<p>@bigbajo, I can’t believe they’re still interviewing! That means decisions come out a week to ten days after they’re done. It’s my S diet choice and last program to release decisions. Ugh</p>
<p>Oops That should say, first choice</p>
<p>I MADE IT IN AS THE FIRST 41st WOOOOT. THEY SENT AN EMAIL!!!</p>
<p>@MadBeast, are you talking about Sophie Davis?</p>
<p>Same here MadBeast. I also got accepted. I’m going are you? And are you dorming?</p>
<p>And are you going to that accepted students conference thing in April.</p>
<p>S was accepted!!! He’s definitely going, both to the program AND to the accepted students day. He’s thinking of forming, not sure yet. I guess you guys can discuss it at the accepted students day.</p>
<p>Oh they decided to send some decisions early. Thats cool, congrats to those that made it, be on the lookup for an eventual facebook accepted students thread. In the meantime, you can message me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who made it and good luck to those waiting.</p>
<p>Hey @Insanemom, would you have chosen the Hofstra 4+4 over Sophie Davis?? Any feedback would help anybody!!!</p>
<p>Satrocks, that’s a tough one. On one hand, hofstra is so much more expensive, given 4 yrs of med school prices vs 2, and undergrad also more. S got the presidential scholarship from hofstra of $22,000 per yr, (I’m sure you did also if you’re deciding between the two). No mcats at sophie but more options at hofstra. One negative for hofstra is IMHO, you won’t be surrounded by the most motivated students during undergrad. I would choose sophie, but its really a personal preference. What are your options so far?</p>
<p>Bigbajo? What yr are you in? How’s the workload? How stressful is it?</p>
<p>@Insanemom, my friend is actually trying to pick between the two… Im going to another med. </p>
<p>The money issue is true, but I know Sophie does requires you to pay the $75000 (plus interest) fine if you decide to specialize down the line… Therefore the overall financial difference might not be that large. You are paying for a whole different undergrad experience at Hofstra as opposed to City College. Also, you still have to “apply” to the 6 med schools, right? </p>
<p>Furthermore, those med schools can drop out of the affiliation with Sophie at any time… so who knows what med schools will be left in 5 years? </p>
<p>Also, I told him that getting a BS from Hofstra would probably be better than getting one from City College lol.</p>
<p>But a major flaw for the Hofstra program is that the med school is relatively new, therefore less prestigious than Sophie’s current affiliates…</p>
<p>How do you think that Sophie’s positive aspects overcome these issues?</p>
<p>well my sis has an apartment in manhattan so imma live with her. I’m still waiting for some other schools so well see what happens</p>
<p>insanemom - let me say the workload is tough, and gets a lot very fast, but no matter where you go there is stress and a lot of work to do if you want to become successful. At Sophie Davis about 1/4 of the class either fail, or decide medicine is not right for them. For example Orgo is one of the toughest undergraduate courses at Sophie Davis because 2 semesters of Orgo is combined into 1, and there is a ton of material. Medical school courses obviously have even more information, but that is what you get at any medical school. ON a happier note, it is not impossible.</p>
<p>The 75k when deciding to where to pursue should not be a factor, because you will most likely be one of the few who finished medical school with very little debt, less then 50k, and at times 0 from Sophie Davis. Plus the 75k is divided over 10 years, but if you do specialize, the salary increase is significant that the the 75k can be paid of easily. Nevertheless financials should not play a role in deciding if medicine is right for you, because it is a career you will unlikely become very rich from, its one you can get a comfortable living from, but if you want to be rich, I suggest you look elsewhere. </p>
<p>Also Sophie Davis does looses affiliates but it also adds and the school is trying to become its own MD granting institution in the near future.</p>
<p>Accepted! Super excited to be a part of this program and I am 99.9% sure i will be accepting the admissions offer. I was wondering if anyone was aware of the Facebook group and if it has been created yet for the admitted students. Im hoping to dorm, and would like to find a roommate. Message me please, congrats to all who were accepted, and good luck to those awaiting their decision.</p>
<p>Bigbajo, it’s been my S lifelong dream to be a dr and he worked hard til this point to get accepted to the best colleges. I also know this is just the beginning and it gets WAY tougher. Question, do u dorm or commute? I was wondering I’d storming allows for more study time?</p>
<p>I am still a commuter, as a 2nd year student but about 2/3 dorm or have apartments close by. Commuting obviously takes out time from my studying but I also get to sleep or study on my commute, and living on your own also requires some time to get house stuff done, so in my view, you can do either, you will probably save some time if you dorm but if you use the time for studying or not is upto you. </p>
<p>The thread was just made, look up Sophie Davis class of 2018 official students accepted thread.</p>
<p>Excited to be accepted but torn between Sophie Davis and Cornell</p>
<p>um so i have a question i got into brown and cornell so im having some difficulty do i go to sophie or the ivys UGH</p>
<p>Madbeast, congrats! What are your stats? And to help answer your question, some factors to consider… How will u pay for the ivys? In my case, we make too much for financial aid but not enough that we can afford to shell put $60,000 a yr for undergrad. I believe in taking out the hefty loans for grad school. So unfortunately for us, state or city schools are all we can afford. I do understand that it’s hard to turn down the ivys so it’s really a personal decision, though that’s exactly what I would do! Take Sophie!</p>