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Mayo Medical School is a private non-profit medical school based in Rochester, Minnesota and was established in 1972. Until 2017, it was known by its name which changed to Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MCASOM) in the year 2018. It is a research-oriented medical school and has its campuses in Arizona and Florida. MCSOM is a school within the education division of Mayo Medical School. The school grants the Doctor of Medicine Degree (M.D) that is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). In November 2018, the school was renamed to honor businessman Jay Alix who donated $200 million to the school.
According to 2019, U.S. News & World Report, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ranks on the 9th position in the category of “Best Medical Schools: Research”. MCASOM is the most selective school among the schools of USA with the least acceptance rate of 2.1% as per the application cycle of 2017-2018. The medical school had the highest board scores for USMLE Step 1 in 2017 in the country with a median of 245 (tie with Harvard School). Approx 70% of the graduated from this school matched with their first choice of the residency program for 2016. Students graduated from this school receive their hospital training at the Mayo Clinic Rochester which ranked no. 1 in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll list for 2018-2019.
The New York Medical College (NYMC) was founded in 1860 is a private university of biomedical health sciences based in Valhalla, New York. It is also the member of Touro College and University System since 2011 which is a private university system headquartered in New York and is the largest private university in US with Jewish roots. NYMC has 3 medical schools namely- the School of Medicine (SOM), the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences (GSBMS) and the School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP) and its advanced medical degrees are offered through them. The university has enrolled a total of 1660 students including 774 medical students and 800 residents and clinical fellows. NYMC has employed 1350 full time faculty members with 1450 voluntary and part-time faculty staff. More than 12,000 people are the proud alumni active in clinical practice, healthcare administration, public health, teaching and research. New York Medical College’s hospital “Metropolitan Hospital Center” has been affiliated with the NYMC since its day of foundation in 1875 and represents the oldest partnership between the hospital and the private medical school in US. The Metropolitan Hospital is a part of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) and is the largest municipal hospital and healthcare system in the country. NYMC’s hospital has a network of 20+ affiliated schools in different US states like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virginia including big urban medical centers, small suburban clinics, rural medical centers and high-tech regional tertiary care facilities thereby providing a wide variety of opportunities to students for clinical training.
New York University is one of the premium institutions in the country as well as the world. The university’s historical campus is established in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. It was founded in the year 1831. The private research university based in New York City now has degree granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai and academic centers in cities of Accra, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Florence, London, Madrid, Los Angeles, Prague, Paris, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Washington D.C. This renowned university has produced eminent personalities including heads of state, royalty, scientists, inverters and entrepreneurs, media figures, founders and CEO’s, astronauts and personalities from almost all fields of professions. Prize winners including 37 Nobel, 8 turning awardees, 5 field medalists, more than 30 academic winners and Pulitzer winners and hundreds members of National Academies of Sciences and United States Congress are part of alumni or faculty as of October 2019. Approximately 12,000 students are enrolled NYU in different graduate and undergraduate programs. A private, non-sectarian, global and not for profit institution, NYU has 10 undergraduate schools and 15 graduate/professional schools. Arts & Science is currently the largest academic divisions in the university. The campuses at NYU Abu Dhabi & NYU Shanghai are the full fledged campuses allowing the students to study all 4 years in campus and receive the degree, whereas the other academic sites allow the student to spend a year away from their home campus.
Admission at NYU is highly selective. The acceptance rate at the School of Medicine was only 1.8%, 23% at the School of Business, 28% at the School of Engineering, 29% at the Graduate School of Arts & Science and 34% at the School of Law in the year 2016. The average MCAT score of students at the School of Medicine is 36/45, average GMAT score at the Scholl of Business is 710/800 and the average LSAT score at the School of Law is 171/180.
Based in Evanston, Illinois, United States, Northwestern University is a large private research university. Other campuses of the university are based in in Chicago and Doha and academic programs and facilities in Florida, Miami, Florida Washington, D.C., San Francisco and California. Northwestern University is known for the different schools it has like Kellogg School of Management, Feinberg School of Medicine, Pritzker School of Law, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Bienen School of Music and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. This university has a comprehensive doctoral program attracting nearly $800 million in sponsored research every year. As of 2018, Northwestern University was the tenth largest university in United States to receive the funding of nearly $11.08 billion. The university was founded in 1851, instructions began in 1855 and the women were admitted in 1869. The history has been old and since then the university has produced many eminent personalities including 19 Nobel Prize ward holders, 38 Pulitzer Prize winners, 6 MacArthur Genius Fellows, 65 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 16 Rhodes Scholars and two Supreme Court justices. The School of Communication of the Northwestern University has produced many Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award winner actor and actresses, playwriters and directors.
The universities schools of law, medical and professional education along with its nationally ranked and affiliated Northwestern Memorial Hospital are located in Chicago’s Streetville neighborhood. In 2008, the university opened its campus in Doha, Qatar teaching programs in journalism and communication. The San Francisco space was established in 2016 and hosted programs in journalism, engineering and marketing.
Accredited by Higher Learning Commission, the university offers 124 undergraduate programs and 145 graduate and professional programs including streams like chemistry, business, psychology, journalism, education, music, education, law, medicine and business. This selective school again has a low acceptance rate. As of 2018, the acceptance rate was as low as 6.35%.
The State University of New York (SUNY), established in 1948 is the largest and comprehensive amalgamation of universities, colleges and community colleges in the US. It is the public institution of higher education system in New York. A total of 4,24,050 students are enrolled in the university and 91,182 faculty and staff members are employed in the university. The university is an inclusion of many institutions and 4 university centers namely: Albany, established in 1844, Binghamton established in 1946, Buffalo established in 1846 and Stony Brook established in 1957. University at Buffalo is the SUNY’s largest campus and has also received the greatest research funding. SUNY constitutes of all institutions of higher education in the state that are state-supported, apart from the City University of New York (CUNY). CUNY and SUNY both are funded by New York State but are different university systems. State University of Newyork is governed by a State University of New York Board of Trustees. The board constitutes of 18 members in all. 15 of these members are appointed by the Governor with the consent of the New York State Senate. The President of the Student Assembly of the State University of New York forms the 16th member of the board. The President of the University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges is the last to members to join the board with both of them not having any voting rights. The Chancellor is appointed by the Board of Trustees who serves as the CEO of SUNY. SUNY’s campuses are divided into 4 categories
Some statutory and state-funded colleges are also the part of SUNY like the Cornell University and the Alfred University. Resident students studying at the statutory colleges receive the benefit of subsidized fee while enjoying the campus life and amenities of its host institutions. The State University of New York at Buffalo is the largest public university of the state founded by the US President and Vice President. This university has an enrollment of approximately 30,000 students and received most applications out of SUNY.
The Katz School of Medicine, Temple University is located on the Health & Science Campus of Temple University is Philadelphia. It is one of the 7 schools of medicine in Pennsylvania awarding MD Degree (Doctor of Medicine).
The university also awards the degree of Ph D (Doctor of Philosophy) and M.S (Master of Science) in a biomedical stream. Temple University was founded as early as 1901 and was the first co-educational medical school Pennsylvania.
The school was founded with a mission to impart quality education under affordable cost regardless of their ability to pay. It also emphasized on the development of humanity. The alumnus of class of 1973, under the leadership of Dean John Daly M.D., the TUSM underwent revitalization.
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