I was complete in July and received a secondary invite late September.
No problem! Out of all of the schools I interviewed and applied to, I feel like William Carey was the nicest and most helpful. Not to say the other schools weren't, but they were just the best. All that said, feel free to call and ask questions when you have them!
My primary was sent beginning of October and I haven't heard from them since.
Hey Guys!
I'm scheduled to interview on December 15th and was wondering if anyone who already attended their interview could let me know how it went and what were some example of questions that were asked. Any tips are greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance!
-Stephie
Really that's weird?! Did you call 601 318-6235. The operator is usually helpful in getting you in touch with who you need to talk to.
My stats are on my mdapps
I'll tell you over PM if you want to know.
I did both talk to the current students and staff about the school, and while it wasn't all positive, the vast majority was. Yes, they had problems in the beginning, but that's a ubiquitous problem with any new school. Is William Carey an elite medical school in the nation? Not at all. Approximately 85% of their inaugural class graduated in 2014 (94 of 110 students) which isn't that bad; I'm sure that number will go up with this graduating class of 2015. All that being said, William Carey is very honest about what they expect from their students and what their mission is. If I'm not willing to have a dress code with mandatory attendance and a likeliness of going into some sort of primary care then I would be abhorrent at the thought of going to William Carey, but I'm okay with all of that. I appreciate your efforts to try and elucidate the "problems" at WCUCOM, but there needs to be more substance if you're being serious. As I'm sure you could guess, we are all science-minded people and need empirical evidence to support the claims. A "he said she said" situation won't do much here.
See, this is a lot more substantial than the previous post. I'm just curious why the majority of the students I talked were seemingly positive, because even though they were struggling with the classes, they still enjoyed the school. What kind of informational deficiencies are leading to the students failing? I'm just curious because there are students passing with those problems.
I talked to current students outside of the interview day when I was visiting. We didn't have tour guides, either.
Are you a current student?
I have a few comments. From my past observations of both medical schools and my time teaching chemistry at a community college, I have never seen anyone fail half of their class or more and be able to keep their job; except for one, and that was a tenured physics professor. Failure rates = a weak program, and a weak program = a lack of money generated for the school. Granted, undergraduate is a completely different beast from medical school, or any graduate school for that matter, and any excessive failure would probably have to be placed on the admissions committee for accepting students that can't handle the rigors of medical schools. With the recent full accreditation of WCUCOM, that means their program has meet the academic standard of every other osteopathic medical school in the country; if that wasn't the case, they would have been placed on probation or closed down. So, the actual content and what's being taught, logically, cannot be the problem. It's linked to individual teaching by the professors and effort/professionalism of the students. We all know how it goes in college; teachers don't care what excuses you have for why you're doing poorly. It's always been our job, as the student, to extrapolate the information from what our teacher gives us and learn from it, even if a particular teacher is deficient in their methods. Does it suck that professors treat us like crap, teach with apathy, and expect us to learn everything perfectly? Of course! It sucks, but that's just how life works. Even if 100% of what you say is true, I'm going to get through this program and succeed. I'm not a genius that knows everything, but I'll get through this program no matter what. Ultimately, though, the biggest question is this: who knows how to run a medical school more efficiently, medical students or a staff full of physicians and professors with years of experience?
I do not know that information, sorry. I just know it was at least 1.
I assume you know what you're talking about, as you're a student and I'm not. I'm not even a medical student yet. All I can base my opinion off of is how schools work in general, which is a lot like a business. I'm sorry school sucks for you and so many others, but I just find it hard to believe that they "wouldn't care" about 50% of their students. That would lead to a shut down of the medical school and a loss of millions of taxpayer dollars because a handful of people are dinguses. Maybe you're 100% right and the school will get shut down in the near future. If that happens, I apologize for you wasting your money but I'll be in the same boat.
Finally! Someone who speaks with common sense.
You mean to tell me that, as a staff member of WCUCOM, you're not going to take my money and rob me of my first born child? That's such a relief!
