School of Medicine - Admissions - Application Procedures
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Important Dates
Secondary Application
Letters of Recommendation
Interviews
How to Contact Us
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.
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Association of American Medical Colleges (web site) Student Services Lobby-26, 2501 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-1300 202-828-0600. amcas@aamc.org (email) |
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| 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. | ||
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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.
| Deadline | Regular Application Entering 2007 |
Early Decision Application Entering 2007 |
| Deadline for submitting AMCAS application |
December 15, 2006 | August 1, 2006 |
| Deadline for submitting Secondary Application to NYMC |
January 31, 2007 | August 31, 2006 |
| Interviews | October - April | September |
| Decisions | On a rolling basis | No later than October 1 |
| Start Date | Early August 2007 | Early August 2007 |
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. The $100 application fee can 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 letters indicated on the secondary application have arrived at the Office of Admissions.
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's therefore best if applicants read these instructions carefully and do their best to comply.
- Whenever possible, a Premedical Advisory Committee letter of evaluation is preferred.
- If your college does not have a Premedical Committee, letters of evaluation from three undergraduate professors (including at least two from science (biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, bioengineering) faculty are required. These must come from faculty who have taught you in class or have supervised independent research for which you have received credit.
- One letter of evaluation must be from the department in which you majored, whether science or nonscience.
- 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.
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 is required. It must be from a faculty member whose class you attended or with whom you did research.
- If your graduate program is in the sciences, this letter can substitute for one of the undergraduate science letters.
- 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.
- All letters must be on official letterhead.
- Please request that your social security number and 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:
Administration Bldg.
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595
- Re-applicants must resubmit their Letters of Evaluation.
- If you graduated prior to 2003 (this does not include 2003) 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.
After your application is complete, the Admissions Committee 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 late September 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 that describes transportation options and local hotels is available on our web site.
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 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 within ten weeks of 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 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 reserve a place in the entering class. This deposit is deductible from the first tuition payment.