Student Handbook
- Admissions Policy and Procedures
- Academic Guidelines for Advancement
- The Comprehensive Clinical Examination
- Leave of Absence
- Change in Curriculum
- Payment of Tuition and Fees
- Registration
- Withdrawals and Refunds
- Privacy Policy
- Statement of Non-Discrimination
- Pass-Fail Courses
Admissions Policy and Procedures
Policy
New York Medical College is a health sciences university in the Catholic tradition with a special responsibility to the underserved and a deep awareness and recognition of the sacredness of all human life. The School of Medicine selects and educates future physicians who have the real potential to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes required to practice medicine in the 21st century. The educational objectives and curriculum for the program of study leading to the M.D. degree are designed to meet this goal. Candidates for admission to the School of Medicine must have a broad educational background and possess the intelligence, integrity, and personal and emotional characteristics necessary to become effective physicians. They must meet the School of Medicine's requirements for admission and show evidence of the capacity to successfully complete the rigorous course of study in medical school.
The Admissions Committee, composed of members of the faculty, 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, flexible 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, sex, sexual orientation, or disability. Strongly motivated students from educationallydeprived and historically-underrepresented backgrounds are actively sought and encouraged to apply. The College seeks to admit a diverse class, including diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, cultural and economic background and life experience. New York Medical 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 activites 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 sex or disability, respectively.
Requirements for Admission
It is strongly recommended that the applicant successfully complete undergraduate college work leading to a baccalaureate degreee from an accredited college of arts and sciences in the United States or Canada. All courses offered in satisfaction of the requirements for admission must be taken in or accepted as transfer credits by an accredited college in the United States or Canada and must be acceptable to that institution toward a baccalaureate degree in arts or sciences. The Admissions Committee has no preference for a major field of undergraduate study, but any college work submitted must include specified credits in chemistry, physics, biology and English. Science courses must include substantial laboratory work.
Each student's credentials must include:
| Inorganic or general chemistry (with lab) | 2 semesters |
| Organic chemistry (with lab) | 2 semesters |
| Physics (with lab) | 2 semesters |
| General biology | 2 semesters |
| English | 2 semesters |
All candidates are required to take the Medical College Admissions Test recommended and approved by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). This test is viewed by the Admissions Committee as evidence of minimal academic competence and as a standardized test which allows appropriate comparisons. The Medical College Admissions Test must be taken prior to the application deadline of December 1 and within the past three years.
Application Procedure
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 no later than December 1. Information is available from: Association of American Medical Colleges, Student Services, Lobby-26, 2501 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-1300, (202) 828-0635. A web-based AMCAS application is also available at www.aamc.org.
Upon receipt of the AMCAS application, New York Medical College will contact the applicant regarding the New York Medical College Secondary Application. The completed Secondary Application must be returned to the Office of Admissions by January 31. An application fee of $100 is required with the Secondary Application. This fee partially covers the cost of processing each application and cannot be returned.
In addition, at least three letters of recommendation are required. If the applicant's college has a premedical advisory committee, a letter of evaluation from the committee is required. If the college does not have a premedical advisory committee, letters of evaluation from three professors (preferably two in the sciences)* are required. All letters must be post-marked no later than January 31.
*One letter of recommendation must be from the department in which the applicant majored, whether science or non-science.
On or before July 1, all entering students must ensure that all transcripts in support of the entering student's application for admission to New York Medical College are received by the College's Admissions Office from the registrar of the concerned school. These must cover all academic work for which a degreee was granted.
Any misrepresentation in application materials submitted by an applicant or failure to maintain appropriate academic standards in current academic work shall be cause for the College, administratively and in its sole discretion, to deny admission or to dismiss the applicant/student, as the case may be.
Foreign Students
Students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States are not eligible for New York Medical College financial aid due to federal restrictions on funds included in the aid program. Any foreign student who applies for admission will be accepted only under the following terms: on or before July 1 of the year of matriculation the accepted student must deposit in a designated account to be established by New York Medical College, funds sufficient to meet tuition charges for the total period of enrollment. Details of these requirements will be sent in letters of acceptance.
