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did anyone get some love from phoenix today? my inbox is still empty.
I think emails go out on Saturdays.

did anyone get some love from phoenix today? my inbox is still empty.
Accepted. Email came at 5 PM AZ time. Took a hike for the afternoon to get away from the email. Good luck to everyone the rest of the way.
And from my soapbox...this is my second round of applying, so I know what it feels like to have to sweat it out. I was in the first round of interviews (so September) a couple years ago and then had to deal with silence for the next 6 months only to find out I wasn't even wait listed. So don't worry yet, its still early. Just keep reciting Styx, "You better get a bigger gun, I'm not dead yet".
Got the email 5:30pm today (okay well technically yesterday, so excited, can't sleep! 🙂! Thrilled! IS re-applicant...absolutely floored! Good luck everyone! Perhaps we'll be classmates!
Hey Guys,
I am applying to Arizona (both Tucson and Phoenix) and wanted to know if anyone knew when orientation is typically held. (i.e. What were last years dates or if you know what will be for this year.)
(Also, I have searched online and it is suprisingly hard to find orientation dates.)
Thanks, James
Congrats guys (or gals maybe). RoundTwo, what was your SDN screen name last year? I'm just trying to remember who you were (if you were even on here).
So I finally had my Phoenix interview, and I was so blown away by the school! Everything was very organized and the people running everything couldn't have been more helpful.
I love the school's philosophy, their flexibility and their committment to working in and serving their community. Now comes the hardest part- the waiting!
Hi I have a couple questions about the phoenix campus.
1. I have heard they are adding more seats next year? is that true and if so how many seat will phoenix have?
2. I heard phoenix is opening a new medical school building???did I hear wrong? and when will it be built? (if it exists)
Hey Guys,
I am applying to Arizona (both Tucson and Phoenix) and wanted to know if anyone knew when orientation is typically held. (i.e. What were last years dates or if you know what will be for this year.)
(Also, I have searched online and it is suprisingly hard to find orientation dates.)
Thanks, James
So I submitted my AMCAS app in early September. I immediately received an invite to complete the Tucson secondary, and within hours of submitting that secondary I received an interview invite. Great! But the Phoenix campus made no contact with me at all, not even a confirmation of receipt of the AMCAS primary. In late October I emailed them, they said my app was under consideration for a secondary and sent me a link where I could check my status. I am apparently still under consideration for a secondary. I am IS, 3.5 undergrad GPA, 3.7 grad GPA, 31Q MCAT. I'm not saying those are the most stellar stats ever, but last year they gave secondaries to 533 out of 590 IS applicants. Anyone else think I should give the office a call to check on my app? I find it hard to believe I would be in the bottom 10% of IS applicants. 😱 Thanks for any advice! 🙂
You haven't received the essay questions or an interview invite? Are you sure you mailed in the pieces of info required (photo, form and payment)? This is required before you can move forward. I would definately call them instead of asking us - we are your competition and we are going to tell you to not worry about it![]()
Wow, no I haven't received anything from them stating they need that stuff. Nothing at all. Lol well I will call them tomorrow, thanks for the advice you two. Hope you didn't just cost yourself a spot ichy4life.😉
Weren't more admissions decisions supposed to be released on the 11th? Anyone hear anything?
Just got the acceptance email from UA-Phoenix so excited 😀 IS, Interviewed 9/20...stats on my MDapps
To those of you accepted, congratulations. Its been a long road and you can finally see the light. However, I wouldn't be too pleased with an acceptance to the UACOM. I've been a student in Phoenix for a few years and completely regret matriculating. I hope this post will help steer those of you with more than one acceptance away from the UACOM-P and into what I can only hope will be a better, more enjoyable medical school experience.
For starters, every student you interacted with during your campus visit was highly coached to help sell you the "new, small school" experience. The administration has gone out of its way to highlight the "student centric atmosphere" but in reality, they care very little about student input and believe that medical students should be seen not heard. This is most apparent with Deans Flynn and Pagel. Flynn does a great job of making you feel welcome, he goes out of his way to learn your name, and like he says, does maintain an open door policy. The issue is that he really doesn't care about you and he cringes every time a student walks through that open door. Overall, Pagel is a poor excuse for a Dean of student affairs. She'll also tell you whatever is necessary to get you out of her office. Need help finding a mentor? Looking to take a leave of absence? Don't expect her to help you. Finally, there is an overabundance of secretarial and administrative support staff on campus, 96.4% of which are either completely incompetent or refuse to do their jobs. They spend 38 of their 40 hours per week on macys.com or taking personal phone calls. Accept the fact that your emails will go unanswered and you will be greeted with looks of disappointment and cluelessness anytime you stop by their desks. The exceptions to the above are Lynch, Palmer, Loposki, Cunningham who go out of their way to make your experience less complicated.
