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katchline said:
The smaller class size is SO underrated, and it's probably one of my favorite aspects. Professors and admin actually remember your name and who you are. You can realistically get to know the majority of classmates (if you want to). You aren't competing for attention.
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Can you comment on:

1. Are the classes P/F?

2. Are lectures mandatory?

3. Anatomy lab - Are the cadavers pre-dissected? Quality of the lab?

4. Any recommendations on finding roommates and where to live?

Thank you
 
Hi all!

I am an applicant for this upcoming cycle, and for those of you who have been accepted here, I was wondering if you could share a little about how many volunteering hours you had! It is currently my weakest point of my application (due to COVID-19), and I was hoping to get a better picture of what I should be aiming for if I hope to be accepted!

Thank you!
 
Wolverines2019# said:
Can you comment on:

1. Are the classes P/F?

2. Are lectures mandatory?

3. Anatomy lab - Are the cadavers pre-dissected? Quality of the lab?

4. Any recommendations on finding roommates and where to live?

Thank you
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1- Classes are pass fail. M1 and M2 years are didactic blocks. Each block can be anywhere from 4-8 weeks long and has a midterm that comprises 40% of your grade and a cumulative final that is 60% of your grade. You don’t get ranked M1 and M2 year. I could be wrong but I believe you get ranked during clinical M3 and M4 years based on shelf exams and attending evaluations.

2- lectures are not mandatory but it’s to your benefit to watch them at some point since profs emphasize important things for exams. Lectures are offered in person or synchronously online. They are also recorded so you can watch them later. Other things like peer based learning sessions (patient cases that you work through with your small group) and clinical skills sessions are mandatory.

3- The lab is honestly very impressive. The school dumped a lot of money into developing this lab. The cadavers are pre-dissected and tagged for us so we come into lab on our own time and study what the anatomists tagged for us. Anatomy is honestly one of the most organized aspects of our curriculum. They offer a summer anatomy program where you can get experience dissecting the cadavers the summer after M1 year. There’s also a surgical anatomy elective you can take M4 year.

4- the Facebook page for admitted students is a great place to start looking for roommates and housing. The majority of our class lives amongst: The Reserve, Copper Beech, Health Professions Apartments, West Point Village, Stonecrest, and Tall Grass Apartments. Housing is relatively cheap so it’s not uncommon that one person gets a 2-bedroom apartment and lives there alone.

Feel free to reach out here or DM if you have any other questions 🙂
 
MD2B2026 said:
You are awesome! 😀

Really appreciate the detailed input. I actually want to serve underserved populations, so CMED would be a perfect match. My concern was the fact that clinic sites aren't too close around, so wanted to hear from current students how they feel about that. I appreciate the input about Wayne!

If you don't mind me asking follow up questions:
1) Do you know of students who have done international elective rotations?
2) During pre-clerkship, do you find there are enough opportunities to medically serve the community? (i.e. free clinics and street medicine)
3) Are there research opportunities available for med students?
4) What is life like in Mount Pleasant and Saginaw?
5) Do you know where I can find the CMED match list? I see the match list on the program overview pdf, but it doesn't mention the locations.
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1. Like the other person said, it's too early for me to know a lot of details about this. But I did meet an international exchange student from Austria who is the first student to be hosted by CMED, and he said that it was a program they were launching for future years. (i.e. a CMED student goes to Austria and another Austrian student comes here). I think there are also opportunities in India but I'm not sure. From what I've seen, the admin is pretty open to helping students achieve specific goals they have (especially if it benefits the programs), so it's probably possible to go other places. It would just require some legwork from you. But you should probably attend a Road to Matriculation event and ask about international rotations. They may know more.

2. There are abundant opportunities -- if you want them. They don't recommend that you do too much in your first semester until you pass your exams and are comfortable spending time doing things other than studying. But as some examples: there is ROAM care that serves underserved elderly populations. There is a Street Medicine SIG. There is the Health Fair that organizes physicians for underserved patients, and it's organized by the Student Health Fair committee. I recently read about a 3rd-year student who organized a free clinic for Albanian-Americans.

3. Yes, there is a research SIG that organizes a spreadsheet of all the researchers at CMED who have a good mix of bench and clinical projects and that doc shows how many students they're looking for. There is the Summer scholars program that provides a stipend for summer research. We also have a research project for our Medicine and Society class. If you want research, you can find it.

4. I grew up in a small college town so Mt Pleasant is the right size and pace for me. Saginaw is bigger and right next to Midland, which I prefer over Saginaw. I'm not a fan of Meijers or Walmart for groceries, so I do miss having a good grocery store.

5. I think there have been PDFs shared in previous SDN CMU threads, so try looking through there.
 
Anyone (maybe current students) have any idea or insights on how acceptances are decided post-interview by the admission committees? I know every school is different.
 
For those who interviewed, was there an informational meeting before the MMIs or do you just hop into your first MMI session? Thanks
 
IB-profin said:
For those who interviewed, was there an informational meeting before the MMIs or do you just hop into your first MMI session? Thanks
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You’ll login your interview via the portal which will take you right into your MMI. You’ll finish your MMI, logout off the portal, enter a zoom room for your group portion.
 
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Has there been a December Road to matriculation email yet?
 
Just wondering if anyone knows an approximate post-interview acceptance rate for IS applicants? For 2020, they matriculated 74 of 333 interviewed so would it be reasonable to assume they sent ~150 IS acceptances? Also wondering if there is anyone with an A whose application wasn't necessarily heavily geared towards serving underserved populations? Thank you in advance!
 
dr. roo said:
Just wondering if anyone knows an approximate post-interview acceptance rate for IS applicants? For 2020, they matriculated 74 of 333 interviewed so would it be reasonable to assume they sent ~150 IS acceptances? Also wondering if there is anyone with an A whose application wasn't necessarily heavily geared towards serving underserved populations? Thank you in advance!
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I don't think anyone knows the exact rate, but I kind of based it off 74 spots + 60 waitlist movement; so about 40% off that alone. Mind you, I am just a neurotic non-trad so I could be completely wrong.
 
Did anyone who interviewed 10/1 hear back or know of an approx. decision timeline?
 
ha_@27 said:
Did anyone who interviewed 10/1 hear back or know of an approx. decision timeline?
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I interviewed on 10/29 and I haven't heard back yet either but I was talking to an M4 the other day and he told me that they can take up to 3 months before making a decision sometimes.
 
ha_@27 said:
Did anyone who interviewed 10/1 hear back or know of an approx. decision timeline?
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I interviewed 10/1 OOS and still haven't heard back. Hopefully we hear good news soon 🙏🏽🙏🏽
 
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