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Can someone post a link for the portal login page? I signed up and changed the password but the only link I have to it is the password change link so I can’t actually access my portal now which is super awkward...
 
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Can any of the current KCU students residing in the Century Towers describe their experience. I am thinking about staying there. Thanks.
 
Waitlisted pre-interview in September and haven't heard anything since. Is it worth it to email them an update as long as I have new information? I have over 300 more hours as a scribe since I got the II waitlist email.
 
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II-waitlisted in September and haven't heard anything since. Is it worth it to email them an update as long as I have new information? I have over 300 more hours as a scribe since I got the II waitlist email.
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Personally, as a scribe myself, I wouldn’t say that’s a substantial update. What you can do though is send a letter of intent where you express your interest in their program again and intent to attend if given the opportunity! This usually goes a long way for those who have been waitlisted after an interview.
 
GingerGurl said:
Can someone post a link for the portal login page? I signed up and changed the password but the only link I have to it is the password change link so I can’t actually access my portal now which is super awkward...
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aus_horn said:
Can any of the current KCU students residing in the Century Towers describe their experience. I am thinking about staying there. Thanks.
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Current student.. It is convenient since it is directly across the street from the school but I have heard nothing but bad things and regrets from people who have lived there. Look around town there’s so many convenient, nice places. You don’t want to be part of the group that walks over from century towers everyday😜
 
How have people been getting informed of decisions? Is it phone calls, emails, or portal updates...?
 
futuredoctordrew said:
Current student.. It is convenient since it is directly across the street from the school but I have heard nothing but bad things and regrets from people who have lived there. Look around town there’s so many convenient, nice places. You don’t want to be part of the group that walks over from century towers everyday😜
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Thanks. Could you list some of the negative things you heard about CT?
 
aus_horn said:
Thanks. Could you list some of the negative things you heard about CT?
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I don't personally live there but from what I've heard and from what I've seen while going there to study -- the hallways smell really bad and there's trash everywhere in the halls, I heard the building manager there sucks, people also don't usually walk outside those gates unless it's to get to school, I've heard of car break-ins also. I'm not saying the area is the most dangerous area in the world because I come from a more dangerous neighborhood but since I wasn't familiar with KC, I decided to pick a place where I could go on a walk if it was a nice day and not worry about my safety.
 
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I sent my primary to KCU almost two weeks ago and haven’t got a secondary. Should I contact the admission office or is it normal?
 
medDaisuki said:
I sent my primary to KCU almost two weeks ago and haven’t got a secondary. Should I contact the admission office or is it normal?
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Sent my primary to KCU 10/10 and got a secondary 11/02. It takes a while I would give it another week
 
aus_horn said:
Can any of the current KCU students residing in the Century Towers describe their experience. I am thinking about staying there. Thanks.
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I haven’t lived there, but I had a few friends who did during first year and pretty much all of them moved out for second year. IMO it’s really not worth the money since you can get a place in river market or downtown for almost the same price, especially if you have a roommate. The only thing is with Covid and not being able to really meet your classmates I defiantly would have lived in CT if I was a current first year (I’m a second year) just so I could be around other students and make friends easier. I’m not sure if y’all will start classes online or what with Covid, but if you do start online like they did this year I would take that into consideration. But at the same time you’ll be at home a lot, so you’ll probably want a nicer place.
 
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I haven’t lived there, but I had a few friends who did during first year and pretty much all of them moved out for second year. IMO it’s really not worth the money since you can get a place in river market or downtown for almost the same price, especially if you have a roommate. The only thing is with Covid and not being able to really meet your classmates I defiantly would have lived in CT if I was a current first year (I’m a second year) just so I could be around other students and make friends easier. I’m not sure if y’all will start classes online or what with Covid, but if you do start online like they did this year I would take that into consideration. But at the same time you’ll be at home a lot, so you’ll probably want a nicer place.
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I agree, the whole pandemic made it more difficult to meet people as I've only made 2 friends this year 😴
 
futuredoctor123456789 said:
I agree, the whole pandemic made it more difficult to meet people as I've only made 2 friends this year 😴
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Same here, but i don't think i could give up paying 500 less a month, living in an extremely safe place north of the river, and with even better amenities/living spaces just to live closer to campus. I think it would be very easy to make friends at KCU no matter where you live in KC if not for COVID.
 
