2024-2025 Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (KHSC-COM)

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fluffyquail said:
I don’t know why some people are brownnosing and being holier than thou. This school has ruined peoples lives and lost a students life, and faculty. A lot of OG faculty already left from the insanity. People should be running as far and far as they possibly can. It’s far more nuanced than just “poor student performance leading to dismissal.”
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People keep on talking about their experiences and someone who does well tries to dismiss the issues at this school
 
itsallintheworks said:
I want to second this as well. People online lately going around saying the school is horrible (even people who aren't here), and going off of the few that have said (and continue to say) only negative things about the school. It's definitely not perfect, but no school is. I understand complaining about some of the stuff being said but other stuff about tests being "too hard" or requirements being "too crazy"... I'm not sure what people expect from a medical school. Everyone knows it's hard. And most of the requirements here aren't any more crazier than they are at majority of other schools so why is Kansascom getting all the hate. First everyone talked about how bad the first class board pass rate was (which is totally valid because it is very low) - and now that the school is actively doing something about it to fix the problem and try to raise the scores.. people are complaining about it anyway. And I guarantee a lot of the students who are online saying the most negative of things about the school are the disgruntled ones projecting their own failures onto the school.
I'm also not sure where some people are getting the idea that there's no support here... we have academic tutors and upperclassmen who are also tutors to help with course material. I've personally gone to a lot of these sessions and they have truly been amazing. Faculty are always available for extra help and some go above and beyond for students outside of their many responsibilities. We're always getting emails reminding us of all the academic resources available to us, but there are students who don't utilize them at all or give them a fair shot. My faculty mentor has also been extremely helpful with guidance of all things medical school and the future. Of course I understand everyone's experience here is not going to be the same but I just want to point out that just because a couple people online are saying the absolute worst - it's not the whole picture, and some may not even be true at all. Speaking to some upperclassmen the general census is that the curriculum has improved a TON and is continuing to. I would be extremely worried if things were bad but NOT changing at all - the changes yes can be frustrating but they've all been in the right direction in hopes to improve everyone's experience here and a lot have been in direct response to student feedback.
We're all adults at the end of the day. Admin have been very clear about expectations since day 1 (even with changes), and just because you don't agree with what they have to say doesn't automatically make them bad people.
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It’s rather indicative that if more than half the class didn’t make the 475 COMSAE mark that there is something wrong with the curriculum. Admin REFUSES to alter the curriculum to be boards focused. Instead of using B&B as a base, they use their own material that Dr. Dennis is in-charge of. She determines how many hours/what materials the faculty will cover.

For example of worthless class material…We spent two class periods covering eye histology. You know how many eye histology questions I’ve had of my last 7,000 questions? ZERO.

If they want board scores to be better, teach for boards. Stop having in-house written exams but a final of NBME questions. If you talk to any faculty alone, they will tell you how much they feel stifled by administration.

We are all adults and a part of being an adult is accepting fault. The Vice Dean of student affairs is married to the Chair of Curriculum…one being the chair of the Student Performance Committee and the other a non-voting committee member. You don’t see something wrong with that? Ask faculty how they feel about that, they aren’t happy.

Dean Ninan lives in California and is so disconnected from this place. Did you ever wonder why he wasn’t at the 1st Research Symposium the school put on? He PROMISED the faculty he would be around more this year but that didn’t happen.

The people in charge of making the decisions do NOT care about you or any students.

A faculty member told me that during a meeting about student performance Dean Ninan said “Maybe those students don't deserve to be here.”. The school took 103k from those students then left them out to dry. Thats the person you’re defending.
 
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Qui-Gon Jinn said:
It’s rather indicative that if more than half the class didn’t make the 475 COMSAE mark that there is something wrong with the curriculum. Admin REFUSES to alter the curriculum to be boards focused. Instead of using B&B as a base, they use their own material that Dr. Dennis is in-charge of. She determines how many hours/what materials the faculty will cover.

