***Thread for 2025-2026 BS/MD/DO Applicants and their Parents ***

@NoviceDad You should edit the list proactively every year. I immediately noticed your list still has lot of feeders for SUNY Upstate UAP program. They have been cutting few feeders every year and for current year they only have Syracuse University per Upstate website. My DD started her MS1 at Upstate (feeder ACPHS)and she is super happy.

Edited: I have noticed you have two URLs. bs-md and bs/md as one of the qualifiers in the URL. Former one is older from 2019 and that’s where I landed (part of the older blog possibly); later one is updated i 2024 and has mostly current info and top menu link rightly points to it.

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When does RPI send out notifications to applicants to submit supplementals for AMC

I have 2 questions about Siena AMC.

  1. How many applicants (and out of how many) are forwarded to AMC for further review? I remember seeing statistics somewhere but forgot.
  2. If Siena forwards your application to AMC, do they forward your essays as well? Another words, whatever student wrote to Siena when applying to this BS/MD program, does Albany get access to it too?

I’ve heard they already started doing it and will continue through January.

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Anyone moves to next round of Baylor2baylor bsmd . Got info that there will be a group case based presentation and based on that nearly 25 advance to next round out of which 6 are finally selected . Any tips on how to prepare for these rounds .

another avenue is searching thru student doctor dot net, admit dot org, cycle track dot org and drilling down sub reddit premed medschool for suggestions

@NoviceDad you are an expert! Can you please share what to expect during AMC interview? We were told it is MMI style with 6 stations. Is it all scenario/ethical questions or with a mix of “Tell me about yourself”, “Why Albany Medical School”, “Why Medicine” mixed in? Thank you so much. We would appreciate your guidance!

Do you think that once you are invited to the interview by AMC, student’s stats become irrelevant?

This thread used to be so popular every year. Parents exchanged information, asked questions… What happened?

Did NoviceDad abandon CC? He seemed very knowledgeable.

Seems to have gotten more quiet every year as the process has gotten much more competitive over the past decade with the cancellation of several BS/MD programs and more applicants.

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Thank you for your reply. Yes, the process is extremely competitive with the number of applicants growing each year while the number of spots is not. I am just surprised that this topic no longer seems active, while in prior years parents were discussing their experiences and later sharing the results of the cycle.

Maybe these threads are becoming less useful, hence low participation. You can get program info from previous years threads.

Hi! Any input for Wayne med direct? What to expect during interviews, how many interviews, format, and whats happens during the full day event? Any help is appreciated. Thank u

Hope it’s okay to jump on this thread, the premed topics are so quiet these days. Does anyone have any feedback on the Icahn Mt. Sinai flexmed program and weighing the possibility against traditional route outcomes?

Hello Folks

Logging in after a long time. Looks like this thread has been dormant.

Accidentally found this place. useful information from previous threads. Looks like nowadays people are moving to discuss on Reddit or facebook.

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We got into Hofstra BSMD. Any experience for this program?

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Congratulations! I think big goals to be met from this program are:

3.6 GPA

No grade less than a B in all science classes and C in non sciences

MCAT of 511 in first sitting.

The question one must ask before enrolling any program is whether these are achievable and also check with the program if they can provide any stats about people not being able to meet them.

Matriculation in the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell occurs upon completion of the student’s undergraduate degree provided that the student maintains a minimum 3.6 overall GPA as well as a minimum 3.6 science GPA at the end of the first academic year at Hofstra University and every academic year thereafter, and satisfies the pre-medical requirements with a high-level of professional behavior, without repeating a course, and with no grade lower than a B in any science course, and no grade less than a C in a non-science course. The pre-medical course requirements for BS-BA/MD students correspond to the recommended coursework for applicants to the MD program in the same academic year as the year accepted BS-BA/MD students matriculate as undergraduate students at Hofstra University. A minimum Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score equivalent to the 80th percentile at the first sitting must be achieved and submitted by January of the medical school application cycle.

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Thank you for the reply. I spent some time reading threads from 2017. Interesting to see some parents update the status after 8 year’s long journey. It is really helpful to gain the information from a parent’s perspective.

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Welcome back. I hope everything is OK.