2021-2022 New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM-Jonesboro)

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No, it does not! I interviewed 9/7 and haven't heard back, but there will be more rounds of A's eventually. It's still early! It will be our turn soon!!
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If we didn't receive an A, does that mean something that I don't really want it to mean? Just trying to keep my head up.
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Nope, just hold on tight. Acceptances and decisions are possible at any time and don’t really follow an order. We are still extremely early in the season so keep that head up!

I did my interview in November, and didn’t hear back till mid January for waitlist and then accepted like march-ish.
 
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Hi everyone! I got accepted to Jonesboro and it is one of my top choices. Does anyone have an idea of when we can start the application for housing? I know it's a little early but I want to commit to this school as soon as possible.
 
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Hi everyone! I was accepted to Jonesboro (In case anybody asks for stats later: Interview 9/10, OOS (but within the Delta region), 506, 3.7, 2000 Clinical hours)
Is there something we need to do now? I understand the deposit and form aren't due until December 14 but do we need to call or send in anything now? And in agreement with the above post, does anybody know about applying for housing? Finally, is there an accepted students FB group yet? Congratulations to all of my fellow accepted students and for those who are waiting to hear- please hang in there! Waiting is stressful but the cycle is still going on and anything can happen.
 
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No, it does not! I interviewed 9/7 and haven't heard back, but there will be more rounds of A's eventually. It's still early! It will be our turn soon!!
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Hopefully soon, we will get our straight acceptances because this school is my top choice!!
 
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Hey everyone. I see that you guys are starting to post acceptances so, congratulations! You all worked hard to get to this point, and that's one huge hurdle passed in this long journey to becoming a doctor. For those of you still waiting on interviews or acceptances, it's only October. You still have time, so hang in there. I just wanted to make this post today to give you more information about this school so that you make an informed decision about what medical school that you want to attend.

So kind of building off my last two posts, I wanted to tell you all about the school's academic policy regarding students who by chance don't achieve a 70% average at the end of the first semester. For the previous classes in the school, if you failed only one out of three classes (the three being OMM, anatomy, and lectures) in the fall semester, you were able to move on to the spring semester and remediate the failed course in the summer before the start of the second year. If you failed two or more, then you either had to repeat the first year or drop out.

Starting with my class (and presumably for every class forward) summer remediation will only be available for anatomy and OMM. That means if you get below a 70% average in the lecture exams, you do NOT get to move on to the spring semester, and instead, you are placed into a modified master's course that teaches the same material. If you pass that, then you may PETITION to be allowed back into the school to repeat the first year.

NYITCOM did not communicate this policy change to our class before committing our acceptance to the school. In fact, it was made final AFTER our orientation, as in the student handbook was changed mid-semester, so I'm putting this information out there for you all now. Oh, and you have to pay for the entire year's tuition upfront, either through loans or your own money, in the fall so that means if you do get placed into the modified master's program, you do NOT get a refund for the spring semester.

In my opinion, this was a very poor decision made by the school. It's funny how they expect unwavering professionalism from you as a student, but making a fundamental academic policy change in the middle of the semester is glossed over. I'm not making this post to spite anyone in the school (I made an 80 in the first two blocks, yay!), but rather because I want every one of you in the future Class of 2026 to get your head in gear from day one because this first semester will be your most important one. As far as I know, the remediation policy for the rest of the semesters in the first two years has not been changed with our class, so you will have options available to you in the chance you don't get a 70 in those instances. Anyway, long story short, enjoy the time you have left before medical school starts because when it does, **** gets real.
 
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Hey everyone. I see that you guys are starting to post acceptances so, congratulations! You all worked hard to get to this point, and that's one huge hurdle passed in this long journey to becoming a doctor. For those of you still waiting on interviews or acceptances, it's only October. You still have time, so hang in there. I just wanted to make this post today to give you more information about this school so that you make an informed decision about what medical school that you want to attend.

So kind of building off my last two posts, I wanted to tell you all about the school's academic policy regarding students who by chance don't achieve a 70% average at the end of the first semester. For the previous classes in the school, if you failed only one out of three classes (the three being OMM, anatomy, and lectures) in the fall semester, you were able to move on to the spring semester and remediate the failed course in the summer before the start of the second year. If you failed two or more, then you either had to repeat the first year or drop out.

