2014-2015 California Northstate University College of Medicine

[4401]

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All,

Just received a phone call! Accepted.

Since everyone asks, my timeline:
- Wed, 8 Jul 2015: submitted primary application via CNUCOM portal
- Wed, 8 Jul 2015: submitted MCAT score reports to [email protected]
- Fri, 10 Jul 2015: received secondary application (one week deadline)
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: submitted secondary application via CNUCOM portal
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: had recommenders submit their letters (originally prepared in 2014 Summer) to [email protected]
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: requested transcripts (both electronically and via snail-mail)
- Wed, 15 Jul 2015: received interview invitation via email
- Mon, 27 Jul 2015: interviewed at CNUCOM's campus
- Thu, 30 Jul 2015: received admissions decision via phone call

My background:
- Out-of-state (though I grew up in the Bay Area and emphasized during the interview that my wife's family is also from the Bay Area)
- Non-traditional applicant (34 years-old): was pre-med at an Ivy League college and did horribly. Graduated and stuck with the pre-med path out of stubbornness, but subsequently dropped out of a SMP and thought I was done with medicine forever. Joined the Marine Corps, graduated from a non-Ivy League law school, and deployed to Afghanistan; experiences made me re-think medicine. Recently finished MS program at an Ivy League graduate school. Now working in emergency management.
- MCAT: 32 (2013), 35 (2006), 34-36 (2001, back when VR was scaled 13-15)
- Undergraduate (including postbacc) science GPA: 3.38; undergraduate (including postbacc) overall GPA: 3.38
- Graduate science GPA: 2.71 (thanks to dropping out of Georgetown SMP); graduate overall GPA: 2.78 (thanks to law school grades)
- Cumulative science GPA: 3.11; cumulative overall GPA: 3.11

Assessment:
- Clearly my GPA is low, but I think the high MCAT scores, unusual work history (Marine Corps, licensed attorney), and prestige factor (I mention Ivy League not to toot my horn, but to explain a mitigating factor) of my undergraduate/graduate education helped.

V/R,
4401

P.S. Happy to answer any and all questions about the military -- though I have only tangential experience with military medicine, specifically.

 

[terlo]

Congrats 4401! I think your Marine Corps experience made a huge difference, as it should.

 

[leela13]

*heavy breathing*

 

[leela13]

Congrats 4401!!!

 

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[Neurozot]

On another note, anyone hear about immunizations and/or background checks?

What is the next step in the admissions process? Last thing I did was the W9 form.

Same, I think they are probably focused on getting everyone in the class. I believe the only steps left for matriculation are immunizations and paying tuition. The immunization process shouldn't take that long.

 

[Spector1]

All,

Just received a phone call! Accepted.

Since everyone asks, my timeline:
- Wed, 8 Jul 2015: submitted primary application via CNUCOM portal
- Wed, 8 Jul 2015: submitted MCAT score reports to [email protected]
- Fri, 10 Jul 2015: received secondary application (one week deadline)
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: submitted secondary application via CNUCOM portal
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: had recommenders submit their letters (originally prepared in 2014 Summer) to [email protected]
- Mon, 13 Jul 2015: requested transcripts (both electronically and via snail-mail)
- Wed, 15 Jul 2015: received interview invitation via email
- Mon, 27 Jul 2015: interviewed at CNUCOM's campus
- Thu, 30 Jul 2015: received admissions decision via phone call

My background:
- Out-of-state (though I grew up in the Bay Area and emphasized during the interview that my wife's family is also from the Bay Area)
- Non-traditional applicant (34 years-old): was pre-med at an Ivy League college and did horribly. Graduated and stuck with the pre-med path out of stubbornness, but subsequently dropped out of a SMP and thought I was done with medicine forever. Joined the Marine Corps, graduated from a non-Ivy League law school, and deployed to Afghanistan; experiences made me re-think medicine. Recently finished MS program at an Ivy League graduate school. Now working in emergency management.
- MCAT: 32 (2013), 35 (2006), 34-36 (2001, back when VR was scaled 13-15)
- Undergraduate (including postbacc) science GPA: 3.38; undergraduate (including postbacc) overall GPA: 3.38
- Graduate science GPA: 2.71 (thanks to dropping out of Georgetown SMP); graduate overall GPA: 2.78 (thanks to law school grades)
- Cumulative science GPA: 3.11; cumulative overall GPA: 3.11

Assessment:
- Clearly my GPA is low, but I think the high MCAT scores, unusual work history (Marine Corps, licensed attorney), and prestige factor (I mention Ivy League not to toot my horn, but to explain a mitigating factor) of my undergraduate/graduate education helped.

