What were the news links and law suits?
i just got an email saying they received my app and if selected for an interview they'll email!
It is not worth it. According to their statistics, only 4.9% of their class was OOS. The other 95% of students were California residents.
I was one of the outspoken SDN users regarding this medical school. Personally in terms of brand name and your own mental health, I would recommend withdrawing as you would be better off attending another M.D. school or other D.O. schools such as Western Pomona, Touro, PCOM, etc.
I agree with 100% of what you said. I was a post bacc student here. The administration is not great. Their communication sucks. In the post bacc program, they would not tell us anything about the linkage until it was too late. I regret the one year I was at this school and the thousands of dollars I spent.
You can check the accreditation status on the LCME website. Looks like it is still provisional accreditation. The findings from a March visit were almost certainly discussed at the LCME's June meeting.
is it worth it to apply OOS here? and no ties to IE/CA?Hi, Im a current M1 here at CNU and I just wanted to give my take on the school just in case you guys wanted the scoop from a current student. Of course, this is just my personal story so it may not line up with everyone else’s and I’ve also only been in med school for a few months so its still early on, but here goes:
1. Our entire class is super friendly. Everyone is super welcoming and willing to share study resources. It really feels like one big family and like we’re all in this together. I’ve never been a part of group of students that cared this much about one another before. My undergrad was full of gunners so this has been a huge breath of fresh air.
2. The professors in general are super supportive and accessible. Ya, theres always gonna be one or two professors that you’re not gonna vibe with. But in general, they’re all pretty great.
3. As far as I understand the postbacc administration is different than the college of medicine administration so I feel like its not really fair to compare the two (but I could be wrong if so just ignore my newt three sentences). I mean I feel like every university has programs that are stronger than others. Not to say that the med school program is stronger than the postbacc program because I really don’t know anything about the post bacc program. But, I feel like just because someone had a bad experience in one program the university offers doesn't mean that all the programs are bad.
4. The schools not accredited yet, but accreditation is a long process. Theres a lot of back and forth between the LCME and the school so it takes time. BUT even if they don’t get accredited for whatever reason, they’ve reached provisional accreditation so all of our degrees will still be valid. And, if for whatever reason they need to close down (I can't really see this happening, but Im just throwing it out as a worst case scenario sorta thing) they have a plan with other medical schools to take all of their students so its not like you’re gonna be left hanging or anything.
5. Their match rate is pretty high. Say what you will about the school, but honestly at the end of the day what matters is matching into residency.
Long story short, I just wanted to say that a lot of whats out there on CNU is only on one side of the story so take it with a grain of salt. Not to say this school doesn’t have any faults, cuz it does. But, what school doesn’t? Even in undergrad there were things my school did that I didn’t like/agree with.
But at the end of the day, I truly do love it here
Also I wrote this in a quick break in between studying for my midterm so theres prolly some typos and poor grammar somewhere in there.
Also good luck to all of you applying this cycle! The application process is one wild ride, but you guys got this!!
Hmmm thats tough, there are definitely people in my class that were OOS applicants with no ties to CA, but I feel like if its worth it or not kind of depends on the particular situation so I cant really tell you right off the bat. But, if you wanna talk about it more, feel free to DM me!
lmao dude I was about to comment the same thing. Not even 1 full page worth of content.
I did apply, but I withdrew my application after I got the secondary. I think the controversies regarding their accreditation status and the fact that the town they're in opposes their presence kinda put me off. StraightUpVibin up there is saying that it's not actually the mess that it sounds like, but I gotta say I'd prefer to go to a school that hasn't had any hiccups with their accreditation...
I live in the area and did their post bacc. They were going build a hospital but the city turned them down, and now they plan to build one about 30 mins from the schoool, in another location.
Contact them, they are good at responding
bro idek if anyone APPLIED lmao. This thread is dead as hell
That's actually a good point. I know students who have graduated from this school and they all are able to go to a GME accredited residency program ranging from surgery to internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, radiology, etc. When all is said and done, these students become doctors and they are actually good doctors. The students here come from top notch undergraduate colleges. They have passion for medicine. So yea, you can be picky, but in the end, it is so hard to get into medical school that it does become a solid choice for many.
Their match rate is crazy good, huh? I was surprised.
Students who have gone here actually have matched successfully to top notch residency programs. The students are actually very bright and are successful. They have done well in their benchmarks. So in the end, it looks like students from this school get their MD degree then go on to become successful doctors and able to get to even top notch residency programs ranging from all specialties.
Yup. Check out their match list. You'd be very surprised. Again, in the end, they learn how to become doctors and they get into good, solid residency programs.
stats?
Thanks. End of July
congrats! did they ever send you an email notifying you that your file was complete or officially under review. aka have you received any email from them in between submitting your secondary and getting an email for II.
Just checked my email and I didn't see any email for under review.
I just received a "Supplemental Application Complete" email from them. ~7 days after I actually submitted the secondary
dont even know if anyone interviewed here yet or not lol. The only II seems to have been on 10/5, so I doubt they interviewed in the last 10 days, AND adcoms already made a decision
how was it?
no I did not. I was in the first round
it was not bad you have enough time to present yourself
Congrats for your interview invite!! I would be interested in applying to this school next cycle. I was wondering if those who receive II
yes
nothing too tricky, also it was hybrid mmi and trad
if you dont mind me asking, stats?
This might be the slowest thread in SDN history. The med schools in the Dakotas have more traffic than this school lmao. And they get like 1000 applicants per year
