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please just send me my rejection Arizona, I can't handle waiting any longer
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I spoke with the admissions office earlier today and they said final decisions will be sent out by the end of the week. At that time we will know if we're waitlisted or if we've been axed...
Thanks and best of luck, everyone!I spoke with the admissions office earlier today and they said final decisions will be sent out by the end of the week. At that time we will know if we're waitlisted or if we've been axed...
I am currently trying to decide between this school and Indiana University School of Medicine, what made you decide to go to UACOM?Hi everyone. I'm an MS1, if you have any questions about UACOM let me know!
Axed. Tucson native doesn't mean much for those curious. Good luck to everyone on the waitlist. At least they put me out of my misery...but they're crazy if they think this is going to dissuade me!
Hi ms2 here, never posted on this site before but thought I would put my advice in since I wish I would have had this advice when I was applying.I am currently trying to decide between this school and Indiana University School of Medicine, what made you decide to go to UACOM?
Wow thank you so much for this information. I am primarily interested in neurosurgery and did some shadowing with the department this past summer. This definitely makes me wonder how this is going to impact the department. Thanks for your honesty, I really appreciate it.Hi ms2 here, never posted on this site before but thought I would put my advice in since I wish I would have had this advice when I was applying.
Number one thing I tell people is do your own research on the schools you are planning on going, and that means don't just take what admissions people say to heart, truly learn about the good and bad that don't tell you.
For me I had a few options and I choose UA Tucson which now that I look back wasn't a bad choice but also wasn't the right choice for me. For ms1 and future students I worry for them for a few reasons:
1. The recent loss of faculty and bad replacements. Dr. Cohen teaching cardio is a joke and a nightmare, the loss of Dr. Nolte, and soon losing the best DMH teacher Dr. T. There is no sign of hope for replacing these professors and I think COM is suffering for it drastically.
2. UA keeps making it hush hush and the dean keeps blowing smoke to us about the lawsuits of the UA surgeons. UA doesn't even have a transplant team right now and thankfully I'm not going for surgery since that dept is completely screwed right now. UA use to be written up in news about its cutting edge heart surgery etc now alls that's written about is the destruction of it. look up the recent news articles about all the problems going on that we as ms2 will have to deal with while in rotations. Anyone interested in surgery I would seriously consider your other choices depending on what they are.
3. The recent drop in board scores and pass rate I believe is a good indication that something is wrong with the program. I am curious to see how my class does.
Talking to many faculty that have been with UA for over 20 years talk about this downhill trend and how they have never seen it this bad, it's sad to see it happen and I truly hope things change quickly. I never thought i would say that i believe UA phoenix is by far surpassing us in so many ways, if i could go back in time i probably would have chosen there. Even their application process is more efficient than ours, I'm sure you all have experienced that by now.
Now don't get me wrong I love my classmates, podcasting lectures, weather, and vibe I get from faculty and students so make the choice that is right from you. Do your homework in the school, that I can't stress enough.
Good luck with your choices and I hope this feedback helps in one way or another.
Cheers
Just withdrew my acceptance today. Hope it goes to one of you all still in limbo!!
I don't know about Arizona specifically but the consensus of what I've heard for most schools is that you primarily will hear in mid-May to early June because of people having to declare which school they want to go to by May 15.Anyone know when those on the wait list might start hearing back?
I am currently trying to decide between this school and Indiana University School of Medicine, what made you decide to go to UACOM?
If you're still trying to decide between these two schools, I'll tell you that I turned down my Indiana acceptance for a few simple reasons: I wasn't going to know which campus I'd be at until too late into the cycle for decision making, I much prefered the block schedule and podcasting system at Arizona (when I interviewed at Indiana, they told us they were working on getting their technology up to snuff, so that may have happened by now), the cost of Arizona was less, and the weather and outdoor activity options in Tucson were much better in my opinion. Because of those differences I didn't do a lot of in-depth research into Indiana, but I've heard people say good things. I certainly have not regretted choosing Arizona.