Very Respectfully,
4401

P.S. Happy to answer any and all questions about the military -- though I have only tangential experience with military medicine, specifically.

Congrats! were you the Captain who was in marine corp dress uniform?

 

[Throwaway692015]

Congrats!! Any other phone calls today? Nervous if I don't get one today that's bad news for me as I interviewed on 24th

 

[becomingdoctor]

Congrats!! Any other phone calls today? Nervous if I don't get one today that's bad news for me as I interviewed on 24th

dont worry, they accept some 7/15, some 7/17

 

[Throwaway692015]

dont worry, they accept some 7/15, some 7/17

I believe the emails on the 17th were the same people who got the call on the 15th, I could be wrong though. Hoping for some good news for us all!

 

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[Throwaway692015]

This is correct. To the best of my knowledge, at least.
I got the call around 4:30ish I think, so it's still early in the day I think. Keep hope alive everyone 😀

Can do thanks for the encouragement 🙂

 

[leela13]

Accepted! Got the call today! Good luck to everyone else still in the running, my fingers are crossed!

 

[rlarudtjs332]

accepted. got the call like an hour ago. don't know what to do. lol should i just continue my current application cycle or go to this school?

 

[paradoctor1]

accepted. got the call like an hour ago. don't know what to do. lol should i just continue my current application cycle or go to this school?

Congrats! LizzyM?

 

[rlarudtjs332]

cgpa 3.72 sgpa 3.62 mcat 33. northwestern.

 

[Spector1]

accepted. got the call like an hour ago. don't know what to do. lol should i just continue my current application cycle or go to this school?

depends on how your current application cycle is going.

 

[rlarudtjs332]

well... i already submitted my secondaries to 17 schools i think and i just need to do couple more. then i will be completely done with my secondaries.
got rejected by west virginia, which didn't surprise me since i'm a wa resident

 

[becomingdoctor]

well... i already submitted my secondaries to 17 schools i think and i just need to do couple more. then i will be completely done with my secondaries.
got rejected by west virginia, which didn't surprise me since i'm a wa resident

you have 20-30% chance at UW, hmm...
check this out http://www.uwmedicine.org/education/md-program/admissions/faqs/gpa-and-mcat

 

[Spector1]

well... i already submitted my secondaries to 17 schools i think and i just need to do couple more. then i will be completely done with my secondaries.
got rejected by west virginia, which didn't surprise me since i'm a wa resident

well you can always put down a deposit and wait a bit to see if any interview invites come in by the day you have to put down the whole of the tuition money for cnucom. If you do get interviews with your stats, I'd look for greener pastures.

 

[Neurozot]

Accepted! Got the call today! Good luck to everyone else still in the running, my fingers are crossed!

Congrats, I've been rooting for you ever since I saw your posts in the "gains accreditation" thread. I too am a Touro defector! Awesome news!

 

[genelite]

well... i already submitted my secondaries to 17 schools i think and i just need to do couple more. then i will be completely done with my secondaries.
got rejected by west virginia, which didn't surprise me since i'm a wa resident

with your stats I would be surprised if you didn't get into other medical schools.

 

[genelite]

So

Congrats, I've been rooting for you ever since I saw your posts in the "gains accreditation" thread. I too am a Touro defector! Awesome news!

both of you left TUCOM Fall 2015 for CNUCOM?

 

[Spector1]

So


both of you left TUCOM Fall 2015 for CNUCOM?

well MD>DO

 

[leela13]

So


both of you left TUCOM Fall 2015 for CNUCOM?

Yep. CNU was just a better fit for me for a lot of reasons.

 

[Neurozot]

Yep. CNU was just a better fit for me for a lot of reasons.

Same, went to the interview and I was a lot more impressed than I had been with Touro. Felt like a good move.

 

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[genelite]

So with two days where they released acceptance and with 32 people as of now on the FB group they must have filled almost the entire class no? probably sent out 60 acceptances and are waiting to hear back before looking at the waitlist? Sound about right?

 

[Neurozot]

LOL @ "Touro defectors". Sorry that just reminded me of those Taco Bell commercials lol

Haha ya, that occurred to me as I was posting....I can assure you, I think inside the bun.

