2023-2024 Midwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) CCOM

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2023-2024 Midwestern University (CCOM) Secondary Essay Prompts:

1. List any relative who is an osteopathic physician:

2. Why do you believe CCOM would provide you with the type of osteopathic medical education you are seeking? (1500 Characters)

3. Why should CCOM accept you into this year's class? (1500 Characters)

4. Upload a copy of your resume or curriculum vitae, which will include, but not be limited to the following information:
  • Educational History (colleges attended and degrees earned)
  • Employment History
  • Medically-related work and volunteer experiences
  • College extracurricular activities, honors, and leadership responsibilities
  • Community activities, honors, and leadership responsibilities
  • Hobbies and nonacademic interests

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Secondary received, same prompts as last year:

1. List any relative who is an osteopathic physician:

2. Why do you believe CCOM would provide you with the type of osteopathic medical education you are seeking? (1500 Characters)

3. Why should CCOM accept you into this year's class? (1500 Characters)

4. Upload a copy of your resume or curriculum vitae, which will include, but not be limited to the following information:
  • Educational History (colleges attended and degrees earned)
  • Employment History
  • Medically-related work and volunteer experiences
  • College extracurricular activities, honors, and leadership responsibilities
  • Community activities, honors, and leadership responsibilities
  • Hobbies and nonacademic interests
 
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I received an email stating my application had been marked complete. Anyone know how long it takes after this email for them to make an interview decision? Also, does CCOM accept updates to your AACOMAS?
 
albb28 said:
I received an email stating my application had been marked complete. Anyone know how long it takes after this email for them to make an interview decision? Also, does CCOM accept updates to your AACOMAS?
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Also does anyone know if we have to keep checking the portal or if they notify via email? not sure which portals i have to check daily on. also curious on when DO schools start sending out IIs
 
Just going to leave this on all the schools I applied to, I did receive secondaries from every DO school:

Submitted all 16 DO Schools on 5/28/23... Verified 5/31/23

States: 3.73 Science, 3.77 Overall, 501 (125/122/127/127) and 508 (125/125/127/131)

For this school, secondary received: 5/31/23
 
TheOpology said:
Can someoen tell me about their experience at CCOM and plans to pay back the insane tuition?
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Incoming student so I haven’t had much experience with CCOM directly yet, but did do a graduate program here. So far the school has be super welcoming and the faculty is really encouraging which has been nice. I don’t understand the high tuition, it’s not like we have state of the art facilities. Many students complain about this, including myself. Most of the time the response is that we have a great clinical simulation center and rotation sites compared to other DO schools. Again, haven’t interacted with that much but will be in a few weeks. I applied and received a full tuition scholarship, so I’m thankful for that. There are scholarship opportunities you just need to find them.
 
NIKK234 said:
Incoming student so I haven’t had much experience with CCOM directly yet, but did do a graduate program here. So far the school has be super welcoming and the faculty is really encouraging which has been nice. I don’t understand the high tuition, it’s not like we have state of the art facilities. Many students complain about this, including myself. Most of the time the response is that we have a great clinical simulation center and rotation sites compared to other DO schools. Again, haven’t interacted with that much but will be in a few weeks. I applied and received a full tuition scholarship, so I’m thankful for that. There are scholarship opportunities you just need to find them.
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Woow what were your stats if you don't mind me asking, I actually got accepted last year and should be starting in August but I'm thinking of withdrawing and not becoming a doctor anymore because of the tuition and time etc.
 
TheOpology said:
Woow what were your stats if you don't mind me asking, I actually got accepted last year and should be starting in August but I'm thinking of withdrawing and not becoming a doctor anymore because of the tuition and time etc.
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Stats not stellar, but 4.0 graduate GPA. I’ll say my scholarship did not come from midwestern, they just helped me find the opportunity! So don’t be afraid to talk to them. There are also military scholarships, medical corp and other scholarships if you are worried about the cost!
 
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is this questions, "Why do you believe CCOM would provide you with the type of osteopathic medical education you are seeking?" a why us question?
 
TheOpology said:
Can someoen tell me about their experience at CCOM and plans to pay back the insane tuition?
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I will be headed to fellowship next July. After that I'm considering PSLF for 5 more years at a 403(b) vs a higher paying private practice job and paying off the $400k over a few years. Honestly it's not really that big of a deal as I'll still have >$100,000 after taxes per year in income to do whatever I want with.
 
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NIKK234 said:
Incoming student so I haven’t had much experience with CCOM directly yet, but did do a graduate program here. So far the school has be super welcoming and the faculty is really encouraging which has been nice. I don’t understand the high tuition, it’s not like we have state of the art facilities. Many students complain about this, including myself. Most of the time the response is that we have a great clinical simulation center and rotation sites compared to other DO schools. Again, haven’t interacted with that much but will be in a few weeks. I applied and received a full tuition scholarship, so I’m thankful for that. There are scholarship opportunities you just need to find them.
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A few years ago we were told it was due to the cost to fund the medical students at their rotation sites. The Caribbean schools kept driving up the price to get their students into into the surrounding Chicagoland hospitals, but CCOM blocked this by further raising the tuition to keep these sites away from the Caribbean schools. Not sure if this is completely correct, but it's what we were told. Goeppinger also makes an astronomical amount. It's publicly available what she pulls in per year if you are interested. Regardless I'm grateful I was accepted at CCOM and it got me where I wanted to go.
 
Has anyone received an II? Over the past few years, the first round has gone out by now, so just wondering.
 
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