Starting with my class (and presumably for every class forward) summer remediation will only be available for anatomy and OMM. That means if you get below a 70% average in the lecture exams, you do NOT get to move on to the spring semester, and instead, you are placed into a modified master's course that teaches the same material. If you pass that, then you may PETITION to be allowed back into the school to repeat the first year.

NYITCOM did not communicate this policy change to our class before committing our acceptance to the school. In fact, it was made final AFTER our orientation, as in the student handbook was changed mid-semester, so I'm putting this information out there for you all now. Oh, and you have to pay for the entire year's tuition upfront, either through loans or your own money, in the fall so that means if you do get placed into the modified master's program, you do NOT get a refund for the spring semester.

In my opinion, this was a very poor decision made by the school. It's funny how they expect unwavering professionalism from you as a student, but making a fundamental academic policy change in the middle of the semester is glossed over. I'm not making this post to spite anyone in the school (I made an 80 in the first two blocks, yay!), but rather because I want every one of you in the future Class of 2026 to get your head in gear from day one because this first semester will be your most important one. As far as I know, the remediation policy for the rest of the semesters in the first two years has not been changed with our class, so you will have options available to you in the chance you don't get a 70 in those instances. Anyway, long story short, enjoy the time you have left before medical school starts because when it does, **** gets real.
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Wow this is such an odd policy for them to enact for seemingly no reason. Thank you so much for giving us this information!

What is your opinion of the online only lectures for learning the content vs if there were in person lectures?

Also, do you feel that the school and professors do everything in their power to provide you with everything that you need to succeed in medical school?

Are you happy you chose NYITCOM?

Is there anything academically that you wish you had prepared more for?
 
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Hey everyone. I see that you guys are starting to post acceptances so, congratulations! You all worked hard to get to this point, and that's one huge hurdle passed in this long journey to becoming a doctor. For those of you still waiting on interviews or acceptances, it's only October. You still have time, so hang in there. I just wanted to make this post today to give you more information about this school so that you make an informed decision about what medical school that you want to attend.

So kind of building off my last two posts, I wanted to tell you all about the school's academic policy regarding students who by chance don't achieve a 70% average at the end of the first semester. For the previous classes in the school, if you failed only one out of three classes (the three being OMM, anatomy, and lectures) in the fall semester, you were able to move on to the spring semester and remediate the failed course in the summer before the start of the second year. If you failed two or more, then you either had to repeat the first year or drop out.

Starting with my class (and presumably for every class forward) summer remediation will only be available for anatomy and OMM. That means if you get below a 70% average in the lecture exams, you do NOT get to move on to the spring semester, and instead, you are placed into a modified master's course that teaches the same material. If you pass that, then you may PETITION to be allowed back into the school to repeat the first year.

NYITCOM did not communicate this policy change to our class before committing our acceptance to the school. In fact, it was made final AFTER our orientation, as in the student handbook was changed mid-semester, so I'm putting this information out there for you all now. Oh, and you have to pay for the entire year's tuition upfront, either through loans or your own money, in the fall so that means if you do get placed into the modified master's program, you do NOT get a refund for the spring semester.

In my opinion, this was a very poor decision made by the school. It's funny how they expect unwavering professionalism from you as a student, but making a fundamental academic policy change in the middle of the semester is glossed over. I'm not making this post to spite anyone in the school (I made an 80 in the first two blocks, yay!), but rather because I want every one of you in the future Class of 2026 to get your head in gear from day one because this first semester will be your most important one. As far as I know, the remediation policy for the rest of the semesters in the first two years has not been changed with our class, so you will have options available to you in the chance you don't get a 70 in those instances. Anyway, long story short, enjoy the time you have left before medical school starts because when it does, **** gets real.
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Yes, they have changed the remediation policy for the first semester. This can be understandably frustrating and stress-inducing to anyone. However, I can make this reassurance; historically only a few fail the first semester of the first year. Since the first semester is a review of material one should have learned in undergrad, the averages tend to be the highest. First-year is the most stressful, but all semesters are incredibly important.