Because I'm about to finish MS1, I can also comment from recent experience with the "bad replacements" talked about above. First of all, you can't research whether or not your favorite faculty member is going to pass away. Any school you attend is going to have surprises more positive and negative for your specific needs than you'd hoped for, but I doubt those small surprises are really going to affect you very much at any school.
As mentioned above, the replacement for Dr. Nolte was Dr. Vanderah, and he was amazing. Definitely one of the best lecturers at our school. In addition, we were given the podcasts from Dr. Nolte's lectures from last year, but other than for thoroughness there was no reason to watch them. Dr. Vanderah either explained it how Nolte would have or he improved upon his method. They have been teaching in tandem for so many years that I think it was an easy transition for Vanderah to make.
Dr. Hardy replacing Dr. Grana (again, Nolte and Grana both passed away, so there's no way your research into a school could foretell of something like this) could not have inhibited my learning. She was one of my favorite teachers and extremely knowledgeable about the topics she taught in the musculoskeletal block.
Dr. Cohen is a bit on the crazy side. She giggled so much during her lecture that it got in the way, though she did have some pretty good jokes. She taught the material well and I think I learned everything from her that I needed. When I approached here one-on-one she answered my questions sans giggle.
I have liked all of the permanent faculty members I've met or that have lectured, but two of the guest lecturers were lame; one in particular was a physical therapist that the block director basically said would not be coming back next year. They are extremely receptive to our feedback.
Some other curve balls that have been thrown my way: I was excited to attend Arizona because of a research group that was extremely active in my area of interest, but they left to Stanford shortly before I started M1. At first I thought this was a huge downer, but I went to the department and expressed my interest, and two other research groups gave me their speel. I joined up with one of them a week later and it's been much better than what I was planning with the group that left.
Long story short, Arizona is an amazing school. I think that the little things that try to upset me are things that would happen everywhere. The block curriculum is fantastic and makes my stress levels much lower than my buddies' attending elsewhere, the technology is very helpful (podcasts, electronic versions of all documents/lecture notes), and everyone is extremely kind. Add to that the fact that I'm paying $590 for a two bedroom apartment that's a 10 minute bike ride to the school, I can play golf year round, join undergraduate intramural sports, hike 100 different trails, and take a short drive to snowboard/ski, I think I made a pretty good decision.
EDIT: Just remembered that saying 'podcast' is too general. At this school, our podcasts are uploaded to a website a few minutes after lecture ends, and then they are available for download within an hour and a half. They have audio of the lecturer, as well as one video of the lecturer and a second video showing what the class is being shown in the projector. This means that if you skip class you're not missing anything other than socializing with your nerdy classmates. You can watch them on your phone, iPad or laptop.
Where did you get the number 186 from?
Has anyone heard anything yet?
Hey guys/gals, lurker here.
Since no one has posted an update yet, I'll go ahead and say that I was just accepted off of the wait list on 05/15/14.
Good luck to everyone waiting. I know how stressful it is (2nd time applying), but staying positive helps sooo much!
Hey guys/gals, lurker here.
Since no one has posted an update yet, I'll go ahead and say that I was just accepted off of the wait list on 05/15/14.
Good luck to everyone waiting. I know how stressful it is (2nd time applying), but staying positive helps sooo much!
Hi all!
I received an acceptance call off the waitlist at around 3:00 pm PST today followed by an acceptance e-mail shortly after! I interviewed back in September, received multiple hold e-mails each month. This is my very first acceptance of the cycle!
I just wanted to encourage everyone to not lose hope!
I called admissions today. Wait list movement has begun and will continue until early July. Congrats to those who have already been accepted!
Not sure. When I got the wait listed email, it said it was ranked internally.
How long do they give you to decide? and are you accepting it?
Any one else get an accept off the wait list?