addition to the undergraduate letters described above and a letter from a faculty member in the applicant's department major is required.
For more information, click here
Interview
- After your application is complete, the New York Medical College Committee on Admissions selects, for personal interview, those applicants under serious consideration. Files are reviewed throughout the year, and all interviews are by invitation. Interviews are generally conducted from October through April and applicants may be invited at any time during that period.
- The interview day program runs from 8:00 am to 1:15 pm. Applicants have one or two interviews. The second interviewer is frequently a fourth-year medical student. All interviewers are members of the Committee on Admissions.
- Decisions are made on a rolling basis and we expect to notify applicants of our decision approximately ten weeks after the interview date, although it could take longer.
For more information, click here
Timeline
- Regular Application Entering 2010
- Deadline for submitting AMCAS application: December 15, 2009
- Deadline forsubmitting Secondary Application to NYMC: January 31, 2010
- Interviews: October – April
- Decisions: On a rolling basis
- Start Date: Early August 2010
- Early Decision Application Entering 2010
- Deadline for submitting AMCAS application: August 1, 2009
- Deadline forsubmitting Secondary Application to NYMC: August 31, 2009
- Interviews: September
- Decisions: No later than October 1
- Start Date: Early August 2010