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Wow this is such an odd policy for them to enact for seemingly no reason. Thank you so much for giving us this information!

What is your opinion of the online only lectures for learning the content vs if there were in person lectures?

Also, do you feel that the school and professors do everything in their power to provide you with everything that you need to succeed in medical school?

Are you happy you chose NYITCOM?

Is there anything academically that you wish you had prepared more for?
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Speaking as an OMS-III involved in a teaching role for our first and second years at this institution.

I can speak to live lectures vs online lectures. It's the same thing for most people. When we had in-person lectures, you had to go in and watch the lectures and attend them. Then they would be posted later that afternoon. Now it's just that they are posted online at the beginning of the week for everyone to watch. pre-pandemic: 70-80% of people ended up watching the recorded live lectures later at home and skipped going to lecture altogether anyways. This worked for some and not others (i personally am a live lecture in-person type of person). You get a ton more free time to make and gear your schedule to how you liked it. Students complained my year that we should just have everything online and now that we have everything online, some say it should be in-person. The lectures are still made fresh and office hours are made available for each professor, which many students from both campuses participate in quite often from what I have seen.

School and professors provide what they can. They cant spoonfeed all the information in the world and buy you all the subscriptions, but they try what is in the goldilocks zone. Some professors are okay and some are excellent at providing the information and excellent with following educational methods that have been proven to work and that you need. They try to keep things high yield and add on a couple of things to keep you interested or make you a well-rounded person. They will provide more material closer to boards, and they provide you with any book resource you could need through our library (online and in-person). They don't buy everything for everyone because every person is different and the school doesn't see fit to buy everyone an individual subscription for everything. No matter what they get, someone's needs won't be met or someone might not prefer it. So they provide Scholar Rx and 2 question banks that are supposed to run in conjunction with the curriculum of the school + basically any library books and resources they can get you. Also peer tutoring, academic scholars, academic enrichment specialists, open office hours by many profesors, and connections with both NY and JB professors/resources. They can provide a ton of resources, but it ultimately comes down to the student learning the given information.

I can provide a retrospective review on things after taking Level 1 and teaching. The first two years truly are tough, and that's anywhere you go. You really wonder if what they are teaching you is relevant and if things are gonna work out, you question if you made the right choice of school. But what I realized is the school doesn't ONLY teach to boards necessarily but to 3rd/4th year and intern year. they want you to be a good clinician. There are many things that boards don't touch that preceptor will ask you and expect you to know, and that's where the extra information the school gives you comes from. I can wholeheartedly say that the school prepared me well for 3rd and 4th years. There is a reason the school has amazing match rates, and an excellent reputation in NY. I think they are lightyears ahead today compared to what the campus was when I was a part of the 3rd class on campus and are truly trying to improve and tweak the school to be the best it can be.

I think I had a good background in sciences and studied well. Students should come in with a true background in the basic sciences and know what works for them. I think if anything, students should come in with a lot of self-understanding of their mental and physical health. Both deteriorate fast in medical school (anywhere, not only NYITCOM) and you need to address anxiety, depression etc before the stress in life gets worse. This is a medical school problem across the US and something that isn't talked about enough. thankfully NYITCOM provides NY, JB, and A-State counseling services for us free of charge and tries to make sure you are taken care of in extremely tough times.


In the end am I happy I chose NYITCOM Arkansas: Ask me this in my first year and I might have questioned it. but after getting the hang of things and coming back and reflecting on my time at the school as someone who is heavily involved, I would say a million times yes. I love this school, I love the mission, I love the difference we are making. Our faculty and staff want us to be great healers, and they really do. The graduates are doing awesome stuff and we have great things coming out of this campus, and it's tough to see when you are in the trenches but it's an honor and privilege to be at this campus.
 
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Did anyone get a email from admissions and you thought it was a decision email regarding interview?
 