I agree with this! I opted not to live in CT, but rather in downtown instead. It is close to the school, but if it weren't for COVID-19, I definitely would have made more friends and interacted more with KCU students.
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I agree, the whole pandemic made it more difficult to meet people as I've only made 2 friends this year
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aus_horn said:
Thanks. Could you list some of the negative things you heard about CT?
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I'm a first year living in CT and the things that have been brought up are true. It's really not worth it in my opinion unless you struggle to find somewhere or you just want to be close to campus and also be around other students. The manager here is the worst, the halls do smell, there have been car break ins. Friday nights there are a **** ton of drag races going on outside that are extremely loud. Oh, and I've heard a minimum of 5 shootouts, I thought I was going crazy until someone else brought it up to me. I'm for sure moving out at the end of the year. Also beware of the students that are "student representatives" for CT that have nothing but amazing things to say about it all over Facebook and other places, they are instructed by the property manager to try and get incoming students to move in. That's how I ended up here. If you have any other questions message me.
 
Current students and/or those who have advice:
I am planning on living with a significant other when school starts, however, we are currently trying to figure out how we should split the difference driving wise. Lawrence, KS is where he works. First question: it is significantly cheaper to live in Lawrence, KS, however, do you think it would be plausible to commute 50 minutes? I guess this question comes down to how often I would be on campus. Are all classes required to be in-person/how often are you on campus for current students? Second question: does anyone know of any housing options in the Overland Park area (this is a 50/50 split between KCU and Lawrence)?
 
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Current students and/or those who have advice:
I am planning on living with a significant other when school starts, however, we are currently trying to figure out how we should split the difference driving wise. Lawrence, KS is where he works. First question: it is significantly cheaper to live in Lawrence, KS, however, do you think it would be plausible to commute 50 minutes? I guess this question comes down to how often I would be on campus. Are all classes required to be in-person/how often are you on campus for current students? Second question: does anyone know of any housing options in the Overland Park area (this is a 50/50 split between KCU and Lawrence)?
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My girlfriend and I are in the exact same situation but we decided It would be such a waste of time for me to have to commute 50 minutes each way, every day that there’s class (lots of missed studying time). We’re most likely looking into places in Overland which is definitely closer to Kansas City than Lawrence. She’s in graduate school at KU, so she has a lot more wiggle room when It comes to a longer commute time.
 
Hey y'all, I've had a bunch of people message me the last few weeks about KCU stuff and most are asking the same questions so I figured I would just copy my responses and post them here incase anyone else had similar questions. But still feel free to DM me with other questions or whatever.

What do you like about KCU / why KCU?
So I chose KCU over a couple other DO acceptances for a few reasons. KCU is one of the cheapest private DO schools, the cost of living in KC isn’t bad, they have rotation sites for 3rd year all over the country, the board scores are consistently very good, and KCU has a good establish reputation since it’s one of the original DO schools. I really like that 95% of classes aren’t mandatory and are recorded, pre Covid the cafeteria food was really good and cheap lol, and we recently switched to pass fail which was awesome. Overall I would choose KCU again.

What don't you like about KCU?
Not too much, one thing I wish was different would be to not have as many little BS required things we have to do, like our bioethics class thats a total was of time, or just the required small group session, they aren't the biggest deal but they just take up time in the middle of the day and can be annoying. Also, I'm not a big fan of KC itself but thats because I'm from a big city on the coast so living in the midwest has been a big change for me.

Pass fail / grading stuff?
I was at the end of first year when we switch to pass fail, so I was part of the original letter grading system and can say that pass fail is so much better. In pre clinical it’s honors/pass/fail, only top 10% get honors and we are ranked by quartile. Also, the class average after all grades are in is curved up to an 85% (never curved down).

