I think we get new, better ones. I know its odd but no clue where we would've done it since the civic center is being renovated. It is what it is. My family will be just as happy in a year than they wouldve been this past fall. And hell I'll know I can take the coursework at the point and I'm actually going to become a doctor
I'd expect a few weeks...2-3 maybe? but there have been people who wait longer. I heard just under a month
I interviewed Sept 14 and was accepted October 2 so just over 3 weeks!
You will have a tour/lunch/presentations before. If you are in the early group, your tour will be after the interview and then you can leave
Ohhh, gotcha.
I loved Des Moines in general. Very safe, up and coming city. I loved how welcoming and friendly everybody at the school is. I just recently returned for a tour and I still loved everything. It's an excellent program and a top generator of primary care doctors. I'm from Wisconsin, and DMU is well known around here for producing excellent doctors
I work at a lab in Missouri and in the past 7 years we have had 2 students go to DMU. One is a 3rd year and he already has offers for an emergency medicine residency in California. (didn't know students could rotate out there!!) The other student is a PGY-3 in an ENT Residency (very competitive). It seems that although DMU is known for PCPs they also have the potential to crank out world class specialists. I also agree with @DrDazl the people are extremely friendly and the city is very nice thanks to the insurance industry haha.
Interviewing on 2/23 as well
via snail mail?
Honestly, I think the personality/fit that DMU looks for is why so many end up as PCPs. DMU seems to push a really caring/collaborative environment and def has a "family-first" mindset. I think because of that, almost everyone is super chill and seems to value more work/life balance which PCPs kinda have in spades.
I just wanted to mention for you, and anyone else interviewing, this is probably going to happen more often now. I interviewed around this time last year and I don't know of anyone that I interviewed with that was accepted immediately. It's getting towards the end of the interview season and so outright acceptances are going to start to peter out.
The wait list was very mobile last year. I was second quartile and I was accepted at the end of May, which still left 2 months for the other 2 quartiles.I just wanted to mention for you, and anyone else interviewing, this is probably going to happen more often now. I interviewed around this time last year and I don't know of anyone that I interviewed with that was accepted immediately. It's getting towards the end of the interview season and so outright acceptances are going to start to peter out.
HOWEVER, all of those people (4, in fact) that were in my interview group that were wait listed are now in my class.
Tldr; I've said it before, but I'll reiterate because the wait list struggle is real-- All is not lost.
You'll get an email once the interview season is over (mid to late March) telling you which quartile you're in. I don't think they do the ranking until they've gotten their full wait list roster.
I didn't get any questions about any of those. I only got Why DMU, Why DO, Why Medicine. The other questions were app specific. Feel free to PM me!
Crossing my fingers that we might hear back from the 2/2 interview today/ this week. I had no idea they had a ranked wait-list though
That may be a more accurate time frame for the quartile decision. I don't have the email saved, but May sounds right.
I think that depends on the year
