<p>My son got an email for the interview with Albany Medical this week. Do anyone please fill me on what type of questions they ask.
Thanks</p>
<p>did he turn in the supplemental application already??? wow, they're quick as anything with interviews!!!!! i just recently got that big packet with the supp application!!!! jeeeeez.</p>
<p>uh oh......guess who missed the date.......hanging head in shame....</p>
<p>Did any one receive invitation from Albany Medical college for the interview. Does any one knows what type of questions do they ask? Your herlp will be greatly appreciated. Is there any web site whcih I can refer to? I don't hve much time. The interview in on coming friday.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>if i didn't recieve the supplemental application does that mean i didnt get in?</p>
<p>Albany Medical takes interview from Jan-Mar and they usually interview 100 applicants. don't oose your hope. The interview process just started. Good Luck!</p>
<p>YES!!!! they've extended by deadline to Jan 11!!! HUZZAHHH!!!!!</p>
<p>mail4nrs--please excuse me if i assume incorrectly, but doesn't ur older son attend the rpi program? if so, u've definately already gone to him and gotten his feedback on the interview....would you please enlighten us others? thanks so much.</p>
<p>i called rpi yesterday... they said that i should recieve word from the med skool by the third week of january about a supp. application.... so for those of you who havent even gotten a supp. app yet... no worries... after that.. they will setup interviews...</p>
<p>how many acceptances are offered? typically how many accept?</p>
<p>also, what percentage/what is the statistic of people in the program actually making it through the undergrad and into med school? in other words, how many of the kids flunk out of the program?</p>
<p>i have no idea but the program is really not THAT hard to get into... i mean.. i met this grl named neha this past summer [completely random meeting]... and she happened to be entering this rpi med program this past fall... so i was talking to her... nd she was like.. yea... i got a 1570.. BUT... i know lots of other grls who also got into the program this year and will be entering as freshman with sat's in the low 14's... so.. basically what i learned from her ... is the following..</p>
<p>having a 1550 as opposed to a 1420... is not going to help u one bit... because once u break 1400... its all gravy... they realize the fact that a 1400 and a 1600 is like a 5percentile difference... which isnt major at all... </p>
<p>IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE INTERVIEW... if ur a nerd that works hard but has a hard time socially... ur screwed.. because u need to nail these interviews... i asked for advice... she said.. be honest... if u r doing this whole thing for the right reasons.. they will know... vice versa also applies...</p>
<p>but as far as #'s.... they reserve 60 seats a year in the medical skool for high school garuantees... which means that they give 20 to sienna, 20 to union nd 20 to rpi [roughly]... last year.. they accepted 55-60 through rpi and around 20 said yes.. so they try to fill 20 spots thru each skool... anyways... thats all ive got</p>
<p>An email for the interview? Oh man, I havent gotten that yet, but I got the supplemental. I hope I'm not that fraction of a percent that gets the AMC supplemental application but not the interview...</p>
<p>Hi Pappacutta,
My other son is in RPI\Albany program. His feedback was - interview with 2 interviewers. One interviewer (lady) was not nice. She was not even paying attention to what my son was talking. but the other interviewer was nice and he was very impressed by the interview. Couple of questions asked at interview - A 12 year old girl comes to you for abortion what you will do? Question on HMO, Informed consent etc.... AMC stress applicant with research experience. I heard last year they had nice folks in the interview commitee. In my son's class, they have students from 1590-1450 SAT score. They have 50% women in selection 20+. Last year, they had 25 students in the program.</p>
<p>My son is a Junior at RPI and will attend Albany Medical next year.</p>
<p>mail4ners--good luck to ur son....anxious to hear about it!</p>
<p>Hey everyone, just wanted to let everyone know what I know about this program. Approximately 400-500 apply, around 100 are invited for an interview and around 35 are accepted/waitlisted. Usually 20 accept the offer, in the past year, 25 accepted. The program is one of the most established programs starting over 35 years ago. The alumni network is massive and graduates work in research to hospital management to private practice. The CEOs of 2 of Harvard Medical's leading hospitals are rpi/amc graduates in fact. In order to have a shot at this program, like other top programs, at least a 1450 is required. The average for the program is in the upper 1400's to lower 1500's. SATs in this case are somewhat of a good prediction. The students with the upper 1500's tend to do well in comparison to the students with the lower/mid 1400's who got off the waitlist. The required GPA in the program is a 3.4 math/science and overall every semester and although it sounds very difficult, if you work, you should not have a problem. Only a handful of students out of the 20 or so get kicked out for academic reasons. ALL the students do well at AMC. All of them are in the top half of the class and most of them hog up the top 20% of the class. Doing well in medical school and the above average board scores gets the program students very good residency positions. People before entering this program are skeptical at first because AMC is not on USNews. The school is unranked, but the program guarantees success because the students are motivated and tend to do well looking back on the graduates. More than half of the program as asian btw, but this is like most other programs. It's a 7-year program. 3 years at RPI, the summer before medical school, out of the 14 weeks break, you do research for 8-10 weeks at AMC. If you look at the matchlist for AMC, all the students do residencies in the northeast or cali. You don't see any missouri or kansas residencies. Alot of them specialize and do surgery as well which shows the competitive nature of the students. If you have AP credits, use them at RPI and you will much more relaxed taking humanity classes that you enjoy and just two science courses making the semester much less hectic. The school is challenging and alot of fun. Troy's not great, but Albany's not far and the school has enough to do. The interview is crucial and more grilling than other interviews. Once you get to the interview, you scores still do matter a little. They rank the interviewees and then take the top people. The rank is based on your interview, but also your scores and grades. There are some ethical questions, but mainly questions about your file (grades, essay, ec's, etc). It's a conversation with a few MDs and if you know how to communicate, you should do fine. Just rehearse some answers, and be prepared to talk about your research or volunteering or why a certain score is lower than expected, etc. Feel free to ask me any questions.</p>
<p>Are you a student at RPI? or AMC?</p>
<p>whoo hooo just finished my amc supp. application...feelin crazy!!! it seems like mail4ners son found out pretty fast about interviews....we'll see what happens next.</p>
<p>mail4ners--how did ur son's interview go?</p>
<p>what's up with 100 application fee for the supplemental app??? greedy admissions people....</p>
<p>I'm a student at RPI. I learned most of my info talking to many doctors who I worked with over the summer and know and graduates of my program. I was accepted into some ivy league colleges and was seriously debtaing whether to take the program or an ivy and after months of talking with people, I made the decision to attend the 7-year program.</p>