<p>peackykeen, i'm in the same position u are. so far, i have the letter form rpi saying that they received my app for the physician scientist program and i have a postcard from union saying that they recivied my leadership to medicine app.I guess they are doing this in batches or something. Post your stats. Mine are:</p>
<p>1520 sat (760 m 760 v)
780 math 2c 710 bio
96.26 uw gpa (unofficially top 5%)</p>
<p>varsity tennis, violin, 2-3 leadership positions, research</p>
<p>2140 SAT (700 CR 770 W 670 M)
710 US Hist, 730 Math IC, 700 Bio M
95.2 UW GPA, top 2-3% (not indicated on apps, so it doesnt matter..)</p>
<p>research project at dartmouth/paper, 6 leadership positions, soccer, bunch of awards including a scholarship from local medical society</p>
<p>i think you pwned me.</p>
<p>no, ur stats are definitely good. I think that its just a matter of time before we get the email (or letter or whatever it is that they send).</p>
<p>ok, i just got the supplemental app.</p>
<p>yupp got mine last thursday or friday i believe. finished it. yay.</p>
<p>same here... except i haven't quite finished it yet... <em>must.get.going</em> ... lol</p>
<p>everything works out in the end, let's just hope boston contacts me soon :(</p>
<p>Hey RPI/AMC kids..what makes this 7 year program better than say NW HPME, OSU, Univ. of Miami HPME, TCNJ/UMDNJ, and BU?? I'm trying to narrow down my choices so some insight would be helpful. (like residencies, preparedness, etc)</p>
<p>I wanted to reply to the question of what makes RPI/AMC unique. I'm currently in this program and was admitted to a number of 7/8 year programs and ivies when I was a senior in HS. Anyway, I did a lot of research talking to physicians, scientists, medical students to figure out what program offers what. Some things I've learned about the Physician-Scientist program:
-MCAT NOT required, minimum GPA of 3.4 per semester (very very easy).
-3 year undergrad, no required summers except 10 out of 14 weeks you need to do research before medical school, but this will be fun because you'll be with your program friends and kids from the year above you in the summer just researching and chilling in the evenings.
-Required to do two summers of research (most students do many poster sessions, some publish a few papers, conferences, get in the track to receive a MD with Distinction in Research (MDDR).
-The most tight-knit program I've heard of. Every year, you have a banquet with all the bs/md program students from RPI and a few from AMC, professors, and guest alumni speakers.
-RPI P-S students perform THE BEST at AMC. We're given the data and we ALWAYS cluster in the top third and hog the top 20 spots at AMC.
-It's a very distinguished program with a huge alumni network (president of BWH of Harvard Med. is from the program)
-Coursework is relaxed, if you AP out of intro classes, classes are not bad at all
-You start doing research two days out of the week your spring semester of third year. You also take a bunch of research classes at AMC taught by AMC professors.
-Troy sucks, but there are lots of stuff to do at RPI, and albany is very close.
-If you're asian (indian in particular), you're a majority in the program easily</p>
<p>feel free to ask any specific questions.</p>
<p>Also in terms of residencies: RPI students rank in the top third, but also perform a good twenty points above the national and AMC average. The research also pushes them for residencies so its a very good combination for residencies. At other medical schools, there's no guarantee you'll be at the top. But in this program, RPI provides a great foundation for the basic science curriculum at AMC. They outperform the Union program and Siena program and traditional students BY FAR. This is a known fact at AMC and by the professors so they tend to like RPI students and think highly of them at the medical school. And since we do research, we get our foot into the door, we hear medical professors lecture, and we get to know people and our surroundings.</p>
<p>Hi, I will be interviewing for RPI's Physician-Scientist program on monday. Can you give me any tips for the interview?? Much help would be appreciated.
Also, what other programs did you get into?</p>
<p>Hey gansta...would an aspiring pathologist benefit a great deal more from this program as opposed to the other bs/md programs b/c of all the lab work you guys are involved in during your research requirements?</p>
<p>Redland20: On the interview, first be able to answer for any abnormalities in your grades/scores. If you have one particular low score, be able to talk about why it is a little low. Be honest in your answers and don't talk like a robot. The more natural you are, the more the people who interview you will like you, even if your answers aren't amazing. Pause after their questions and answer clearly without mumbling. And also be able to talk about any volunteering/research you've already done because they'll want to hear about anything and everything.</p>
<p>southernasn918: NO, it would benefit ANYONE. Residencies look VERY highly on research, esp for competitive programs (any surgery), thats what separates an applicant. If you have two years of research and two publications in your belt, and you're at the top of your class and have a MDDR, you'll be favored over people. The other thing is this program makes you think about alot of different types of research like clinical research in addition to the basic science research that you do. It gives you good training on that sort of thing and will be helpful for the future by just having that knowledge even if you don't decide to do any research in the future.</p>
<p>after getting that supplemental form for albany, do you scores or gpa mattter for getting an interview? or is it just based on that supplement?</p>
<p>Yeah they rank students to get the supplemental, to get the interview. Only after the interview, getting in, the scores don't really matter. But they do to get as far as the interview.</p>
<p>i'm confused. can't find the post i'm looking for, but if you get an interview for AMC/Union LIM, does that also double as the RPI Phys-Sci interview?</p>
<p>No peachykeen27, on average the RPI P-S students are more qualified than Union program students and the program is much more established than the other AMC programs so gaining an interview for RPI P-S is more difficult in general and requires a science focus rather than arts/business. Many people are not familiar w/ the Union and Siena programs because they're relatively new in comparison to RPI and students do not in general perform as well as the RPI students at AMC according to AMC professors.</p>
<p>i've been called for an interview at AMC for both the RPI P-S program and the LIM....but thing is, they've been scheduled for the same day...so will i have two interviews or will it just be one interview at the same time?? anyone know?? ...lol im so confused.... :confused:</p>
<p>i'm guessing it will only be one interview. Did they email you or call you about the interviews? I submitted my supplement app on the last day (Jan 31st).</p>
<p>yikes how am i supposed to show my commitment to two different programs with a different focus at the same time?? argh something tells me this is going to be really tough... :S :S :S</p>
<p>and foodisgood...they emailed me Feb 3 for both programs...and i submitted my RPI supplement the last week of Jan, and the Union supplement two weeks before that... so i guess they take about 2-5 weeks to review them...</p>