I totally understand!Lol for real sad life... Everytime I start thinking of retaking the MCAT and apply again, I just get depressed I remember the part of asking people to send the letters of recommendation while waiting a whole month because someone decided to go on vacation. I spent a month looking for a DO physician to shadow. I called and visit every Do in the town until I found someone. I Just wanted to submit my app to ARCOM and I ended up on the waitlist. 🙁
That’s hilarious haha. My wife and I just moved up to Fort Smith. My wife is also a grad student so we both applied for Medicaid. We applied online and then went down to the office. Took about a week, it was pretty easy. The people at the DHS office in Fort Smith were very nice and helpful. In Texas, they are definitely a cult haha. I understand the pain of dealing with DHS. It can feel like an interrogation sometimes.
There's an insurance agent located in Van Buren, she did everything for me free of charge. I just provided her with my information, and I didn't have to get questioned by DHS.
Yeah it was hard for me to accept for a while too just considering how hard the process can be. If anything I hope the admissions committees will see our commitment to becoming a DO though. If we’re crazy enough to do this all over again it just shows how badly we want it.Lol for real sad life... Everytime I start thinking of retaking the MCAT and apply again, I just get depressed I remember the part of asking people to send the letters of recommendation while waiting a whole month because someone decided to go on vacation. I spent a month looking for a DO physician to shadow. I called and visit every Do in the town until I found someone. I Just wanted to submit my app to ARCOM and I ended up on the waitlist. 🙁
I did... I called them yesterday. She said I can't guarantee they will review your application.
Omg What!!?! Did you get an interview? I interviewed last Friday for the program. I can’t believe they told you that!
That was one day before the deadline. Class is probably already filled or close to being filled.
And it's probably pretty competitive now too since they decreased the tuition for the SMP from 35K to only 5K for the inaugural class.
No it's not that competitive.. It's new program. BUT yes I was late. This is not cheap for two semesters. Check other medical schools, they have almost the same tuition for biomedicine master program. UIWSOM have the same offer and it's 10 miles away from my home. I applied to this one, because I'm on waitlist at ARCOM and they will transfer anatomy class grade to ARCOM if you get b or better.
I am currently on the waitlist at ARCOM and was recently accepted into the masters program. The inaugural class is very competitive from what I've seen considering the course load they offer for $5,000. The majority of the other programs I looked into were 5 to 6 times as much for curriculum that was equivalent too or less impressive.
5k is insanely cheap for a SMP
Actually all other SMPs I have seen are around the same tuition as the medical school they're are associated to because you're basically taking the same classes medical students are taking. It's usually around 30K-50K. And because this one will be just 5K, I'm guessing a lot of people are applying making it competitive.
I was talking about other SMPs, but I don't how ARCOM's SMP will be setup. I know anatomy will be with the OMS1s for sure since you won't have to retake anatomy if you get a B and get admitted to the medical school.
The SMP at KCU they dont take any classes with the med students but it's much of the same material at a less accelerated pace.
I just finished my interview with MSB... They said that I applied late and they almost have their 50 seats filled. I might end up on the waitlist for MSB program as well lol. The total cost for MSB at ACHE is 31K the same as UIWSOM.
There's a difference between cost of attendance and tuition. They have to give you money to live off of. You're not gonna be able to work. See the difference in the pictures below. Cost of attendance for UIWSOM is $67,148 total when you add tuition and fees and living expenses together. Whereas the 32K for ACHE already include all that. If you have enough money saved to live for a year, you could decide to take only 7K in federal loans if you wanted just enough to pay the 5K tuition and the 2K in fees only.
At this point very few for any school
I think everyone is aware of this and has started their plan B. The question was directed to someone affiliated with ARCOM precisely, not medical school in general.
I watched ARCOM last year as it was a school I applied to. There was very little movement a few weeks after AMCAS traffic day and they changed their procedures this year so it didnt have as big of an impact as it has in years past.
I'm in medical school. Definitely not in the Caribbean though 🙂
At the interview someone said , the previous year, around 300 acceptances were sent out from around 500 interviews with some accepted right before orientation. Guess this year , the new traffic guidelines changed everything. Hope admins from the school or current students on SDN could answer the question whether they expect any further movement
Have you gotten private funding for the masters program by any chance? I’m in the process of applying for private loans since I just got accepted as well.
You can get federal loans here at ACHE, you don't have to get private loans.
Wow. I wasn't aware of that.
Yes, please! I’d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!!!! I’m so excited! & extra stressed because I want to find housing ASAP and figure out how I’m moving my life from California to Arkansas
First of all, COMLEX and USMLE scores won't start coming out till next month. And you can expect a few months after that before schools start releasing their reports.
Been there. Done that.
That study hasn't yet correlated step 1 to MCAT score. That will come this year. Page 19 doesnt have enough of a number in the stats to correlate. Also remember those stats are from very specific schools.
Thank you for this information!! The other DO schools where I interviewed had 505 and 506 averages with many of the people interviewing having scores over 510 so it worried me a little bit. I didn’t realize the average was hovering around a 500-502
There is some difference between a student coming right out of undergrad and scoring a 500 vs a master's student or a nontraditional student employed in the medical field scoring a 500. Most DO schools take this into consideration. Not sure how ARCOM accounts for this.
The DO schools with the highest MCAT averages are in the 506-507 range.
Yeah, that's also a factor. I know many people in my class that did an SMP. And now ACHE also have its own SMP.
To answer your question if you did good in your grad/SMP program, then you can do well in med school. The people I know that did an SMP before med school are also doing fine. Just come to school every day ready to work hard and you'll be fine. As long you pass your classes and your board exams, you'll be a doctor. Also, the first 2 years are the hardest.
