hey do you guys mind putting up stats, I just need to get an idea =)
hey do you guys mind putting up stats, I just need to get an idea =)
matriculant avg cGPA: 3.3
matriculant avg MCAT: 22
as for me...
cGPA: 2.87
scGPA: 2.79
post-bacc: 3.53
gradGPA: 3.78
MCAT: 25
In a nutshell, low grades/higher MCAT will get you in (or vice-versa). Just don't botch your interview and you'll be fine.
What kind of graduate program did you do with that gpa? That's pretty impressive of an improvement.
What are my chances for NYCPM with a 3.7 cGPA and a 3.6 science GPA? Also a random MCAT score of 22
matriculant avg cGPA: 3.3
matriculant avg MCAT: 22
as for me...
cGPA: 2.87
scGPA: 2.79
post-bacc: 3.53
gradGPA: 3.78
MCAT: 25
In a nutshell, low grades/higher MCAT will get you in (or vice-versa). Just don't botch your interview and you'll be fine.
I would honestly urge anyone interested in podiatry to skip NYCPM and shoot for another school for several reasons.
1) most (~70%) of the faculty/DPMs (and alumni directors and residents responsible for your required evaluations) have terrible personalities (e.g. think worse than bootcamp)
Just think for a moment--if you're looking to be an actual podiatrist you want faculty and directors who do not yell at the students every day (literally). If you want to be a podiatrist you would want directors and residents at hospitals to be fair and friendly instead of having them put you down every day of the week (you want find fairness/ nor friendliness at NYCPM for the most part). The DPMs, for the most part at FCNY, are truly unprofessional when they evaluate you. Instead of pointing out objective things that you might do in the clinic, you would instead nonconstructive belittling things written about you. I found this to be true on at least 4 accounts from different students.
The personalities and atmosphere in the clinics and hospitals needs drastic improvement as you will feel like nothing if you plan on doing podiatry school in NY (and the same goes for the 3 years of residency in NY). Most of the residents are miserable in NY, because this is their philosophy. For example, the directors treat the 3rd year residents like dirt and 3rd year residents treat 2nd year residents the same....Now, if you're going into the 3rd and 4th years of podiatry school you will be treated like less than dirt..guaranteed. It doesn't matter how smart you are, because this is their philosophy at this school and in their residencies. Keep in mind that this does not hold true in other states as I have witnessed first-hand. I noticed right away how residents in NC (for example) did not have to put up with this negative NY philosophy)
2) Ok, so enough about personalities which is extremely important for the second half of the 4 year DPM degree and during the residency years following school...the second reason has to do with the school itself. Students are not safe in Harlem. One student got held at gunpoint. Another student's girlfriend got robbed as well. Also, I've heard one student say that she got spit on two different times walking from the subway to school.
I will say, based on experience, that you will have to put up with people in Harlem calling you names as you walk to school on occasions. You will smell urine everyday and hear shouting everyday on the way to school Harlem is a very cruddy, low-life area and it only takes one walk-through to figure this out.
Now, why does this matter with its safety/violence relevance?
Think for a moment that if you are doing the required clinic work at FCNY you are indeed dealing every day (in 3rd year) with people who are violent and racist. I've shadowed in clinics before outside NY and I can say that you would do yourself a favor by not choosing NYCPM as you will be treated like dirt by the patient's themselves. I would say around 50% of the patients will have an attitude with either you or the doctor over you. I've heard a student being kicked in the face by a patient and many students being yelled out by the patients.
If you're getting attitude by the local patients half of the time and putting up with attitudes from most of the DPMs in the clinic the other half of the time, then you are miserable 100% of the time at NYCPM. You can add misery from living in many parts of the city (noisy neighbors, unfriendly communities, high number of home people begging you for change on every block,etc).
Simply put, choose another school any day of the week over NYCPM.
--other factors to consider: residency shortage and havingto pass board exam 2 the first time or you will likely have to wait a year for another small chance to get a residency...This problem may or may not improve. I believe that the students who were without a residency after match day had to do their residency in NYC and I know they will hate themselves for this (as many of my classmates did not want to do residency in NYC due to the horrible people on the crowded subways).
I would honestly urge anyone interested in podiatry to skip NYCPM and shoot for another school for several reasons.