For example of worthless class material…We spent two class periods covering eye histology. You know how many eye histology questions I’ve had of my last 7,000 questions? ZERO.

If they want board scores to be better, teach for boards. Stop having in-house written exams but a final of NBME questions. If you talk to any faculty alone, they will tell you how much they feel stifled by administration.

We are all adults and a part of being an adult is accepting fault. The Vice Dean of student affairs is married to the Chair of Curriculum…one being the chair of the Student Performance Committee and the other a non-voting committee member. You don’t see something wrong with that? Ask faculty how they feel about that, they aren’t happy.

Dean Ninan lives in California and is so disconnected from this place. Did you ever wonder why he wasn’t at the 1st Research Symposium the school put on? He PROMISED the faculty he would be around more this year but that didn’t happen.

The people in charge of making the decisions do NOT care about you or any students.

A faculty member told me that during a meeting about student performance Dean Ninan said “Maybe those students don't deserve to be here.”. The school took 103k from those students then left them out to dry. Thats the person you’re defending.
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Disconnected all the while making $500k/yr from this school alone. One student told me if one of the random homeless people were to enter the school and said they were Dr. Ninan, it wouldn’t raise an eyebrow because that’s how often he’s visited campus. When he’s actually there, most people don’t even know who he is.
 
pcka said:
People keep on talking about their experiences and someone who does well tries to dismiss the issues at this school
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Doing well “so far.” There were plenty students who never failed a block/top of the class and are getting hammered right now. I bet they’re the 4 quartile CASPER scorers, knowing just the right things to say even when those scenarios are incredibly difficult 😂
distresspremed25 said:
soo what should i do its my only A for now im WL at another school annd i have to make the deposit asap
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I hope you get off that WL
 
distresspremed25 said:
soo what should i do its my only A for now im WL at another school annd i have to make the deposit asap
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I am on the same boat! I guess that we have no choice of paying the deposit and hope that we get off the waitlist in other schools. Am I wrong? or despite the bad rep this school is better than the Caribbean?🤣 trying to see if it might be worse
 
Hala Madrid said:
I am on the same boat! I guess that we have no choice of paying the deposit and hope that we get off the waitlist in other schools. Am I wrong? or despite the bad rep this school is better than the Caribbean?🤣 trying to see if it might be worse
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I would pay the deposit and then dip as soon as I get off the waitlist somewhere else that’s all you can really do at this point
 
distresspremed25 said:
soo what should i do its my only A for now im WL at another school annd i have to make the deposit asap
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reapply and go to an accredited/established if you don't make it off the WL. not worth matriculating and then realizing you have no outs.
 
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Hala Madrid said:
I am on the same boat! I guess that we have no choice of paying the deposit and hope that we get off the waitlist in other schools. Am I wrong? or despite the bad rep this school is better than the Caribbean?🤣 trying to see if it might be worse
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i would not do carribean either. reapply elsewhere with stronger app. if you are a "weaker gpa/mcat" student, then your chances of success here are worse from the start.
 
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ProfessionalStruggler said:
Waiting for the post when you get off the wait list. The hype is real
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:hello:HEY all you reading this in 2026 and beyond:hello:

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BARFMAUL is on THREE waitlists 3️⃣
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(BCOM, LMU, & KANSAS)😲 do YOU think he will GET OFF???🫵🫵🫵
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Food for thought: As we've seen, online complaints—whether through COCA or other channels—often have little effect. Why hasn't anyone reported the student's suicide to a news outlet? Bringing this tragedy to public attention could expose the dysfunction and lack of concern within the school, and might even prompt meaningful action or accountability. That's a much better way to expose them and find seek some revenge per say.
 
