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Wait wait.. You didn't waive your access rights for your letters?
Sometimes letter writers give you a hard copy or let you read it
and you can still waive the confidentiality.
Wait wait.. You didn't waive your access rights for your letters?
Interesting.. I'll keep my opinion of that maneuver to myself.Sometimes letter writers give you a hard copy or let you read it
and you can still waive the confidentiality.
Wait wait.. You didn't waive your access rights to your letters?
Yo, Genbro. Why did you quote me???.....?The whole point of waiving the letters is to show the readers and admissions committees that you don't know what is in them. Therefore a negative letter will be taken more lightly if you waived your access to it. On that same note, a good letter that is waived will receive extra weight. By signing the waiver, you are giving up your right to view the letters with the benefit that they will be used to your best advantage. As future physicians (and as civilized human beings), we need to be honest. I would hope that the supposed "tons of people who have" read their waived letters would take personal responsibility to let the admissions committee know that they basically broke that contact. It would possibly even benefit your application by their seeing your integrity and desire to right wrongs.
Just because you brought up the topic of waiving letters. I wasn't directing my comment at anyone in particular, just a general call to integrity where it may have been lacking. I guess I could have quoted moonwake instead...Yo, Genbro. Why did you quote me???.....?
So I got an interview invite this morning but it says:
Your application for admission to A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona for the class beginning Summer 2015 has been reviewed and we are pleased to invite you to our campus for an interview. At this time all of our seats have been filled and we are interviewing pending an open seat in the class. If accepted after the interview and a seat does not open in 2015, you will be offered a seat by automatic deferment for 2016.
I logged in as the email said to schedule an interview and scheduled the interview date in September this year. So is this invite for this cycle or next?
So confused.
Page 3 of this thread is your answer, good sir/ma'am.So I got an interview invite this morning but it says:
Your application for admission to A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona for the class beginning Summer 2015 has been reviewed and we are pleased to invite you to our campus for an interview. At this time all of our seats have been filled and we are interviewing pending an open seat in the class. If accepted after the interview and a seat does not open in 2015, you will be offered a seat by automatic deferment for 2016.
I logged in as the email said to schedule an interview and scheduled the interview date in September this year. So is this invite for this cycle or next?
So confused.
Fair enough.Just because you brought up the topic of waiving letters. I wasn't directing my comment at anyone in particular, just a general call to integrity where it may have been lacking. I guess I could have quoted moonwake instead...
When would it be time to call up admissions if I didn't receive an ii? I consider myself to be a respectable candidate stats-wise and submitted everything quite early. Personal statement, etc. were vetted by multiple individuals. Unless it's due to negative LORs, which I'm hoping isn't the case, I'm at a loss for why I didn't receive an ii.
Any trends so far as to the II's?
Don't know about any trends. But I got an II yesterday night w/ cGPA: 3.5 sGPA: 3.5 MCAT: 29 (11/7/11) OOS.
When did you submit your secondary?
Very early. Don't remember the exact date but it was around the third week of June.
Went outside to get the mail from the mailbox and saw I had a letter from ATSU. Thought, welp it was nice of them to spend the cents to tell me thanks but no thanks. I got put on hold. I'd love to get an ii but a hold is better than an outright rejection.
Do you mind sharing your stats?
ECs please.
Hello everyone
I am working on my secondary application and I just realized how long is 500 words!!!!!!!! I am trying to keep my responses at 450 words which ends up taking one whole page on MS word. Is this normal? -_-
how long are your responses?
I received an interview invite with essays ranging from 186-241 words. If you can answer the questions with a short essay, I say go for it.
Hello
I am a current student at one of the community campuses which you will attend from second year to fourth year. If any of you have any questions about the school or anything else let me know and I would be glad to help.
Hey everyone, 3rd year (soon to be 4th year) SOMA student here; I've been fairly active in past year's threads so I thought I'd make myself available to anyone who has questions they'd like to ask.
Think of it as "Ask Me Anything" SOMA style.
