2018-2019 Central Michigan University

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MrManMan said:
Do you know when exactly orientation typically is? Is there typically a drug test before matriculation?
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1) Orientation is a weeklong process, typically starting Monday of the first full week in August (for you, that’s 5 Aug) and culminating with your white coat ceremony on Friday.
2) Our class didn’t take their first urine drug test (UDT, or “Whiz Quiz” if you feel punny) until midway through Foundations, but yours may vary. It’s my understanding that incoming classes now take a formal UDT during orientation, and another formal UDT during Synapse (the transition from M2 to M3 clinical placements). Random UDTs may also be called during any phase of the curriculum. Stand by for more info from the Office of Student Affairs on that.
 
Is this waitlist a ranked waitlist or do they review everyone again before making acceptances?
 
MrManMan said:
Do you know when exactly orientation typically is? Is there typically a drug test before matriculation?
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Hi current M1 here...We have not been drug tested at all this year but did have to sign paperwork at orientation that we could be tested at any time. Next year's orientation is scheduled for Aug. 5th-Aug. 9th with classes following the week after! Typically orientation is all day during that week. Hope that helps.
 
I checked my phone at work and saw I had missed a call from a 989 number. I tried calling back but it seemed to be a scam call. That sure got my heart racing, I was hoping I had missed an acceptance call!
 
Question for the current CMed students...

What was housing like for you? Do you have some housing suggestions for years 1 and 2?

Also with the change of location for year 3 and 4 did you move to Saginaw?

Lastly what does it look like for the clinical rotations? Do you simply just drive a lot? Or is there a lot of moving around from place to place as your rotations change?

CMed Class of 2023 🙂
 
Dr.GlipGLop said:
Question for the current CMed students...

What was housing like for you? Do you have some housing suggestions for years 1 and 2?

Also with the change of location for year 3 and 4 did you move to Saginaw?

Lastly what does it look like for the clinical rotations? Do you simply just drive a lot? Or is there a lot of moving around from place to place as your rotations change?

CMed Class of 2023 🙂
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Super abbreviated as I’m replying from my phone - I’ll post in more detail when I get home tonight...

1) Tons of apartment complexes in Mt P and nearly all are very reasonably priced. Popular choices include Tallgrass, Blue Grass, The Reserve, Copper Beech, Health Professions, and Stone Crest. Grad housing is a dice throw.

2) Most folks move to Saginaw for M3 at least. CCC you can really wind up anywhere. Bancroft is popular but expensive unless you room-share and/or split with someone on the opposite CCC rotation. Country Square and Green Acres also popular.

M4 housing and commuting totally depends on how many aways you do and whether you pick in-house electives at remote sites. Be prepared to drive. A lot.

I’ll repost my housing analysis from last year later... stand by!

Congratulations on your admission! Welcome to CMED - we are thrilled to have you!
 
Okay, I promised you a more thorough review and here it is. The comprehensive housing skinny, collated from all the CMED students on the SDN boards last year:

Mt. Pleasant (M1 and M2):

Tallgrass: Huge and cheap and perennially popular for that reason, but has tons of noisy undergrads and problems with thin walls, and about once a year or so there's a mold or vermin complaint. Caveat rentor. Still probably the cheapest option in town if you split with a few people.

University Meadows: Mid-priced, reasonably decent apartments, nothing too fancy. Has a communal outdoor pool and clubhouse with fitness center, which is a nice perk, but the pool is usually occupied by undergrads.

Blue Grass: Like Tallgrass, also huge and cheap and undergrad prone, but does offer a pool and a fitness center. "The Reserve" is a gated apartment community off the main complex, a little pricier, but tends to have fewer undergrads.

Copper Beech: Popular among those who like a quieter environment. Recently renovated units, including townhomes if you're looking to split rent or have a family. Pricey if you're living solo, but doable if you split. Premium cable with movie services and VOD included with some townhomes; options for furnished units are available if you want something totally turnkey. Pets are allowed with permission of landlord, usually with a rent surcharge.

