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orange12345 said:
They emailed me back saying that a full year is required so i'm not sure about the case by case basis
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😂😂😂😂
 
So are people actually going to be taking extra classes of Biochem to meet the one year requirement at this point?

Also, if the 1-year requirement is strict, why extend interviews to those who don't even meet this prereq?
 
Does anyone know if we’re allow to send updates post-interview (specifically fall grades) or briefly mentioning it during the interview is fine enough?
 
Hellohihihihello said:
So are people actually going to be taking extra classes of Biochem to meet the one year requirement at this point?

Also, if the 1-year requirement is strict, why extend interviews to those who don't even meet this prereq?
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I still believe its a "Case by case" situation. Several emailed and they responded "its mandatory but that they'd review each applicant case by case"... and still received an interview invite afterwards.
 
Has anyone noticed a pattern of calls/emails going out on Thursdays and Fridays?
 
For those that have interviewed, is there any additional informational regarding curriculum/clerkships given or is it just the one-on-one sessions?

Their website says rotations begin second year (!), I’m wondering how being wholly separate from UCLA’s program will affect available sites.
 
Any idea if first few classes will be allowed to take out federal aid? That 67k+ tuition is scary enough as is without adding private loans to the mix 😬
 
Lux23 said:
Any idea if first few classes will be allowed to take out federal aid? That 67k+ tuition is scary enough as is without adding private loans to the mix 😬
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usually they can't take out federal loans until the school is fully accredited.
 
HopefulPremed. said:
usually they can't take out federal loans until the school is fully accredited.
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That’s what I figured, but I wasn’t sure if the fact that they had technically been operating/accredited with UCLA would change things
 
I have an interview tomorrow and when I open the confidentiality acknowledgment to sign, someone else’s signature is already there. Anyone else have this issue?
 
xshinaaaa_ said:
I have an interview tomorrow and when I open the confidentiality acknowledgment to sign, someone else’s signature is already there. Anyone else have this issue?
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If you download it you can erase the signature and sign it yourself!
 
xshinaaaa_ said:
I have an interview tomorrow and when I open the confidentiality acknowledgment to sign, someone else’s signature is already there. Anyone else have this issue?
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orange12345 said:
If you download it you can erase the signature and sign it yourself!
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damn so the person who wrote on there made a mistake... they need to download it and sign it. cuz everyone can see their signature.
 
this actually happened to me too. Luckily I knew the person who signed and they were able to erase it because when I tried downloading it, it would download with the person's signature
 
did anyone who interviewed have a Black oncologist with her last name starting with B? I forgot to write down her name for the thank you letter and can't find her anywhere
 
Unconditionalloves said:
There are UCLA/CDU Med Students that might have insight, probably what @GenZDoctaturs meant.
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Their insight would not help much. The UCLA curriculum is substantially different. They spend most of their time at UCLA and this program will be on the CDU campus. I have spoken to a couple and said they have no idea what it would look like. All I can say is that as part of the initial accreditation, they had to secure affiliation agreements and are working on securing more. Keep in mind that it is highly likely we will not be rotating with the UCLA students as each program must operate independently (some sites might be the same).
 
orange12345 said:
Update asked about Biochem and Calc in the interview and was told only 1 semester of Biochem is needed but still remaining firm on a full year of calculus
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idk why they are interviewing so many people without their full pre-reqs. I emailed about my calc prereq bc i took 2 quarters of calc in hopes that will count as a year and got told the "case-by-case". so hearing they are firm on the full year of calc is annoying bc they either 1. wasted my time interviewing twice since i had to reschedule due to technical difficulties on their end or 2. expect me to take an extra class of calc which isn't possible at this point
 
imgettininregardless said:
idk why they are interviewing so many people without their full pre-reqs. I emailed about my calc prereq bc i took 2 quarters of calc in hopes that will count as a year and got told the "case-by-case". so hearing they are firm on the full year of calc is annoying bc they either 1. wasted my time interviewing twice since i had to reschedule due to technical difficulties on their end or 2. expect me to take an extra class of calc which isn't possible at this point
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And calc is so useless for med schools. Years ago it was a normal requirement but less and less schools want it or ok with stats instead.
 
