Let us know what you end up doing!
DO letter.why are you waiting to apply? You can go ahead and apply if you are waiting on grades/MCAT and update them as things are released. I would apply as soon as you possibly can if you want to go here.
You should contact them personally for them to review your application, they need human eyes on it to see that you have a 3.8 SMP that trumps your other GPA, and a 38 MCAT.
Man, I know, it sucks, but I don't have an MD letter either.
I submitted my primary in late June and was verified last week. I applied to 6 or so DO schools, but I've only gotten secondaries from MSU, Nova, and PCom. I haven't received KCUMB's yet. The only secondary I've sent in is to nova because I've heard they give ii without LORs. My issue is that I'm just waiting for the DO I shadowed to write my letter.
@Dr Turkelton I would probably call them and ask them to reconsider your app as mentioned before - especially if you really want to go to KCUMB. Just be overly polite
Not sure...maybe lack of ECs or stand-out type stuff, most likely.
Thanks lexierae
I will do that! Good luck to you!
Yikes. Did you accidentally fart in the interview?
Ha no but it may have helped lift the air. No that day was just a grilling day and I was on the menu. First there was a debate about my name being real and how I was not what they were expecting ( I have a mixed midwestern/ southern dialect and a foreign sounding name) then they went on the attack with the "we don't normally interview people with less than a 3.5" ( I had a 3.4 at the time) to " your selection of post baccs doesn't seem right for someone that wants to be a DO" to " I see you have shadowed a DO but I don't see anything that stands out as you wanting to be a DO". These questions/attacks were reworded over and over until I had enough and I stated that I did not see any difference between MDs and DOs in practice and that I am interested in going to the medical school that I can get the best education at and I would be happy with. This ended the interview and as I walked out I was told ( can't remember who) that with my personality, lack of interest in primary care ( not sure why they thought this) and academic drive I was a better candidate for MD schools and would not make a very good DO. I was rejected a few weeks later.
KCUMB doesn't have to many bad days so my experience isn't common nor do I think they were rude they just wanted answers I couldn't give. When I was saying why I wanted to be at KCUMB, they followed up with well why didn't you apply to our masters program here which led to the comment about my selection of programs not being right for DO. It is my guess that they invited me to interview thinking I was URM ( which I come from an area that is and I was raised in an area where the nearest hospital was a 45 min drive) and when they didnt see the color they expected they felt like I was misleading them so they attacked to see if there was any other problem they could grind out.
what other programs are u applying to if u dont mind me asking .
yep it was hard news at the time and my stats are much better now. I think I have my current school list on my md apps if it doesn't show just pm me and I will share my list with you.that is awful!....this is a DO school though and they said they wont like to accept anyone with below 3.6 GPA?!?!?!?!...........sigh chin up
Really not worth the effort. I haven't been an undergrad in 2 years and I am currently serving in Americorp ( another thing that they completely missed).It is not likely I will be rejected from every school. I am not a bad applicant, I just think that the cut off system prevents them from reviewing the whole person and from collecting easy money and more information about an applicant. A very ironic thing considering they claim to teach medicine that trains people in treating the whole person.
I heard something like of those that get interviews, 83% get accepted
Yes they do send out complete emails, but it may take a few days. Especially considering you sent on the 7th, today is technically only the 3rd business day from when you submitted. Mine had a significant delay due to someone being out of office, but upon calling and inquiring, they were extremely friendly and informative. If you received a secondary, then you made it past their cut-offs
And the subsection scores are just "recommended," not an absolute certainty if the rest of your app makes up for it!
Yea I am sitting at nearly 3 weeks of waiting for a complete email. I emailed them yesterday just to make sure my letters got there safely and whatnot. They basically just said they were swamped.
lol just got it too... i was so confused...