Will I have free time?
So you’ll definitely have time to do other stuff. I’m involved in multiple research projects, go to the gym 4-5x per week, go out with my girlfriend 1-2x per week (but we eat at home almost everyday to save money) and I know a bunch of people who do other stuff too. With that said, first year is still going to be rough, and I defiantly had to study a lot more during first year than second year, but with pass fail it will be much better. You can definitely have time to relax / do whatever you want, but it's still med school so studying will still be a full-time job.

How are the students?
The study body is pretty awesome, everyone is really helpful. No real gunners in my class, or in any other classes that I've heard of. My class (c/o 2023) has a groupme with everyone on the Kc campus in it, so like 270 of us, and people are always asking/answering questions for each other, posting notes, helpful videos, memes etc. Also, If you come to KCU you will be assigned a "big" who will be a student in the class ahead of you that you can ask a bunch of questions too and stuff. Also you can reach out to upper classmates at any time, I've talked to probably 50-70 students in the classes above me either in person, via email, or here on SND and literally every one of them was happy to answer my questions.

How is the curriculum structured and how often do you have exams?
With coivd things are a little different for the current first years (I'm a second year) but during my first year on average we would have our "how to be a doctor" lab called PCM 1hr/week, our OMM lab 2 hr/week, and anatomy lab 3hr/week. Also, unless you like love OMM (which only like 3-5 of the students in my class of 270 actually do lol) having the minimum amount of OMM is the best, and KCU has some of the least amount of OMM required at any DO school. On top of that we would have about 8-12 hours of lecture per week, and I would study about 60-80 hours per week. Now no matter what school you go to your going to study a lot, but we also just switched to a pass fail system so that made things a lot less stressful and second year is way easier, like less than half as stressful as first not just cause of the pass fail but also the material and professors are just better. Our lectures are NOT required and are recorded, absolutely go to a school with no required lectures its way better to just watch a lecture online at 2x speed instead of sitting in class. The only thing is all lab are required, and maybe 1-2 other classes per week are required like bioethics or a research skills class we had, but when we were in school most of us would just show up and study and not pay attention at all lol, now we just mute zoom and continue on with our usual stuff. We have exams about every 2-3 weeks, sometimes up to 4 weeks apart, and this year all exams have been on Fridays, so weekends off which is cool.

How's the area around the school?
The area right around the school isn't the best, as in its pretty rough, as in its bad. But the campus itself is really safe and downtown KC is only like 5 min away. A lot of students live in century towers next to the school, I don't think it's worth the price, but with covid I would def live there cause I would want to meet other students. But most of my friends live in downtown or the river market area.

Clinical experience in pre clinical years?
We used to do score one for health where we would go to local elementary schools around KC and do physicals and stuff for the kids, but other than that not much patient stuff in pre clinical years, but I wouldn't worry about that, you won't really know what to do anyway lol.

I'm trying to choose between XYZ med school and KCU?
Only DO school I would take over KCU-KC is PCOM-PA because I like Philadelphia better, they have good residency programs and I'm from the east coast. Unless you get into a Texas school thats super cheap, or get a thicc scholarship somewhere I would go to KCU. Take any MD school over any DO. Also, I usually get a few "I'm trying to choose between CCOM and KCU" messages per year, no way I would pay $73K+ in tuition alone plus another $20-30k in living expenses to go to a DO school.

Where to live?
I had a bunch of friends that lived in Century Towers (CT) during first year, and pretty much all of them moved out for second year. Most of my friends live either in the River market area or in downtown KC, but I also have a few friends that live in North Kansas City, just north of the river. Just a few places I can think of off the top of my head would be Sky on Main, 909 Walnut, RM West, market station, second and Delaware, Kingsley forest, art spaces lofts, commerce towers. RM west and market station are some of the best, but those are on the higher end of rent but totally worth it in my opinion since you are gong to be stressed and are going to want a nice place to live (especially during coivd hen you will be studying at home a lot).