imgettininregardless said:
idk why they are interviewing so many people without their full pre-reqs. I emailed about my calc prereq bc i took 2 quarters of calc in hopes that will count as a year and got told the "case-by-case". so hearing they are firm on the full year of calc is annoying bc they either 1. wasted my time interviewing twice since i had to reschedule due to technical difficulties on their end or 2. expect me to take an extra class of calc which isn't possible at this point
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I believe most schools interview people without the full pre-reqs with the understanding that the applicant has agreed to be fully compliant by the time they enter the school. This school is just special because their pre-reqs are somewhat more demanding.
 
PuzzlesMD said:
I believe most schools interview people without the full pre-reqs with the understanding that the applicant has agreed to be fully compliant by the time they enter the school. This school is just special because their pre-reqs are somewhat more demanding.
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right, that goes to my second point. i asked about pre-reqs before submitting my secondary bc obv i’m not gonna submit if i don’t have a chance. so now that they are saying they are firm about calc, that may mean they expect me to take it before matriculation which isn’t possible bc spring semester has already started and summer isn’t an option. and even if it was possible i’m not doing it 😂
 
imgettininregardless said:
right, that goes to my second point. i asked about pre-reqs before submitting my secondary bc obv i’m not gonna submit if i don’t have a chance. so now that they are saying they are firm about calc, that may mean they expect me to take it before matriculation which isn’t possible bc spring semester has already started and summer isn’t an option. and even if it was possible i’m not doing it 😂
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Well they have the power.
 
imgettininregardless said:
right, that goes to my second point. i asked about pre-reqs before submitting my secondary bc obv i’m not gonna submit if i don’t have a chance. so now that they are saying they are firm about calc, that may mean they expect me to take it before matriculation which isn’t possible bc spring semester has already started and summer isn’t an option. and even if it was possible i’m not doing it 😂
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I wouldn't even recommend calc2 over the summer. I did it when I was a math minor it was hell (and it was online)😂😂😂
 
I thought most medical schools require both Calc 1 and Calc 2? My main confusion was the 2 semesters of biochem but it looks like CDU requires one now. Thanks for asking in ur interview btw! 🙂
orange12345 said:
Update asked about Biochem and Calc in the interview and was told only 1 semester of Biochem is needed but still remaining firm on a full year of calculus
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studentdoctortobein2023 said:
Between the extremely high tuition, unusual 1 year of calculus and unusual 1 year of biochemistry requirement, I imagine they’ll end up adjusting or bending the rules to fill the class when March comes.
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Considering how competitive med school is and how many people with money would love to stay in California, I doubt they will need to do much bending.

AND biochemistry as a premed major is not rare. There are likely a lot of biochem applicants who would nicely fit the mission and have the reqs
 
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studentdoctortobein2023 said:
Between the extremely high tuition, unusual 1 year of calculus and unusual 1 year of biochemistry requirement, I imagine they’ll end up adjusting or bending the rules to fill the class when March comes.
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1 year of Calc is pretty standard for most bio programs and only one semester of biochem is needed, thus I don't think they will budge. While the stand alone program is new, since they have a track record with the combined UCLA program, they will get tons of apps and have plenty of students with or willing to meet their requirements. The reality is all schools get far more qualified students than they can admit... even the caribbean schools.
 
ilovebreadsticks said:
I thought most medical schools require both Calc 1 and Calc 2? My main confusion was the 2 semesters of biochem but it looks like CDU requires one now. Thanks for asking in ur interview btw! 🙂
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Moreso two semesters of math, so calc 1 and stats.
I don't know many people who took calc 2 but they took stats.
 
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