Advanced Standing
To be considered for advanced standing, a candidate must have successfully completed courses comparable to those at New York Medical College and must meet all entrance requirements. Students attending foreign medical schools may apply to the first-year class or with advanced standing to the third-year class. Students attending graduate school are not eligible to apply for admission with advanced standing.
Applications for admission with advanced standing are available after March 1 from the Office of Admissions. In addition to the completed application form, applicants must also submit two letters of evaluation from their medical school faculty, as well as a certificate of good academic standing from the medical school or schools they have attended. These candidates also must have fulfilled all requirements for admission to the first-year class at New York Medical College. They may be required to take examinations in any of the medical school courses taken at another school.
Early Decision
Applications will be reviewed for early decision if the candidate wishes to be considered under this program, as it is defined by the AAMC Medical School Admissions Requirements. If an applicant applies only to New York Medical College before August 1 and requests early decision in the appropriate place on the form, he or she will be notified of the Admission Committee's decision prior to October 1.
It is important to understand that the candidate who selects early decision may not apply to any other U.S. medical school while New York Medical College is considering the application for early decision. If admitted, the applicant must attend New York Medical College. If not admitted under early decision, the applicant will be considered as a regular candidate and may then apply to other schools.
Interviews
The Admissions Committee selects for personal interview those applicants under serious consideration. Applicants should not request an interview. However, any applicant who would have to travel a long distance to be interviewed at the College should inform the Admissions Office by mail of any travel plans which could help in scheduling an interview at a convenient time.
The Committee will notify applicants of its decision within eight weeks of the interview date. If the Committee takes favorable action, a letter of acceptance will be forwarded to the applicant, who then will have two weeks to accept in writing a place in the class. By May 15, a non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to continue to reserve a place in the entering class. This deposit is deductible from the first tuition payment.
Technical Standards for Admissions
In order to be seriously considered for admission, candidates must demonstrate academic accomplishment at the undergraduate level, including completion of all required coursework. In addition, candidates for admission, promotion and graduation must be of good moral character and must have abilities and skills in several essential functions, including observation, communication, motor, conceptual, integrative, quantitative, and mature behavioral and social attributes.
Observation: The candidate must have sufficient use of the senses of vision, hearing, touch and smell to observe demonstrations and experiments in the classroom, scientific laboratory and clinical setting, including but not limited to physiologic and pharmacologic demonstrations in animals, microbiologic cultures, and microscopic studies of microorganisms and tissues in normal and pathologic states. A candidate must be able to observe a patient accurately at a distance and close at hand.
Communication: A candidate must be able to speak, hear, and observe patients in order to elicit information, describe changes in mood, activity, and posture, and perceive nonverbal communications. A candidate must be able to have sufficient use of the senses of speech, hearing and vision to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, teachers and peers in both the oral and written form. The candidate must be able to communicate rapidly, accurately and with clarity.
Motor: Candidates must have sufficient motor function to perform with precise, quick, timely and appropriate actions to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion, and other diagnostic maneuvers. A candidate must be able to successfully complete all necessary procedures involved in the learning of the basic and clinical sciences, execute motor movements reasonably required to perform laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures, and provide general care and emergency treatments to patients. These include, but are not limted to, anatomical dissection, basic science laboratory exercises, basic and advance cardiac life support activities, physical examinations, and surgical, clinical laboratory, and other technical procedures required for diagnosis and treatment. Examples of emergency treatment reasonably required of physicians are: the administration of intravenous medication, the application of pressure to stop bleeding and the opening of obstructed airways. Such actions require coordination of both gross and fine muscular movements, equilibrium, and functional use of the senses of touch and vision.
Intellectual—Conceptual, Integrative, and Quantitative Abilities: These abilities include learning basic science concepts through written, oral and visual sources; measurement; calculation; reasoning; analysis; problem-solving; synthesis of complex information; reaching diagnostic and therapeutic judgments; and the completion of all necessary reading, written and computer assignments. In addition, the candidate must be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and understand the spatial relationship of structures, as well as concrete and abstract concepts.