Health Professions: This is where I lived for M1 and M2. Complex is restricted to CMED students. Awesome landlord. Units are beautiful, spacious and well lit, in-house laundry, expensive for Mt P if solo but incredibly reasonably priced with roomies. Basic cable and Internet service are included. No gym. Pets with permission of landlord, usually OK unless something big or noxious. The entry doors in the 1308 building auto-lock, which is good for safety but a PITA if you like to BBQ in the warmer months. Beware of thin walls and floors/ceilings in the 1308 building.

Stone Crest / Country Place: Right down the street from HPA. Quiet, undergrad free, pet friendly and awesome landlord. Basically HPA with non-meds and better noiseproofing. Expensive relative to Tallgrass et al and probably a little pricier than The Reserve and U Meadows, but you do get what you pay for. Pets allowed with permission of landlord.

Woodside: Walkable neighborhood that's popular with families, especially those with kids. Top and bottom split-level units available; buildings are quads with in-house laundry. Pet friendly.

CMU Graduate Housing: University subsidized, which means it's cheap even by in-town standards, but apartments are leased on a two-year basis that doesn't really mesh with CMED's schedule, and most apartments are taken by students in other programs whose admitting cycle runs differently from the medical school. No pets. Resident parking is far and away the most convenient to the medical school, it's literally a two-city-block walk across the parking lot and the back lawn of the College of Health Professions building.

House rentals: Available through any number of management companies and rent-by-owner arrangements. Check apartments.com and Zillow. Excellent option if you have either 1) a spouse and kids, or 2) a defined group of friends who are willing to go in on the house with you.

What I would not do, unless you have a spouse and kids and are committed to a metric ton of driving in M3 and M4, is purchase a house in Mt P. Functionally no one stays in town after M2, and you won't be in the house long enough to get your money (closing costs, etc) back - it's decidedly not a house flipper's market. If you decide to commit to the area and go in on a house, Midland is a popular choice - it's equidistant between Mt P and Saginaw, family friendly, has good schools, and property costs are exceptionally reasonable.

Saginaw (M3 and part of M4):

Bancroft: Cool historic building with a bourbon and wine bar and a coffee shop on premises, and very close to the CMED campus... but the apartments are small and expensive, and the landlord is prone to nickel and diming (parking, laundry, etc, plus a big upcharge for 6-month leasing). Problematic if you like total quiet (see also re: bourbon bar).

Green Acres: Where I lived for the first half of M3. Apartments are very old (shag carpet LOL) and have almost no amenities (no laundry, window-mount AC, baseboard heat), but one of the few places in town that doesn't gouge for six-month leases. Pool on-site, but no gym (there's a Planet Fitness at the corner of State and Hemmeter). Quiet. Heat and water are included.

Country Ridge: Offers apartments and townhomes. Military discount available if you're HPSP or Reserves, but otherwise rather pricey relative to offered amenities. Doesn't offer 6-month leases, so you'll have to split with someone on the opposite CCC rotation. Definitely a hike to the CMED campus.


That's all I have for now... anyone else, feel free to jump in! My thanks to all those from last year's board who contributed to this guide!
 
Curious as to the timeline CMU is working with right now. Does anyone have any idea? I was thinking of calling admissions.

I interviewed 1/18!
 
I interviewed 1/11 and have seen many people from January and February who haven't heard back yet. I have seen a handful of people who have been accepted (keeping in mind that not everyone is on SDN) but it seems a lot of people have had no response. I'm hoping that they give us answers sometime the next few weeks, you would think they would have more out before the end of April?
 
chookichoo said:
Curious as to the timeline CMU is working with right now. Does anyone have any idea? I was thinking of calling admissions.

I interviewed 1/18!
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I called the admissions, they said they have a deadline of April 30th and majority of decisions will be out by then
 
futuredoc999 said:
Has anyone heard of any waitlist movement yet???
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I have not, but I am with you! I keep thinking “they can’t be waiting until April 30.”

But then another week goes by without hearing anything. I hope we start hearing something soon. Hopefully this just means they’re being thorough and giving each person a good look.

Good luck!
 
Traumahawk said:
Okay, I promised you a more thorough review and here it is. The comprehensive housing skinny, collated from all the CMED students on the SDN boards last year:

Mt. Pleasant (M1 and M2):

Tallgrass: Huge and cheap and perennially popular for that reason, but has tons of noisy undergrads and problems with thin walls, and about once a year or so there's a mold or vermin complaint. Caveat rentor. Still probably the cheapest option in town if you split with a few people.

