<p>Can anyone tell me anything about this?</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>Wordsearch at SDN forums. You will find more info there... although I did not see any stats posted.</p>
<p>anyone else get an interview?</p>
<p>HighFive, please share your interview experience. Thanks and GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>About 300 - 400 apply. They usually call about 80 for interview and will take in about 30-35 students. It is extremely competitive, like 1 in 10 chance at the time of application. The program is meant for die-hard humanities students to get a chance to go into medicine. So, students heavily into pre-med track don't necessarily have much of a chance!</p>
<p>So if you took the first Organic Chem course, you shouldn't bother even though they specifically said it's ok to apply as long as you don't complete the second course?</p>
<p>Do they care what your college GPA is? </p>
<p>1/10 chance is actually very generous compare to the regular round acceptance rate.</p>
<p>If you already took the first Org Chem AND are enrolled in the second semester of Org Chem, then don't bother applying. It is not a matter of completing second Org Chem, you should not be in that at all. Similarly no physics.
They look at college GPA & highschool GPA.
1/10 is not generous for regular round to All med schools in the US (may be generous for Mount Sinai).</p>
<p>Actually, most private med schools have acceptance rates below 10% regardless of caliber. This extends from Harvard Med all the way down to Drexel University. There are simply too many applicants during the regular round.</p>
<p>I meant I currently have Org Chem 2 on my schedule for the Spring, but I can drop it and add another Psychology class or something. </p>
<p>First sem, 3 sciences 1 humanity
Second sem, (would be 3 sciences 1 humanity) (will be 2 sciences 2 humanity if I drop Org Chem 2)
no physics in either sem. </p>
<p>1/10 is roughly twice the RD acceptance rate at Mount Sinai. </p>
<p>I have too many sci classes as is, I'm just wondering if it's worth the effort to apply? </p>
<p>ceteris paribus, will they take some English major kid with a 3.7 over someone like me but with much better GPA?</p>
<p>It seems that they look at many many factors: GPA, courses, SAT, extracurricular /clinical experience, applicant's academic objectives, essays & recommendations. Plus the one-on-one interviews with 2 members of selection panel. So, you should apply if you think you have even an outside chance. You never know, how you will fare. It is not just GPA or your major.</p>
<p>It's not true that you can't have taken physics. Physics is fine; you are ineligible if you have taken Organic Chem II (but Organic Chem I is okay). If you're accepted into the program and are registered to take the 2nd semester of Organic Chem, you need to drop it. If you've already taken 2 semesters of Organic Chem, you can't apply for the program.</p>
<p>Ok here is my question I go to a small LAC school so courses like Organic Chemistry I are only offered in the fall/Organic II only in the spring. If I don’t want to be behind with the sciences, I would have to sign up for Organic I in the fall. Can I explain this to them somehow? </p>
<p>Also, for those of you guys who applied, how much does your high school GPA/record matter? My high school record was pretty great up to ugh…second semester senior year? I am not too proud of it, but I didn’t keep with with getting As too much. Nothing horrible, but did bring down my overall GPA. </p>
<p>Lastly, can those who have gotten in/at least gotten a interview post their stats/experiences? you can pm them to me. I am not trying to see what kind of scores are necessary, but I am just a little worried that my stats are a little too focused in the sciences than the program would like. So I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to even apply.</p>
<p>does this program still exist? i tried finding it on google but just ended up with dead links…if it does exist, anyone have any info about it? can someone be a double major (1 humanity [middle eastern studies] and 1 science [biology]) and still apply to the program?</p>
<p>The program is alive and flourishing. I’m not sure why you couldn’t find it on Google - it came up easily enough for me. Check out [Mount</a> Sinai - Humanities and Medicine Early Acceptance Program](<a href=“http://www.mountsinai.org/Education/School%20of%20Medicine/Degrees%20and%20Programs/Humanities%20and%20Medicine%20Early%20Acceptance%20Program]Mount”>http://www.mountsinai.org/Education/School%20of%20Medicine/Degrees%20and%20Programs/Humanities%20and%20Medicine%20Early%20Acceptance%20Program).</p>
<p>I don’t think you can be a double major with one of those majors in the sciences and still qualify.</p>
<p>@ shades</p>
<p>thanks for the link…idk why the link came up dead for me but it seems to be working fine now</p>
<p>You can’t major in science even if you are double majoring and one major is non-science. My son was accepted into last year’s group–it’s a tremendous relief to not have to worry about MCATs, applications, interviews, etc. He really enjoyed spring semester this year minus all of the pressure of pre-med.</p>
<p>BTW, the program is a long-standing program–I believe more than 20 years with a proven success rate for humeds that statistically equals or exceeds traditionally accepted students at Mt. Sinai.</p>
<p>That isn’t surprising to me. If you are good enough to get in, you probably have what it takes to stay in.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone knows my chances of getting in, even though I’m majorly at a disadvantage because I’m an entering junior and I’ve also not taken a year of bio or chem yet. Their website says that Juniors are considered if the space is there and that you don’t need to have finished bio/chem before you apply. I go to GWU and I have a 3.9GPA majoring in psychology, a 1460SAT, and a 91 high school GPA with mid 90s in HS bio/chem/physics. The only science classes I’ve taken in college is a year of “contemporary science for non-science majors” so that doesn’t really count, but it does have the CHEM prefix in the course code! ;)</p>
<p>Will they really even consider me given my lack of college science and junior year standing?</p>