1) most (~70%) of the faculty/DPMs (and alumni directors and residents responsible for your required evaluations) have terrible personalities (e.g. think worse than bootcamp)
Just think for a moment--if you're looking to be an actual podiatrist you want faculty and directors who do not yell at the students every day (literally). If you want to be a podiatrist you would want directors and residents at hospitals to be fair and friendly instead of having them put you down every day of the week (you want find fairness/ nor friendliness at NYCPM for the most part). The DPMs, for the most part at FCNY, are truly unprofessional when they evaluate you. Instead of pointing out objective things that you might do in the clinic, you would instead nonconstructive belittling things written about you. I found this to be true on at least 4 accounts from different students.
The personalities and atmosphere in the clinics and hospitals needs drastic improvement as you will feel like nothing if you plan on doing podiatry school in NY (and the same goes for the 3 years of residency in NY). Most of the residents are miserable in NY, because this is their philosophy. For example, the directors treat the 3rd year residents like dirt and 3rd year residents treat 2nd year residents the same....Now, if you're going into the 3rd and 4th years of podiatry school you will be treated like less than dirt..guaranteed. It doesn't matter how smart you are, because this is their philosophy at this school and in their residencies. Keep in mind that this does not hold true in other states as I have witnessed first-hand. I noticed right away how residents in NC (for example) did not have to put up with this negative NY philosophy)
2) Ok, so enough about personalities which is extremely important for the second half of the 4 year DPM degree and during the residency years following school...the second reason has to do with the school itself. Students are not safe in Harlem. One student got held at gunpoint. Another student's girlfriend got robbed as well. Also, I've heard one student say that she got spit on two different times walking from the subway to school.
I will say, based on experience, that you will have to put up with people in Harlem calling you names as you walk to school on occasions. You will smell urine everyday and hear shouting everyday on the way to school Harlem is a very cruddy, low-life area and it only takes one walk-through to figure this out.
Now, why does this matter with its safety/violence relevance?
Think for a moment that if you are doing the required clinic work at FCNY you are indeed dealing every day (in 3rd year) with people who are violent and racist. I've shadowed in clinics before outside NY and I can say that you would do yourself a favor by not choosing NYCPM as you will be treated like dirt by the patient's themselves. I would say around 50% of the patients will have an attitude with either you or the doctor over you. I've heard a student being kicked in the face by a patient and many students being yelled out by the patients.
If you're getting attitude by the local patients half of the time and putting up with attitudes from most of the DPMs in the clinic the other half of the time, then you are miserable 100% of the time at NYCPM. You can add misery from living in many parts of the city (noisy neighbors, unfriendly communities, high number of home people begging you for change on every block,etc).
Simply put, choose another school any day of the week over NYCPM.
--other factors to consider: residency shortage and havingto pass board exam 2 the first time or you will likely have to wait a year for another small chance to get a residency...This problem may or may not improve. I believe that the students who were without a residency after match day had to do their residency in NYC and I know they will hate themselves for this (as many of my classmates did not want to do residency in NYC due to the horrible people on the crowded subways).
What are my chances for NYCPM with a 3.7 cGPA and a 3.6 science GPA? Also a random MCAT score of 22
What are my chances here. 3.7 cGPA. Around a 3.6 sGPA. 24 MCAT. About to get some shadowing time in with a local podiatrist. Currently working on getting a few LoR from professors at school.
hope so! id love to go to school in NYC. love it there!you're solid.
I would honestly urge anyone interested in podiatry to skip NYCPM and shoot for another school for several reasons.
1) most (~70%) of the faculty/DPMs (and alumni directors and residents responsible for your required evaluations) have terrible personalities (e.g. think worse than bootcamp)
Just think for a moment--if you're looking to be an actual podiatrist you want faculty and directors who do not yell at the students every day (literally). If you want to be a podiatrist you would want directors and residents at hospitals to be fair and friendly instead of having them put you down every day of the week (you want find fairness/ nor friendliness at NYCPM for the most part). The DPMs, for the most part at FCNY, are truly unprofessional when they evaluate you. Instead of pointing out objective things that you might do in the clinic, you would instead nonconstructive belittling things written about you. I found this to be true on at least 4 accounts from different students.