University Meadows: Mid-priced, reasonably decent apartments, nothing too fancy. Has a communal outdoor pool and clubhouse with fitness center, which is a nice perk, but the pool is usually occupied by undergrads.

Blue Grass: Like Tallgrass, also huge and cheap and undergrad prone, but does offer a pool and a fitness center. "The Reserve" is a gated apartment community off the main complex, a little pricier, but tends to have fewer undergrads.

Copper Beech: Popular among those who like a quieter environment. Recently renovated units, including townhomes if you're looking to split rent or have a family. Pricey if you're living solo, but doable if you split. Premium cable with movie services and VOD included with some townhomes; options for furnished units are available if you want something totally turnkey. Pets are allowed with permission of landlord, usually with a rent surcharge.

Health Professions: This is where I lived for M1 and M2. Complex is restricted to CMED students. Awesome landlord. Units are beautiful, spacious and well lit, in-house laundry, expensive for Mt P if solo but incredibly reasonably priced with roomies. Basic cable and Internet service are included. No gym. Pets with permission of landlord, usually OK unless something big or noxious. The entry doors in the 1308 building auto-lock, which is good for safety but a PITA if you like to BBQ in the warmer months. Beware of thin walls and floors/ceilings in the 1308 building.

Stone Crest / Country Place: Right down the street from HPA. Quiet, undergrad free, pet friendly and awesome landlord. Basically HPA with non-meds and better noiseproofing. Expensive relative to Tallgrass et al and probably a little pricier than The Reserve and U Meadows, but you do get what you pay for. Pets allowed with permission of landlord.

Woodside: Walkable neighborhood that's popular with families, especially those with kids. Top and bottom split-level units available; buildings are quads with in-house laundry. Pet friendly.

CMU Graduate Housing: University subsidized, which means it's cheap even by in-town standards, but apartments are leased on a two-year basis that doesn't really mesh with CMED's schedule, and most apartments are taken by students in other programs whose admitting cycle runs differently from the medical school. No pets. Resident parking is far and away the most convenient to the medical school, it's literally a two-city-block walk across the parking lot and the back lawn of the College of Health Professions building.

House rentals: Available through any number of management companies and rent-by-owner arrangements. Check apartments.com and Zillow. Excellent option if you have either 1) a spouse and kids, or 2) a defined group of friends who are willing to go in on the house with you.

What I would not do, unless you have a spouse and kids and are committed to a metric ton of driving in M3 and M4, is purchase a house in Mt P. Functionally no one stays in town after M2, and you won't be in the house long enough to get your money (closing costs, etc) back - it's decidedly not a house flipper's market. If you decide to commit to the area and go in on a house, Midland is a popular choice - it's equidistant between Mt P and Saginaw, family friendly, has good schools, and property costs are exceptionally reasonable.

Saginaw (M3 and part of M4):

Bancroft: Cool historic building with a bourbon and wine bar and a coffee shop on premises, and very close to the CMED campus... but the apartments are small and expensive, and the landlord is prone to nickel and diming (parking, laundry, etc, plus a big upcharge for 6-month leasing). Problematic if you like total quiet (see also re: bourbon bar).

Green Acres: Where I lived for the first half of M3. Apartments are very old (shag carpet LOL) and have almost no amenities (no laundry, window-mount AC, baseboard heat), but one of the few places in town that doesn't gouge for six-month leases. Pool on-site, but no gym (there's a Planet Fitness at the corner of State and Hemmeter). Quiet. Heat and water are included.

Country Ridge: Offers apartments and townhomes. Military discount available if you're HPSP or Reserves, but otherwise rather pricey relative to offered amenities. Doesn't offer 6-month leases, so you'll have to split with someone on the opposite CCC rotation. Definitely a hike to the CMED campus.


That's all I have for now... anyone else, feel free to jump in! My thanks to all those from last year's board who contributed to this guide!
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This was so helpful and thorough. Thank you so much!
 
Just to spread some information for those still on the wait list like me. I talked to Lyman today and he said that "a lot of waitlist activity will happen in the few days immediately after April, 30." For those like me, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel!

Good luck everyone!
 