Behavioral and Social Attributes: A candidate must possess the emotional health required for full utilization of his or her intellectual abilities in the academic and clinical environment; the exercise of good and consistent judgement; prompt completion of all responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of patients; and the development of mature, sensitive, professional, responsible and effective relationships with patients. Candidates must be able to tolerate physically taxing workloads and to function effectively under stress. They must be able to adapt to changing environments, to display flexibility and learn to function in the face of uncertainties inherent in the clinical problems of many patients. Commitment to excellence, service orientation, compassion, integrity, academic ability, self-awareness, interest, motiviation and interpersonal skills are all personal qualities that are assessed during the admissions and education processes. Candidates are expected to be able to accept criticism and respond by appropriate modification of behavior.
While technological compensation can be made for some handicaps in certain areas, the College must be fully satisfied that a candidate can perform in a reasonably independent manner and complete all aspects of the entire curriculum of required courses and electives. The use of a trained intermediary is not acceptable because a candidate's judgment must be mediated by someone else's power of selection and observation.
The Associate Dean for Student and Minority Affairs is the Section 504 Coordinator for Individuals with Disabilities and the Coordinator for Title IX. The office is located in the Administration Building, Room 121, Valhalla, NY 10595, and the telephone number is (914) 594-4498.
Academic Guidelines for Advancement
Qualifications for Academic Advancement
The evaluation of individuals for advancement involves both objective criteria and subjective judgments. To be considered for advancement, candidates must have satisfactorily completed all required Medical College coursework; must demonstrate motivation, maturity, stability, sound judgment, a sense of responsibility, and good moral character; must evidence cognitive, motor and organizational skills, sensory perception, ability to synthesize and apply knowledge; and possess such other attributes as the faculty deems to be essential to become a reliable and effective physician. Guidelines for promotion, graduation and dismissal are designed to permit both flexibility and consistency in dealing with individual cases. Appropriate consideration and evaluation for advancement may also be given to serious and substantial extenuating circumstances of a temporary nature, provided that such circumstances are fully and timely documented to the satisfaction of the College, the circumstances are actually demonstrated to have been a reasonable and material factor in the student's academic performance, and the circumstances are reasonably susceptible to corrective and remedial action within a reasonable period of time.
Promotion and Graduation
The curriculum of New York Medical College is divided into four successive academic years, each year building on the subject material of the preceding year. At the end of each course, each student's performance is evaluated and recorded. A student's final course grade (H, HP, P, F or I) is determined by the concerned faculty after evaluation of the student's performance in all aspects of the coursework, including the results of examinations. Criteria for assigning grades are established by the faculty responsible for the course according to parameters recommended to the Dean by the Curriculum Committee.
Three standing faculty committees on student promotions periodically review the academic records of all students. One committee is responsible for firstyear students, another for second-year students, and a third for students in the two clinical years. Each committee is appointed by the Dean and consists of the concerned faculty, course directors and department chairmen of the academic year involved, and representatives of the promotion committees.
Advancement
A student who at the end of an academic year has successfully completed all courses and who otherwise is in good academic standing will be promoted to the next year of study or recommended for graduation.
A student who has repeated both the first and second years must pass USMLE Step 1 before entering the third year. All other students must pass USMLE Step 1 before entering the fourth year.
Students are required to take and pass USMLE Step 2 CK and to take USMLE Step 2 CS prior to graduation. It is anticipated that students will be required to pass Step 2 CS in the future when more experience with its results is available.
At the discretion of the department chairman and the appropriate Promotions Committee, a student failing a course may
- Be offered remedial work and/or reexamination.
- Be required to repeat the year.
- Be subject to dismissal.
- Fails three courses in the first academic year.
- Fails two courses in the second academic year.
- Fails two clerkships in the third academic year.
A student with a past history of academic difficulty may be offered the option of enrolling in a decelerated basic sciences program. This full-time program of study permits the student to complete the required courses of a basic sciences curriculum over a three to four year period.
Attendance at Examinations
Attendance at all examinations in all courses is mandatory. Any student who fails to take an examination will be graded zero for the exam unless written notice is given by the student to the course director before examination with timely documentation, satisfactory to the College, to substantiate the reason for the absence.
