The admissions process into medical school is extremely competitive in New York State with thousands of applications for schools to review and only a fraction of that number available to fill with new students, 82,000 and 1,830 respectively in allopathic medical schools in 2011. For the most part, the medical schools use overall grade point average (GPA), science GPA, and MCAT scores as a threshold during the screening phase of the admissions process. However, more and more, the medical schools are using a holistic approach to admissions that carefully evaluates a student’s demonstrated work ethic, and seeks a balance between their personal and academic experiences.

For more information on admissions at the medical schools, please use the following links:

• Albany Medical College
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
• CUNY School of Medicine
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
• New York Medical College
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• NYU Long Island School of Medicine
• Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University 
• SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• SUNY Upstate Medical University
• Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Weill Cornell Medicine
• Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell