I will answer by DM. These questions are hard to answer as a med school student given that I am not the BCOM Admissions Committee lols.
BCOM definitely takes a holistic approach, and I echo what HelpfulDoc said. Your applications are so much more than GPA/MCAT. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. So while it's impossible to predict the probability of success, and low stats decrease the probability of success, you won't know if you don't try. I wish I'd learned sooner in last year's cycle to enjoy the process rather than worrying over which schools I thought I had the best shot at or no shot. But for what it's worth, I got a late II here with 3.3/509.
Feel free to ask questions! First-years have summer break coming up
Just answering bec no one else answered yet.
Just answering bec no one else answered yet.
Don't want to spread rumors on my part- so DO NOT consider any of this as facts. Hopefully someone from upper years know.
What I HEARD from a 2nd year who was my Big (we have a Big/Little system being improved upon at BCOM) was that people get to rank their picks and that BCOM TENDS to consider those who have families or homes here or who come from here when assigning. They also may consider where you are from and other stuff- like those at the Florida Hub or Las Cruces Hub etc. Of course, if you want Las Cruces Hub, but are from FL or TX, then you can still rank as you wish.
But I also HEARD from 1st and 2nd years (UNCLEAR if true or not) that people from Texas are pushed into the Texas Hub with little or no choice of going anywhere else. ***Pls if there is another student at BCOM, pls confirm/refute this.
That said, there were some who definitely did not get their top 3 for sure. In fact, I HEARD from a 2nd year that there was one Hub (that must not be named lols) that people actually requested being taken out of and a majority/all were approved to move to another Hub. I heard BCOM is working on making that Hub better for students to be in- so don't worry too much imo. I count that as BCOM being nice and allowing already-assigned students to still go somewhere more desirable.
Also, each year tends to have their own (made and run) by students optional groupchat. I have no further info
Again, DO NOT consider any of this as facts. Hopefully someone from upper years know the full story/facts.
What was the email I didnt get one lol
I did not get one yet either, maybe they are going out in batches
Would you mind sharing the prompts, please?
THANK YOU <3 good luck!
I didn’t and just submitted yesterday for the same reason because I didn’t want to regurgitate everything I already said. I watched samples of students in the pass who submitted and tbh I didn’t have the energy to watch their videos and ended up skipping which made me think that they may just fast forward through mine so it’s not worth it. I also looked back through past years and people got interviews and accepted without a video
I was accepted this past Feb and I didn't make a video response. From what I could tell, making one doesn't really help or hurt you.
how did you go about answering the "what is the weak area of ur app and what do u plan on doing to improve?" I am not really sure what my weak area is
bad/not ideal grades (just improve study strategies), lack of some hours (clinical or volunteer and can do by giving COVID shots in certain areas in Las Cruces - not sure if still available tho), lack of life experience (kinda vague- no clue how to improve that), lack of research (can be done at BCOM in summer), there may be others but idk.
So can i mention my lack of substantial reserach hours and then mention how i want to be involved in research as a BCOM student?
I am not an admissions member at BCOM, so in my non-expert opinion (got accepted with a month to spare)- that sounds like a good idea.
Hi for your first question i had a similar question and went that emailed my syllabus and they added it no problem! For your second question I just stated that they went online!
By syllabus u mean curriculum ? I don’t have my syllabi from undergrad anymore
I found the syllabus from the class, but also had links of the course description that i found on my univeritys website, if that helps!
Yeah I did that, but I just realized my transcript does say lit and comp so I’ should be good! Thanks
Got the same thing, not sure.
congrats. mind sharing stats? Did you do the video?
