<p>No, the AMC supplement essays are similar but not the same. The first prompt is specific to the PROGRAM. So the Union one asks about management and health care system etc. The RPI one will address research.
The second one is the same for all: it’s just a general “describe yourself”.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the deadline to apply for financial aid? I assume they are the same as regular undergraduate except Case Western.</p>
<p>Thank you. She was not accepted to the Union program so she does not have access to those questions. Could you please tell me how many words are in the “describe yourself” question or any other details so she can attempt it as she waits?</p>
<p>Also, how many questions are there?</p>
<p>Does anybody know how many students get forwarded to AMC, how many get chosen for an interview, and how many students are actually admitted to the program?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>The “describe yourself” question has a character limit of 1000 characters including spaces.
There is only that and the other program specific question.</p>
<p>I believe someone mentioned that nearly almost everyone who applies and meets the requirements gets forwarded to AMC. The real competition is to get the interview with AMC. Once you get the interview, I think it’s pretty easy again to be accepted.</p>
<p>@GreenSage, last year around 200 applications were sent to AMC from RPI (they received around 400 applications) and AMC interviewed about 100 in total over a time period, with 40 offers being given (on a rolling basis) for around 20 students to eventually matriculate.</p>
<p>Do we have to pay Albany Medical College for each time we apply through an undergrad (Union, Siena, RPI)?</p>
<p>I believe so…</p>
<p>@arsh96, texaspg is correct. Unfortunately, unlike Drexel programs in which you only pay once, AMC request payment for each of the supplemental submitted. A lot of money but without any guarantee of interview.</p>
<p>Wow that’s crazy that they make you pay more than once, esp. considering how expensive it is. </p>
<p>@GreenSage- 1000+ hours?!?! In what? That’s amazing! And yeah my total medical related hours also add up to about 500 too, which I think is about average for these programs. I don’t think they can expect more than ~700 hours from us as high schoolers, especially with the constraints we have with full day classes and school-related ECs. I play sports so it’s near impossible for me to clock more than what I did and maintain solid academics, and I think these schools understand that. I honestly think the hours and grades are just to get us past the first rounds (compared to other BS/MD applicants at that, not college students); after that, all strings are cut loose and admission is based almost solely on the interview. And for that, we just have to present ourselves like college kids, not have hours like them. But that’s amazing that you have such awesome ECs :)</p>
<p>@starlight27, ahh thanks! I’m actually most scared about my ECs, because I feel so lacking in the area no matter how much I have. There are always people with better things. Plus, one of the biggest issues is I do a lot of independent work, like a couple research things and i’m an artist (though i don’t charge people money for my art, I just ask them to buy the materials themselves). So I dont know how seriously they will take that sort of thing, but it’s a pretty big part of my life and I’ve been doing it seriously for a few years so I’ve been pretty committed and it’s a legitimate thing haha. I am just afraid they won’t consider these “independent activities” as much compared to being in a club at school or something? I really don’t know.</p>
<p>I have 1000+ hours for my little art “business” thing and for tutoring kids in math and science courses (it’s nearly every day so it really adds up).</p>
<p>@GreenSage
While I am not an admissions officer, I think your ECs are great. You have a nice variety in your ECs and it shows who you are and you have put in a lot of time in what you believe in. You have a solid GPA and good scores. You will get in to several of these programs. Good Luck to you.</p>
<p>Congratulations on getting the Supplement for Union. My daughter has not gotten any supplements so far…:(. She applied to RPI/AMC, still waiting to hear back. Can you tell us what are the actual essay prompts for the Union/AMC, especially the second part which may be common to all other AMC programs?</p>
<p>@tamtiger, thank you! The common AMC prompt is simply “describe yourself” and must be under 1000 characters. Good luck to your daughter as well!</p>
<p>By the by, is anyone else applying to Ursinus/Drexel early assurance program? I just got an email for interview in january.</p>
<p>@Saimedical, when you said your daughter was not accepted into the Union/AMC program, did you mean she has not heard from Union or she was told she has not been successful in her application to the program? I am just trying to relate that to my son’s application status in which he has not heard anything from Union yet.</p>
<p>@IMGDAD, she has’nt heard anything directly from Union yet, but the online status indicates that they are unable to offer the leadership in medicine program and would like to admit her for undergraduate program. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>@Saimedical, thank you. So I suppose no news is better than rejection. My son’s online Application Status still says “Your Leadership in Medicine Application is not complete” (you need the midyear report to complete the application), although he received an email from Union yesterday reassuring him that applications are being reviewed without the midyear report. So he will just have to wait to see if it would turn out to be an interview or a rejection in the next few weeks.</p>
<p>We are still waiting on a request for supplement from RPI. Do you know what they normally do if they do not select a candidate for the supplement? </p>
<p>Does RPI send you an email saying you are rejected or do they admit to UG and say you are not selected for the AMC program? </p>
<p>How [as in snail mail or email] and when do they let the rejected candidates know of their status? </p>
<p>Do you have any idea?
Thanks.</p>
<p>@IMGDAD, if this persists, I think it would be best to contact them again.
I got a folder with the Union acceptance letter and an additional letter that indicated that my app was forwarded to AMC. And once again, I hope everyone keeps checking their junk/spam folders to make sure nothing was directed there. AMC emails come from "<a href=“mailto:combineddegreeprograms@mail.amc.edu”>combineddegreeprograms@mail.amc.edu</a> so add that to your contacts/safe sender lists.</p>
<p>@tamtiger and GreenSage, thank you. As pointed out by GreenSage previously, I think the RPI system is screwed up this year. My son submitted his application in August, including his SAT I and II scores, but it is only until about two weeks ago that his online application portal showing that all the documents have been received.</p>
<p>2 years ago with my D applying to RPI/AMC we were so ignorant and it was almost better. We just waited - nothing shows up on RPI’s portal they told me on the phone they do not update those. So you just wait. My D got her supplement notification on Jan10 so we feel like we have hope. </p>
<p>RPI said they had trouble with common app so I am surprised that one person already got supplement from AMC for RPI.
With Union, it must be that AMC sends out supplements in waves. I am going to assume that the stronger applicants get it first but I am totally guessing. or my S’s app didn’t get forwarded with 1st batch.</p>
<p>He keeps checking SPAM folder but there is nothing. What happens if the school keys in your email address incorrectly? We are getting so paranoid now. not funny</p>
<p>@midhelper, funny … but probably a reflection of human nature. It just shows how much more excited and worried some of us parents are than the kids themselves! I suspect that there will be a lot of activities from the various programs in the first two weeks of January, 2014.</p>