Recent content by Dr. Kermit

I'm actually in the opposite situation, I'm staying in NYC for my fiance. It made more sense to stay where there was support from him and his family than to pick up and move to a new city. There are many great programs in NYC, but after finishing 10 interviews here, I can't say I love any one...

Yes, Einstein does give you the option completing school in 5 years for the price of 4. There are various reasons why people choose to do that route. A couple of my classmates "decelerated" their first year. A few chose to do so because they found that doing 2 years of school work was a bit...

Wow, this is my first post in about a year. Anyway, I'm sick after a marathon of exams... So, I'll post... I used this car service (T P Private Car Svc (914) 738-2262) when I went to the airport earlier this summer. They were quick and reliable. They are also based out of Westchester...

To the original poster, I went to JHU and I can answer any specific questions you have about the school and my experiences there and applying to med school. I don't have the JHU magazine with me, but from what I remember, last year they published a few stats about the pre-med office. 86% of...

I had a C+ in Orgo and a 3 or 4 B-'s in various other science classes on my transcript and still got into med school. Don't sweat it and just do well in your other classes.

Even w/help from my parents (everything but the tuition), I'll still be looking at 140K in debt since I go to a private school. That's 140K w/o interest and undergrad loans, so I think the 103K figure might be on the lower side.

I see now, you were going from Manhattan to the Bronx. If you had taken the Express buss from the city, there is a stop at 45th and Madison that would probably have taken about 30 minutes.

Hmm, since Einstein isn't right at a subway stop, I don't know how you would have taken the subway to a bus. - Housing is right at the Manhattan bound Express bus. It takes anywhere from 30 minutes (to the Upper East) to 45-55 minutes to get downtown (Union Square). - The subway...

I don't know if the following opinions will help you in deciding, but I talked to four of my classmates. Two had been accepted to Downstate, Einstein, and NYU (one was waitlisted and the other was accepted.) They both came to Einstein over Downstate because they felt the location was better...

I don't know about this year, but I had two friends last year, who got rejected after interviewing. One had told the interviewer he probably wasn't going to attend Einstein if he didn't get grant money because he had already been accepted at another NY school. So, that probably had a HUGE...

I don't know much about Downstate, but I was deciding between a PA state school and Einstein last year. (At that time, tuition at Temple was 26K and Einstein is around 33K, so it wasn't too much of a difference. However, it would have been more expensive to live in Philadelphia than NY.)...

As an alumni of Hopkins, I know many of my classmates had debts around $20-50K after graduating. These individuals probably had some parental help through school, but I know it was minimal (room and board at most.) A lot of the financial aid was through the school and loans. I know many were...

I concur with my classmate, as I also had the decision of staying on the NYU waitlist and attending Einstein. I didn't get into NYU off the waitlist, and while I was heavily weighing the option of being right in Manhattan had I had the option, I'm extremely happy with my decision to attend...

Our schedules are not as consistent as other schools because each day and subject are based on when physicians are able to lecture to us. During the fall, we generally had class from 9am-noon and then depending on the afternnon, we had class from 1-4. (Some days it was our clinical class...

From my recollection of Housing last year, the $100 deposit is to ensure that you get housing at Einstein, not to be placed on a waiting list for a studio. You're only guaranteed a studio if you're a MSTP student or you're married. Once Einstein sends you housing info, you send them $100 and...