The curriculum is loaded with redundancy and nonsense. For example, you'll be writing journals discussing your feelings for four years instead of studying real medicine. The scholarly project is a joke. In my time on campus, the project has had three different directors, an infinite number of revisions to the syllabus, and absolutely no concrete instruction from faculty. The running joke amongst students is that they couldn't possibly fail all of us. It has quickly become the bane of our existence. Furthermore, there is very little research space on campus and you'll be vying for research opportunities with senior students. Case based instruction is valuable, but the UACOM-P has even complicated this. You'll run through a case, be expected to create presentations about whatever the topic is and only after you and classmates have expended considerably energy will you be told what you were expected to learn. Classmates often won't pull their weight and you'll be left researching more things in preparation for tests. On a positive note, clinical anatomy is perhaps the best class on campus, you'll learn everything you need to know, nothing you don't, and you'll murder USMLE anatomy questions.
The clinical years are even worse. Clerkship directors prove the adage that "those who can do, those who can't teach." Expect an unprecedented amount of bull**** in your third and fourth years. You'll have an infinite number of suggestions to make things better but no one will listen because the student centric atmosphere they sold you on was a sham. The only positive aspect of the clinical curriculum is Dr. Moffitt's doctoring course. This lady is a diamond in the rough. She has made the last few years bearable.
Finally, your classmates will be genuinely good people. You'll learn each of their names and know most of the upperclassmen. You'll share some fun times, many late nights, and bitch about your school. Eventually, you'll realize that some of them are just plain dumb. You might even wonder "how did you get accepted to medical school?" I'm relatively confident this is not the case at more prestigious schools across the country. While the national board pass rate is around average, what admissions is not telling you is that their statistic includes students failing their first attempt and passing on a second or third try.
If I could repeat the last couple of years, I certainly would not pick the UACOM-Phoenix. I've heard Tucson is not much better. Medical school is a huge investment in terms of finances and effort. Make sure you get the most out of you money and hard work, choose a different school.
To those of you accepted, congratulations. Its been a long road and you can finally see the light. However, I wouldn't be too pleased with an acceptance to the UACOM. I've been a student in Phoenix for a few years and completely regret matriculating. I hope this post will help steer those of you with more than one acceptance away from the UACOM-P and into what I can only hope will be a better, more enjoyable medical school experience.
For starters, every student you interacted with during your campus visit was highly coached to help sell you the "new, small school" experience. The administration has gone out of its way to highlight the "student centric atmosphere" but in reality, they care very little about student input and believe that medical students should be seen not heard. This is most apparent with Deans Flynn and Pagel. Flynn does a great job of making you feel welcome, he goes out of his way to learn your name, and like he says, does maintain an open door policy. The issue is that he really doesn't care about you and he cringes every time a student walks through that open door. Overall, Pagel is a poor excuse for a Dean of student affairs. She'll also tell you whatever is necessary to get you out of her office. Need help finding a mentor? Looking to take a leave of absence? Don't expect her to help you. Finally, there is an overabundance of secretarial and administrative support staff on campus, 96.4% of which are either completely incompetent or refuse to do their jobs. They spend 38 of their 40 hours per week on macys.com or taking personal phone calls. Accept the fact that your emails will go unanswered and you will be greeted with looks of disappointment and cluelessness anytime you stop by their desks. The exceptions to the above are Lynch, Palmer, Loposki, Cunningham who go out of their way to make your experience less complicated.
The curriculum is loaded with redundancy and nonsense. For example, you'll be writing journals discussing your feelings for four years instead of studying real medicine. The scholarly project is a joke. In my time on campus, the project has had three different directors, an infinite number of revisions to the syllabus, and absolutely no concrete instruction from faculty. The running joke amongst students is that they couldn't possibly fail all of us. It has quickly become the bane of our existence. Furthermore, there is very little research space on campus and you'll be vying for research opportunities with senior students. Case based instruction is valuable, but the UACOM-P has even complicated this. You'll run through a case, be expected to create presentations about whatever the topic is and only after you and classmates have expended considerably energy will you be told what you were expected to learn. Classmates often won't pull their weight and you'll be left researching more things in preparation for tests. On a positive note, clinical anatomy is perhaps the best class on campus, you'll learn everything you need to know, nothing you don't, and you'll murder USMLE anatomy questions.