Satisfactory Academic Performance
Ordinarily, a student is permitted to repeat a maximum of two curricular years, and each of these may only be repeated one time. Repeating students are considered to be full-time students and are given a special curriculum defined by the appropriate Promotions Committee. Both these students and those enrolled in a decelerated program are considered to be students in good academic standing who are making satisfactory academic progress toward graduation.
A student who fails a repeated course will usually be dismissed. Rarely, under special circumstances, such a student may be permitted to repeat a course for a second time. Under this circumstance the student would not be considered to be making satisfactory progress and would not be eligible to receive student financial aid. If and when the failure is remedied, the student will be considered to be making satisfactory academic progress and will again be eligible to receive student financial aid.
Dismissal
Additional grounds for dismissal at the discretion of the appropriate Promotions Committee are:
- Failure of four courses in the first academic year.
- Failure of three courses in any one of the second, third or fourth academic years.
- Failure of a total of six courses while attending New York Medical College.
- Failure of any course that has been repeated.
A student may appeal a dismissal decision of the appropriate Promotions Committee by submitting a request, in writing, to the College's Office of Student Affairs within five business days of the written notification of the decision, together with a concise written statement of the basis for appeal. If an appeal is received, the student shall be duly notified of the date, time and place of the meeting of the Promotions Committee, before which he/she shall have the right to appear. In the event that the student fails to attend the meeting without cause, the Committee shall proceed in his/her absence. The student shall be notified, in writing, of the decision of the Promotions Committee within ten business days after completion of the meeting of the Promotions Committee.
If such committee renders an adverse decision against the student, he/she shall have the right to appeal the determination to an ad hoc Faculty Committee appointed by the Dean. Such appeal must be filed by the student, in writing, with the College's Office of Student Affairs, within five business days of his/her notification of the decision of the appropriate Promotions Committee. Thereafter, a meeting of the ad hoc Faculty Committee shall be convened before which the student shall also have the right to appear. Should the student fail to attend such meeting without cause, the ad hoc Faculty Committee shall render its recommendation to the Provost and Dean who shall make the final decision. The student shall receive written notice of the recommendation of the ad hoc Faculty Committee within ten business days after completion of the meeting of the ad hoc Faculty Committee. Written notice of the final decision of the Provost and Dean shall be forwarded to the student within 30 days after the date of written notification of the determination and recommendations, as applicable, of the Promotions Committee or ad hoc Faculty Committee.
All appeals shall be evaluated in terms of the student's compliance with the academic qualifications for advancement.
Tuition Charges for the Above
Tuition for courses which must be repeated will be prorated at the discretion of the Dean or his/her designee, based upon the course credits as recorded in the Registrar's Office. Fees are not prorated.
No tuition refund will be made if a student is dismissed from New York Medical College. In such cases, tuition for the entire academic year is payable in full.
Fees are not refundable.
Grading Policies – Third-Year Clerkships
- There should be uniformity of principles for grading all clerkships.
- Clerkship directors will assign overall clerkship grades and attempt to equalize the distribution of grades by hospital site on an annual basis.
- For the 2004-2005 academic year, clerkship directors will strive for the following annual distribution of clerkship grades.
– Honors – up to 25 percent
– High Pass – up to 40 percent
– Pass – 35 percent or more - Passage of a mini-board examination will require a score higher than at least 1.75 standard deviations below the national mean (using national data from the most recent prior year). Clerkship directors have discretion to make adjustments for the group if necessary.
- Mini-boards will count for up to 25 percent of the clerkship grades. Numerical scores will not be released to students or clerkship directors, until clinical grades have been received by the Office of Academic Affairs. Following receipt of clinical grades by the Office of Academic Affairs, mini-board scores will be released to students and clerkship directors.
- A student who fails a mini-board, but passes all other components of a clerkship, will receive a clerkship grade of "incomplete" (I). The usual remedy for failure of a single mini-board is passage of a repeat miniboard. This should be preceded by a one-month period of study. The repeat mini-board examination and the period of study should not occur during another third-year clerkship.