Whats up the the KC and Joplin campuses?
KC and Joplin are considered like 1 cohort, so pre covid we would have our lectures live streamed from one campus to the others lecture hall during the lecture, but 95% of stuff was recorded so I never went to lecture and just watched it online later, so I never really knew if a professor was on one campus or the other. But it was about 50/50 if a professor was at KC or Jop. Now with coivd all lectures except for 2 hours of lab per week are online (which is actually awesome) so not much has really changed for me other than we have a required zoom lecture like once per week.

I have a question about interview day?
I interviewed 2 years ago so I'm not gonna be much help there, just be a normal person and you'll be fine lol

Do students have cars / do I need a car?
I have a car and most students do. the public transport in KC is limited and some of the grocery stores (like Trader Joe's) are pretty far. So I would defiantly recommend you get a car since you will need it for sure during 3rd and 4th year.

How much time for dedicated board study?
Like 8-10 weeks

Studying for step 1 / comlex 1 now thats its pass fail?
Biggest thing I did preparing for boards was to use the AnKing Anki deck. First year material isn't too relevant to boards, but its your foundation for understanding pathology. I would do whatever cards are relevant to class material in AnKing and kept up with those cards until I took step. If you aren't familiar with AnKing or Anki just check out the AnKing YouTube channel. I know boards will be pass fail for you, but I would still just do AnKing and keep up with it. I was passing practice tests before we even got to our last system course because I knew the rest of the material so well, so if boards were pass fail for me I would have taken them months ago and just chilled/done research for a couple months before third year started. For reference I've matures about ~75% of the deck and will have >80% matured by the time I take my boards.

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I'll try to regularly update this post as I get more questions.
 
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Current students and/or those who have advice:
I am planning on living with a significant other when school starts, however, we are currently trying to figure out how we should split the difference driving wise. Lawrence, KS is where he works. First question: it is significantly cheaper to live in Lawrence, KS, however, do you think it would be plausible to commute 50 minutes? I guess this question comes down to how often I would be on campus. Are all classes required to be in-person/how often are you on campus for current students? Second question: does anyone know of any housing options in the Overland Park area (this is a 50/50 split between KCU and Lawrence)?
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Is 50 min possible, yes. Is 50 min worth it, probably not unless you are still online for most stuff with coivd. Second years are only on campus once per week, so that wouldn't be bad, but driving an hour each way multiple times per week in med school is too much. I would just live in Overland Park, I know of a few couples who have houses over there.
 
drpb&j said:
Same here, but i don't think i could give up paying 500 less a month, living in an extremely safe place north of the river, and with even better amenities/living spaces just to live closer to campus. I think it would be very easy to make friends at KCU no matter where you live in KC if not for COVID.
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I agree, i dont live at CT because i like going on walks when I'm stressed.
 
don't live 50 mins away. im sure your sig other will be understanding bc granted work is work but driving almost 2 hrs roundtrip is unreasonable and we're set to be on campus a lot next year (I'm a current 1st year), and by that 2-3x per week for GIGU labs, ECOS labs, and patient encounters. i already get annoyed and i live like 11 minutes away. if you see anyone speeding on the highway at 80 mph, that's me 🙂
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Current students and/or those who have advice:
I am planning on living with a significant other when school starts, however, we are currently trying to figure out how we should split the difference driving wise. Lawrence, KS is where he works. First question: it is significantly cheaper to live in Lawrence, KS, however, do you think it would be plausible to commute 50 minutes? I guess this question comes down to how often I would be on campus. Are all classes required to be in-person/how often are you on campus for current students? Second question: does anyone know of any housing options in the Overland Park area (this is a 50/50 split between KCU and Lawrence)
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futuredoctor123456789 said:
I don't personally live there but from what I've heard and from what I've seen while going there to study -- the hallways smell really bad and there's trash everywhere in the halls, I heard the building manager there sucks, people also don't usually walk outside those gates unless it's to get to school, I've heard of car break-ins also. I'm not saying the area is the most dangerous area in the world because I come from a more dangerous neighborhood but since I wasn't familiar with KC, I decided to pick a place where I could go on a walk if it was a nice day and not worry about my safety.
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I very much suggest North KC/Gladstone as a great area to look at. It's a 10-15 drive from campus but it is very nice to be a bit away and have your own space if you're like me and prefer to study alone and in your room/office.
 