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Did anyone get a email from admissions and you thought it was a decision email regarding interview?
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Yeah, I checked Long Island's campus's thread yesterday. It was some sort of glitch email. I don't know why they sent an email regarding it to us considering we already went through the interview for Jonesboro. It should be illegal for them to scare us like that tho!! lol
 
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Is there any dedicated study time for the COMLEX exams here? If so, how much?
 
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Is there any dedicated study time for the COMLEX exams here? If so, how much?
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Yes, It basically goes from May till the end of June. July they expect you back on campus for the July course to teach skills and 'orientation to the third year. Basically, every school gives you dedicated period. It is in every school's benefit to give you dedicated and if they dont then its a red flag.
 
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Yes, It basically goes from May till the end of June. July they expect you back on campus for the July course to teach skills and 'orientation to the third year. Basically, every school gives you dedicated period. It is in every school's benefit to give you dedicated and if they dont then its a red flag.
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Perfect. Do they suggest students take USMLE’s as well? Also, how much do they stress OMM? Is it something that requires a lot of your time or is it something y’all cram like some of the other schools?
 
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Perfect. Do they suggest students take USMLE’s as well? Also, how much do they stress OMM? Is it something that requires a lot of your time or is it something y’all cram like some of the other schools?
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OMM is stressed heavily all through school. It is a part of the COMLEX examinations for sure. Its about 2 hours a week!

Taking USMLE is an individualized conversation that you have with the school and yourself. they can have professional development meetings with you and look at your whole resume, performance in school, and motivation for taking the USMLE and tell you what they think. We have had people of all walks not take USMLE and match into competitive programs and specialties.

There will be much more data on this for you when you become a 2nd year, we will see how things change with P/F boards.

Boards are a conversation to have in 2nd year, so getting into details right now won't really matter IMO but I'm still open to questions pertaining to boards. And specialty shouldn't even be considered seriously till after 3rd year after your rotations. Things change drastically once you have a board score in hand and look at what you liked in 3rd year.
 
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OMM is stressed heavily all through school. It is a part of the COMLEX examinations for sure. We are an osteopathic school, so one could expect that its ~kinda~ important! :lol:

Taking USMLE is an individualized conversation that you have with the school and yourself. they can have professional development meetings with you and look at your whole resume, performance in school, and motivation for taking the USMLE and tell you what they think. We have had people of all walks not take USMLE and match into competitive programs and specialties.

There will be much more data on this for you when you become a 2nd year, we will see how things change with P/F boards.

Boards are a conversation to have in 2nd year, so getting into details right now won't really matter IMO but I'm still open to questions pertaining to boards. And specialty shouldn't even be considered seriously till after 3rd year after your rotations. Things change drastically once you have a board score in hand and look at what you liked in 3rd year.
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Thanks. Just curious. Some other schools have said they only have 3 hours or so of OMM lab a week. I just didn’t know if it was the same here or if it was stressed more heavily.
 
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Thanks. Just curious. Some other schools have said they only have 3 hours or so of OMM lab a week. I just didn’t know if it was the same here or if it was stressed more heavily.
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Whoops sorry! Fixed original post to answer your question
 
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I have been complete since 09/24, and I haven't heard yet. I hope I hear soon. :)
 
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Hey everyone. I see that you guys are starting to post acceptances so, congratulations! You all worked hard to get to this point, and that's one huge hurdle passed in this long journey to becoming a doctor. For those of you still waiting on interviews or acceptances, it's only October. You still have time, so hang in there. I just wanted to make this post today to give you more information about this school so that you make an informed decision about what medical school that you want to attend.

So kind of building off my last two posts, I wanted to tell you all about the school's academic policy regarding students who by chance don't achieve a 70% average at the end of the first semester. For the previous classes in the school, if you failed only one out of three classes (the three being OMM, anatomy, and lectures) in the fall semester, you were able to move on to the spring semester and remediate the failed course in the summer before the start of the second year. If you failed two or more, then you either had to repeat the first year or drop out.

Starting with my class (and presumably for every class forward) summer remediation will only be available for anatomy and OMM. That means if you get below a 70% average in the lecture exams, you do NOT get to move on to the spring semester, and instead, you are placed into a modified master's course that teaches the same material. If you pass that, then you may PETITION to be allowed back into the school to repeat the first year.