- A student who fails a mini-board for a second time will receive a clerkship grade of "Fail" (F) and must repeat the entire clerkship. The highest clerkship grade that may be received by a student who passes a repeat miniboard examination is a "Pass" (P). If a student fails mini-boards in two clerkships, the Dean has discretion in referring the student to the Third- and Fourth-Year Promotions Committee. If a student fails mini-boards in three or more clerkships, the Dean must refer the student to the Third- and Fourth-Year Promotions Committee.
- A student who fails a mini-board as well as any other component of a clerkship will receive a clerkship grade of "Fail" (F) and must repeat the clerkship in its entirety.
- A grade of "Fail" (F) on the clinical component of any clerkship will result in an automatic clerkship grade of "Fail" (F), regardless of how the overall clerkship grade is determined. The remedy for this will be successful repetition of all components of the clerkship.
- A student who fails a single component of a clerkship (other than the mini-board or the clinical component) will receive a grade of "Incomplete" (I) and must repeat that component. A student who fails a component upon repeat will receive a clerkship grade of "Fail" (F).
- If a student repeats a clerkship because of a previous failing clerkship grade, the same criteria for grading apply, and the student may receive any grade to which he or she is entitled on this attempt. However, the fact that the student had to repeat the clerkship will be included in the student's dean's letter (now called MSPE), as well as be a permanent part of record on the student's transcript when the registrar's software permits this.
- A student who fails a repeated clerkship will be referred to the Promotions Committee
- If a student received a grade of "low pass" in two or more clerkships, he or she will be automatically referred to the promotions committee.
The Comprehensive Clinical Examination
At the beginning of the senior year, all senior students are required to take a comprehensive clinical examination utilizing standardized patients. The purpose of this examination is to assess students' skills, not only in the cognitive areas of medicine but also in the area of patient-physician interaction. Through the use of standardized patients and videotapes, students will be able to review their performances interacting with patients in order to identify strengths as well as deficiencies. Problem solving and diagnostic skills will also be assessed.
A passing score on this examination is required for graduation. The examination is administered early enough in the fourth year to permit students with unsatisfactory performance time to remedy their deficiency. The third- and fourth-year Promotions Committee will determine how this is to be accomplished.
USMLE, Step 2 CS
All students graduating in 2005 and later are required to take USMLE, Step 2 CS. At the present time, students are not required to pass this examination to receive an M.D. degree from New York Medical College. However, it is anticipated that passage of this examination will become a graduation requirement within the next few years.
Students may be excused from up to three days of a fourth-year elective or selective to take Step 2 CS. This requires prior approval from the Dean's Office. If more than one day is missed from a one- or two-week fourth-year experience (surgical subspecialty, rehabilitation medicine or anesthesiology) the entire experience must be made up, or re-taken.
Leave of Absence
A leave of absence for good reason may be granted by the Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Ordinarily, a leave of absence is not granted for reason of academic difficulty. All requests for leaves of absence should be submitted in writing to the Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Any student granted a leave must, upon his or her return, submit an application for reinstatement to the Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs.
Ordinarily, a leave of absence is granted for one year. With the permission of the Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, this can be extended for an additional year.
Change in Curriculum
New York Medical College reserves the right to change the curriculum at any time without prior notice.
It should be noted that the Curriculum and Education Committee continually reviews the curriculum and makes changes as appropriate to cover new curriculum areas deemed necessary for experience as well as to improve the quality of the education process.
Academic Calendar
Specific activities listed in the academic calendar are subject to change due to unforseen circumstances such as inclement weather. Students are expected to schedule off-campus travel during vacation periods. At times, it may become necessary to schedule make-up activities, including examinations, during unscheduled time immediately prior to vacation periods.
Duty Hours
In general, students are not required to spend longer duty hours on clinical services than residents are permitted to spend.
Payment of Tuition and Fees
Tuition and fees are due to be paid as follows:
- On the day of summer registration, 1/2 of tuition and all fees for the academic year.
- On January 30, the remaining 1/2 of tuition. Interest will be charged on all outstanding amounts after the above due dates.
The interest rate to be charged on these accounts will be that of the current private loan rate on the day the tuition payment was due.