Hi everyone. First post here. I just got back my mcat scores. First time around, my score was a 23 (VR/BS/PS 10/7/6). This time around, I choked on verbal but got a 26 (7/10/9). I don't know if I should retake or not :/ I know ATSU-SOMA is a very mission driven school and I feel that I would fit in very well in the school. The biggest things that I have going for me to show my work in underserved areas is that I've volunteered at a homeless shelter and the thrift shop by the same charity and accumulated 110+ hours. I'm also a member of Community HealthCorps and will be expected to complete 1700+ hours in 9-11 months.
As for other EC's, I don't have much. I'll have about 25 hours shadowing a DO pediatrician, served as an ER volunteer last year, went to the Philippines for a humanitarian/leadership mission for 2 1/2 weeks (the only "clinical" thing I did there was take people's blood pressures. I held several leadership workshops and I was responsible for the public speaking component). I was in a cultural club for 4 years and I was a language partner for one semester. I've already sent my primary on 7/17 to ATSU and LECOM, so I'm just waiting for a secondary.
My GPA is 3.408 and my sGPA is ~3.2.
So retake or no? (basically what are my chances in getting an II)
I got accepted with a 26.Hi everyone. First post here. I just got back my mcat scores. First time around, my score was a 23 (VR/BS/PS 10/7/6). This time around, I choked on verbal but got a 26 (7/10/9). I don't know if I should retake or not :/ I know ATSU-SOMA is a very mission driven school and I feel that I would fit in very well in the school. The biggest things that I have going for me to show my work in underserved areas is that I've volunteered at a homeless shelter and the thrift shop by the same charity and accumulated 110+ hours. I'm also a member of Community HealthCorps and will be expected to complete 1700+ hours in 9-11 months.
As for other EC's, I don't have much. I'll have about 25 hours shadowing a DO pediatrician, served as an ER volunteer last year, went to the Philippines for a humanitarian/leadership mission for 2 1/2 weeks (the only "clinical" thing I did there was take people's blood pressures. I held several leadership workshops and I was responsible for the public speaking component). I was in a cultural club for 4 years and I was a language partner for one semester. I've already sent my primary on 7/17 to ATSU and LECOM, so I'm just waiting for a secondary.
My GPA is 3.408 and my sGPA is ~3.2.
So retake or no? (basically what are my chances in getting an II)
Rejected today. The letter I received was dated July 30th. Great quality paper. Gotta give them that. Lol
Can either/both of you explain the curriculum/distance learning for each year? Thanks!
The second year curriculum is the same for all campuses, however each campus will put a spin on it. The curriculum during my second year was composed of 8-20 video lectures per week which varied in length from 15 min to an hour.
I received an interview invite with a 26. PS: 9, VR: 7, BS: 10. However, I have a strong GPA and ECs.
I got accepted with a 26.
Thanks for the information! How did you like 2nd year with the whole year spent learning through video recordings instead of class time?
I traditionally prefer classroom learning to at home computer learning. I find that being at home I am surrounded by too many distractions compared to a traditional lecture setting. With that said, you can be far more efficient with the time it takes to lecture. Most people watched the lectures at a faster speed (I watched most of them at 2x). The people who spent more time first year watching lectures at home had an initial advantage during second year.
Second year as a whole is a test of your ability to time manage. There are still scheduled tests and classroom appearances, but you also have 8 hours worth of clinic time which the days and times could vary, at least at my CHC. Then you have to put in potentially 20 hours worth of videos and any extra time you want to spend studying.
To do well at this school you either need to be a very motivated self starter, or find people pretty early on to motivate/guide you. This school will let you choose your own path for studying and learning which can be positive, but at the same time will offer you very little about what needs to be done. I have been in situations where I didn't know about some rule/regulation until it was far too late to do anything about it. So the question is, do you need a lot of guidance as a student or are you self motivated enough to figure everything out?
Do you mind sharing your stats?
I didn't get just an II, I got accepted after applying last February. my GPA was okay (3.4), my ECs were more about quality versus quantity, and I also worked full time while in school.^^Did you also have a good GPA/ECs?
Thanks for the replies. It's at least comforting to know you both got at least interview invites (and hopefully an acceptance)
So if I were to go for a retake, would I have to let AACOMAS know that I am retaking even though I've already sent in the primary app? And would the schools hold off on looking at my application? I don't want my application to be looked at too late :/
Can either/both of you explain the curriculum/distance learning for each year? Thanks!
does ATSU-SOMA have a minimum MCAT score? I just got my score back and I did bad