NYITCOM did not communicate this policy change to our class before committing our acceptance to the school. In fact, it was made final AFTER our orientation, as in the student handbook was changed mid-semester, so I'm putting this information out there for you all now. Oh, and you have to pay for the entire year's tuition upfront, either through loans or your own money, in the fall so that means if you do get placed into the modified master's program, you do NOT get a refund for the spring semester.

In my opinion, this was a very poor decision made by the school. It's funny how they expect unwavering professionalism from you as a student, but making a fundamental academic policy change in the middle of the semester is glossed over. I'm not making this post to spite anyone in the school (I made an 80 in the first two blocks, yay!), but rather because I want every one of you in the future Class of 2026 to get your head in gear from day one because this first semester will be your most important one. As far as I know, the remediation policy for the rest of the semesters in the first two years has not been changed with our class, so you will have options available to you in the chance you don't get a 70 in those instances. Anyway, long story short, enjoy the time you have left before medical school starts because when it does, **** gets real.
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I have an update for you all. I spoke with the financial aid director and she said for the students who have to go through the master's course and repeat the first year, the tuition will be half off for the fall and spring repeat semesters.
 
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Dang, at least we are not alone, but hope we hear some news soon. This cycle has been pretty much radio silence for me except for like few Rs and holds. lol
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same, no II yet at all :(
 
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Interviewing soon. Will my NYIT interviewer have access to all of my application materials (primary and secondary and grades/MCAT) or only a specific portion of my app?
 
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Interviewing soon. Will my NYIT interviewer have access to all of my application materials (primary and secondary and grades/MCAT) or only a specific portion of my app?
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when I interviewed in early September they told me the read and had all my material except my MCAT and grades. Wishing you the best of luck.
 
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Hi guys, is it worth sending in my application at this point? I haven't hit submit on my AACOMAS app yet but I've heard from Goro and others I'll be okay as long as its before Thanksgiving. Competitive stats and URM if that helps anyone with their advice!
 
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Hi guys, is it worth sending in my application at this point? I haven't hit submit on my AACOMAS app yet but I've heard from Goro and others I'll be okay as long as its before Thanksgiving. Competitive stats and URM if that helps anyone with their advice!
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I regret applying to DOs in Sept/Oct because the interview dates are gonna be stretched into the next year if I even do receive one. I feel like the spots are gonna be taken by then, and those who applied late will be fighting for spots, and it will get really competitive. So, submit the app ASAP and get those secondaries in. That's just my opinion.
 
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I'm gonna guess second week of November. I'm not going to bet on it, but it's just a guess based on what I've seen in previous threads.
 
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I'm gonna guess second week of November. I'm not going to bet on it, but it's just a guess based on what I've seen in previous threads.
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Previous Threads meaning last years?

Also, maybe it will be next week (fingers crossed LOL)!?
 
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Previous Threads meaning last years?

Also, maybe it will be next week (fingers crossed LOL)!?
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I think we might hear something on Nov 12. Some people from the LI and JB campuses heard Nov 13 last year, even those who interviewed September and didn't hear back in October, so yeah, fingers crossed!
 
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Anyone think we will hear this Friday? My interview was October 25th so I know it would be a quick turnaround- but according to SDN last year they released Nov acceptances around the 13th.
 
Well, it is a prediction, but possibly tomorrow or Friday.
 
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Anyone think we will hear this Friday? My interview was October 25th so I know it would be a quick turnaround- but according to SDN last year they released Nov acceptances around the 13th.
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My friend had a one month turn around from his interview in sept., found out second Friday in October.
 
Accepted! Interviewed 10/21 and it’s my first acceptance!!! So excited!
 
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Also accepted! Interviewed 10/26! Congrats and good luck to all!!!
 
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I interviewed 9/7 and haven't heard back yet. :( What time did you all get accepted? Any chance that they will keep accepting people throughout the day since they sent out A's in the morning this time?
 
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Who all is waiting to hear back that interviewed in September?
 
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For those who got IIs, what was the time length between being complete and receiving an II?

Just wondering!
 
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