How to Apply
AMCAS Application
New York Medical College is a member of the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). To be considered for admission, an applicant must file his or her application with AMCAS between June 1 and December 15 prior to the year of entry.
For more information contact:
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Student Services
Lobby-26, 2501 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-1300
202-828-0600.
amcas@aamc.org
Other useful information may be found at:
AspiringDocs.org, a
website to answer the questions of potential medical
school applicants. The website is a joint venture
between AAMC and its member organizations.
Applicants should NOT contact New York Medical College
to request an application, since all applicants must first submit
the AMCAS application directly to AMCAS.
Secondary Application
Upon receipt of the AMCAS applicant information, New York Medical College will email a login and password to access the secondary online application. All applicants receive a secondary application. It must be completed online by January 31. It is strongly recommended that you thoroughly review the selection criteria before submitting a secondary application.
There is a $100 application fee that may be submitted electronically with a credit card or by check. New York Medical College does participate in the AMCAS Fee Waiver Program. This application fee partially covers the cost of processing each application and is non-refundable. On the secondary application, applicants are asked to list who will be submitting letters of evaluations on their behalf. The application cannot be considered complete until all required letters have been received by the AMCAS Letter Participation Program.
Important Dates
|
Regular Application Entering 2011 |
Early Decision Application Entering 2011 |
|---|---|---|
Deadline for submitting AMCAS application |
December 15, 2010 |
August 1, 2010 |
Deadline forsubmitting Secondary Application to NYMC |
January 31, 2011 |
August 31, 2010 |
Interviews |
October – April |
September |
Decisions |
On a rolling basis |
No later than October 1 |
Start Date |
Early August 2011 |
Early August 2011 |
Letters of Evaluation
Letters of evaluation play an important part in the application process. Please keep in mind the following:
- Recommendations are most meaningful when the letter writer has personally known the applicant through class discussion in a small class or lab or conversations outside of class.
- Applicants whose letters meet the requirements listed below have the strongest applications. Please read these instructions carefully.
Requirements for letters of evaluation:
- All letters must be on official letterhead.
- Please request that your AMCAS ID number be included on your letters of evaluation.
- All letters of evaluation must be submitted directly to AMCAS. New York Medical College participates in the AMCAS Letter Participation Program. AMCAS will accept letters from Interfolio, Virtial Evals and U.S. Mail. Please do not have letters of evaluation sent directly to New York Medical College.
- Applicants applying for a second time must resubmit letters of evaluation through AMCAS.
- If you graduated prior to 2008 (not including 2008) and are unable to obtain letters of evaluation from your school, we will accept other academically oriented letters. However, keep in mind that providing us with the requested letters will strengthen your application.
- All letters must be submitted to AMCAS before January 31.
Undergraduate Letters
- If your college has a Premedical Advisory Committee, a Letter of Evaluation from the Committee is preferred and will fulfill all undergraduate Letter of Evaluation requirements. A committee letter does not require the names of individual letter writers.
- If your college does not have a premedical committee, three (3) letters of evaluation from undergraduate faculty are required. Two (2) letters must be from science courses - biology, chemistry, physics, bio-medical engineering or bio-engineering; one (1) may be from a non-science course. Note: Math is not considered a science course for purposes of letters of evaluation. Letters of Evaluation must come from faculty who have taught you in class or have supervised you in independent research for which you have received credit toward your science GPA.
- One Letter of Evaluation must be from the department in which you majored, whether science or non-science, as identified in your AMCAS application.
Graduate School Letters
If you are a matriculated graduate student or you have completed a graduate degree, please read this section.
In addition to undergraduate evaluation letters:
- A letter from a faculty member in your department is required. This must come from faculty who have taught you in class or have supervised independent research for which you have received credit. A letter from a graduate science faculty member can substitute for one (1) undergraduate science letter.
- If you have just begun your graduate studies, or are in a non-degree program, you must submit one (1) Letter of Evaluation from a faculty member whose graduate level class you attended or are attending this semester.
Optional Letters
- Letters from employers and/or volunteer clinical and community service experiences can be important. Although not required, letters from such experiences where you have spent significant amounts of time are recommended.
- Employment references and references from volunteer work are excellent but they do not substitute for academic references. They can however, be submitted as supplements to the required Letters of Evaluation.
- ALL submitted optional letters of evaluation are placed in an applicant’s file. However, only the names of two (2) letters writers will appear in the “letters tab” on the applicant’s check application on-line status page. Optional letters may be submitted via the AMCAS letter service, via PDF attachment to the NYMC Office of Admissions e-mail account (mdadmit@nymc.edu) or UPS Postal Service. All letters must be on official letterhead.
Interview Process
- After an application is complete, the Committee on Admissions invites applicants under serious consideration for a personal on-campus interview. Interviews are generally conducted from mid-September through April. Applicants may be invited for an interview at any time during this period as applications are reviewed throughout the year.
- The letter of invitation to interview is sent to the applicant via e-mail. Applicants are offered alternate interview dates to enable them to schedule a date that accommodates their individual travel plans. NYMC offers a student overnight-hosting program on a limited basis for visiting applicants. Please see the Travel Information page for information about all accommodation options and traveling to the NYMC campus.
- The interview day program runs from 8:00AM to 1:30PM. All applicants have at least one interview. Applicants may have a second interview with a current fourth-year student depending on student availability. All interviewers are members of the Committee on Admissions.
- Decisions are made on a rolling basis. Applicants can expect to be notified approximately ten weeks after their interview date. Occasionally, notification of a decision can take longer. A letter of acceptance is sent to the permanent address listed on the applicant’s AMCAS application. Accepted applicants are asked to notify NYMC in writing within two (2) weeks to confirm their place in the entering class. By May 15th, a $100 deposit is required to hold this place in the entering class. Deposits are not refundable after this date. Deposits are deducted from the first tuition payment.