IIRC it was not acknowledged publicly and the family wants privacy, and majority of ppl fear retaliation. Last thing ppl want is a mark on their back and a potential “professionalism violation”
 
Qui-Gon Jinn said:
It’s rather indicative that if more than half the class didn’t make the 475 COMSAE mark that there is something wrong with the curriculum. Admin REFUSES to alter the curriculum to be boards focused. Instead of using B&B as a base, they use their own material that Dr. Dennis is in-charge of. She determines how many hours/what materials the faculty will cover.

For example of worthless class material…We spent two class periods covering eye histology. You know how many eye histology questions I’ve had of my last 7,000 questions? ZERO.

If they want board scores to be better, teach for boards. Stop having in-house written exams but a final of NBME questions. If you talk to any faculty alone, they will tell you how much they feel stifled by administration.

We are all adults and a part of being an adult is accepting fault. The Vice Dean of student affairs is married to the Chair of Curriculum…one being the chair of the Student Performance Committee and the other a non-voting committee member. You don’t see something wrong with that? Ask faculty how they feel about that, they aren’t happy.

Dean Ninan lives in California and is so disconnected from this place. Did you ever wonder why he wasn’t at the 1st Research Symposium the school put on? He PROMISED the faculty he would be around more this year but that didn’t happen.

The people in charge of making the decisions do NOT care about you or any students.

A faculty member told me that during a meeting about student performance Dean Ninan said “Maybe those students don't deserve to be here.”. The school took 103k from those students then left them out to dry. Thats the person you’re defending.
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It’s quite sad, honestly. Many times I’ve tried to voice my concerns about this school and tell others about it, but I’m always met with responses like, “It’s not that bad,” or “All new DO schools have issues.” The reality is, it’s two to three standard deviations worse here.

Having a Zoom dean who lives in California and a student affairs dean who doesn’t contribute anything to leadership has caused a slow bleed for people in this school. Nothing short of frustrating—seeing that guy once or twice a year, fresh off his business class flight with a California beach tan, walking in while we’re rotting in Wichita.

I genuinely believe a majority of the faculty are trying their best and actually care, but it’s incredibly frustrating when the admin are just money-hungry cash cows. Hell, I’d even go so far as to say this is a Caribbean school on U.S. soil.
 
Believe it or not, 100% zoom dean does tell 2/5 zoom dean about the emails you send him. He just doesnt respond.
 
I’ve been accepted to Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, waitlisted here, and am still waiting for a response from a school in Puerto Rico that I interviewed at 3 weeks ago. I’m Latina so I really would not mind going to school in Mexico since I’ll be able to practice medical terminology in Spanish with the community and rn I’m REALLY hoping I get into Puerto Rico.

I know I’m still just a WL for KCOM but I’m trying to see what I should do if I were to get an A from KCOM and if I get rejected from Puerto Rico, I know that US vs IMG makes a difference so at first it seemed like a no brainer to keep hoping for KCOM but now I’m not sure if it’s better because of everything going on, I’m hoping to get some advice on all of this.

As a planner I’m really trying to just know what to do in any scenario at this point 🙁
 
i got an email asking to confirm if i want to stay on the waitlist; did anyone else get this? is there currently WL movement
 
I got it too. There’s been movement. More movement next couple a weeks.
 
I got an email too; it was asking to tell them if no longer interested and saying that if you are still interested no action is needed but if you hadn't sent a letter of intent yet you could do so by replying to the email.
 
Hala Madrid said:
Haha Congrats 🙂 to Kansas or LMU??
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KansasCOM, looks like I just joined the party of LMU wannabes huh Lol. I think LMU will pull tomorrow because people are still deciding today from when they gave out acceptances last friday. Seems like they need until tomorrow to pull again. thats my educated guess
truly wish yall the best. Good chance we may be in the same class :heckyeah:
 
Just got accepted, and now I’m not sure what to do. I have an acceptance at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and I know the increased difficulties with being an IMG, but I’m not sure if that’s better than the risks of going to a school that is facing a lot of backlash and may not get accredited. Any advice on what the best decision might be?
 
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