Technically you actually finish all your finals by the second week of April in your second year. So you got about 2 months and a half. And I know people that take there level 1 exam well into 3rd year. It's just hard studying for boards while on rotations.
Lol no one will force you into primary care if that's not what you want. We have physicians in many different specialties working at or for the school. Build a competitive app for the specialty you want, and you'll get plenty of support to apply into it.
Also wanted to add that you have a vacation month and a Non-Clinical month which can be used for board study that you can schedule anytime you want during 3rd year. So technically you could have a full 4 months and a half if you wanted to. Although I wouldn't recommend it because that means once you start rotations it's gonna be non-stop, and burn out during clinicals can hit you pretty hard at the end.
I can't speak for first semesters remediation exam but second semester's exam wasn't doable. It tested over everything that you cover in second semester in 12 days. Which you'll realize that will be impossible to do when you see the volume and detail of information. All the information that was covered in second semester comes out to be over 620 pages of information to review and they can pick any detail out of it. Imagine rereading a book of 620 pages in 12 days and then be asked to remember any detail from it.. (not high yield board stuff) lol. If you think that's ridiculous, you would be correct. So that's why everyone who had the chance to take it, failed. In the past it wasn't like that and the would pass the remediation exam.. take boards.. pass. and then be set up to graduate because rotations are much easier. It's Just how it's done now. Honestly, If you were to give that exam to those who got A's in the course they would be very hard pressed to pass it, as well. Which is probably about 10% of the class who got A's and moved on. The majority score between barely passing (70%) to a B. About 30-40 students was either barely passing or failing before the last exam in second semester so if they didn't do well on that then they were certainly going to have to take the exam.. then fail.. and then redo the whole year. Luckily that last exam is pretty easy compared to the other ones, as long as, you didn't do too much damage on the 4 exams before it.
Just want to clarify that it has always been like that. How do I know? I also had to remediate once. It was BECOM 4 (second semester of OMS2 last year), and I had 1 week to prepare for it and passing was set at 75%. Fortunately I did pass, but I know what you mean when you say it's kinda super hard to pass the remediation exam. Moral of the story, try your best to never have to remediate as lots of remediations and repeating a year are red flags anyway when applying for residency, but if you end up remediating a class (especially BECOM) prepare to go through hell to pass that exam. I also know people that have passed remediation multiple times with similar timelines and cutoff for passing, so it's not totally impossible, just require a lot of sacrifice and hard work.
Just wanted to warn you that remediation exams at NYITCOM are probably similar as well fwiw. Remediation is never an easy exam. I suggest reaching out to some students over there, and see, but I'll tell you now, you'll probably hear the same or close to the same story (one exam that covers the whole semester).
Oh wait, I realized I was doing $14,400 per semester when it is per year *facepalm*
Yeah, that's about how much we get. If you budget well, that should be more than enough for the semester. It's not much different at other schools unless you're living in expensive cities like NYC or Chicago. You don't spend much in gas living in Fort Smith even if you're not living at the residents.
Average MCAT for here is about 502, so it's not impossible. I was a 499 MCAT myself, and I'll be a 4th year next month.
You'll be fine. Just let student affairs know, and they'll understand and give you an excused absence. Class only become truly mandatory (Except for labs - all labs are mandatory) when you fall below 80% average in the class, and even then some people still miss classes. At the beginning of the semester, I doubt they will care unless they have drastically changed their ways since I left campus last year. Missing mandatory classes only become a real problem when you fail and have to remediate or go in front of the Student Progress Committee (SPC).
If you're doing rotations in Fort Smith, you can keep it if you want to. If you are in Little Rock, Searcy, Fayetteville etc... then no you don't have to keep it and it wouldn't make sense to keep it either.
They've gotten a little bit tougher on this. You will be fine to attend the wedding. Still send a message to student affairs so they are aware but it is unlikely that they will grant an unexcused absence. Since this is well before any grades are determined, you will be fine to miss that day permitting no labs fall on that day.
Congratulations!
Feel free to message me! I will be starting second year next month.
The ARCOM list on the website hasn't been updated in a while.
When I was a second year, there were 24 spots available for Fayetteville. I don't know if anything changed this year or not. To get placed there, you'll just have to rank it as your number 1, provide reasoning for why you want it, and hope you get placed there. If there are not like a disproportionate amount of students choosing the site in your class, you most likely will get it. If there are, then your reasoning will determine whether you get it or not (family and ties to the region are definitely valid reasons). For my class 95% got their number 1 ranked site I think.
We also have a new IM program with Poplar Bluff regional medical center, and we have affiliation with CHI St Vincent Hot Springs new IM program and Unity Health's residency programs in IM, FM, Psych, and EM
You will find all ARCOM's student made resources here: http://www.mockdocs.org/
Hi I have been accepted to ARCOM. This is out of state for me, would you be able to tell me the annual cost of attendance is with living on campus. Please this will really help me decide
Thanks so much. So with on campus living per year cost may be some where around $55,000/year I guess
The link shared in #1540 is just for institutional fees. This link includes the total cost of attendance: https://4e0pcl2ogpiw45yp3navoa4i-wp.../wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OMS-COA-Chart.pdf
Thanks Dr.
If you fail, you get to remediate the class at the end by taking an exam that covers the entire semester, and you have to obtain a 75% or greater in it. If you fail the remediation, you have to repeat the year. Failing multiple classes though may earn you a ticket out depending on what the student progress committee decides. Never go into a DO school thinking about failing/remediation/repeating though because even if you get a second chance that can still really hurt you during residency application.