 

[rlarudtjs332]

my biggest concern is my verbal score.... my mcat is 13/7/13

 

[BeornBear]

So


both of you left TUCOM Fall 2015 for CNUCOM?

Same here lol

 

[genelite]

Same here lol

LMAO

 

[BeornBear]

LMAO

Touro should have offered a (large) scholarship if they wanted to keep us...

 

[Spector1]

So with two days where they released acceptance and with 32 people as of now on the FB group they must have filled almost the entire class no? probably sent out 60 acceptances and are waiting to hear back before looking at the waitlist? Sound about right?

there are still two or three more interview dates. They wouldnt fill the whole class if they still had people to interview. I think we still have a chance.

 

[blissfulbelle]

Just wondering, did they send out all acceptances for the 24th and 27th interview dates today already?

 

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[Spector1]

Just wondering, did they send out all acceptances for the 24th and 27th interview dates today already?

I certainly hope not.

Touro should have offered a (large) scholarship if they wanted to keep us...

I'm sure all the folks on the touro waitlist are quite pleased.

 

[blissfulbelle]

Ok, hopefully! They said on the 27th that we had 10 max. days to hear back, so here's to hoping!

 

[Spector1]

Ok, hopefully! They said on the 27th that we had 10 max. days to hear back, so here's to hoping!

that makes two of us.

 

[creole queen]

II today for next Friday! So all spots must not be filled yet. CA resident, super excited. I was waitlisted for 4 schools this past cycle and didn't get off any, it's been a tough few months. Nice to feel like I have one more chance.

 

[leela13]

Same here lol

How did you tell Touro you're leaving? I called and left a voicemail and emailed them. Is there anything else I can do?

 

[BeornBear]

How did you tell Touro you're leaving? I called and left a voicemail and emailed them. Is there anything else I can do?

Just email should be fine.

 

[Spector1]

my biggest concern is my verbal score.... my mcat is 13/7/13

probably just put down a deposit then wait and see.

 

[leela13]

For those of you accepted, what are your LizzyMs? I'm just curious. Mine is 73

 

[Neurozot]

How did you tell Touro you're leaving? I called and left a voicemail and emailed them. Is there anything else I can do?

They should send you some official papers that you need to sign and send back. If you don't receive one, you should probably call back. They will also have you sign one to return your deposit. Also call financial aid so they can refund your reward back to the government. Since you never claimed it you won't be charged the disbursement fee.

 

[drgoldy]

Just curious, who called to deliver the news of your acceptances? Was it the dean, one of your interviewers, or one of the office admins?

 

[SPDF]

For those of you accepted, what are your LizzyMs? I'm just curious. Mine is 73

Sorry, maybe I'm reading this the wrong way, but I don't see why you would want to know other than to boost your ego. Maybe if you haven't been accepted yet, but not after you were already accepted. I do see you number-dropping that 73 a lot though; LizzyM is meaningless now that we're all accepted and there's no reason why we should know others'. We should all just forget that number.

FTR, it's not like I'm bitter or envious as I mentioned my LizzyM in the past. A guy I was talking to a lot during the interview also had something crazy like 78 but he lives in Elk Grove.

 

[Spector1]

Sorry, maybe I'm reading this the wrong way, but I don't see why you would want to know other than to boost your ego. Maybe if you haven't been accepted yet, but not after you were already accepted. I do see you number-dropping that 73 a lot though; LizzyM is meaningless now that we're all accepted and there's no reason why we should know others'. We should all just forget that number.

FTR, it's not like I'm bitter or envious as I mentioned my LizzyM in the past. A guy I was talking to a lot during the interview also had something crazy like 78 but he lives in Elk Grove.

Its also not beyond people to lie about their stats on the internet......

 

[leela13]

Sorry, maybe I'm reading this the wrong way, but I don't see why you would want to know other than to boost your ego. Maybe if you haven't been accepted yet, but not after you were already accepted. I do see you number-dropping that 73 a lot though; LizzyM is meaningless now that we're all accepted and there's no reason why we should know others'. We should all just forget that number.

FTR, it's not like I'm bitter or envious as I mentioned my LizzyM in the past. A guy I was talking to a lot during the interview also had something crazy like 78 but he lives in Elk Grove.

I'm curious to see what the average stats are for this school since it's obviously not available elsewhere. Didn't mean to come off as offensive or braggy at all, just legitimately curious. But it's cool if people don't want to share, like you said it's just a number.