Schwifty said:
Hey y'all, I've had a bunch of people message me the last few weeks about KCU stuff and most are asking the same questions so I figured I would just copy my responses and post them here incase anyone else had similar questions. But still feel free to DM me with other questions or whatever.

What do you like about KCU / why KCU?
So I chose KCU over a couple other DO acceptances for a few reasons. KCU is one of the cheapest private DO schools, the cost of living in KC isn’t bad, they have rotation sites for 3rd year all over the country including in FL (where I’m from), the board scores are consistently very good, and KCU has a good establish reputation since it’s one of the original DO schools. I really like that 95% of classes aren’t mandatory and are recorded, pre Covid the cafeteria food was really good and cheap lol, and we recently switched to pass fail which was awesome. Overall I would choose KCU again.

What don't you like about KCU?
Not too much, one thing I wish was different would be to not have as many little BS required things we have to do, like our bioethics class thats a total was of time, or just the required small group session, they aren't the biggest deal but they just take up time in the middle of the day and can be annoying.

Pass fail / grading stuff?
I was at the end of first year when we switch to pass fail, so I was part of the original letter grading system and can say that pass fail is so much better. In pre clinical it’s honors/pass/fail, only top 10% get honors and we are ranked by quartile. Also, the class average after all grades are in is curved up to an 85% (never curved down).

Will I have free time?
So you’ll definitely have time to do other stuff. I’m involved in multiple research projects, go to the gym 4-5x per week, go out with my girlfriend 1-2x per week (but we eat at home almost everyday to save money) and I know a bunch of people who do other stuff too. With that said, first year is still going to be rough, and I defiantly had to study a lot more during first year than second year, but with pass fail it will be much better. You can definitely have time to relax / do whatever you want, but it's still med school so studying will still be a full-time job.

How are the students?
The study body is pretty awesome, everyone is really helpful. No real gunners in my class, or in any other classes that I've heard of. My class (c/o 2023) has a groupme with everyone on the Kc campus in it, so like 270 of us, and people are always asking/answering questions for each other, posting notes, helpful videos, memes etc.

How is the curriculum structured and how often do you have exams?
With coivd things are a little different for the current first years (I'm a second year) but during my first year on average we would have our "how to be a doctor" lab called PCM 1hr/week, our OMM lab 2 hr/week, and anatomy lab 3hr/week. Also, unless you like love OMM (which only like 3-5 of the students in my class of 270 actually do lol) having the minimum amount of OMM is the best, and KCU has some of the least amount of OMM required at any DO school. On top of that we would have about 8-12 hours of lecture per week, and I would study about 60-80 hours per week. Now no matter what school you go to your going to study a lot, but we also just switched to a pass fail system so that made things a lot less stressful and second year is way easier, like less than half as stressful as first not just cause of the pass fail but also the material and professors are just better. Our lectures are NOT required and are recorded, absolutely go to a school with no required lectures its way better to just watch a lecture online at 2x speed instead of sitting in class. The only thing is all lab are required, and maybe 1-2 other classes per week are required like bioethics or a research skills class we had, but when we were in school most of us would just show up and study and not pay attention at all lol, now we just mute zoom and continue on with our usual stuff. We have exams about every 2-3 weeks, sometimes up to 4 weeks apart, and this year all exams have been on Fridays, so weekends off which is cool.

How's the area around the school?
The area right around the school isn't the best, as in its pretty rough, as in its bad. But the campus itself is really safe and downtown KC is only like 5 min away. A lot of students live in century towers next to the school, I don't think it's worth the price, but with covid I would def live there cause I would want to meet other students. But most of my friends live in downtown or the river market area.