The personalities and atmosphere in the clinics and hospitals needs drastic improvement as you will feel like nothing if you plan on doing podiatry school in NY (and the same goes for the 3 years of residency in NY). Most of the residents are miserable in NY, because this is their philosophy. For example, the directors treat the 3rd year residents like dirt and 3rd year residents treat 2nd year residents the same....Now, if you're going into the 3rd and 4th years of podiatry school you will be treated like less than dirt..guaranteed. It doesn't matter how smart you are, because this is their philosophy at this school and in their residencies. Keep in mind that this does not hold true in other states as I have witnessed first-hand. I noticed right away how residents in NC (for example) did not have to put up with this negative NY philosophy)
2) Ok, so enough about personalities which is extremely important for the second half of the 4 year DPM degree and during the residency years following school...the second reason has to do with the school itself. Students are not safe in Harlem. One student got held at gunpoint. Another student's girlfriend got robbed as well. Also, I've heard one student say that she got spit on two different times walking from the subway to school.
I will say, based on experience, that you will have to put up with people in Harlem calling you names as you walk to school on occasions. You will smell urine everyday and hear shouting everyday on the way to school Harlem is a very cruddy, low-life area and it only takes one walk-through to figure this out.
Now, why does this matter with its safety/violence relevance?
Think for a moment that if you are doing the required clinic work at FCNY you are indeed dealing every day (in 3rd year) with people who are violent and racist. I've shadowed in clinics before outside NY and I can say that you would do yourself a favor by not choosing NYCPM as you will be treated like dirt by the patient's themselves. I would say around 50% of the patients will have an attitude with either you or the doctor over you. I've heard a student being kicked in the face by a patient and many students being yelled out by the patients.
If you're getting attitude by the local patients half of the time and putting up with attitudes from most of the DPMs in the clinic the other half of the time, then you are miserable 100% of the time at NYCPM. You can add misery from living in many parts of the city (noisy neighbors, unfriendly communities, high number of home people begging you for change on every block,etc).
Simply put, choose another school any day of the week over NYCPM.
--other factors to consider: residency shortage and havingto pass board exam 2 the first time or you will likely have to wait a year for another small chance to get a residency...This problem may or may not improve. I believe that the students who were without a residency after match day had to do their residency in NYC and I know they will hate themselves for this (as many of my classmates did not want to do residency in NYC due to the horrible people on the crowded subways).
so youre saying the guy from your post is over reacting just a little? Ive been to NYC a few times. I kinda know what to expect if i decide to go to school there.This is post seems to be from a disgruntle former student. NYCPM is hard work but worth it. You are going to school to become a doctor. Patients' lives will be in your hands do not expect to be babied. You are going to meet mean people in this world but it is up to you to succeed. NYCPM gives you everything you need to get into a good residency and then to get a good job. I had a great experience at NYCPM, NYC and my residency. I landed a job that is very close to being my dream job (just not my dream location lol).
so youre saying the guy from your post is over reacting just a little? Ive been to NYC a few times. I kinda know what to expect if i decide to go to school there.
Do you recommend it??
No. I lived there because of NYCPM. 4 years of pod school and 3 years of residency in the NYC area.Morningside Heights? so did you go to Columbia?
I am concerned that he isn't the one asking the questions.My son like to apply next year he is expecting 510 MCAT and low GPA ( 3.0 to 3.2) Science and similar CGPA without grade replacement. He has freshman year F and D and then upward trend. What are the chances?
I am mother and and right now we are discussing many option as he is preparing his exam.
I would not expect any score on the MCAT unless he scores/scored 510+ on the AAMC practice FLs. His GPAs are fine, as long as the F and D are not in prereq classes he will not need a retake. I suggest he make an account and browse the forums, as they are very helpful.My son like to apply next year he is expecting 510 MCAT and low GPA ( 3.0 to 3.2) Science and similar CGPA without grade replacement. He has freshman year F and D and then upward trend. What are the chances?
Have him contact the schools he is interested in himself. He may have to retake those classes. I think the lowest grade they allow is a C but I could be wrong.
Thanks. I will ask him. He has D in Physics he is retaking it for A. Does college consider that as positive?
Thanks. I will ask him. He has D in Physics he is retaking it for A. Does college consider that as positive?
He got D as he did not submit lab. test grade as all A