An exception to interest charges and late fees will be made for newly entering students. These students will be extended a 90-day grace period beginning with the date on which the College accepts the student. During this grace period, the interest rate for outstanding amounts covered by certified loan applications will be two percentage points less than the current private loan rate described above for that portion of the 90-day grace period falling after the above payment due dates. In addition, the late fee will not be applied to balances subject to this lower interest rate, if such balance is totally covered by certified loan applications. If the loan(s) is not approved for any reason, interest and late fees will accrue from the date of registration at the higher rate.
A charge of $25 plus expenses will be assessed for the first check returned by the bank as unpaid. All subsequent unpaid checks will result in a charge of $50 plus expenses. Unpaid checks will be regarded as "not received" for purposes of determining applicability of interest and late fee charges.
Any student whose account is in arrears will not be granted a degree or issued a transcript. Registration for the next academic year may only occur upon the recommendation of the Executive Vice Dean for Student Affairs and the Vice President of Finance.
Registration
All students, including entering students, must register at the specified times in the summer and pay all fees and one half of the annual tuition before undertaking their studies. The second half of tuition is due on or before January 30. Payment of tuition and fees should be made in the Office of the Bursar, Room 115, Administration Building.
Withdrawals and Refunds
If a student terminates his or her medical college registration by official leave of absence or withdrawal, tuition will be charged for that tuition installment period according to the date written notice of such intended action is received in the Office of Student Affairs. The following tuition schedule begins with the first full week of classes in the installment period and pertains to each subsequent week or fraction of a week.
| Week | Percentage of Full Tuition Charged for the Period |
Week | Percentage of Full Tuition Charged for the Period |
| 1 | 0% | 7 | 60% |
| 2 | 10% | 8 | 70% |
| 3 | 20% | 9 | 80% |
| 4 | 30% | 10 | 90% |
| 5 | 40% | 11 | 100% |
| 6 | 50% |
For purposes of this schedule, the first installment period begins with the start of the academic year and the second installment period begins on the day the second installment of tuition is due.
Fees are not refundable.
Privacy Policy
It is the policy of New York Medical College to protect information contained in student records from unauthorized disclosures and to comply in all respects with the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and regulations thereunder.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 specifically provides that a school may disclose what is termed "directory information" about students to third parties without a student's consent. The types of such directory information include the following:
Student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, pager number, major field or program of study, name of the school enrolled in, dates of attendance, year of expected graduation and other similar information.Any student who wishes any or all of his/her directory information to remain confidential may inform the Office of the Registrar of his/her request in writing, at any time. In addition, The Family/Educational Rights and Privacy Act guarantees all students access to their own education records. Additional specific information regarding confidentiality of students' records can be obtained by medical students at the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of the Registrar.
Transcripts and Release of Information
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, prohibits the release of educational records by institutions without the specific consent of the student or alumnus/a.
A transcript of the New York Medical College record of a student or alumnus/a will be mailed at the individual's request to accredited hospitals and educational or other recognized institutions as credentials in support of his or her application for a position or promotion. All transcripts are marked "confidential" and carry the instruction that they are not to be turned over to the candidate. The purpose of this ruling is to avoid possible loss and fraudulent use of an official document of the Medical College. Send requests for transcripts to the Registrar, Room 127, Administration Building, Valhalla, N.Y. 10595.
There will be a charge for sending transcripts for graduates. This will be $5 per transcript for the first 75 transcripts and $10 per transcript for those in excess of 75. In addition, the Registrar's Office will charge $15 per request to Federal Express transcripts and letters of recommendation. Transcripts may not be sent by fax.
Statement of Non-Discrimination
New York Medical College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Institution. No person shall be denied admission to any educational program or activity on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability. Additionally, no person shall be discriminated against in the College's programs, activities and employment.
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 sex and disability, respectively.
Gladys M. Ayala, M.D., Associate Dean for Student and Minority Affairs, is the Section 504 Coordinator for individuals with Disabilities and the Coordinator for Title IX. Her office is located in the Administration Building, Valhalla, New York 10595, and her telephone number is (914) 594-4498.
Pass-Fail Courses
Computer Literacy and Community and Preventive Medicine are graded on a pass-fail basis. In addition, the clinical portion of Clinical Skills and Surgical Subspecialities are graded as pass-fail.