Clinical experience in pre clinical years?
We used to do score one for health where we would go to local elementary schools around KC and do physicals and stuff for the kids, but other than that not much patient stuff in pre clinical years, but I wouldn't worry about that, you won't really know what to do anyway lol.

I'm trying to choose between XYZ med school and KCU?
Only DO school I would take over KCU-KC is PCOM-PA because I like Philadelphia better, they have good residency programs and I'm from the east coast. Unless you get into a Texas school thats super cheap, or get a thicc scholarship somewhere I would go to KCU. Take any MD school over any DO. Also, I usually get a few "I'm trying to choose between CCOM and KCU" messages per year, no way I would pay $73K+ in tuition alone plus another $20-30k in living expenses to go to a DO school.

Where to live?
I had a bunch of friends that lived in Century Towers (CT) during first year, and pretty much all of them moved out for second year. Most of my friends live either in the River market area or in downtown KC, but I also have a few friends that live in North Kansas City, just north of the river. Just a few places I can think of off the top of my head would be Sky on Main, 909 Walnut, RM West, market station, second and Delaware, Kingsley forest, art spaces lofts, commerce towers. RM west and market station are some of the best, but those are on the higher end of rent but totally worth it in my opinion since you are gong to be stressed and are going to want a nice place to live (especially during coivd hen you will be studying at home a lot).

Whats up the the KC and Joplin campuses?
KC and Joplin are considered like 1 cohort, so pre covid we would have our lectures live streamed from one campus to the others lecture hall during the lecture, but 95% of stuff was recorded so I never went to lecture and just watched it online later, so I never really knew if a professor was on one campus or the other. But it was about 50/50 if a professor was at KC or Jop. Now with coivd all lectures except for 2 hours of lab per week are online (which is actually awesome) so not much has really changed for me other than we have a required zoom lecture like once per week.

I have a question about interview day?
I interviewed 2 years ago so I'm not gonna be much help there, just be a normal person and you'll be fine lol
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Schwifty, would you say first year is actually harder than second year? Neuro has me stressing 🙁
 
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Schwifty said:
Hey y'all, I've had a bunch of people message me the last few weeks about KCU stuff and most are asking the same questions so I figured I would just copy my responses and post them here incase anyone else had similar questions. But still feel free to DM me with other questions or whatever.

What do you like about KCU / why KCU?
So I chose KCU over a couple other DO acceptances for a few reasons. KCU is one of the cheapest private DO schools, the cost of living in KC isn’t bad, they have rotation sites for 3rd year all over the country including in FL (where I’m from), the board scores are consistently very good, and KCU has a good establish reputation since it’s one of the original DO schools. I really like that 95% of classes aren’t mandatory and are recorded, pre Covid the cafeteria food was really good and cheap lol, and we recently switched to pass fail which was awesome. Overall I would choose KCU again.

What don't you like about KCU?
Not too much, one thing I wish was different would be to not have as many little BS required things we have to do, like our bioethics class thats a total was of time, or just the required small group session, they aren't the biggest deal but they just take up time in the middle of the day and can be annoying.

Pass fail / grading stuff?
I was at the end of first year when we switch to pass fail, so I was part of the original letter grading system and can say that pass fail is so much better. In pre clinical it’s honors/pass/fail, only top 10% get honors and we are ranked by quartile. Also, the class average after all grades are in is curved up to an 85% (never curved down).

Will I have free time?
So you’ll definitely have time to do other stuff. I’m involved in multiple research projects, go to the gym 4-5x per week, go out with my girlfriend 1-2x per week (but we eat at home almost everyday to save money) and I know a bunch of people who do other stuff too. With that said, first year is still going to be rough, and I defiantly had to study a lot more during first year than second year, but with pass fail it will be much better. You can definitely have time to relax / do whatever you want, but it's still med school so studying will still be a full-time job.