The clinical years are even worse. Clerkship directors prove the adage that "those who can do, those who can't teach." Expect an unprecedented amount of bull**** in your third and fourth years. You'll have an infinite number of suggestions to make things better but no one will listen because the student centric atmosphere they sold you on was a sham. The only positive aspect of the clinical curriculum is Dr. Moffitt's doctoring course. This lady is a diamond in the rough. She has made the last few years bearable.
Finally, your classmates will be genuinely good people. You'll learn each of their names and know most of the upperclassmen. You'll share some fun times, many late nights, and bitch about your school. Eventually, you'll realize that some of them are just plain dumb. You might even wonder "how did you get accepted to medical school?" I'm relatively confident this is not the case at more prestigious schools across the country. While the national board pass rate is around average, what admissions is not telling you is that their statistic includes students failing their first attempt and passing on a second or third try.
If I could repeat the last couple of years, I certainly would not pick the UACOM-Phoenix. I've heard Tucson is not much better. Medical school is a huge investment in terms of finances and effort. Make sure you get the most out of you money and hard work, choose a different school.
Wow is right. Someone is mad about something, that's for sure. I completely disagree and would not be on here talking about how great my school is if I didn't completely believe it. Really. I mean, what's in it for me? I'm only a cheerleader for my school because I have had a wonderful experience the last two years, with tons of great opportunities and professors bending over backwards for me. Med school is what you make of it, so go to the school that is the best fit for you. I did.
I'm actually a little relieved to hear to hear a dissenting opinion of the school. Obviously Dirtyduncan had a bad day and went overboard, but as a prospective matriculant I'd appreciate to hear some of the "things [you] think could use a little work." So if Brrooother, Shep or any other current UA students could explain some of their reasoned criticisms I'd appreciate it. 🙂
For starters, every student you interacted with during your campus visit was highly coached to help sell you the "new, small school" experience. The administration has gone out of its way to highlight the "student centric atmosphere" but in reality, they care very little about student input and believe that medical students should be seen not heard. This is most apparent with Deans Flynn and Pagel. Flynn does a great job of making you feel welcome, he goes out of his way to learn your name, and like he says, does maintain an open door policy. The issue is that he really doesn't care about you and he cringes every time a student walks through that open door. Overall, Pagel is a poor excuse for a Dean of student affairs. She'll also tell you whatever is necessary to get you out of her office. Need help finding a mentor? Looking to take a leave of absence? Don't expect her to help you. Finally, there is an overabundance of secretarial and administrative support staff on campus, 96.4% of which are either completely incompetent or refuse to do their jobs. They spend 38 of their 40 hours per week on macys.com or taking personal phone calls. Accept the fact that your emails will go unanswered and you will be greeted with looks of disappointment and cluelessness anytime you stop by their desks. The exceptions to the above are Lynch, Palmer, Loposki, Cunningham who go out of their way to make your experience less complicated.
The curriculum is loaded with redundancy and nonsense. For example, you'll be writing journals discussing your feelings for four years instead of studying real medicine. The scholarly project is a joke. In my time on campus, the project has had three different directors, an infinite number of revisions to the syllabus, and absolutely no concrete instruction from faculty. The running joke amongst students is that they couldn't possibly fail all of us. It has quickly become the bane of our existence. Furthermore, there is very little research space on campus and you'll be vying for research opportunities with senior students. Case based instruction is valuable, but the UACOM-P has even complicated this. You'll run through a case, be expected to create presentations about whatever the topic is and only after you and classmates have expended considerably energy will you be told what you were expected to learn. Classmates often won't pull their weight and you'll be left researching more things in preparation for tests. On a positive note, clinical anatomy is perhaps the best class on campus, you'll learn everything you need to know, nothing you don't, and you'll murder USMLE anatomy questions.
The clinical years are even worse. Clerkship directors prove the adage that "those who can do, those who can't teach." Expect an unprecedented amount of bull**** in your third and fourth years. You'll have an infinite number of suggestions to make things better but no one will listen because the student centric atmosphere they sold you on was a sham. The only positive aspect of the clinical curriculum is Dr. Moffitt's doctoring course. This lady is a diamond in the rough. She has made the last few years bearable.
Finally, your classmates will be genuinely good people. You'll learn each of their names and know most of the upperclassmen. You'll share some fun times, many late nights, and bitch about your school. Eventually, you'll realize that some of them are just plain dumb. You might even wonder "how did you get accepted to medical school?" I'm relatively confident this is not the case at more prestigious schools across the country. While the national board pass rate is around average, what admissions is not telling you is that their statistic includes students failing their first attempt and passing on a second or third try.
That does a far better job of summing up my feelings than I could have done. Thanks a lot Phospho. That pretty much ends my response to the original post. If anyone has any questions they can PM me otherwise I don't think I'll continue to give a platform to non-constructive negativity.