CMU 2019 Match List

Internal Medicine
U Michigan Hosps‐Ann Arbor
U South Florida Morsani COM‐Tampa
Henry Ford Hospital‐MI x2
U Kentucky
DMC
Wayne State Uni
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ
U Alabama
Vanderbilt
Western Michigan Univ Stryker SOM
Maine Med Ctr
Oregon Health & Science Univ
U Cincinnati Med Ctr‐OH
Florida State University COM

Emergency Medicine
NYU
Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ x2
B I Deaconess Med Ctr‐MA
John Peter Smith Hosp-TX
U New Mexico SOM
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Zucker SOM‐Northwell Southside Hosp‐NY


Family Medicine
Beaumont Health‐MI x2
Mercy Health Grand Rapids‐MI
Darnall Army Medical Center
Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ‐MN
Poudre Valley Hospital‐CO
Mercy Health Grand Rapids‐MI
Bayfront Med Ctr‐FL
Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ x2
Univ of Vermont Medical Center

General Surgery
Guthrie/Robert Packer Hosp‐PA
Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ
U Illinois COM‐Peoria OSF
Loyola Univ Med Ctr‐IL
UIC/Metro Group Hospitals‐IL

Psychiatry
West Virginia University SOM
Pine Rest Christian Mental Hlth Svcs‐MI x3
St Mary Mercy-MI x2
DMC
SUNY Upstate Med Uni
MCW
SUNY HSC Brooklyn‐NY
Central Michigan University COM
Loyola Univ Med Ctr‐IL
Olive View‐UCLA Med Ctr‐CA

Pediatrics
U Illinois COM‐Chicago
John Hopkins Hosp-MD
Harbor‐UCLA Med Ctr‐CA
Spectrum Health/Michigan State

Radiology-Diagnostic
Beaumont Health‐MI x2
Cleveland Clinic Fdn‐OH
Stony Brook

Orthopedic Surgery
UC San Francisco‐Fresno‐CA
U Illinois COM‐Chicago
Palmetto Health Richland‐SC
McLaren Heaith Care Corp‐MI

Dermatology
Case Western/MetroHealth Med Ctr‐OH

Anesthesia
University of Michigan
Cleveland Clinic
Beaumont Health‐MI
Stony Brook
Ochsner Clinic Foundation‐LA

OB-Gyn
Ascension Providence/MSUCHM‐MI
University of Toledo‐OH
Aultman Hospital/NEOMED‐OH
Beaumont Hospital-MI
Henry Ford x2
York Hospital-PA
Ascension St John Hosp‐MI

Rad-Onc
Henry Ford
Beaumont


IM+EM
Vidant Med Ctr/East Carolina Univ‐NC

Psy+FM
U Iowa Hosps and Clinics

Interventional Radiology
Rochester Gen Hospital-NY

Ophthalmology
Beaumont Health-MI

PM&R
U Texas HSC‐San Antonio

Otolaryngology
Case Western/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr‐OH
U Kentucky Med Ctr

Urology
University of Chicago Medicine

Neurology
Sparrow Hospital-MI
U Wisconsin

Surg Prelims
Loyola
University Hospital‐Columbus‐MO
Ascension St John Hosp‐MI
 
I know for a fact a lot of people have yet to hear back from post-Christmas interviews...but does anyone know if this just means a soft rejection? It will have been 3 months since I interviewed come Friday. This is agonizing.
 
CSFshunt said:
I know for a fact a lot of people have yet to hear back from post-Christmas interviews...but does anyone know if this just means a soft rejection? It will have been 3 months since I interviewed come Friday. This is agonizing.
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I have yet to hear back and I also interviewed 1/25.... let's be hopeful about this though! They have rejected people post interview so while silence isn't the best treatment it could be worse lol. Best of luck to you.
 
medijeti7 said:
I have yet to hear back and I also interviewed 1/25.... let's be hopeful about this though! They have rejected people post interview so while silence isn't the best treatment it could be worse lol. Best of luck to you.
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I interviewed 1/11, called 3 or 4 weeks ago and was told they would have all the spring interview day decisions out “in a week”
 
Withdrew my acceptance today, best of luck to all of you!
 
Well good news is we'll know by April 30th, so only a couple more days to go..
 
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