How are the students?
The study body is pretty awesome, everyone is really helpful. No real gunners in my class, or in any other classes that I've heard of. My class (c/o 2023) has a groupme with everyone on the Kc campus in it, so like 270 of us, and people are always asking/answering questions for each other, posting notes, helpful videos, memes etc.

How is the curriculum structured and how often do you have exams?
With coivd things are a little different for the current first years (I'm a second year) but during my first year on average we would have our "how to be a doctor" lab called PCM 1hr/week, our OMM lab 2 hr/week, and anatomy lab 3hr/week. Also, unless you like love OMM (which only like 3-5 of the students in my class of 270 actually do lol) having the minimum amount of OMM is the best, and KCU has some of the least amount of OMM required at any DO school. On top of that we would have about 8-12 hours of lecture per week, and I would study about 60-80 hours per week. Now no matter what school you go to your going to study a lot, but we also just switched to a pass fail system so that made things a lot less stressful and second year is way easier, like less than half as stressful as first not just cause of the pass fail but also the material and professors are just better. Our lectures are NOT required and are recorded, absolutely go to a school with no required lectures its way better to just watch a lecture online at 2x speed instead of sitting in class. The only thing is all lab are required, and maybe 1-2 other classes per week are required like bioethics or a research skills class we had, but when we were in school most of us would just show up and study and not pay attention at all lol, now we just mute zoom and continue on with our usual stuff. We have exams about every 2-3 weeks, sometimes up to 4 weeks apart, and this year all exams have been on Fridays, so weekends off which is cool.

How's the area around the school?
The area right around the school isn't the best, as in its pretty rough, as in its bad. But the campus itself is really safe and downtown KC is only like 5 min away. A lot of students live in century towers next to the school, I don't think it's worth the price, but with covid I would def live there cause I would want to meet other students. But most of my friends live in downtown or the river market area.

Clinical experience in pre clinical years?
We used to do score one for health where we would go to local elementary schools around KC and do physicals and stuff for the kids, but other than that not much patient stuff in pre clinical years, but I wouldn't worry about that, you won't really know what to do anyway lol.

I'm trying to choose between XYZ med school and KCU?
Only DO school I would take over KCU-KC is PCOM-PA because I like Philadelphia better, they have good residency programs and I'm from the east coast. Unless you get into a Texas school thats super cheap, or get a thicc scholarship somewhere I would go to KCU. Take any MD school over any DO. Also, I usually get a few "I'm trying to choose between CCOM and KCU" messages per year, no way I would pay $73K+ in tuition alone plus another $20-30k in living expenses to go to a DO school.

Where to live?
I had a bunch of friends that lived in Century Towers (CT) during first year, and pretty much all of them moved out for second year. Most of my friends live either in the River market area or in downtown KC, but I also have a few friends that live in North Kansas City, just north of the river. Just a few places I can think of off the top of my head would be Sky on Main, 909 Walnut, RM West, market station, second and Delaware, Kingsley forest, art spaces lofts, commerce towers. RM west and market station are some of the best, but those are on the higher end of rent but totally worth it in my opinion since you are gong to be stressed and are going to want a nice place to live (especially during coivd hen you will be studying at home a lot).

Whats up the the KC and Joplin campuses?
KC and Joplin are considered like 1 cohort, so pre covid we would have our lectures live streamed from one campus to the others lecture hall during the lecture, but 95% of stuff was recorded so I never went to lecture and just watched it online later, so I never really knew if a professor was on one campus or the other. But it was about 50/50 if a professor was at KC or Jop. Now with coivd all lectures except for 2 hours of lab per week are online (which is actually awesome) so not much has really changed for me other than we have a required zoom lecture like once per week.

I have a question about interview day?
I interviewed 2 years ago so I'm not gonna be much help there, just be a normal person and you'll be fine lol
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ReaDoc said:
I very much suggest North KC/Gladstone as a great area to look at. It's a 10-15 drive from campus but it is very nice to be a bit away and have your own space if you're like me and prefer to study alone and in your room/office.
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i'm in north KC to and live in a pretty well off neighborhood. invest in a safer place. KCU stresses me out enough, i don't need additional problems to add to my plate.
 
