Thread: Transfer Interview: SUNY Upstate

Has anyone had any experience with interviewing at SUNY Upstate? This is for an MS3 spot.

Thanks

haven't had the experience, but there is someone who transfered there last year...he's finishing up 3rd year this year.

he repeated 3rd year though...

Originally Posted by basupran

Has anyone had any experience with interviewing at SUNY Upstate? This is for an MS3 spot.

Thanks

were you a Jan student or Aug? Can you share with us your stats? thanks

Ya I m interested in this also....bump

Sorry, I don't want to give out my numbers just yet. I will give you ballparks:
waitlisted at US school
Jan class
step 1: 99
SGU GPA: >3.6
MCAT: >30
UG GPA: <3.5
Average interview skills
no major extracirriculars

Nothing too crazy as far as activities. Once the interviews are done, I will start a project sim to rumorsweretrue and will post everything, including my PS, grades, etc.

Originally Posted by basupran

Sorry, I don't want to give out my numbers just yet. I will give you ballparks:
waitlisted at US school
Jan class
step 1: 99
SGU GPA: >3.6
MCAT: >30
UG GPA: <3.5
Average interview skills
no major extracirriculars

Nothing too crazy as far as activities. Once the interviews are done, I will start a project sim to rumorsweretrue and will post everything, including my PS, grades, etc.

What does a Step 1:99 mean? You scored 99th percentile?

Originally Posted by nrai2001

What does a Step 1:99 mean? You scored 99th percentile?

ugh!!! NOT %!!! (sorry its my pet peeve)

the step is reported as a 2 digit and a 3 digit score....for the 2 digit score 75 is always the pass score..the 3 digit score will be calibrated to this score for the pass score (ie its 185 now, but 2 years ago it was 183).

what these scores represent...well anyones guess is good, but the USMLE stopped reporting %tiles in 2000. Personally i think the 3 digit is more or less a raw score and the 2 digit shows how you compare to the people in your pool of test takers...so one year a 220 will correspond to a 90 and another year a 220 will correspond to a 92- the latter year it seems that it was harder to get a 220

the %tile can be calculated though since a mean and sd are given for the 3 digit score...

Originally Posted by basupran

Sorry, I don't want to give out my numbers just yet. I will give you ballparks:
waitlisted at US school
Jan class
step 1: 99
SGU GPA: >3.6
MCAT: >30
UG GPA: <3.5
Average interview skills
no major extracirriculars

Nothing too crazy as far as activities. Once the interviews are done, I will start a project sim to rumorsweretrue and will post everything, including my PS, grades, etc.

a very nice step 1 score. Wish you the best

Thanks Phospholipid. Not sure if you have taken the step1 yet, but I have outlined my study schedule in this thread:
http://www.valuemd.com/st-georges-un...tml#post807441

basupran....not sure if it really matters...but are you an NYS resident?