School of Medicine - Application Information

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 further information contact:

Association of American Medical Colleges
Student Services
Lobby-26, 2501 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-1300
202-828-0600.
amcas@aamc.org

Useful information may also be found at:

AspiringDocs.org which is a website specifically geared 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 applications must begin by submitting the AMCAS application directly to AMCAS.

Secondary Application

Upon receipt of the AMCAS applicant information, New York Medical College will e-mail a login and password to access the secondary online application. All applicants receive a secondary application. It must be completed on-line by January 31. It is strongly recommended that you thoroughly review Before You Apply before submitting a secondary application.

There is a $100 application fee that may be submitted electronically with a credit card or by check. This application fee partially covers the cost of processing each application and cannot be returned. On the secondary application, applicants are asked to list exactly who will be submitting letters of evaluations for them. The application cannot be considered complete until all required letters have arrived at the Office of Admissions.

Important Dates

Letters of Evaluation

Letters of evaluation play an important part in the application process. Two general points need to be emphasized. First, these recommendations are most meaningful when the letter writer has personally known the applicant. This can occur through class discussion in a small class or lab or through conversations outside of class. Second, applicants whose letters meet the requirements listed below have the strongest applications. It is therefore best if applicants read these instructions carefully and do their best to comply.

Please note the following 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 must be submitted directly to our office by the Premedical Committee, the career placement office, or the individual recommender. Applicants may not submit letters directly. Mail to:

Office of Admissions
Administration Bldg., Rm 147
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595

• Re-applicants must resubmit their Letters of Evaluation.
• If you graduated prior to 2006 (this does not include 2006) 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 before the January 31 deadline.

Undergraduate Letters

If your college has a Premedical Advisory Committee, a Letter of Evaluation from the Committee is preferred and will fulfill all undergraduate requirements. A committee letter does not require the names of individual letter writers.

If your college does not have a Premedical Committee, Letters of Evaluation from three undergraduate professors including at least two from science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering or bioengineering) are required. Math is not considered a science for purposes of Letters of Evaluation. The Letters of Evaluation must come from faculty who have taught you in class or have supervised 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, (as identified in your AMCAS application) whether science or non-science.

Employment references, personal references, and references from volunteer work are not a substitute for academic references. They can, however, be submitted as supplements to the required references.

Graduate School Letters

If you have attended graduate school, we request the following letters in addition to the undergraduate letters previously described:

• If you are a matriculated graduate student or have completed a graduate degree, a letter from a faculty member in your department major is required. This must come from faculty who have taught you in class or have supervised independent research for which you have received credit. If the letter is from a science faculty, it can substitute for one undergraduate science letter.
• If you have just begun your graduate studies, or are in a non-degree program, you must submit one Letter of Evaluation from a faculty member whose graduate level class you attended or are attending this semester. This does not take the place of the two required undergraduate science letters.

Interview

After your application is complete, the 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 letter of invitation will be emailed. It includes a list of current students who have volunteered to serve as overnight hosts. Applicants can call or email the students directly to make arrangements to stay with one of them the night before the interview. Travel information is available at here.

The interview day program runs from 8:00am to 1:15pm. 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. We expect to notify applicants of our decision approximately ten weeks after the interview date, although it could take longer. If the Committee takes favorable action, a letter of acceptance will be forwarded to the applicant, who will then have two weeks to accept in writing a place in the class. By May 15, a non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to reserve a place in the entering class. This deposit is deducted from the first tuition payment.