Turned in my secondary today, throwing a Hail Mary as it’s a little late in the year.....guess we will see what happens!
 
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Schwifty, would you say first year is actually harder than second year? Neuro has me stressing 🙁
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Me personally, Second year was worse than First year (currently in Third Year and it gets better, promise). Neuro was my ultimate low though. But we had Neuro around the end of the year/spring break time. Neuro was my low point in First year. Second year was more interesting, but challenging in the sense that I had to balance boards studying. Third year is so much better. I am so much happier.
 
Hello everyone! Does anyone by any chance know if the interview is open file or closed file? thank u so much!!!
 
ReaDoc said:
Schwifty, would you say first year is actually harder than second year? Neuro has me stressing 🙁
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I think first year was way harder for me imo. Probably because I didn't really like the major topics like anatomy and embryo (I think identifying random structures on an anatomy practical is pointless and anatomy lab is a time sink), and for the most part I felt like I was still trying out different study techniques and was more dependent on school lectures. Second year at KCU is much easier to streamline because it's systems based. Board prep resources are basically my primary study resources with the lectures simply filling the gaps the a few days before the test. I find myself with more free time than I ever did last year.
 
bioarchaeologist said:
I think first year was way harder for me imo. Probably because I didn't really like the major topics like anatomy and embryo (I think identifying random structures on an anatomy practical is pointless and anatomy lab is a time sink), and for the most part I felt like I was still trying out different study techniques and was more dependent on school lectures. Second year at KCU is much easier to streamline because it's systems based. Board prep resources are basically my primary study resources with the lectures simply filling the gaps the a few days before the test. I find myself with more free time than I ever did last year.
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that's promising to hear because right now, i barely have time to master all the material. and we'll be in lab next semester so i was basically like okay instead of my usual 5 hours of sleep I'll be getting 3 per night 🙂
 
Also wanted to add that there were interview slots open from February 5th and on, for the entire month of February.
 
futuredoctor123456789 said:
that's promising to hear because right now, i barely have time to master all the material. and we'll be in lab next semester so i was basically like okay instead of my usual 5 hours of sleep I'll be getting 3 per night 🙂
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Yeah I hated anatomy and embryo, especially embryo. 2nd year is way more clinical based so you actually feel like you're learning "doctor" stuff.
 
ReaDoc said:
I very much suggest North KC/Gladstone as a great area to look at. It's a 10-15 drive from campus but it is very nice to be a bit away and have your own space if you're like me and prefer to study alone and in your room/office.
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I very much second this. I live in north KC and I can say nothing but good things about it! If you are interested definitely feel free to ask me!
 
futuredoctor123456789 said:
that's promising to hear because right now, i barely have time to master all the material. and we'll be in lab next semester so i was basically like okay instead of my usual 5 hours of sleep I'll be getting 3 per night 🙂
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Hopefully they make a schedule that squeezes your labs into 2 days a week like they did for us. Having to go to campus more than twice a week to scrape fat off a cadaver (unless you are doing prosections) + OMM sucks. Cadaver lab sounds nice in theory but in my experience it really was a waste of time.
 
bioarchaeologist said:
Hopefully they make a schedule that squeezes your labs into 2 days a week like they did for us. Having to go to campus more than twice a week to scrape fat off a cadaver (unless you are doing prosections) + OMM sucks. Cadaver lab sounds nice in theory but in my experience it really was a waste of time.
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bioarchaeologist said:
Hopefully they make a schedule that squeezes your labs into 2 days a week like they did for us. Having to go to campus more than twice a week to scrape fat off a cadaver (unless you are doing prosections) + OMM sucks. Cadaver lab sounds nice in theory but in my experience it really was a waste of time.
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yeah i was hoping we could have back to back OMM + anatomy, like anatomy in the morning and you swap with another group to do OMM in the afternoon. that would honestly make more sense.
 
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