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Discussion for the new year starts here!
so, if I have read the COM info book correctly, PCOM doesn't need any recommendation letter from faculty? Just one from advisor? and physician letter recommended?
And for the advisor, our uni has this option where we can request the graduation department to give us a "certification of degree" letter; so it's a letter with official letterhead, that states our name, degree earned, and date of convocation. Academic advisors, unless one knows them, do not provide letters in our uni - and I've only been to my career counsellor once. I never really felt the need to visit any academic advisor, as in our uni they only went to them if they had academic problems, like not being able to cope up with the courses, etc.
So, would the letter from graduation dept., fulfill this requirement of PCOM? My registrar office's lady said that's the most I could get in terms of dean's/academic advisor's letter.
I go to a small private liberal arts university with an average class size of about 13. How big is the class size at PCOM as it has one of the bigger medical student body? And does it really make a difference?
Hey on the osteopathic college information book it says PCOM requires 3 credits English literature and 3 credit English composition course. Do anyone know if they are willing to ease off this requirement if instead you take 6 credits of English Composition?
is anyone applying for a second time? I was just wondering how they were going about rewriting their personal statement. Any advice will be welcomed, thank you.
when do secondaries usually come in for DO programs? My MD ones are rolling but no DO yet.
I go to a small private liberal arts university with an average class size of about 13. How big is the class size at PCOM as it has one of the bigger medical student body? And does it really make a difference?
I am applying and as far as the dean's letter goes, what are the specifics to this letter? Are they looking for the typical answers that you didn't get into any disciplinary trouble and what not?
Has anyone heard anything from PCOM yet? I was submitted to AACOMAS 6/1 and they released my app 6/23, but I haven't heard anything yet.
Good luck, all!
I haven't heard anything either, and my submission/release info is the same as yours.
I spoke with the admissions office on the phone today and they said that they will be releasing their secondary applications at the beginning of August.
Hi, anyone know the minimum MCAT for acceptance here. My primary is sent, just received my score, it's not great....GPA OK though 3.58
Got this email 5 minutes ago:
"On behalf of the Admissions team, I would like to thank you for your interest in osteopathic medicine and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
We are in receipt of your AACOMAS application for the DO Class of 2016. Please note we are currently in the processing of updating both the Philadelphia and Georgia Campus - PCOM supplementals. Once they are finalized, you will automatically receive the appropriate supplemental via email. If you applied to both Philadelphia and Georgia Campus, you will receive a supplemental for each campus.
We expect to finalize everything in the near future and get the supplementals to you no later than August 12, 2011."
They also said that you can send your LOR's now before even getting your secondary because it will speed up the reviewing process when you do send it in. By the way, did anyone else here take the June 16 MCAT?
Does anyone have the address where we send our LOR's to? I didn't know we could send them early so I'd like to, but can't seem to find it on their website...
I'm having difficulty figuring out where LORs go for each school. Does anyone have any concrete information for each school?
is the secondary out? anyone wants to share?
Hey guys, so I had a questions in regards to PCOM's regional favoring and how states are represented in the student population ( Since this isn't release openly on PCOM's site). My question pertains to, if Maryland residents are favored since they are in the region and if we have a decent population at PCOM.
Just received an email containing the following a few minutes ago:
On behalf of the Admissions team, I would like to thank you for your interest in osteopathic medicine and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
We are in receipt of your AACOMAS application for the entering fall, 2012 DO class. Please note we are currently in the processing of updating both the Philadelphia and Georgia Campus - PCOM supplementals. Once they are finalized, you will automatically receive the appropriate supplemental via email. If you applied to both Philadelphia and Georgia Campus, you will receive a supplemental for each campus.
We expect to finalize everything in the near future and get the supplementals to you no later than August 15, 2011.
I got that same e-mail quite a while ago, but the date was Aug 12, so things must be going slower than expected if they've pushed it back to Aug 15... Here's hoping we'll hear asap.
Just received an email containing the following a few minutes ago:
On behalf of the Admissions team, I would like to thank you for your interest in osteopathic medicine and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
We are in receipt of your AACOMAS application for the entering fall, 2012 DO class. Please note we are currently in the processing of updating both the Philadelphia and Georgia Campus - PCOM supplementals. Once they are finalized, you will automatically receive the appropriate supplemental via email. If you applied to both Philadelphia and Georgia Campus, you will receive a supplemental for each campus.
We expect to finalize everything in the near future and get the supplementals to you no later than August 15, 2011.
My best guess is that they will release some by the 12th but they might not want to overload their system so perhaps giving some applicants the 15th as a deadline gives them a chance to spread out giving their secondaries.
Just got my secondary!!!!