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New York Medical College |
Admission Policies, Procedures and Requirements
Policy
The Admissions Committee, composed of members of the faculty and community stakeholders, has the difficult task of selecting the entering class from thousands of applicants. There are many more applicants who meet the qualifications for the study of medicine than can be admitted to an incoming class. The committee strives to select those candidates who are best qualified academically and hold promise of being outstanding graduates. Multiple factors are weighed in the admissions process. A candidate must have a college education that includes premedical science courses essential for medical school as well as a broad exposure to the humanities and social sciences. Academic competence to succeed in medical school is assessed by the applicant’s college record, including GPAs and MCAT scores. The applicant must also demonstrate evidence of those personal characteristics expected of a physician:altruism, compassion, honesty, integrity and a commitment to provide care for people who are disadvantaged and underserved. A medical student must have the capability of excellent observation and communication, the motor functions, and the conceptual, integrative and quantitative skills needed to study and practice medicine. A future physician must have the physical capacity and emotional maturity to complete medical school and practice medicine independently.
The application process is competitive and each applicant is subject to an individual, holistic review. A candidate will not be denied admission on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation or disability. Strongly motivated students from educationally deprived and historically underrepresented backgrounds are actively sought and encouraged to apply. It is the policy of New York Medical College to seek to admit a diverse class, with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, cultural and economic background and life experience. The College believes that a diverse student body provides a valuable educational experience that prepares the medical student for the real world of medical practice in a multicultural society. Diversity in medicine has been shown to improve access to health care for underserved populations.
All policies regarding admissions, employment and educational programs and activities are established and administered in conformity with the Education Practices Act of New York as well as applicable state and federal civil rights laws, specifically including Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and regulations thereunder, prohibiting practices or policies in admissions, education programs or employment that are in any way discriminatory on the basis of gender or disability, respectively.
Each student's credentials must include:
General Biology, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs Biochemistry, 1 semester or equivalent with OR without lab Physics, 2 semesters or equivalent, with labs
The School of Medicine reserves the right to waive any of these requirements for an individual applicant.
Accuracy of Admission Application Requirement
Applicants are asked to certify that all information presented in their application (including AMCAS and NYMC Secondary) is accurate, complete and honestly presented; and personally written materials were prepared only by the applicant and not plagiarized. They must also certify that any information submitted on their behalf including letters of evaluation is authentic. Furthermore, they must certify they understand and agree in the event any inaccurate, misleading and/or incomplete information or omission is discovered, New York Medical College has the right to rescind any offer of admission, revoke any admission (including retroactive revocation), administer disciplinary action while in medical school, dismiss the student from the school of medicine or revoke his/her medical degree if such information or omission is discovered after a degree is issued.
Criminal Background Check Matriculation Requirement
Matriculation to the School of Medicine at New York Medical College is conditional upon student consent to and satisfactory completion of an AAMC-sponsored criminal background check conducted by Certiphi Screening, Inc., and upon NYMC’s institutional review of such completed criminal background report. NYMC has sole discretion to rescind an offer of admission in the event any inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information is discovered in the student’s application or that post-dates their application as a result of this criminal background check. Notification of any subsequent criminal charges and/or convictions that occur after the date of processing of the initial criminal background check is also required. Within 10 days of any subsequent criminal charges and/or convictions, notification must be sent in writing to the NYMC Office of Admissions if the offense occurs before the date of matriculation and to the NYMC Office of Student Affairs if the offense occurs after the date of matriculation.
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 $110 non-refundable application fee that may be submitted electronically with a credit card or by check. New York Medical College will provide an application fee waiver for those applicants approved for the AAMC-sponsored Fee Assistance Program (FAP).
Additional information on the Application Procedure and other requirements can be found here.
Federal law mandates that only US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to receive financial aid. (Permanent residents must provide a copy of their unconditional Green Card upon request when applying for financial aid.) Applicants who are non-US citizens or do not obtain permanent resident status by July 1st of the year entering medical school, must deposit an amount equal to four years tuition and fees (approximately $200,000 US dollars) into a bank escrow account in advance of their matriculation to NYMC.
Additional information for International Students can be found here.
Transfer students are accepted into the third year only. Please be aware that openings in the third-year class are very limited and in some years, not available. Information regarding the number of openings (if any) are not available until early June of the year of entry.
Accepted transfer students are expected to begin classes the last week of June. (No exceptions).
Additional information for Transfer Students can be found here.
Early decision applicants are notified no later than October 1.
Beginning in the 2012-13 application cycle, NYMC is moving to the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format. During the MMI, applicants move through a circuit of short, carefully-timed scenario-based interview stations. The scenarios are neither knowledge-based nor necessarily clinically-oriented. They are designed to evaluate non-cognitive domains considered critical to becoming an effective physician. These include but are not limited to domains such as empathy, critical thinking, moral reasoning and ethical grounding, open-mindedness, ability to collaborate as well as interpersonal skills. Applicants are each given 2 minutes to read a scenario outside the interview room. They then enter the room, introduce themselves to the interviewer, and begin an open-ended 6 minute discussion about the scenario. After the elapsed time, the applicant moves to the next room and repeats the process with a new interviewer and scenario. The NYMC MMI interview circuit consists of 8 scenario stations; therefore each applicant interacts with 8 different interviewers during the MMI.
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. 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.
Accuracy of Admissions Application Information
Applicants are asked to certify that all information presented in their application (including AMCAS and NYMC Secondary) is accurate, complete and honestly presented; and personally written materials were prepared only by the applicant and not plagiarized. They must also certify that any information submitted on their behalf including letters of evaluation is authentic. Furthermore, they must certify they understand and agree in the event any inaccurate, misleading and/or incomplete information or omission is discovered, New York Medical College has the right to rescind any offer of admission, revoke any admission (including retroactive revocation), administer disciplinary action while in medical school, dismiss the student from the school of medicine or revoke his/her medical degree if such information or omission is discovered after a degree is issued.
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